Evanescence’s Amy Lee is a big Sleep Token fan: “How do they go so many different directions and call it one song?”
Evanescence’s singer has tipped her cap to masked metal cult Sleep Token in a new interview
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Evanescence’s Amy Lee is a big Sleep Token fan: “How do they go so many different directions and call it one song?”
Evanescence’s singer has tipped her cap to masked metal cult Sleep Token in a new interview
Foo Fighters’ Everlong just reached one billion streams on Spotify
The 1997 single is the Foos’ first song to reach 10 digits on streaming services
Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst just collaborated with a German rapper and it sounds weirdly awesome
The Limp Bizkit frontman guests on rapper Alligatoah’s new single So Raus, and it’s shockingly catchy
System Of A Down’s Serj Tankian and Black Sabbath legend Tony Iommi have teamed up for a brand new single, Deconstruction
System Of A Down’s singer and Black Sabbath’s guitarist collaborated with Gibson CEO Cesar Gueikian to release a brand new song for charity
Slipknot, Disturbed, Misfits, Limp Bizkit, Evanescence and many more for Sonic Temple 2024, tickets on sale today
Sonic Temple is looking set to be one of the biggest metal festivals in the world next year!
Guns N' Roses release anguished yet epic new recording of The General
The General is the b-side to new Guns N' Roses single Perhaps, and was recorded, mixed and mastered this summer
Bloodstock festival adds Carcass, Sylosis, Satyricon and more to 2024 lineup
11 new bands have been added to the extreme metal festival, which will take place at Catton Hall, Derbyshire, in August
Iron Maiden’s Nicko McBrain reflects on ministroke: “I thought, ‘This is it, I’m not going to be able to play.’”
Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain says he feared for his career after suffering a transient ischaemic attack (TIA) in January
"I won't go on stage until I've slaughtered 15 puppy dogs": Ozzy Osbourne on the most ridiculous rumour he's heard about himself
The Prince of Darkness says his bloodthirsty reputation once got him stopped from entering a circus because the performers thought he would try to kill the lions
"We’ve seen so many of our peers struggle with addiction and mental illness." Listen to Green Day's deeply "personal" new single, Dilemma
Dilemma is the latest track to be taken from new Green Day album Saviors, and is accompanied by a brand new video
"People that mostly know Skynyrd from Free Bird or Sweet Home Alabama: there's this heavier, less mainstream side to them." Metallica's Lars Ulrich reveals the five Lynyrd Skynyrd deep cuts that everyone needs to hear
Metallica's drummer has been digging deep into Lynyrd Skynyrd's back catalogue. Do you know these lesser celebrated songs?
Sleep Token just played Take Me Back To Eden’s title track live for the first time
Watch masked metal collective Sleep Token debut their eight-minute prog metal opus onstage last night
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Sepultura should go down as one of the bravest musical forces in metal – no matter which era of the band you look at
Sepultura were one of metal’s most celebrated names. Then, once frontman Max Cavalera left, they became one of its most underrated
“Black Sabbath are afraid of us blowing them offstage. I’d feel the same in their position”: Lemmy, Ozzy and the story of legendary 80s rock festival the Heavy Metal Holocaust
In August 1981, 40,000 rabid fans descended on an English football ground to watch Motörhead headline the Heavy Metal Holocaust. And it got chaotic
"We haven’t had to take the devil's bargain just yet": meet Green Lung, the occult rockers who've stumbled on a formula for infernal success
Green Lung's horror theatricality and Zeppelin-style folk diversify the doom diet beyond Black Sabbath alone
Vote for the best metal song of 2023
From Sleep Token to Metallica, Ghost to Babymetal, 2023 has seen some massive new songs. But now we need your help to crown the best metal songs of the year.
“I just wanted to scream”: Taiwanese duo Laang 冷 are channelling a near-death experience into ferocious black metal
Haitao Yang was shot in the head in 2017. 18 months later, the musician started unloading his trauma into the intense black metal of Laang 冷.
