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Slipknot in Latin America video recap

Slipknot share access all areas video footage from their December Latin America tour and we can't hide our envy

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Slipknot toured Latin America in December 2022, and new footage from the trek suggests it was wild

System Of A Down standing against a white wall

John Dolmayan says System Of A Down should have replaced Serj Tankian years ago: “He hasn’t wanted to be in the band for a long time”

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System Of A Down’s John Dolmayan says the band have “wasted 15 or 20 years” trying to make a new record with Serj Tankian

20 iconic metal albums that turn 20 in 2023

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Iron Maiden, Metallica, Evanescence – these classic albums all celebrate their 20th birthday this year

ESP School of Metal Guitar

ESP School of Metal Guitar: how to play guitar like Iron Maiden

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Learn the playing secrets of some of the finest guitarists in metal with ESP's new video series

Slipknot group shot

Slipknot’s Clown hints that the unreleased Look Outside Your Window album will finally come out this year

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“It’s one of the best things I’ve ever done in my life,” says Slipknot’s Clown of the semi-mythical Look Outside Your Window

Metallica, 2022

Metallica’s Enter Sandman has passed 1 billion plays on Spotify

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Metallica’s 1991 classic Enter Sandman joins Spotify’s 1 billion club

Alice In Chains’ Layne Staley singing into a microphone onstage

Watch previously unseen footage of one of Layne Staley’s last ever shows with Alice In Chains

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Video of one of Layne Staley’s final shows from 1996 has appeared on YouTube

Metallica’s James Hetfield playing an acoustic guitar onstage

Metallica have dropped footage of their acoustic cover of Thin Lizzy’s Borderline, and Phil Lynott would be proud

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Watch pro-shot footage of Metallica’s previously unreleased unplugged cover of classic Thin Lizzy deep cut Borderline record at December’s Helping Hands concert

Fred Durst and Elon Musk

Fred Durst wants to help Elon Musk save Twitter, because it’s 2022 and the world is absolutely nuts

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Fred Durst to Elon Musk: “Myself and Limp Bizkit are available for any help you might want on Twitter”

Metallica’s James Hetfield, Rob Trujillo and Kirk Hammett

Watch Metallica play Lux Æterna live for the very first time

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Metallica unveiled latest single Lux Æterna and were joined by St Vincent at third annual Helping Hands concert in LA

Melodeath albums

The top 10 melodeath albums of 2022

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From rampaging Viking anthems to a Gothenberg Scene throwback, these are the best melodeath albums of the last 12 months

Metallica’s James Hetfield throwing the horns at the camera

Watch epic behind the scenes footage from Metallica’s Lux Æterna video shoot

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“It looks like we’re playing in a volcano!” says Kirk Hammett as Metallica drop ‘making of’ footage from them Lux Æterna video

Trivium’s Matt Heafy and Judas Priest‘s Rob Halford

Trivium’s Matt Heafy just met Rob Halford for the very first time, and it‘s the feelgood story of the week

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“I will never forget that moment,” says Trivium’s Matt Heafy after encountering “living legend” Rob Halford backstage at Knotfest Colombia

The covers of Metal Hammer’s top 10 prog metal albums of 2022

The top 10 best prog metal albums of 2022

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Meshuggah, Devin Townsend, Oceans Of Slumber and more serve up the year’s best prog metal

The sleeves of metal Hammer's albums of 2022

These are Metal Hammer’s Top 50 best albums of 2022

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Ghost, Slipknot, Rammstein, Megadeth… where did your favourite band end up in Metal Hammer’s best albums of 2022 rundown?

Municipal Waste

Watch the drummer from Municipal Waste’s mom stage dive at one of their gigs

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Every thrash gig should feature one of the band’s mom’s stage diving and crowd surfing

Anthrax

Anthrax pull Bloodstock 2023 appearance due to “logistical issues beyond our control”

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Anthrax will no longer be performing at next summer's Bloodstock festival, but organisers have already announced their replacement

Alter Bridge’s Mark Tremonti playing guitar onstage

Alter Bridge’s Silver Tongue has been voted the best riff of 2022

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Our fret-bothering friends over at Guitar World have named the greatest riff of 2022… and it’s by Alter Bridge

Nightwish against a black background

Tuomas Holopainen reveals “major surprises” on next Nightwish album, admits he thought the band “were finished” when bassist Marko Hietala left

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Nightwish’s next album will be the final part in a trilogy, according to keyboard player Tuomas Holopainen

Phil Anselmo of Pantera on stage

Watch Pantera play their first show in 21 years

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Pantera return to the stage for their first comeback gig at Mexico’s Heaven And Hell Festival – and here’s video and the full setlist

Heilung

Heilung to headline ArcTanGent 2023

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Multi-national Pagan folk collective Heilung join Sunbather, Cave In, Loathe, Conjurer, Svalbard, etc at ATG 2023

Tool fan and guitar prodigy Maya Neelakantan

Watch nine-year-old Tool fan weave 15 Adam Jones riffs into a 10-minute epic on the guitar Adam Jones gave her

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Guitar prodigy Maya Neelakantan is going viral again after showing off her mastery of Tool riffs in tribute to her hero Adam Jones

Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell resting his head on drummer Vinne Paul’s shoulder

Vinnie Paul’s estate shoots down Pantera “reunion”, call it a “celebration” instead

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“There can never be a Pantera reunion without Vinnie or Dime,” say estate of late drummer Vinnie Paul in a statement

Mastodon standing against a rock wall

We asked Mastodon, the band, about Mastodon, the social media network, and they’re just as confused as the rest of us

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Prog metal band? Social media network? Furry ice age elephant? Mastodon drummer Brann Dailor attempts to clear up the confusion over his group’s name

Meshuggah 2022

Meshuggah unveiled as third Bloodstock 2023 headliner

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Sweden's Meshuggah join Killswitch Engage and Megadeth as the third headline act announced for August's B.O.A. festival

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