Here are the 15 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
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Singer-songwriter Eddie Money dead at 70
Eddie Money, the man behind hits like Two Tickets to Paradise, Shakin', Baby Hold On and Take Me Home Tonight, has died
Lindemann launch video for Steh Auf and announce new album F & M
Rammstein's Till Lindemann and Hypocrisy and Pain's Peter Tagtgren launch video for Steh Auf (Stand Up) - as duo detail new album F & M
Prog Reader discount for Space Rocks Live
Prog reader special discount: tickets of Anathema, Amplifier, Voyager for just £15...
Slayer announce The Repentless Killogy motion picture
Slayer’s 2017 live set from The Forum in Inglewood, California, will be paired with a short film - watch NSFW trailer
Rob Zombie’s 3 From Hell set for home release just in time for Halloween
The third and final part of Rob Zombie's horror trilogy 3 From Hell will be with us in October
The Beatles: Liverpool’s Strawberry Field site to reopen this weekend
Site made famous by the Fab Four has been transformed into a tourist attraction and a centre for youths with learning disabilities
Metal Hammer Podcast: Have you ever felt sexually attracted to a song?
Babymetal, Wiedgedood, Lacuna Coil, Taylor Swift(?) and some pretty odd reader questions...
Ramblin’ Man Fair 2020 reveals Prog In The Park lineup
After Ramblin’ Man’s Prog In The Park stage scooped the Event Of The Year at last night’s Progressive Music Awards, organisers reveal the 2020 lineup
Five Finger Death Punch tease new single Inside Out
Ivan Moody and co. share short video showcasing their upcoming single Inside Out - track will feature on their 8th studio album
Motley Crue’s Tommy Lee completes work on new album
The Motley Crue drummer says his new album will be out in 2020 and it'll feature two different genres
Ghost release new single Seven Inches Of Satanic Panic
After revealing the a-side Kiss The Go-Goat earlier this week, Ghost launch the flip side Mary On A Cross - both tracks feature on the single Seven Inches Of Satanic Panic
The Who detail new album, launch single and announce UK and Ireland tour
The Who will release the album Who in November - check out new single Ball And Chain
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Motley Crue's 10 craziest moments
A litany of chaos from rock's ultimate bad boys, Motley Crue
Korn's The Nothing: Your ultimate track-by-track guide
Korn's new album promised to be their heaviest yet, but is it? We've picked apart every track to find out...
Why The Wildhearts are Britain's greatest band right now
Sponsored The Wildhearts play 10 dates at smaller venues next month. Here's why you'd be mad to miss them…
Hankering for the 90s? Sick Joy's new EP Them Days has you covered
Sick Joy have released their new EP Them Days, and it's a joyous mashup of slick radio rock and good, old-fashioned fuzzed-up grunge
The Hu's track-by-track guide to debut album The Gereg
One of the year's most eagerly awaited debut albums, The Gereg by Mongolian stars The Hu, is finally upon us
Eye Flys' track by track guide to new album Context
Underground metal supergroup Eye Flys guide us through new album Context one track at a time
Tough Crowd: Inside Nervus' confrontational third album
From collapsing stages to reaching for The Holy Bible, Nervus vocalist Em Foster talks us through new album Tough Crowd
See what happened when we took Lacuna Coil to the London Dungeon
Gallery Lacuna Coil fans had the experience of a lifetime when we gave them an exclusive chance meet their favourite band in a very gothic setting – and hear their new album ahead of time!
VOLA pick their fave prog albums of the year so far...
The Danish proggers look back over the best that 2019 has offered. So far...
Babymetal are reaching for the stars in the new issue of Metal Hammer, out now!
The new issue of Metal Hammer is a biggie, featuring Babymetal, Korn, Steel Panther, Cult of Luna, Opeth and more
Here's why you can’t afford to miss the UK Guitar Show and London Bass Guitar Show
With the UK Guitar Show and London Bass Guitar Show fast approaching, here are 7 reasons why you need to be there
Cockroaches, prostitutes and punch-ups: the 1989 Moscow Peace Festival
Just your everyday tale of the first (and probably last) anti-drug festival behind the Iron Curtain, with Bon Jovi, Scorpions, Ozzy Osbourne, Cinderalla and Skid Row
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Asagraum's Dawn Of Infinite Fire is an instant black metal classic
Dutch black metallers Asagraum weave potent new magick from the old school with new album Dawn of Infinite Fire
Black Star Riders' Another State Of Grace: the boys are back, and they're still fighting
Black Star Riders continue to show there’s life for them beyond Lizzy with Another State Of Grace, and life is good
Tool's Fear Inoculum: intricate, immersive, and thrillingly warped
After well over a decade’s wait, Tool spiral out and keep going further than ever on Fear Inoculum
Why Sacred Reich's Awakening was worth waiting twenty three years for
The Politically charged thrash originals Sacred Reich break a near-quarter-century silence wand prove thrash metal is still alive and well
Crobot: still stoned, but heavier and darker
Motherbrain is a leap forward for the Pennsylvanian band Crobot
New Model Army: a hypnotic swirl of captivating darkness
Tribal rockers New Model Army serve up an icy-cold brew on 15th album From Here
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
