Foo Fighters: Vinnie Paul was “one in a million”
Foo Fighters, Metallica’s Lars Ulrich, Zakk Wylde and Hellyeah pay tribute to Vinnie Paul, who died at the age of 54 over the weekend
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US prog rockers Rausch release film about second album
Star-studded second album Book II celebrated with mini documentary...
Campaign to fund documentary on CAN’s Damo Suzuki extended
Documentary focusing on the life and work of CAN’s Damo Suzuki sees closing crowdfunding date extended until June 30
Supergroup Metal Allegiance return with new album and single
Metal Allegiance will release their 2nd album in September - featuring Soulfly’s Max Cavalera, Nightwish’s Floor Jansen, Mastodon’s Troy Sanders and more - check out Mother Of Sin with Overkill’s Bobby ‘Blitz’ Ellsworth
The Paradox Twin team up with Kim Seviour and John Mitchell for new single Moonblood
Exclusive The Paradox Twin launch their new single Moonblood - taken from their upcoming studio album The Importance Of Mr Bedlam
Coheed And Cambria announce new album The Unheavenly Creatures
Coheed And Cambria confirm that their new studio album The Unheavenly Creatures will launch in October - see cover art and tracklist
Hayley Griffiths releases Aurora single and video
Former Karnataka singer unveils new look band in video...
Halestorm unleash blistering new single Black Vultures
Halestorm release audio video for their brand new track Black Vultures - taken from their upcoming album Vicious
Guns N’ Roses premiere lyric video for 1986 track Shadow Of Your Love
Guns N’ Roses launch lyric video for their "lost" 1986 track Shadow Of Your Love - taken from Appetite For Destruction reissue
Music world pays tribute to Vinnie Paul
Artists from across rock and metal pay tribute to former Pantera drummer Vinnie Paul, who has died at the age of 54
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Heavy Metal World Cup: Wrust vs Underside
Botswana's Wrust face of against Nepal's Underside in the Heavy Metal World Cup
New Band Of The Week: Couch Slut
Megan Osztrosits isn’t here to toe the line. And, with their vitriolic blend of punk and metal fury, neither are Couch Slut
New Band Of The Week: West Thebarton
Introducing the raucous sounds of Aussie alt.rockers West Thebarton
The 10 best Pantera songs of all time
Pantera changed metal for the better in the '90s – here are ten songs to prove how they did it
Tracks Of The Week: new music and videos from Black Label Society, Massive Wagons and more
What's that? You want to hear new music, from a delectable spread of rock's fresh faces? Plus some stuff from the guys you already know and love? Ooh go on then...
Louder's Tracks Of The Week: New music from Paul McCartney, Code Orange, Bad Religion and more
Vote! It's that time of the week, when we ask you to brutally analyse the week's best new music and crown a winner...
California's far-reaching doom crew Amarok unveil their debut album
Premiere Dive into the bottomless well that is Amarok's debut full-length, Devoured
Heavy Metal World Cup: Gojira vs Immortal
France's Gojira face off against Norway's Immortal in the penultimate match of the opening round
The 50 best metal albums of 2018 (so far)
These are the best metal albums from the first half of 2018
Crazy Town play Butterfly on kids' instruments
Crazy Town reinvent their smash-hit Butterfly on children's instruments
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Nine Inch Nails – Bad Witch album reviewed
Trent Reznor's merry men return with an album that sounds "like the end of music" and a bit like Slaves "if they were strapped to the bonnet of a truck with their nipples wired up to the battery and their arses stuffed full of asbestos."
The Darkness – Live At Hammersmith album review
Touching you, touching me: Lowestoft legends camp it up on raucous live album.
Megadeth – Killing Is My Business… And Business Is Good: The Final Cut album review
Reissue with-added-live-tracks of Megadeth's debut reminds you of just how thrilling the band were.
Jethro Tull – 50 For 50 album review
The best of 50 years of Jethro Tull, hand-picked by Ian Anderson himself.
Marduk – Viktoria album review
Sweden’s black metal institution Marduk battles through the potshots with Viktoria
Khemmis – Desolation album review
Denver’s doom-weighted heavy metallers Khemmis move up another level with Desolation
Nine Inch Nails – Bad Witch album review
Trent Reznor completes his new Nine Inch Nails trilogy in terrifying fashion with Bad Witch
Yob – Our Raw Heart album review
Oregon’s psych-doom colossus Yob rises again with Our Raw Heart
Kamelot – The Shadow Theory album review
Floridian power metal troupe Kamelot get cerebral with an ambitious concept on The Shadow Theory
Burgerkill – Adamantine album review
Indonesia’s metal kings Burgerkill set out to build their empire with Adamantine
