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“It’s all just great rock and roll, that’s the only way to describe it.” There’s a Lemmy Kilmister solo album featuring Dave Grohl out there somewhere, and we desperately need to hear it

Motörhead leader Lemmy Kilmister recorded a solo album with Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl, The Damned, Joan Jett and more during his final years. Almost a decade after his death, where on earth is it?!

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"It's kinda insane that we made this thing that people are still talking about now": Botch on becoming hardcore legends and reuniting after 20 years for one last tour

Botch changed the face of hardcore punk: now they're back to get their flowers on their farewell/reunion tour

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"This is going to be the metal tour of 2025." Trivium and Bullet For My Valentine announce co-headlining UK tour, playing classic albums Ascendancy and The Poison in full

Two of the biggest metal bands of the modern era will play their two most celebrated albums in full!

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"There is a spirit in the place": Watch Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, Queen's Brian May and Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi unite to launch London's new Gibson Garage

Guitar legends join forces to launch Gibson's new flagship store in London

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“Hello London! Come have fun with us!” Green Day side-project The Coverups announce tiny London gigs

If you're hoping to see Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt play London with their covers band prepare to dig deep for a ticket

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The Slayer reunion has some haters, and Gary Holt’s wife has a simple message for them: “Don’t go!”

Upset that the evilest band in thrash metal’s Big Four is back together? The wife of guitarist Gary Holt has the solution for you!

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“It’s amazing that this was recorded!” Listen to the only time Iron Maiden have ever performed 80s classic The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner live

Despite it being a fan favourite on Somewhere In Time, Iron Maiden have only played The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner to one very lucky audience in 1986

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“We were challenging ourselves on this record and thought, ‘This might not work, but we’re going to find out!’” The story behind every song on Thrice’s The Artist In The Ambulance, in the band’s own words

Everything from the Cold War to C.S. Lewis shaped Thrice’s post-hardcore masterpiece, frontman Dustin Kensrue explains

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Judas Priest legend Rob Halford is officially a Sleep Token fan: "One day The Metal God and Vessel will take a selfie together."

Rob Halford explains why Sleep Token are making major waves in the metal scene right now

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"There was a two-minute pause, then everybody broke out laughing. They thought I was doing a joke": What happened the night Jethro Tull beat Metallica to a Grammy Award

Prog rockers Jethro Tull pipped Metallica to win Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Recording award in 1989, and people are still talking about it

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Slayer to reunite to play Louder Than Life 2024 alongside Slipknot, Korn, Motley Crue, Judas Priest, Disturbed, Evanescence, Five Finger Death Punch and many more

Slayer are officially back, and they are playing one of the biggest festival lineups of 2024!

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"I guess I didn’t expect them to look like that." We've found the reactions Gojira, Opeth, Obituary, Children Of Bodom and more had to hearing Bring Me The Horizon for the first time - and they might surprise you

In 2010, we secretly played Bring Me The Horizon to some of metal's most respected names. Here's what they thought

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"The past 10 years have been incredibly fulfilling, but also physically and emotionally draining": Jamie Lenman announces retirement from music

Former Reuben frontman and solo artist Jamie Lenman has announced plans to "step back" from the music industry

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"I’d waited my whole life to come to Europe." Shawn 'Clown' Crahan on the five shows that built Slipknot

One legendary UK show in particularly holds especially fond memories for the band

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The 10 strangest places heavy metal bands have performed

From Metallica in Antarctica to Chino Moreno in a volcano, these are the most bizarre places metal musicians have bashed out some notes

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Every Lacuna Coil album ranked from worst to best

We’ve ranked every studio album to bear the Lacuna Coil logo, from In A Reverie to Black Anima

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AC/DC to celebrate 50 years of rockin' and rollin' by releasing their first nine albums on gold vinyl

As if a European tour wasn't enough, AC/DC will spend much of 2024 releasing coloured vinyl versions of their classic albums

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Primus and Coheed & Cambria announce joint headline US tour for July and August

Primus and Coheed & Cambria will be supported by Fishbone, Guerilla Toss and Too Many Zooz on the dates

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"We feel as though the time is right to get back on stage." Power Trip to reunite for punk mega-festival No Values, with Misfits, Turnstile, Iggy Pop, The Dillinger Escape Plan and more also scheduled to play

A huge new punk festival is touching down in California later this year!

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"It was like being strapped to a rocket ship. Things took off in a beautiful, surprising way": The ultimate guide to every Billy Talent album in the band's own words

Ben Kowalewicz takes us on a tour through the albums that propelled Billy Talent from guitarist Ian D'Sa's parents' basement to the stages of the world's biggest festivals

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"Darkest Hour prove again why those in the know believe they are one of metal’s greatest secrets." Perpetual | Terminal shows why Darkest Hour might just be metal's most underrated band

Darkest Hour have put together another pulsating collection of metalcore bangers

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Trivium and Bullet For My Valentine clear Instagram profiles, post Ascendancy and The Poison album covers – are they teasing something special?

Two of metalcore’s leading lights have posted their classic 2005 albums on social media, and we think something’s up

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"The album’s biggest talking point is its ability to deliver in the face of a major line-up change." Amaranthe's The Catalyst sees one of metal's most unique bands smoothly sail into their next chapter

Despite a potentially destabilising lineup shift, Amaranthe are as strong as ever

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The 20 greatest Korn songs ever - as voted by you

They kickstarted nu metal and have become living metal legends, but which Korn song is the greatest of all? Here's what you picked

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Radar Festival announces Music Venue Trust partnership

Radar Festival to become first music festival to donate ticket sale proceeds to Music Venue Trust

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