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Bloodstock festival announces one-day Winter Gathering event headlined by doom legends Candlemass

Venom Inc., Hellripper and others will also populate the bill in Wolverhampton this December

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Machine Head announce new album Unatoned, hear ferocious single Unbound here

Oakland’s groove metal greats will smack you about with their next torrent of riffs in April

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Black Sabbath to reunite to play final show at blockbuster Birmingham event this summer, with Metallica, Slayer, Gojira, Anthrax and many other metal icons supporting

Black Sabbath’s Back To The Beginning extravaganza will take place at Villa Park on July 5

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“I am...really happy to be here.” Watch the cringe-inducing moment an interviewer mistakes Spiritbox singer Courtney LaPlante for Poppy on the Grammys red carpet - and Courtney's classy response

Come for the incredibly awkward interview, stay because LaPlante handled it like a champ

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French metal band Gojira wins Grammy for Olympics performance

While the American pop star Beyoncé won the top Grammy award for album of the year at the 2024 Grammy awards in Los Angeles, and the rapper Kendrick Lamar swept the five categories he was nominated for, French artists Gojia and Justice also took home awards.

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I used to feel like a geek for loving prog metal. In 2025, it’s taking over the world – and I couldn’t be happier!

Sleep Token headlining Download! A long-awaited Mastodon album! Polyphia x Babymetal?! This is why forward-thinking metal will have a banner year in 2025

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Feel old yet? These classic metal albums turn 20 in 2025

Trivium’s Ascendancy, Bullet For My Valentine’s The Poison and Avenged Sevenfold’s City Of Evil are 20 years old now, and your knees aren’t what they used to be

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“Historic for Gojira and metal”: Why the Olympics played an unlikely host for some of the biggest guitar moments of the year

2024 Year in Review: Mainstream metal, historic guitar partnerships and solos while Tom Cruise abseiled – sports and music collided this year, with spectacular results

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Gojira share official music video for Grammy-nominated Olympic single Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)

French metal heavyweights Gojira have released the official music video for their Grammy-nominated single Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)

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Kerry King adds summer 2025 headline shows in the UK and Europe, plus Gojira support slot, to his solo band tour schedule

More chances to hear monster tunes from From Hell I Rise played live by some of metal's finest musicians

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“There is a true vegan revolution happening. It’s not a trend, it’s an awakening!” Hot off stealing the show at the Olympics and a Grammy nod, metal stars Gojira are the new faces of PETA

The singer/guitarist claims he’s had more energy during live performances since going vegan in 2014

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Alien Weaponry documentary Kua Tupu Te Ara to get theatrical release in 2025

The film, about the rise of New Zealand’s Māori metal sensations, will start rolling into cinemas in February

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Mastodon join stacked Bloodstock 2025 lineup

Mastodon will subheadline Sunday at Bloodstock, playing right before Gojira

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Metallica and Linkin Park to headline Sick New World 2025, with Evanescence, Queens Of The Stone Age, Gojira, AFI, Mastodon, Sisters of Mercy, Kittie, Arch Enemy, Testament and more on insanely stacked bill

The line-up for Sick New World 2025 has been revealed, and it's ridiculously great, tbh

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Bloodstock announces 13 bands - including an ultra-rare performance from Max Cavalera's Nailbomb - for 2025 and weekend tickets sell out

August's Bloodstock line-up just got even bigger with the likes of Ministry, Nailbomb and Fear Factory joining the bill

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"This renaissance of heavy metal is worldwide": From Gojira at the Olympics to crazed teenage fans, Rob Halford is incredibly excited about the state of heavy metal

As Judas Priest gear up for their US tour, Rob Halford enthuses about the state of metal and reflects on debut album Rocka Rolla

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Gojira share small update on next album, reveal it will "take a clear step forward and upward" from Fortitude

Gojira‘s Joe Duplantier says the band's follow-up to 2021's Fortitude will be "meaningful" and "impactful"

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"We’ve reached the point where, you know, we want to play the Grammys, we want to play the Olympics. Why not?”: Shawn Crahan lets slip Slipknot’s Olympic dream

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“It was a historic moment for Gojira and for Metal!”: ESP officially welcomes Joe Duplantier to its artist roster after Olympic unveiling of his custom chrome offset

What can we expect from the signature model to come?

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“The latest addition to our artist family made his ESP debut at the Olympics Opening Ceremony, with a total viewership that exceeded one billion people”: ESP officially unveils Gojira’s Joe Duplantier as a signature artist

After setting the world ablaze with a custom-made, chromed-out XJ-1, the metal hero has now joined the ESP ranks

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Gojira deny Olympics opening song was satanic: ‘It’s French history: beheaded people, red wine, and blood’

French metal band performed 19th-century French anthem “Ah! Ça Ira” along with an actor playing the beheaded Marie Antoinette

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“A testament to what extreme bands can achieve when they grind hard and write innovative but relatable songs.” Why Gojira at the Olympics was the most important moment for metal this century

Never before has a metal band had so many eyes on them at once – and the Olympic Committee chose one of the best, most principled names we have

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“It’s French charm: you know, beheaded people.” Gojira respond to claims Olympics performance was “satanic”

Singer/guitarist Joe Duplantier shoots down allegations of satanism fired at the French extreme metal stars

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"I think our roots are also in '70s and '80s rock, the beginning of progressive rock, and the beginning of electro music: Joe Duplantier on the combination and ideology that makes Gojira's vision of metal so special

In our in-depth video interview, the Gojira frontman and guitarist talks volume, gear and the push/pull between the principles of the old-school and a new vision for metal

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“Headbanging in front of a billion people was a very gratifying experience!” Gojira express their gratitude for being given “the opportunity to represent the Metal community” at the Olympics

“We can’t believe what just happened.” Gojira on being the first ever metal band to perform at the Olympic games

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