Machine Head rail against injustice in Bulletproof lyric video
Machine Head share promo for their Civil Unrest track Bulletproof which was released earlier in the summer
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Machine Head rail against injustice in Bulletproof lyric video
Machine Head share promo for their Civil Unrest track Bulletproof which was released earlier in the summer
'Red Alert day of action' to take place in support of #WeMakeEvents initiative
Members of the UK's live events industry are taking part in a national day of action to highlight the 'red alert' currently facing music event staff and venues
Metallica wind the clock back to 2004 - as they confirm Howard Stern appearance
Metallica revisit their show in Munich on the Madly In Anger With The World tour ahead of their appearance on The Howard Stern Show later this week
Iron Maiden pay tribute to Martin Birch: Simply one of the greatest people we have ever worked with
Iron Maiden’s Steve Harris, Bruce Dickinson and manager Rod Smallwood pay tribute to producer and engineer Martin Birch who died earlier this week
Machine Head's Robb Flynn: Burn My Eyes changed my life in so many ways
As Machine Head’s debut album Burn My Eyes celebrates its 26th anniversary, Robb Flynn, Logan Mader, Chris Kontos and Jared MacEachern reflect on the album and their anniversary tour
Metallica announce their first live show of 2020
Metallica’s Encore Drive-In Nights show will be shown across North America at drive-ins and outdoor theatres later this month
Entombed AD singer LG Petrov diagnosed with ‘incurable’ cancer
Death metal veterans Entombed AD launch GoFundMe page to raise money for vocalist LG Petrov’s cancer treatment
Iron Maiden, Deep Purple and Whitesnake producer and engineer Martin Birch dead at 71
Whitesnake’s David Coverdale confirms that legendary producer and engineer Martin Birth has died
Here are the 12 biggest music stories of the week
Get up to speed with everything that’s been happening in the world of rock, metal and prog over the past seven days with our weekly news roundup
SOAD’s Shavo Odadjian has dropped his first song with new band North Kingsley
Listen to Like That? – the first song from System Of A Down bassist Shavo Odadjian’s North Kingsley project
Evanescence and HeadCount join forces for the Use My Voice campaign
Evanescence and HeadCount join forces for the Use My Voice initiative to urge Americans to check or update their voter registration status ahead of November's election
Sabaton share live video for The Attack Of The Dead Men
Sabaton continue to support their latest album The Great War with new video for The Attack Of The Dead Men
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“We were four f**king dummies from Birmingham”: the epic story of the birth of Black Sabbath
50 years after Black Sabbath unleashed their debut album, Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler look back on the birth of the band that changed the world
Make Them Suffer: “There’s an epidemic of suicide in our society. It’s horrible to see”
Aussie metalcore crew Make Them Suffer’s new album How To Survive A Funeral is more than just their shot at the big time – it’s a chance to process their grief
Killswitch Engage’s Jesse Leach: why I love Angel Dust by Faith No More
“It changed everything for people of my generation”: Jesse Leach salutes Faith No More’s iconic 1992 album Angel Dust
The Top 10 best albums of 1992
From Iron Maiden and Megadeth to Faith No More and Alice In Chains, these are the 10 best albums of 1992
Vredehammer: where Stephen King meets death metal
Ever thought that It needed a death metal makeover? Vredehammer have got you covered
Slayer: “It’s nice to smile when you’re singing about death, murder and killing babies”
In 2006, Slayer returned with new album Christ Illusion. When Hammer joined them on the road in the US, we found a band more malevolent than ever
Shavo Odadjian on his new band North Kingsley and the future of System Of A Down
EXCLUSVE! “My heart is in this because System is not working,” says SOAD bassist Shavo Odadjian of his new band North Kingsley
The wisdom of Bruce Dickinson: Iron Maiden's frontman on creativity, cancer and cocaine
Highlights from the feverish brain of Iron Maiden singer and polymath Bruce Dickinson
Tobias Forge: why I love Possessed’s Seven Churches
Ghost frontman Tobias Forge salutes the cult debut album that invented death metal
Johannes Eckerström’s track by track guide to Avatar’s new album Hunter Gatherer
How Swedish metal heroes Avatar made their darkest, angriest albums yet – and roped in Corey Taylor for the year’s most unlikely cameo
Watch Tallah tear nu-metal a new one on monstrously heavy new single Placenta
EXCLUSIVE Nu-core stars Tallah drop brand new single Placenta – and you can see it here first
Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water: inside Limp Bizkit’s obnoxious masterpiece
Limp Bizkit’s Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water sent nu metal supernova and changed everything for the band that made it – and not necessarily for the best
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Theatrical metal kings Avatar take a turn for the darker on new album Hunter Gatherer
Avatar park the theatrics and for a circus of horrors on eighth album Hunter Gatherer
Selbst’s Relatos De Angustia: black metal anguish meets Jungian psychology
Epic black introspection from the heart of South America from Chile’s Selbst
Shadowy Portuguese cult Gaerea open up a thrilling new black metal front on new album Limbo
Gaerea’s new album establishes them as one of the newest visionaries in metal
Steve Von Till’s No Wilderness Deep Enough: gothic Americana for hardcore insomniacs
Not yet ratedNeurosis man Steve Von Till takes an existential walk on the wild side on new solo album No Wilderness Deep Enough
Dee Snider’s For The Love Of Metal – Live: rock’n’roll’s greatest ringmaster in untouchable form
Twisted Sister legend Dee Snider shows the kids how it’s done on new album For The Love Of Metal Live – and throws in an AC/DC cover too
Septicflesh’s Infernus Sinfonica MMXIX: orchestral death metal gets its own S&M2
Epic death metallers Septicflesh get the orchestral treatment on new live album Infernus Sinfonica MMXIX
Primal Fear’s Metal Commando: the power metal Jedi Masters return
Power metal warhorses Primal Fear show their class on lucky thirteenth album Metal Commando
Metalcore heroes Misery Signals go back to the future on new album Ultraviolet
Misery Signals’ first album with their original line-up in 16 years is a huge leap sideways
Aleah’s posthumous new album is a spectral reminder of a great lost talent
Magical melancholy from late Tears Of Eternity singer Aleah Starbridge
Destruction’s Born To Thrash: German titans live and feral
Euro thrash warhorses Destruction show no sign of slowing on new live album Born To Thrash
Ensiferum’s Thalassic is the sound of a band still gallantly riding on the wings of folk metal
Finnish folk metallers Ensiferum put fresh wind in their sails with new album Thalassic