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Why Mystic Festival remains one of Europe's most unique and essential metal holiday destinations
A unique setting, a fantastic atmosphere and guaranteed lineups full of the best in heavy metal make Mystic a must for festival lovers across Europe
Let's quietly reflect on that time Dave Mustaine blew a date with Belinda Carlisle due to heroin, pot and breath that smelled "like a skunk’s ass"
The course of true love never did run smooth, as a wise man once noted
Mudvayne announce first headline tour in 14 years in dramatic fashion: 'An Event. On the Horizon... You, and the alien seed, MuDvAyNe'
Mudvayne are to hit the road this summer with Coal Chamber and GWAR, and they're promising "An Event"
Watch Babymetal's intense live video for Light And Darkness
Babymetal share Light and Darkness as single four previewing the release of The Other One, coming next month
It looks like Ghost are about to kill off Papa Emeritus IV in new Chapter 16 video Tax Season
‘Nothing is certain except death and taxes!’: Ghost’s latest video hints that Papa Emeritus IV isn’t long for this world
Wait, Rihanna nearly appeared on a Hoobastank song back in 2006?
Hoobastank’s Doug Robb reveals epic Rihanna fail after rejecting a collaboration with the singer on their song Inside Of You
13 musicians declaring their undying love for Metallica’s Master Of Puppets
Slipknot’s Corey Taylor, Ghost’s Tobias Forge, ex-Slayer guitarist Kerry King and more bow down before Master Of Puppets
Metallica joke about Rihanna Super Bowl ‘snub’: ‘We can’t believe she didn’t ask us to be her backup singer”
Metallica post clip of themselves singing Rihanna’s 2012 hit Diamonds after the pop superstar’s Super Bowl Halftime Show appearance
Moby nearly formed a supergroup with members of Pantera and Mötley Crüe… and a metal band with Bjork
A glimpse inside the crazy world of electronic music superstar Moby
Vote for the best Babymetal song ever
Have your say on the greatest Babymetal song of them all
David Draiman offers to explain to Joe Rogan why perpetuating anti-Semitic stereotypes leads to "dangerous and disastrous consequences"
Disturbed frontman David Draiman has spoken up about podcast host Rogan's controversial comments on Jewish people and money
Megadeth are being sued over the cover of The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead!
Megadeth cover artist Brent Elliott White is suing the band and their label for copyright infringement
Iron Maiden are lagging behind Cyndi Lauper, George Michael, Soundgarden and more in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame fan vote
Iron Maiden are currently sixth in the Hall Of Fame fan vote – and only five will get on the final ballot
Ghost’s Call Me Little Sunshine as a piano ballad is today’s epic Satanic weepie
Listen to Eluveitie singer Fabienne Erni transform Ghost’s 2022 single Call Me Little Sunshine a sweeping piano ballad
Nightwish are working on a “pretty heavy” new album, according to Floor Jansen
Nightwish singer Floor Jansen hints at the direction of the symphonic metal band’s next album, only in the brand new issue of Metal Hammer
David Draiman is a big fan of Sam Smith's 'Satanic' Grammys performance: "I don’t want anyone ever saying that heavy metal live performances are too extreme for the Grammys"
Sam Smith's devilishly fun Grammys performance has "set the bar", according to the Disturbed frontman
Ex-Metallica bassist Jason Newsted is returning to metal with two new projects: “I’m stepping back into the heavy”
Former Metallica/Voivod/Ozzy bassist Jason Newsted is working on two new metal bands
Marilyn Manson faces new lawsuit alleging sexual assault on a minor
A new lawsuit accuses Marilyn Manson of grooming and sexually assaulting an underage girl in the 1990s
Linkin Park are teasing something big to do with Meteora
A countdown on an old-school webpage suggests Linkin Park are up to some Meteora-related business
That Kerry King/Dave Mustaine love-in just stepped up a notch
“It’s not every day one of the most fearsome guitarists in the world gives you a compliment,” says Dave Mustaine after Kerry King calls him “a f**king great guitarist”
Tool’s Danny Carey has the assault case against him dropped
The Tool drummer won’t face charges stemming back to a fracas at Kansas City airport in 2021
Nicolas Cage used to throw horror movie nights with Johnny Ramone, Kirk Hammett, Rob Zombie and Eddie Vedder
More proof that his appearance as Dracula in upcoming movie Renfield is the role Nicolas Cage was born to play
Metallica are launching their new album 72 Seasons with a worldwide listening party in cinemas
Listen to Metallica’s new album 72 Seasons in cinemas a full day before it comes out
