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“He was just lying there, howling on his guitar with blood pouring down his face. It was a very dramatic moment”: How Iron Maiden, Ozzy Osbourne and half a million i…

Members of Sepultura, Scorpions and Faith No More tell the story of the epic Rock In Rio series of festivals ...
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"Make no mistake - this song is a reckoning." After much anticipation (and some bogus rumours), the new singer for metal veterans Arch Enemy has been revealed - …

Hart's unveiling has put an end to months of speculation, and comes accompanied by a ferocious, anthemic new Arch Enemy track ...
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"He's singing and screaming his guts out in the middle of the field. I can't understand a word he's saying but I feel every syllable of it." This is what it's like at Thailand ...

From mosh-driven dust clouds and 36 degree heat to frighteningly cheap buckets of rum, here's what went down at Thailand's ...
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"It makes me very optimistic for a release at some point this year..." Marilllion update fans on progress on the new album

Marillion guitarist Steve Rothery has offered fans an update on progress on their highly-anticpiated new studio album, the ...
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Star Trek actor William Shatner is releasing an all-star heavy metal album featuring Zakk Wylde, Ritchie Blackmore and more, because you try and tell him not to

At the age of 94, Star Trek actor William Shatner is working on a star-studded heavy metal album, featuring contributions ...
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Great new prog you need to hear from Neal Morse Band, I Built The Sky, worriedaboutsatan and more in Prog's new Tracks Of The Week

Cool new proggy sounds you need to hear from Pothaums, Oli Duerden, Wildernesses and more in this week's Tracks Of The Week ...
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“Instead of confronting him and making an intervention, I thought, ‘I can’t allow this person to control me.’ I wish we’d had the skills to help him”: The tragedy ...

Respected by Jimi Hendrix and signed at 17, the mercurial guitarist’s heart was broken by the relative failure of his best album, says bassist ...
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AFI, Mannequin Pussy, Ecca Vandal join Deftones, Deafheaven, Amyl and the Sniffers and more on stacked Outbreak / All Points East bill

AFI, indie veterans Interpol and Philadelphia punks Mannequin Pussy are among the latest artists announced for August's ...
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"Honestly, I didn’t want it on the record. It was unfinished." The surprising story behind the Deftones song the band hate, the fans weren't sure about and yet became one of ...

There is a long and storied history of bands learning to hate some of their biggest songs: Kurt Cobain pulled Smells Like Teen Spirit from Nirvana’s setlist towards the end of their career; Radiohead ...
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"Would Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin have been as cool if the internet was around to expose everything?" Black Stone Cherry's Chris Robertson on social media, the creative ...

For better or worse, Chris Robertson is a thinker. If you pegged Black Stone Cherry as simple southern rock yeehaws when they debuted in 2006, the frontman quickly set you right with his eloquent ...
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"This album is his legacy." Following the devastating death of their frontman, friend and beloved figurehead of extreme metal, Tomas Lindberg, At The Gates have released an ...

Melodic death metal innovators At The Gates have released their first new song since the tragic death of beloved frontman Tomas Lindberg in September last year.
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The vibrant, violent sounds of youth, rebellion and volume: 10 garage rock albums you absolutely need to hear

Formed by five Swedish disciples of the original garage sound, The Hives beefed up the original brutal blueprint of the genre ...