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Slayer onstage in 2017
Grand Theft Auto VI will have a heavy metal radio station featuring Black Sabbath and hosted by Slayer’s Tom Araya and Kerry King

By Matt Mills Published

Black Sabbath’s I and Slayer’s Raining Blood have been confirmed for the soundtrack

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Jim Bakker at his desk
Jim Bakker, televangelist who inspired songs by Ozzy Osbourne, Iron Maiden and Genesis, dead at 86

By Fraser Lewry Published

Disgraced televangelist Jim Bakker and his ilk also inspired songs by Black Sabbath, Poison, The Hooters and Frank Zappa

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Tom Cruise performing as Stacee Jaxx in Rock Of Ages
In 2012, Tom Cruise played a singer in a hair metal musical – and the critics hated it

By Stephen Dalton Published

Tom Cruise’s new movie Digger has split the critics - but it’s got nothing on Rock Of Ages

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Pink Floyd pose shrouded in pink in August of 1968 in Los Angeles. (L-R) Nick Mason, Dave Gilmour, Rick Wright (center front), Roger Waters. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
“A ghost of something interesting, requiring a séance to discover it”: Pink Floyd’s early movie work

By Daryl Easlea Published

Soundtracks from the band’s first seven years illustrate how many directions were open to them over the period from 1965 to 1972

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Emily Armstrong looking out from the stage
Linkin Park’s Unshatter is one of the best documentaries ever made by a metal band

By Matt Mills Published

The nu metal superstars rarely pull their punches as they explore the turmoil of Chester Bennington’s death and the long journey towards their reunion

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Black Sabbath against a purple background
Watch the trailer for Black Sabbath’s Back To The Beginning film – and find out which of the songs performed that day will make the cut

By Matt Mills Published

Footage from every set at Ozzy Osbourne’s final concert will be included when the film hits cinemas on October 28

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Slade in 1975, studio portrait
Slade's movie was supposed to set their career alight: Instead, it put it on the back burner

By Ian Fortnam Published

Now regarded as a classic, Slade In Flame was an uncharacteristically dark film that absolutely nobody expected

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Ozzy Haunted House
I experienced the new Ozzy Osbourne Haunted House attraction at Universal Studios, and it's far from the lazy cash-in you might have feared

By Serena Cherry Published

Boarding the crazy train, escaping werewolves and a giant bat biting Ozzy’s head off - here’s what it’s really like inside Universal’s brilliant, Ozzy-themed haunted house

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John Carpenter in 2025 and Metallica in 2026
Halloween director John Carpenter wants to make a Metallica music video

By Matt Mills Published

The master of horror is a big fan of the US metal titans, especially their 1991 self-titled album

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Brutal Legend videogame box art and Jack Black in 2019
Brütal Legend 2 is finally happening – if the game’s developer can raise $100 million: “We’d love to do it, but a game like that requires significant funding”

By Matt Mills Published

Double Fine Productions tease a sequel to their 2009 cult classic title starring Jack Black and Ozzy Osbourne, but it’ll set supporters back nine figures

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