Watch Gojira in fiery performance at Olympics opening ceremony in Paris
Gojira blast out metal version of French revolutionary song Ah! Ça Ira at Olympic Games opening ceremony
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Watch Gojira in fiery performance at Olympics opening ceremony in Paris
Gojira blast out metal version of French revolutionary song Ah! Ça Ira at Olympic Games opening ceremony
Listen to the "heavy and mysterious" soundtrack to Tony Iommi's new cologne
Tony Iommi's Deified cologne is available now for those who'd like to smell extra nice
Alice In Chains' Jerry Cantrell announces new album I Want Blood
Jerry Cantrell's shares details of his new solo record I Want Blood, and unveils the new single Vilified
Watch Billy Joel sing Guns N' Roses and AC/DC classics with Axl Rose
Billy Joel teamed up with Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose for three performances on the final night of his decade-long historic residency at Madison Square Garden
Mystery announce Through Different Nights European weekend for May 2025
Canadian prog rockers Mystery will hold their weekend event at the Boerderij in Zoetermeer, Holland in May
Exodus' Jack Gibson says the music business no longer exists
Exodus bassist laments the shortfalls of a music industry now only concerned with bands going viral
TesseracT announce next phase of War Of Being world tour
TesseracT announce new European and UK dates for January and February 2025
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So, that's everyone in agreement, yes?
Spiritualized replace Clown Core at this year's ArcTanGent festival
The 10th anniversary staging of ArcTanGent takes place at Fernhill Farm, Somerset, near Bristol, between August 14-17.
King Crimson's Jakko Jakszyk announces autobiogaphy
Jakko Jakszyk will release autobiography Who’s The Boy With The Lovely Hair? in October
Gojira to play Paris Olympics 2024 opening ceremony alongside Lady Gaga, Celine Dion and more
Gojira will be mixing it up with pop royalty to kick off the 2024 Olympics in their homeland this weekend
“I’m super happy about the result”: Lacuna Coil are finishing their next studio album, eyeing 2024 release date
It will be Lacuna Coil’s first album of new material since 2019
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"Let’s hope this supergroup is one that sticks around for a while." Current and former members of Anthrax, Machine Head, Exodus, Shadows Fall and more unite for ripping first Category 7 album
Category 7 put on a hell of a first showing for their debut album
Jack Bruce's debut solo long-player Songs For A Tailor, revisited
Beyond the White Room: Jack Bruce's 1969 album Songs For A Tailor, now with DVD extras
The deluxe edition of The Police's Synchronicity improves on the original
The Police's best-selling Synchronicity improves with added archive gold
Bernie Tormé sounds inessential on second archive collection
The Bernie Tormé Archives Vol. 2 1985-1993: Big in Cleethorpes
Paul Di'Anno's Warhorse come up lame on occasionally triumphant debut
Former Iron Maiden frontman Paul Di'Anno rides again
"An ambitious blend of groove, death and nu metal elements, with frenzied Afrobeat polyrhythms." Dzikkuh proves Togo's Arka'n Asrafokor are the band every metalhead should know in 2024
Cited as "Togo's only metal band", Arka'n Asrafokor set their sights on global recognition with ambitious second album
Placebo roll back the years but keep their feet firmly planted in the present at celebratory London show
Placebo play a special, career-spanning set in England's capital
