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Sophie Lloyd shares sizzling video for Iron Maiden-inspired single Do Or Die
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Guitar sensation Sophie Lloyd shares video for Do Or Die, her collaboration with Inglorious frontman Nathan James

Listen to Zayn Malik, ex-One Direction, cover Jimi Hendrix's Angel to celebrate guitar legends' 80th birthday
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JIMI AT 80 Zayn Malik covers Jimi Hendrix classic with estate's approval

Machine Gun Kelly, Ghost and Måneskin win Rock categories at the American Music Awards
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Red Hot Chili Peppers, who were nominated for Favorite Rock Artist, Favorite Rock Song and Favorite Rock Album, have emerged empty-handed

Attention Nine Inch Nails fans: You can now listen to the new cannibal love story soundtrack Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross just dropped
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Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross share soundtrack to cannibal road trip movie Bones And All

Watch a raging bull cause havoc in Enter Shikari's video for Bull featuring former The Voice contestant Cody Frost
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"This song is about those who damage your mental health, your self-esteem, and even your very identity" says Enter Shikari's Rou Reynolds

Enter Shikari, Arch Enemy and Misfits to appear in animal rights documentary
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The team behind Taking Note – The Animal Rights Music Documentary are currently seeking donations to help film secure 2023 release

Watch Emma Ruth Rundle's new tour documentary All I Know of Love
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Folky post-rocker announces 2023 North America tour

A member of One Direction has released an angsty electro-punk single, and it won't make you want to slice off your ears
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Louis Tomlinson's new single Out Of My System isn't a million miles away from Bring Me The Horizon at their poppiest

Tom Morello's ex-bandmate has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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The guitarist studied at Harvard with Professor Carolyn Bertozzi and played in band, Bored of Education

The Smashing Pumpkins and Jane's Addiction kick off 32-date North American tour
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The alt-rock dream tour opened its account with a show at American Airlines Arena in Dallas on October 2

Nickelback share their new video for San Quentin
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The four-minute clip was actually filmed 940 miles away from California's oldest prison

Alter Bridge share lyric video for This Is War
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The song is taken from their forthcoming seventh album, Pawns & Kings, out October 14

Fever 333 will continue despite losing guitarist and drummer, vows vocalist Jason Aalon Butler
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Aric Improta and Stephen Harrison quit the band yesterday, citing "creative differences" and internal problems

There’s a new Slipknot album coming soon – here’s everything we know about it
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Updated Slipknot are releasing a new album in the near future. Here’s everything we know about it so far

How a James Hetfield doodle led to one of metal's most iconic album covers
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The story behind Metallica's Master Of Puppets album artwork

Video Breakdown: Metallica – Nothing Else Matters
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A look Metallica's Nothing Else Matters clip, scene by scene

St. Anger: A banger or a clanger?
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When Metallica's St Anger was released in 2003 it split fans right down the middle. Here we look back on the album and ask: banger or clanger?

Metallica Week: The Ultimate Archive – the albums, the interviews, the songs
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In the week Metallica release S&M2, here’s every interview, feature and review you need from the Metal Hammer and Classic Rock archives

How Paranoid Made Black Sabbath Heavy Metal Superstars
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Black Sabbath and friends on the surprise impact of their second record, how the title track almost wrote itself and why Ozzy and Geezer fought to keep it off the album...

Download Festival announce stage times
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Download Dog has delivered this year's stage times, and we've put them on the internet

50 facts you might not know about Dave Grohl
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As the Nicest Man In Rock™ reaches his first half century, we explore the lesser known side of the Foo Fighters leader

Hear captivating new single from Ozzy Osbourne’s daughter Aimée
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Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne’s daughter Aimée will release her debut album in October. Hear her new single House Of Lies.

Bad tattoos of rock stars photoshopped onto the real thing is still the best thing ever
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We took the ultimate rock star tattoo fails and transposed them onto their real life counterparts. The results are horrific.
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