"Our intention was to go out on stage and destroy all living things": How Gene Simmons intimidated Geezer Butler when Kiss supported Black Sabbath
Kiss supported Black Sabbath for three dates on the Sabotage tour, and Gene Simmons remembers it well
The 10 best horror movies of 2023
From Saw X to Skinamarink, these are the horrors that had us cowering behind splayed fingers in 2023
Every Grand Theft Auto soundtrack ranked from worst to best
With the GTA 6 trailer finally out in the world, we rank the soundtrack of every main entry of the series so far
"It was the most scary thing any of us had ever been through." Ronnie James Dio on the "evil spirit" that apparently sabotaged Rainbow and ended up pushing his wife down the stairs
While recording in a haunted château, Ronnie James Dio believed he'd accidentally summoned a "really evil spirit" that caused chaos during their sessions
“The blueprint for the beginning of death metal.” How Slayer dragged metal to new depths of evil with Show No Mercy
From the otherwise hair metal backdrop of Los Angeles, Slayer began a campaign of pure, satanic thrash with Show No Mercy
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"There's the overwhelming sensation that we've all just witnessed something very, very special." Riffs, witches and a Dorset Ooser: Green Lung just showed Brighton why they could well be heavy metal's next Big Deal
Green Lung show Brighton why they're one of the most talked about bands in all of metal right now courtesy of an intimate but epic show at Patterns
"Loathe’s sound captures something timeless; it’s clear that The Warehouse was blessed tonight." Loathe put on an intimate, powerful and emotional show in Leeds - and for a vitally important cause
Loathe remind Leeds why they're one of the UK's most unique young metal bands
Kiss bring the curtain down on the End Of The Road tour - and their epic 50-year career - with a spectacular, and intriguing, final bow in New York City
Or could the end be just another beginning?
Babymetal's 2023 World Tour comes to the UK: seldom has metal seemed more joyous, triumphant and utterly groundbreaking
Almost a decade on from their self-titled debut album, Babymetal are leading lights for the next generation of metal star
"There has rarely been a band that has thrived when their backs are so far up against the wall as The Prodigy": Liam Howlett's electronic punks smash out their greatest hits at The People's Palace
Storming London's Alexandra Palace, The Prodigy prove that they remain one of the world's most incendiary live acts, even without much-missed Firestarter-in-chief Keith Flint
"Riluo’s true success lies in how genuine its emotions feel." Taiwanese symphonic black metallers Laang have channelled a horrendous, life-changing event into one of this year's most compelling albums
Laang frontman Haitao Yang was shot in the head and pronounced dead. He survived, and has channeled his terrifying ordeal into something dark, emotional and deeply compelling
Tesseract’s cinematic live show just proved that, 12 years since debuting, they’re in the finest form of their lives
At Tampa’s Orpheum, the UK djent pioneers reach a new apex in a flurry of contorting riffs, gorgeous vocals and awe-inspiring lights
"It’s certain that they aren’t going to be contained in venues this small for much longer." Creeper soak Manchester's Academy in buckets of blood, brilliant songs and one hell of a stage show
Creeper descended onto Manchester last night for some vampy, campy fun
Spiritbox released the hottest metal debut of 2021. The Fear Of Fear EP shows they're only just getting started
Spiritbox might not be in a rush to make a full-length follow-up to Eternal Blue, but The Fear Of Fear EP is all about pushing their boundaries
Forget Rage Against The Machine and Faith No More: Helmet are nu metal's unsung architects and Left is the best record they've done in nearly 20 years
After some patchy albums in recent years, Helmet's Left is the best the band have done since their 2004 comeback
3000 fans, confetti cannons and a phallic piano: Electric Callboy just put on the wildest metal party in town
German metalcore-meets-eurodance ravers Electric Callboy bring their sold out UK tour to Birmingham
