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“It’s like our Free Bird – something we always have to do. But Free Bird is thirteen minutes long,and Taillights Fade is just three and a half”: The cult college rock ...

The late 80s was an odd time to start a band like Buffalo Tom. If it wasn’t Springsteen hitting his commercial apex on FM radio, then it was bands such as Poison and Ratt who were filling the airwaves ...
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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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"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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"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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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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"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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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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"We had the desire to create something extraordinary. And we did." Queen announce remixed, remastered and expanded Queen II Collector’s Edition

Queen have announced details of a remixed, remastered and expanded 'collectors edition' version of their second album, Queen II.
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"Breaking the Law is a revolution song." Watch Rob Halford discuss conflict, rioting and rage in trailer for forthcoming documentary The Ballad of Judas Priest, starring …

The clip features documentary footage of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher discussing violent clashes between ...
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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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Tool hope to release a new album and put on a residency at Las Vegas’ Sphere in 2027

Tool hope to release their new album and host a residency at Las Vegas venue The Sphere in 2027. Drummer Danny Carey spills ...
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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 ...