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Manuel Gagneux
"Nine Inch Nails made me quit my day job."

By Perran Helyes Published

From discovering black metal through Darkthrone to being inspired by Mike Patton for Stranger Fruit, these are the 10 songs that have shaped Zeal & Ardor's Manuel Gagneux

Tracks & Singles
Nine Inch Nails performing live in 2005 and Zeal And Ardor performing live in 2005
The Nine Inch Nails lyric that made Zeal & Ardor’s Manuel Gagneux quit his job

By Matt Mills Published

A line from Nine Inch Nail’s 2005 album With Teeth inspired Manuel Gagneux to give up the 9-to-5 for good

Bands & Artists
Zeal & Ardor Desertfest 2025
"Intense. Beautiful. Devastating." Seven bands who defined Desertfest London 2025

By Liz Scarlett Published

Desertfest 2025 took over five venues in Camden, north London at the weekend, and crushed our tiny brains into jellied chunks

Live Performances
Linkin Park/Bruce Dickinson/Bring Me The Horizon/Poppy/Zeal & Ardor
The 20 best metal albums of 2024 - as voted by the readers of Metal Hammer

By Rich Hobson Published

From Judas Priest to Opeth, Poppy to Bring Me The Horizon, these are the metal albums you said defined metal in 2024

Albums
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Metal Hammer's 50 best albums of 2024

By Metal Hammer Published

From Judas Priest's Invincible Shield to Nightwish's Yesterwynde and Opeth's return to extremity, these are the metal albums that ruled 2024

Albums
Desertfest 2025 line-up
Earth, Pallbearer, Hippie Death Cult, Lust Ritual among new additions to Desertfest 2025

By Paul Brannigan Published

Desertfest 2025 just got darker, doomier, heavier and more exciting with the addition of 20 artists to the line-up

Music Festivals
Zeal & Ardor
Carpenter Brut, Zeal & Ardor, Normandie, Intervals, GHØSTKID and more confirmed for Radar 2025

By Merlin Alderslade Published

Manchester's premier progressively-minded rock and metal festival has unveiled its first announcement for 2025

Music Festivals
Zeal & Ardor live in 2022
Zeal & Ardor on why metal gatekeeping is “funny” – plus Björk, Anthony Fantano, Mayhem and more

By Matt Mills Published

We tried to interview Zeal & Ardor mastermind Manuel Gagneux about gatekeeping. We ended up discussing Mayhem, Björk, Anthony Fantano and Mike Patton instead.

Interviews
Zeal & Ardor live in 2023
Zeal & Ardor go avant-garde without hindering their hooks at electric London gig

By Matt Mills Published

At a crammed O2 Empire Shepherds Bush, Zeal & Ardor shed their ‘black metal meets spirituals’ tag with a set of new, experimental anthems

Concerts & Shows
Zeal & Ardor Basel 2024
How Zeal & Ardor went from squat-punks to prestige black metal masters

By Dave Everley Published

Zeal & Ardor's new album Greif continues Basel's fine tradition of flashing their backsides at power and authority

Interviews
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