Corey Taylor says that his new solo album is "going to be the best rock album of this year, and the next"
Corey Taylor says that his second solo album, CMF2 "chews up that first record and spits it out"
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Corey Taylor says that his new solo album is "going to be the best rock album of this year, and the next"
Corey Taylor says that his second solo album, CMF2 "chews up that first record and spits it out"
Nita Strauss is going to be rejoining Alice Cooper for his 2023 US tour dates
Nita Strauss has been playing guitar in Demi Lovato's live band recently, but it's been confirmed she will be back out with Alice Cooper in due course.
Guitarist creates emo song by riffing along to a guy screaming about a scorpion falling on him whilst taking a poo
In the gift that just keeps giving, yet another soundbite has received the midwestern emo treatment courtesy of a savvy guitarist on The Internet, and we are forever thankful
This video of Fred Durst playing Korn a demo of Limp Bizkit's Hot Dog in 2000 is pure nu metal history
Watch a baby-faced Metallica compare themselves to "other hardcore bands" such as Megadeth and Slayer in this classic interview from 1985
Lars Ulrich and James Hetfield discuss what makes them different to other bands in this vintage interview recorded during the Day On the Green Festival in Oakland, 1985
Funeral For A Friend to play Casually Dressed And Deep In Conversation in full on anniversary UK tour
Funeral For A Friend have announced that they will be playing their debut album in full across the UK this autumn to mark its 20th anniversary
Napalm Death's Barney Greenway soldiers on despite breaking ankle on stage
Napalm Death's tour is continuing, even though vocalist Barney Greenway is performing from a wheelchair due to broken ankle
Queen Kwong's Carré Callaway hails judge's decision to dismiss lawsuit launched by her ex, Limp Bizkit’s Wes Borland, as a victory for free speech
"I’m relieved to be walking away with my voice," says Queen Kwong's Carré Callaway after court ruling in her favour
Kiss squash long-standing rumour that their band name is a Satanic acronym: "We're smart, but we're not that smart"
No, Kiss are not secretly called "Knights in Satan's Service"
Watch this metal frontman teach terrified daytime TV hosts black metal growls on live TV
Voyager are going to be representing Australia at this year's Eurovision Song Contest, and they've been showing off their metal skills on national television.
James Hetfield has been cast in a 'dark western' film with Juliette Lewis and Game Of Thrones' Peter Dinklage
Metallica's James Hetfield is readying his cowboy hat after being cast in the new 'dark western thriller' The Thicket, starring Game Of Thrones' Peter Dinklage and Yellowjackets' Juliette Lewis
Watch grannies rip through some gnarly death metal and shoot fireworks from their backsides in this hilarious advert for Liquid Death iced tea
Water company Liquid Death have brought out a range of new iced tea drinks alongside a bizarre advert starring a group of skateboarding, death metal-playing grandmas
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By the time they recorded Master Of Puppets, Metallica had outgrown the scene they had single-handedly inspired... but two decades later they would embrace thrash again
The 10 best new metal songs you need to hear this week
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The definitive guide to every Guns N' Roses album
A thorough guide to Guns N' Roses' albums, from the godlike to the shambolic
Master Of Puppets: The album that changed Metallica forever
Metallica's Master Of Puppets took the band to the cusp of real success, but as their last with bassist Cliff Burton it's forever stained with the sadness and tragedy of his death
Robb Flynn: "This gang threatened to throw grenades onstage while I played"
From heroin overdoses and gangs to getting on the wrong side of Disney, Machine Head's Robb Flynn talks the hard road to becoming a metal icon
10 times pop stars went metal
From Lizzo channelling Rammstein to the likes of Lady Gaga and Miley Cyrus collaborating with Metallica, pop stars have embraced metal more often than you might think
Meet the woman who let Metallica rehearse in her basement
In 1983, Victoria Calandra was the only person brave enough to give Metallica a home: "I was their housemother, cook and hairdresser, and made sure they followed all the rules"
Every AC/DC album ranked, from worst to best – the ultimate guide
Updated From Powerage to Power Up, from Back in Black to Black Ice, from Rock Or Bust to... you get the idea. These are AC/DC's albums ranked, from worst to best
Here's everything we know about Metallica’s new album 72 Seasons so far
From latest single If Darkness Had a Son to the details of that striking cover, here’s all the essential info you need on Metallica’s new album 72 Seasons
Piece Of Mind at 40: inside Iron Maiden's first true fantasy epic
After 1982's chart-topping Number Of The Beast, the pressure was on for Iron Maiden - and Piece Of Mind proved their ambition was unparalleled
Every Nickelback album ranked from worst to best
Love them or hate them, Nickelback remain a formidable presence on the modern rock scene. Here's our considered guide to the Canadian quartet's catalogue
Here are the 20 greatest Babymetal songs ever as voted for by you
We asked, and you voted - and we were pretty stunned by the Babymetal banger you picked as the best ever
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Zulu's A New Tomorrow: "The first absolutely essential album of 2023"
LA-based hardcore newcomers Zulu challenge the boundaries of heavy music with their utterly captivating debut
Lovebites' Judgement Day: Japan's rising stars "perfect the power metal recipe"
Japanese power metal heroes Lovebites resurrect the sounds of classic heavy metal on new album Judgement Day.
Metal? Punk? Jazz? Avatar’s Dance Devil Dance hits a lot of musical buttons – maybe too many
Album review: Avatar are a little too eclectic for their own good on new album Dance Devil Dance is
Cuffs' To Hell And Back is a snapshot of Grey Britain getting bleaker and harsher, and rewarding only the very worst of us
Bristol punks Cuffs deliver an unflinching, pitch-black state-of-the-nation address on debut album To Hell And Back
Pierce The Veil's The Jaws Of Life: Endlessly exuberant, wondrously versatile, and never predictable
Hiatus terminated, San Diego's arena-filling post-hardcore kings are hungry to make up for lost time
Delain’s grandiose new album Dark Waters is the sound of a band utterly reborn
Album review: symphonic metallers Delain build themselves up from scratch on new album Dark Waters
In Flames have finally remembered how to write melodeath bangers on killer new album Foregone
Not yet ratedAlbum review: In Flames’ Foregone is the Swedish melodeath icons’ best album in years
Fucked Up’s One Day: 24 hours in the life of the world’s most ambitious punk band
Canadian hardcore experimentalists rise to the challenge of writing and recording an album in a single day
The Last Of Us: a thrilling, heartbreaking first episode that promises great things for the rest of the first season
HBO's anticipated TV adaptation of the generation-defining horror survival video game looks set to deliver in style
Dark-prog magi Katatonia deliver more epic gloom on Sky Void Of Stars
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Obituary’s Dying Of Everything: death metal icons show the kids how it should be done
Album review: death metal OGs Obituary deliver their strongest album in decades with Dying Of Everything
