Ghost's Imperatour line-up unmasked
An end-of-tour picture from Ghost's Imperatour has revealed the identity of the band's latest line-up
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Ghost's Imperatour line-up unmasked
An end-of-tour picture from Ghost's Imperatour has revealed the identity of the band's latest line-up
Coheed And Cambria announce UK and European tour dates for October
US prog rockers Coheed And Cambria will release new concept album Vaxis II: A Window Of The Waking Mind later this month
Korn share atmospheric live video of Worst Is On Its Way from their candle-lit Requiem Mass
Nu-metal dons Korn release a live performance of Worst Is On Its Way as a single with a visually stunning video, recorded at their Requiem Mass
Watch 'Kiss' rock and roll all nite in teaser for Neil Bogart biopic Spinning Gold
A new preview clip of the upcoming Neil Bogart biopic features a 'Kiss' live show
Alexisonfire release the dazzling Sans Soleil from upcoming album Otherness
Canadian post-hardcore heroes Alexisonfire have dropped a new track, Sans Soleil, from their upcoming Otherness album
Watch Nirvana's Kurt Cobain at his most carefree, jamming a punk classic with Mudhoney in 1992
On September 26, 1992, Nirvana's Kurt Cobain, America's most reluctant new rock star, joined Mudhoney onstage purely for shits and giggles
Les Claypool reflects on Metallica audition: "I didn't fit and they saw that"
Primus frontman Les Claypool recalls auditioning for the role of Metallica's new bassist following the tragic death of Cliff Burton
Soundgarden and Vicky Cornell release touching statements on fifth anniversary of Chris Cornell's death
"To all of his fans - please know he loved you as much as you love him"
Matt Cameron and Chad Smith distance themselves from "misleading" Foo Fighters article
Matt Cameron has apologised after remarks about Taylor Hawkins appeared "out of context", while Chad Smith calls story "sensationalised and misleading"
Eagles Of Death Metal's Jesse Hughes tells Bataclan trial: I forgive the terrorists
"I hope they find the peace of God for themselves" - Jesse Hughes testifies about the night Islamic State extremists killed 90 music fans at the Bataclan theatre in Paris
Ghost announce huge tour with Mastodon and Spiritbox
Three of the coolest bands in metal today are hitting the road together!
Doom punks Witch Fever announce new album Congregation, unleash hell-raising title track
Manchester doom punks Witch Fever share details of forthcoming album Congregation and drop title track
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The 10 best new metal songs you need to hear right now
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How Ozzy Osbourne’s No More Tears resurrected metal’s greatest icon
The story behind No More Tears, the album that saved Ozzy Osbourne’s career – and possibly his life
Ozzy Osbourne: I don’t plan on going anywhere, but my time’s going to come
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Killswitch Engage: “Nu metal? I dislike anything where the guitar player only uses one string”
We put Killswitch Engage’s Adam D and Jesse Leach in a room with Employed To Serve’s Justine Jones and a tape recorder. This is what happened
That time a pre-fame Dave Grohl nearly joined GWAR
“He even came up with a character,” says GWAR frontman Blöthar of the time a pre-Nirvana Dave Grohl almost joined the infamous metal band
Coheed and Cambria's Claudio Sanchez: 10 Albums That Changed My Life
From '80s pop to universe-expanding prog, these 10 records shaped Coheed And Cambria frontman Claudio Sanchez
Queen’s Another One Bites The Dust in the style of Chris Cornell is brilliant and uncanny
Anthony Vincent covering Queen's Another One Bites The Dust in the style of Chris Cornell is like something unearthed from the Seattle legend's vaults
Watch Metallica troll the MTV Awards with their cover of So What?
Metallica might have become the biggest metal band in the world, but that didn't stop them trolling the execs at MTV
Every Rollins Band album ranked from worst to best
Post-Black Flag, Henry Rollins became the master of his own destiny, and produced a formidable body of work
10 new bands featuring the kids of famous rock stars
How the offspring of famous musicians are taking over rock and metal
Korn’s Jonathan Davis: “My problem with Christianity is the ‘holier than thou’ bullsh*t”
We grill Korn singer Jonathan Davis on cutting up dead bodies, the nu metal revival and his relationship with Fred Durst
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Here's what it was like watching grime-punks Bob Vylan tear up a tiny venue in Milton Keynes
London duo Bob Vylan showed why they're one of the most exciting young British bands in rock right now
Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness Review: the MCU goes full Sam Raimi
The visionary director has cooked up an entry to the Marvel Cinematic Universe unlike any other
Beatdown kings Terror’s Pain Into Power is a tough record for tough times
Not yet ratedAlbum review: veteran bruisers Terror serve up authentic hardcore noise on new album Pain Into Power
Puppy’s Pure Evil: riffalicious glory with a side order of earworms
Album review: UK alt-metal heroes Puppy rise to new heights on second album Pure Evil
Halestorm’s Back From The Dead: what doesn’t kill Lzzy Hale and co makes them stronger
Album review: Lzzy Hale’s arena rockers get a post-Covid power surge on new album Back From The Dead
Rammstein Zeit review: album number eight peels back emotional new layers
Rammstein's new album is equal parts candid and explosive
Kirk Hammett steps away from Metallica and metal on epic new Portals EP
Review: Kirk Hammett flexes his prog and soundtrack-influenced muscles with new EP Portals
Bob Vylan's The Price Of Life: an incisive, furious, electric wake-up call
The Price Of Life sees Britain’s social ills slammed in your face by London’s visceral grime-punk duo Bob Vylan
Cancer Bats’ Psychic Jailbreak: hardcore kingpins as reliably awesome as ever
Not yet ratedAlbum review: they may be down a member, but Cancer Bats haven’t let up the pace on new album Psychic Jailbreak
Health’s Disco4 :: Part II: future-metal visionaries continue to taunt the gatekeepers on all-star sequel
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