Chelsea Wolfe announced as Arctangent headliner
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Chelsea Wolfe announced as Arctangent headliner
Opeth and Leprous joined by Chelsea Wolfe at 2020 Arctangent Festival
Paul Di’Anno: Iron Maiden were right to get rid of me
Ex-Iron Maiden singer Di’Anno admits decision to fire him was right “for fans”
Bloodstock adds six more bands to 2020 bill
Plus: iconic metal festival reveals new charity partner
'Long-lost' debut album from Jazz Sabbath to be finally released after 50 years
Jazz Sabbath claim Tony Iommi stole all their songs for Black Sabbath debut
Coronavirus outbreak forces Testament and Exodus to cancel show
Thrash icons Testament forced to pull Italian show over Coronavirus fears
Ozzy Osbourne plans to start work on new album ‘next month’
Ozzy indicates that Ordinary Man won't be his final album
Judas Priest announce 50 Heavy Metal Years US Tour
The legendary Judas Priest have added 24 more dates to the 50 Heavy Metal Years Tour later this year
Check out the new album track from Jonathan Hulten
Tribulation guitarist Jonathan Hulten releases lyric video for Wasteland, taken from his forthcoming solo album
British government’s immigration plans will ‘cut the legs off’ live music, says industry body
Recent immigration legislation from the British government will make demands on touring bands which may threaten their ability to visit the UK, say the Incorporated Society Of Musicians
Nergal: I wanted Ville Valo on my new album
Behemoth leader tried to recruit HIM’s Ville Valo for Me And That Man project
Is Marilyn Manson teasing his new album?
Manson posts cryptic message on Instagram: “Everyone will suffer now”
Watch James Hetfield make live comeback
Metallica frontman James Hetfield returns to the stage for first time since rehab
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What happened when Killing Joke recorded inside the Great Pyramid at Giza
Bribery. Levitation. Exorcisms. Demons. It's all in a days work for Killing Joke as they record inside the Great Pyramid
Alter Bridge's Myles Kennedy: My Life Lessons
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Best earplugs 2020: hearing protection for gigs, festivals and playing live
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Arch Enemy's Alissa White-Gluz: My Life Lessons
Turns out Arch Enemy’s frontwoman Alissa White-Gluz has learned a few things along the road: Hard work is metal. But being a messy f*cker definitely isn’t
How Metal United World Wide is bringing metalheads together across the globe
After putting on one night of killer gigs around the world, Metal United Worldwide is looking to go even bigger for 2020
I got tattooed at Ozzy Osbourne's album launch and yeah, it really hurt
When we got word that Ozzy Osbourne was offering free tattoos and the chance to hear his album a day early, we knew we had to get involved
The Butthole Surfers: piss bombs, glitter, fire, nudity, penetration and screwdrivers
Think of the most outrageous gig you’ve ever seen, then forget it. Butthole Surfers took balls-out anarchic performance ‘art’ to a debauched new low
Best budget wireless headphones 2020: go wire-free with these top cheap wireless earphones
Think you lack the funds to cut the cord? Not so! We've got you covered with the best budget wireless headphones from Jabra, Philips, AKG and more
Papa Roach: the story behind Last Resort
Papa Roach frontman Jacoby Shaddix looks back at the band’s nu metal breakthrough
Municipal Waste's Tony Foresta: The soundtrack to my life
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Updated Our fortnightly round-up of the very best new tracks in heavy rock
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Black metal legends Mayhem channel De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas with new record Daemon
Oslo’s second-wave black metal forefathers, Mayhem, are still defining the state of the art
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