Motorhead ex Mikkey Dee reacts to Rock Hall snub
The former Motorhead drummer says it’s “pure wrong” that both he and guitarist Phil Campbell weren’t named in the band’s Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame lineup
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Motorhead ex Mikkey Dee reacts to Rock Hall snub
The former Motorhead drummer says it’s “pure wrong” that both he and guitarist Phil Campbell weren’t named in the band’s Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame lineup
Lemmy, Slash, Kiss & Ozzy star in The Rainbow documentary
Film focusing on the history of the famous Rainbow Bar & Grill will be released later this year
Here's the setlist from Tool's first show since the release of Fear Inoculum
Tool have played their first show since the release of new album Fear Inoculum, and here's what they had in the setlist
Lars Ulrich joins Mumford & Sons (relax, it's only for one song)
Watch Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich join Mumford & Sons onstage at the Austin City Limits Music Festival in Texas
Machine Head and Dope spat takes an unexpected turn
Earlier this week, Machine Head's Robb Flynn hit back at criticism that the band's new single Do Or Die rips off an old Dope track – now, Dope's Esdel Dope weighs in
Guns N’ Roses’ video for Sweet Child O’ Mine creates history
After their video for November Rain broke records last year, Guns N’ Roses have done it again with the Appetite For Destruction classic
Rob Halford reacts to Judas Priest’s 2nd Rock Hall nomination
Rob Halford says he’s thrilled that Judas Priest have been nominated again for the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame after the disappointment of missing out in 2018
Killing Joke’s Jaz Coleman: I could have saved Heath Ledger
Jaz Coleman also says the late Heath Ledger based his Joker character in The Dark Knight on the singer’s persona from a 2006 Killing joke video
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Corey Taylor ties the knot with Alicia Dove
Hellyeah bassist Kyle Sanders reports that Slipknot’s Corey Taylor has married Alicia Dove in Las Vegas
Iron Maiden honoured by Argentina’s government
Iron Maiden receive the Visitors Of Honour accolade on their recent visit to Buenos Aires: “My heart is with you in Argentina,” says Bruce Dickinson
Foo Fighters cover The Psychedelic Furs and B-52s on new four-track EP
Foo Fighters release the four-track 01020225 EP featuring two covers and two tracks from their back catalogue
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Hellfire and black metal: The story of 1349
An exclusive excerpt from Black Metal: Into The Abyss on Norwegian black metallers 1349
Motorhead 1979: the inside story of Overkill and Bomber
It was the year Black Sabbath fired Ozzy, AC/DC were on a Highway To Hell and Judas Priest were Unleashed In The East. Oh, and some band called Motorhead gave us Overkill and Bomber
The Story Behind The Song: Interstate Love Song by Stone Temple Pilots
Interstate Love Song started out as a bossa nova tune, had a country riff added, and ended up as a hit single on Stone Temple Pilots' multimillion-selling Purple album
Babymetal's Metal Galaxy: the ultimate track-by-track guide
Babymetal have released their new album Metal Galaxy, and here they talk you through everything you need to know about it
Black Sabbath's Sabbath Bloody Sabbath: The Story Behind The Song
You know your writer’s block’s bad when you have to hole yourself up in a haunted castle to get inspiration. But that’s exactly what the metal icons did
The downward spiral: Why is depression on the rise in metal bands?
Behind the delirious shows and acclaimed records, many of our heroes are struggling to keep going. We investigate why depression is increasingly common in metal musicians
How the metal community can help those struggling with their mental health
In honour of World Mental Health Day Hammer speaks to the experts about how we can take positive action to help those struggling with mental health problems
Metallica S&M2 movie review: vanity project or the film their career deserves?
As Metallica's S&M2 movie heads to theatres, we give our verdict on their third cinematic attempt
Watch latest track from Aussie proggers Voyager feat Leprous vocalist Einar Solberg
Premiere Australian progressives Voyager drop their new video for track Entropy, featuring Leprous vocalist Einar Solberg
Hammer's 13: This week's best new music in metal
Updated Our fortnightly round-up of the very best new tracks in heavy rock
This young metalhead's rendering of Slipknot's Spit It Out on The Voice Myanmar is incredible!
One young metalhead had audience and judges in awe with his cover of Corey Taylor's vocals on the Southeast Asian nation's version of The Voice
Why I Love Cradle Of Filth's Cruelty And The Beast by Venom Prison’s Mike Jeffries
Venom Prison bassist Mike Jeffries reveals how Cradle Of Filth's Cruelty And The Beast lured him to the darker side of metal
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Babymetal - Metal Galaxy: Japan’s Fox God emissaries chart a new sonic course
Babymetal's new album Metal Galaxy deftly proves that the band's whole existence is one massive curveball
Have Steel Panther taken the joke too far?
Sunset Strip revivalists Steel Panther bring more swears than songs with fifth album Heavy Metal Rules
Korn's The Nothing recaptures the genuine darkness of their earlier works
Jonathan Davis exorcises his most ferocious demons yet in Korn's new album The Nothing
Asagraum's Dawn Of Infinite Fire is an instant black metal classic
Dutch black metallers Asagraum weave potent new magick from the old school with new album Dawn of Infinite Fire
Why Sacred Reich's Awakening was worth waiting twenty three years for
The Politically charged thrash originals Sacred Reich break a near-quarter-century silence wand prove thrash metal is still alive and well
AC/DC: Highway To Hell album review
Highway To Hell: the album that took AC/DC to international superstardom, and an entry point for new fans since its release
AC/DC: Let There Be Rock album review
Recorded in one room and crackling with energy, AC/DC's fourth album Let There Be Rock was a statement of furious intent
Heilung's Furtha is an album of unstoppable primal power
The amplified historians deliver another psychedelic sermon
Napalm Death's Shane Embury and Absolute Power's Russ Russell project Tronos release star-studded new album
The dynamic duo's new project, described as "ambient psych doom metal", release their debut record Celestial Mechanics
Venom Prison’s demonic Samsara album is a twisted modern death metal classic
Brit death metal firebrands delve deeper into the dark on second album
Mystifier’s first album in 18 years is cult Brazilian metal at its best
Brazil’s subterranean terror squad return in malevolent splendour with Protogoni Mavri Magiki Dynasteia
