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"I did the entire record in a wheelchair; it was brutally painful.” How a stagediving accident, massive hospital bills and the grunge explosion turned a bunch of "dirtbag punks" into Metallica-approved stoner metal icons

A broken femur caused a massive perspective shift for former hardcore/thrashers Corrosion Of Conformity

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Grammys 2026: Everything you need to know about the voting process

The Grammys will be held February 1 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles

The Independent UK

“Even though Dave might claim that he wrote Leper Messiah, he didn’t”: The story of every song Dave Mustaine co-wrote for Metallica – and what Megadeth did with those riffs

From The Four Horsemen to The Call Of Ktulu, this is everything you need to know about the six (maybe seven) Metallica songs with Dave Mustaine’s name on them

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“No, that doesn’t sound right”: Robert Trujillo gatecrashes group Enter Sandman lesson at Guitar Center

He then joined in with Dave Kushner, Senior Director of Music Education at Guitar Center, and Guitar Center CEO Gabe Dalporto to play the riff with the students

Guitar World

“The night before we left for the tour, I knew that something bad was going to happen”: Soundgarden bassist Ben Shepherd reveals his fears surrounding Chris Cornell’s final tour – and names the producer of the band’s new album

Shepherd has opened up about Cornell’s death, and confirmed a familiar face has returned to help the group for their next outing

Guitar World

“Once we had that chorus, it’s like everything came from that. Some songs you agonise over, but this was not one of them”: Boy Meets Girl on how having one song rejected led to them writing Whitney Houston’s biggest ‘80s hit

They even ended up having a hit of their own with the song that Clive Davis didn’t want Whitney to record

MusicRadar

‘Everybody comes from a place of mundanity’: northern gothic, the strange music scene rooted in small-town Yorkshire and Lancashire

Lurking at the fringes of electronic music, artists such as Richie Culver, Rainy Miller and Iceboy Violet are confronting the alienation and deprivation of the UK’s north

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Cosmic proggers Gong tease upcoming album with brand new single Stars In Heaven

Gong add more live dates in March and announce new album, Bright Spirit, will be released next year

Louder

“I really think this is the one that I want them to hear. I love this one”: Finneas writes new three-second ‘mnemonic’ for Apple TV

Sound will be before the start of every show on the platform

MusicRadar

One of the best British rock bands of their generation just released their first new song in seven years - and it absolutely slays

Marmozets are back with a thunderous new single and a UK tour!

Louder

Radiohead kick off their European tour with a career-spanning setlist in Madrid - here's everything they played and where they're headed next

Fans certainly weren't Let Down by the band's comeback

MusicRadar

Taylor Swift Botched Botox: Why Pop Star's Filler Accusations Refuse To Subside Online

Taylor Swift's Graham Norton Show appearance sparks fresh cosmetic surgery rumours, with fans and experts weighing in on her alleged facial transformation.

International Business Times UK

Teenage Engineering launches EP-40 Riddim, a spin on its EP-133 sampler deeply inspired by reggae, dancehall and sound system culture

The Swedish brand has also unveiled the EP-2350 Ting, a handheld lo-fi microphone with built-in effects designed to be paired with Riddim

MusicRadar

Motörhead’s Lemmy Kilmister once rammed a cheeseburger into a $2,000,000 mixing desk because he lost an argument

“Can we get a repair man? Lemmy from Motörhead’s just trashed our desk with a cheeseburger.”

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Robert Plant's 'Saving Grace' Tour Proves He Doesn't Need Led Zeppelin Anymore

Robert Plant's 'Saving Grace' tour draws packed US crowds, proving the rock icon no longer needs Led Zeppelin to command the stage.

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Pre-order new Skindred album You Got This on marble orange vinyl, exclusively through Metal Hammer

Get a version of the ragga-metal outfit’s upcoming album that you won’t find on shop shelves

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Wot no hip-hop?: The Billboard Top 30 is rap free – for the first time in 35 years

Blame it on Taylor Swift

MusicRadar

“No Pro Tools, no tricks or whistles. We as a band helped change the production of heavy metal records”: With one song, Pantera reinvented their sound to become one of the most influential metal bands of all time

And the solo from Dimebag gave the world its first taste of a new guitar hero

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The Independent UK

Charli XCX feared being dropped by record label over critically acclaimed Brat album

Singer says she approached the album thinking ‘OK, I’m just going to do this one for me’

Louder

"I think the song will resonate for the next hundred years": The story of the Kiss classic Kiss didn't actually write

Now a rock anthem, Argent's God Gave Rock And Roll To You was written under the storm cloud of cancer and enjoyed a superstar second wind

The Guardian - UK

‘A shot of adrenaline’: readers pass on 90s club classics to new generations

With the latest John Lewis Christmas ad sparking nostalgia, readers share which 90s hits are worth partying to

The Guardian - UK

Wings by Paul McCartney review – a brilliant story of post-Beatles revival

A compelling oral history traces the rise one of the most successful bands of the 70s from the ashes of a creative breakup

Metal Hammer

“They lock in and deliver really interesting riffs in a way that makes them sound simple, when they’re not simple at all” TesseracT’s James Monteith on the guitarist and band who changed his approach to music in the 90s

The djent pioneer found inspiration in a player who ignored standard time lengths, came up with unique sounds and played the wrong parts of his instrument – but always managed to groove

The Guardian - AU

Radiohead review – bards of the apocalypse return for a brutal bacchanal

Powered by a pounding rhythm section, the crowd dance to even the tricksiest drum patterns at Radiohead’s first gig in seven years – one that demonstrates the pure joy this band can bring

The Independent UK

Radiohead review, Madrid: A transcendent return for one of our most radical rock bands

4/5 More than seven years since their last gig, the British group are emphasising their decades-deep closeness by playing a career-spanning set in the round

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