"I terrified and annoyed countless people for decades." Lamb Of God's Randy Blythe on the karma of being cornered by drunks
Sober for 14 years, Lamb Of God frontman says he of all people can't complain about drunkards getting on his nerves
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"I terrified and annoyed countless people for decades." Lamb Of God's Randy Blythe on the karma of being cornered by drunks
Sober for 14 years, Lamb Of God frontman says he of all people can't complain about drunkards getting on his nerves
"The last Tool record ... sounded like spa music." Hatebreed's Jamey Jasta gives brutally honest appraisal of prog metal giants' Fear Inoculum
Tool's Fear Inoculum won praise from just about everyone – but Hatebreed singer Jasta was not a fan
Scorpions postpone Las Vegas residency to allow Mikkey Dee to recover from illness
Scorpions were due to commence their Planet Hollywood residency next month
Watch Imperial Triumphant become the first band to play New York’s iconic Chrysler Building
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Haken guitarist Charlie Griffiths unveils new Tiktaalika project
Haken's Charlie Griffiths will release his second solo album Gods Of Pangea under the Tiktaalika banner in March
Slayer’s Kerry King names his five perfect metal albums
Classics by Judas Priest, Metallica, Black Sabbath and more all make the cut
The Dust Coda announce departure of old frontman, new frontman already in place
The announcement of The Dust Coda's new frontman comes ahead of a UK tour in March
Sammy Hagar says he doesn't want to tour anymore
The Red Rocker is ready for residencies
Former 24-7 Spyz vocalist and Black Rock Coalition co-founder Peter 'P. Fluid' Forrest, murdered in New York
Peter Forrest, a founding member of acclaimed funk-metal band 24-7 Spyz, killed in the Bronx on January 13
Eagles donate $2.5 million to upcoming LA wildfires relief concert
The show will raise funds for those impacted by the wildfires still ravaging parts of Los Angeles
New Zealand groove metallers Alien Weaponry announce new album Te Rā, launch epic Mau Moko video
News of Te Rā's release comes as Alien Weaponry embark on a North American tour with Kerry King
“You have to destroy things in order to create things.” Lucy Dacus announces new album Forever Is A Feeling
Forever Is A Feeling, the follow-up to 2021's Home Video, is coming soon
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Frank Black's Teenager Of The Year still sounds brilliant 30 years on
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Amyl And The Sniffers have really started something. And thank f*** for that
Julian Cope rediscovers melody on mischievous 37th solo album Friar Tuck
Sarcasm and actual tunes as one of rock’s true one-offs resurfaces
Mark Tremonti finds a way to expand his palette on The End Will Show Us How
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Tremonti's latest album mixes his well documented love of metal with the post-grunge and balladry he made his name with
The Halo Effect have crafted the first great melodic death metal album of 2025 with March Of The Unheard
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The idiosyncratic English art-rockers’ history is detailed in a pleasingly DIY limited-edition chunky read.
“Welcome textures… but the mix lacks coherence”: White Willow’s remaster of Storm Season
Mainman Jacob Holm-Lupo took his band in a new direction with 2004 release, but the material shows its age in latest update
The Temperance Movement don't reinvent the wheel on A Deeper Cut, but they do keep it spinning
A Deeper Cut was the last album The Temperance Movement made before parting ways with now-returned frontman Phil Campbell
