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The 10 best cover songs by thrash metal bands

Metallica, Slayer and Sepultura have all given classic songs a high-octane boot up the back side

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10 classic metal albums celebrating major anniversaries in 2024

From Judas Priest's seminal debut to nu metal and metalcore landmarks, these iconic records all changed the game

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“We’d love to be plugging PRS guitars into Mesa/Boogie amps, but for now it’s an old, worn-out Gibson Les Paul Studio”: Return to Dust’s brand of grunge metal has millions of views on TikTok. Now they face the challenges of entering the real world

For guitarist Matt Joseph, 2024 is about acquiring skills now they’ve secured festival billing alongside Slipknot, Judas Priest and Pantera. For 17-year-old bandmate Sebastian Gonzales, it’s about handling being away from his family

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"What most people only think of or whisper in private, Kevin would scream at the top of his lungs. That kind of honesty is rare, and it comes with a price": the chaotic story of Kevin DuBrow and Quiet Riot

Six years after their debut album, Quiet Riot became an overnight success with Metal Health, the first 'heavy metal' album to top the US charts

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24 things to get excited about in 2024

As with all years, 2023 had plenty of great, memorable rock moments. With a new year now upon us, here’s what we’re vibed up for that’s coming along in the next 12 months

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The riff is a belter, the lyrics arrived out of thin air at Ringo Starr's house, and the promo video for it is pure pantomime – the story behind Beavis and Butthead’s favourite Judas Priest song

"Everyone's had a confrontation with a copper and likes to scream about breaking the law, don't they?" - Rob Halford

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10 amazing metal songs under one minute long

Napalm Death, Korn and Tenacious D don’t even need 60 seconds to make a tremendous impact

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Judas Priest take to the woods for Trial By Fire video

Metal Gods Judas Priest have released a video for Trial By Fire, the second track to emerge from next year's Invincible Shield album

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10 essential live rock and metal albums from the ’90s

The ’90s were a golden era for box office productions from Page & Plant and AC/DC, not to mention a certain era-defining acoustic set from Nirvana

Guitar World

10 times metal musicians covered their own songs in other bands

Ozzy Osbourne, Bruce Dickinson and Jason Newsted have all recreated metal classics with all-new lineups around them

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The 10 longest songs by 10 iconic heavy metal bands

Metallica, Iron Maiden and Slipknot have all extended their excellence well beyond the 10-minute mark

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The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Judas Priest, Five Finger Death Punch and Ihsahn are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

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Judas Priest announce more Invincible Shield tour dates

With their 19th studio album Invincible Shield coming in March, Judas Priest announce supporting live dates in the US

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“The idea was a girl in a leather jacket, holding a Flying V guitar, surrounded by cows.” The story of Metalhead – the most authentic heavy metal movie to feature Metallica, Megadeth and buckets of existential dread

2013’s Metalhead understands heavy music better than any other film – and features nods to Metallica, Megadeth, Judas Priest and Venom along the way

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10 classic metal albums where the last song is the best

Masterpieces by Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath and Judas Priest have all saved the best for last

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10 terrible metal albums with amazing cover art

Metallica, Iron Maiden and Slayer have all released the odd clanger – but that doesn’t mean they don’t look the part

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"Plenty of my guitars went down in flames. We smashed ’em and taped fireworks to ’em." How Damageplan gave Dimebag Darrell hope in a post-Pantera world

With Pantera in pieces and their legacy tarnished, Dimebag found himself desperately needing a new outlet for his talents. With brother Vinnie Paul beside him, he found one

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These are the best new rock songs you need to hear right now, featuring Mammoth WVH, Doro and more

Listen to the best rock songs of right now, then elect one of them President

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The 50 best metal albums of the 2000s

From nu metal classics by Slipknot, Linkin Park and Limp Bizkit to metal legends like Iron Maiden and Judas Priest bouncing back in style, these are the albums that defined the 2000s

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“Doctors put something down my neck and straight to my groin”: Ozzy Osbourne offers first health update since cancelling Power Trip festival show

Ozzy Osbourne has broken his silence in the wake of the cancellation of his planned comeback show at heavyweight Californian festival Power Trip

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10 metal b-sides and bonus tracks so perfect that they should have been classics

These bangers by Metallica, Linkin Park and more never got an album or single release – but, in hindsight, they really deserved one

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Ten songs that fought back against the PMRC

In 80s America, the Parents Music Resource Center sought to censor music by imposing a series of draconian rules. Here’s how a group of rock, metal and punk bands fought back

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"He was Slayer. He affected a lot of people and he didn’t even realise it.” The life and tragic death of Slayer’s Jeff Hanneman

Jeff Hanneman was the architect behind some of Slayer's biggest - and most infamous - songs but his 2011 passing was a tragedy that shook thrash metal

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"We are excited and ready to raise double horns way up high": Judas Priest replace Ozzy Osbourne on heavyweight Power Trip festival bill

Metal Gods step in to replace The Prince Of Darkness at Power Trip festival

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‘My chest was vibrating. Plaster fell off the ceiling’: the Brummie pub that birthed grindcore

It eschewed working toilets to host crust punks, hunt saboteurs and some of the fastest, loudest music in the UK. The Mermaid in Sparkhill is finally having its history acknowledged

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