Listen to new Wednesday 13 single Bring Your Own Blood
Wednesday 13 releases new single Bring Your Own Blood - the latest track taken from upcoming album Necrophaze
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Listen to new Wednesday 13 single Bring Your Own Blood
Wednesday 13 releases new single Bring Your Own Blood - the latest track taken from upcoming album Necrophaze
Here are the 12 biggest news stories of the week
It’s been another busy week in the world of rock, metal and prog – here are the stories that hit the headlines
Slipknot score first number one album in 18 years
Slipknot have topped the UK album charts for the first time since 2001, thanks to success of new album We Are Not Your Kind – ending Ed Sheeran's reign in the process
Babymetal unleash live video for Elevator Girl, reveal Metal Galaxy tracklist
Japanese stars Babymetal launch Elevator Girl video ahead of debut American tour
Magma to release gold vinyl version of Zëss
Limited edition of 1500 numbered copies of Magma's Zess are to be released on 180 gram audiophile gold coloured vinyl
Joe Elliott's Down 'n' Outz announce new album, This Is How We Roll
Down 'n' Outz third album This Is How We Roll will be released in October - listen to the title track now
Dream Theater are on the cover of the new issue of Prog, on sale today
Plus Bill Bruford, Peter Hammill, iamthemorning, Renaissance, Katatonia, 80s prog and more...
The Pineapple Thief’s Bruce Soord announces new solo album
Bruce Soord will release the album All This Will Be Yours in October - check out The Solitary Path Of A Convicted Man
Here’s the setlist from the opening night of Def Leppard’s Las Vegas residency
Def Leppard kicked off their Sin City residency last night and delivered a thrill-packed 23-track set – which included a host of live rare tracks
Steve Hackett to release live orchestral album
Steve Hackett will release Genesis Revisited Band & Orchestra: Live At The Royal Festival Hall later this year - watch first trailer
Iggy Pop launches video for his single James Bond
Iggy Pop shares promo for his track James Bond - song will feature on the upcoming album Free
Metal Hammer Podcast: The Big Bloodstock Review
Merl, El and Al discuss Cradle of Filth, Slipknot, Babymetal and of course BLOODSTOCK 2019!
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The 10 best budget turntables 2019: top record players for under £300
UPDATED Treat your vinyl to these brilliant budget turntables from Pro-Ject, Rega, Audio-Technica, Sony and more
Ten bands who owe it all to The Beatles
From Badfinger to Black Sabbath, we pick 10 bands whose careers may have gone differently were it not for The Beatles
Win the Woodstock: Back To The Garden 5LP box set
The 50th anniversary of the original Woodstock Festival is upon us, and we've got a copy of the ultimate vinyl box set to give away
Get retro and necro with Norway's 8-bit occultists Darkhan
Premiere Norway's 'blackbit' filthmongers Darkhan reveal a video for the track Fanden
The Ultimate Midgardsblot metal playlist!
If you are planning to go to this year's Midgardsblot: the annual celebration of all things viking and metal, get in the spirit with our essential tunes
Steve Howe: Prog God 2018
In 2018, Prog bestowed the ultimate accolade on Yes' Steve Howe. The veteran guitarist talks us through the highs and lows of his incredible career, from the UFO underground to world domination with Yes and Asia
Beer and loathing at Rock In Rio: the sordid story of a festival
Settle in for an epic tale in Rio De Janeiro as Iron Maiden, Ozzy and Queen and more play the first ever Rock In Rio festival - as MIck Wall tries to drink their rider
The story behind Camel's Moonmadness
Camel guitarist Andy Latimer looks back at the creation of Moonmadness, one of the all-time classic prog albums.
Paradise Lost's Aaron Aedy on his prog heroes Voivod
Paradise Lost’s rhythm guitarist Aaron Aedy takes one second to recount his love for Voivod.
Whitesnake's Lovehunter: the album that inflamed the music press
To this day, Whitesnake are still often tagged as an 80s band, but it all began with bluesy hard rock in the 70s. Then along came 1979’s game-changer, Lovehunter
The miraculous story of Queen in the 1980s
It was the decade when Queen had it all, lost it and then clawed it back again. But behind the strut and sparkle of the band in the 80s, storm clouds were gathering
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King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have released... an old-skool thrash album?
Aussie psychedelicists King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard go very metal on Infest The Rat's Nest
Creedence's Woodstock set: 50 years on, still bristling with energy
After half a century on the cutting room floor, Creedence Clearwater Revival's Woodstock set is officially out at last
Slipknot are back and as bold as ever in We Are Not Your Kind
Album review: Masked Iowan metallers Slipknot still refuse to conform on We Are Not Your Kind
Iron Maiden - four reissues of The Beast, reviewed
Four slabs of prime Iron Maiden from a tricky, transitional time: Fear Of The Dark, The X-Factor, Virtual XI and Brave New World
AC/DC: Highway To Hell album review
Highway To Hell: the album that took AC/DC to international superstardom, and an entry point for new fans since its release
AC/DC: Let There Be Rock album review
Recorded in one room and crackling with energy, AC/DC's fourth album Let There Be Rock was a statement of furious intent
Live's Throwing Copper: 25 years on, suddenly contemporary
Throwing Copper by Live: the 25th Anniversary edition is a classic alt.rock reissue
Scott Stapp has released an album that might make you like him
The redemption of Scott Stapp, the worst rock star of the 90s, begins here
Sabaton arise victorious with new album The Great War
Sweden’s power metal battalion get serious about going over the top
Abbath's new album is an expansive journey through black metal's icy tundras
Black metal overlord Abbath broadens his own snowy horizons in new album Outstrider
