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10 awesome independent UK festivals still to come in summer 2024

By Merlin Alderslade Published

Think festival season is nearing its end? Pfft, it's just beginning

Music Festivals
A priest plays drums, next to a photo of Meshuggah singer of Jens Kidman onstage
Watch this Catholic priest perfectly play Bleed by Meshuggah on drums

By Matt Mills Published

Father Hyacinth Marie Cordell has gone viral by nailing one of the most difficult drum parts in all of heavy metal

Concerts & Shows
Corey Taylor of Slipknot and Jens Kidman of Meshuggah performing live
Slipknot and Meshuggah’s singers appear on heavy new songs by God Of War’s composer, and it doesn’t get more metal than that

By Matt Mills Published

Listen to Bear McCreary’s symphonic metal team-ups with Corey Taylor, Jens Kidman and more

Albums
Photos of Van Halen and Meshuggah performing live
Eddie Van Halen was a Meshuggah fan, according to son Wolfgang: “He said, ‘The drummer better be paid the most!’”

By Matt Mills Published

Mammoth WVH leader Wolfgang Van Halen has revealed his dad was an admirer of tech-metal’s most brutal behemoths

Bands & Artists
Meshuggah shouting into the camera in 2008
“People think we get our calculators out and work out some kind of complex mathematical formula”: how Meshuggah redefined tech metal for the 21st century

By Dom Lawson Published

With 2008’s landmark obZen album, Meshuggah were streets ahead of the competition – and the kings of punking other bands

Albums
James Hetfield, Randy Blythe, Jim Root and Synyster Gates performing onstage
10 heavy metal stars who should have solo careers

By Matt Mills Published

From James Hetfield to Randy Blythe, we’d love to see what these heavy metal heroes can do by themselves

Interviews
ATG 2024 poster
"We weren’t lying when we said our 10th year is going to be the biggest ever!": Mogwai, Electric Wizard, Explosions in the Sky and Ihsahn among artists newly confirmed for ArcTanGent 2024

By Paul Brannigan Published

The 10th anniversary staging of ArcTanGent is shaping up to be an absolute beast, with over 50 artists added to the bill

Music Festivals
Photos of Metallica's Kirk Hammett and Meshuggah's Jens Kidman performing onstage
Does anyone else remember the time Metallica’s Kirk Hammett played Bleed onstage with Meshuggah?

By Matt Mills Published

Metallica’s guitarist once joined tech-metal heavyweights Meshuggah to shred the solo of Bleed – watch the footage here

Albums
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Meshuggah and Animals As Leaders announced for ArcTanGent

By Jerry Ewing Published

ArcTangent celebrates its tenth anniversary at Fernhill Farm, Somerset between August 14-17

Music Festivals
Meshuggah - Chaosphere
“Served up as ‘hi-def’ – but should that be hi-deaf? The raw, frantic energy might be too much for some”: Meshuggah’s Chaosphere 25th Anniversary edition

By Jo Kendall Published

Groundbreaking third album keeps pushing boundaries with lively remaster

Albums
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