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Ayreon
Damian Wilson, Simone Simons and Anneke van Giersbergen all star in new Ayreon live video for The Day That The World Breaks Down

By Jerry Ewing Published

Dutch prog rockers Ayreon will release the star-studded 01011001 - Live Beneath The Waves in May

Music Videos
Symphonic metal singers Sharon den Adel, Simone Simons and Floor Jansen
A beginner’s guide to symphonic metal in 5 albums

By Metal Hammer Published

Few genres do grandiosity like symphonic metal – and here’s where to start with it

Albums
Epica
Epica's Simone Simons: "I've been called the metal Barbie, but I don't give a damn"

By Will Marshall Published

Simone Simons talks Disney covers, pastafarianism and how Epica worked out their collaborative EP The Alchemy Project

Interviews
Ghost/Sabaton/Babymetal/Slipknot/Voice Of Baceprot
The 50 best metal songs of 2022 (as voted by you)

By Rich Hobson Published

The results are in from our fan vote - these are the best metal songs from 2022, as chosen by our readers

Bands & Artists
Obituary/Skindred/Creeper/Epica/Royal Thunder
The 10 best new metal songs you need to hear this week

By Rich Hobson Published

In Flames, Obituary and Skindred are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

Albums
Epica: The Alchemy Project album cover
Epica’s The Alchemy Project: symphonic metallers take a turn for the unexpected with left-field friends

By Catherine Morris Published

Album review: symphonic metal A-listers Epica get on down with some unexpected guests on The Alchemy Project

Albums
BFMV
The new Metal Hammer dives into the story behind Bullet For My Valentine's heaviest record yet

By Metal Hammer Last updated

Bullet For My Valentine: the definitive interview, inside the new Metal Hammer

Albums
Tribulation/Epica/In Flames/Skynd/ChuggaBoom
The 10 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

By Rich Hobson Published

In Flames, Tribulation and Lorna Shore are among the best new songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

Albums
Epica: We Still Take You With Us cover art
Epica's We Still Take You With Us collection may well bust your corset

By Stephen Dalton Published

We Still Take You With Us is a lavish archive box set from guitar-shredding Lowlanders Epica

Albums
M Shadows and Zacky Vengeance of Avenged Sevenfold, Machine Head's Robb Flynn and Black Sabbath's Geezer Butler
"It's insanity at this point": the metal world reacts to Texas school shooting

By Merlin Alderslade Published

Numerous metal figureheads have reacted to the latest episode of gun violence in the US as 19 children and two teachers are killed in Uvalde, Texas

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