Meat Loaf's death: the world of music reacts
Alice Cooper, Dave Mustaine, Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Anthrax, Cheap Trick, Bonnie Tyler, Cher and many more have paid tribute to Meat Loaf
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Meat Loaf's death: the world of music reacts
Alice Cooper, Dave Mustaine, Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Anthrax, Cheap Trick, Bonnie Tyler, Cher and many more have paid tribute to Meat Loaf
Hear the first single from Matt Heafy's Japan-themed black metal solo project Ibaraki
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Listen to Papa Roach’s powerful new protest anthem Stand Up
Papa Roach voice their support for the marginalised and oppressed with anthemic new single Stand Up
Ghost light up London landmarks to promote new album Impera
Papa Emeritus IV lays claim to London as Ghost celebrate announcement of album five, Impera
Listen to King Diamond’s cameo on new HammerFall single Venerate Me
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Every Time I Die split gets messier as bassist Steve Micciche breaks his silence
Every Time I Die bassist Steve Micciche speaks out on break-up, “the saddest demise of anything I’ve ever seen”
Nova Twins, Deap Vally and more to feature on New Moons XVI charity compilation album in aid of Reclaim These Streets
A charity compilation album curated by The Music Federation is to raise money for women's safety organisation Reclaim These Streets
Queen’s Brian May to make acting debut as the Godfather of Rock in BBC drama
Queen guitarist Brian May accepts acting role in upcoming episode of popular CBBC show Andy And The Band
Loathe share dreamy reworking of Is It Really You? in collab with Teenage Wrist
Loathe pair up with Los Angeles alt. rockers Teenage Wrist for a new take on 2020 album track Is It Really You?
Poppy announces huge 2022 world tour
Pop-metaller Poppy has announced a world tour and a run of festival dates, including a slot at When We Were Young fest
Listen to new Ghost single Call Me Little Sunshine, from forthcoming album Impera
The world’s favourite ghouls band, Sweden’s Ghost, return with haunting new single Call Me Little Sunshine, announce fifth album Impera
Anthrax’s Scott Ian jamming classic Sepultura with his 10-year-old son is the most wholesome thing you'll see all week
Watch 10-year-old Revel Young Ian nail Roots Bloody Roots drum parts jamming on Sepultura with his proud dad, Anthrax’s Scott Ian
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Vote for the best Limp Bizkit song ever
Limp Bizkit might have been nu metal's whipping boys but they were also one of its biggest pop culture phenomenons with over 40 million estimated sales. Now we want you to help us crown their best song
Every Every Time I Die Album Ranked From Worst To Best
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Skindred's Benji Webbe: I’d really like to do something with a 52-piece orchestra
Skindred frontman Benji Webbe on early gig memories, orchestral ambitions, and writing a book about a cool kitten called Colin
Pompous, moi? 40 arrogant quotes from 40 different musicians
40 quotes that celebrate the outstanding, delightful arrogance of some of the biggest names in music
Avatar's Johannes Eckerström: "To have a reunion in your 70s, you have to make that mean something - Sabbath dropped the ball”
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The story behind Bodies by Drowning Pool: the ultimate mosher anthem
Drowning Pool's Bodies was one of the great moshpit anthems of the early 00s, yet the Texas-based metallers’ biggest hit was overshadowed by tragedy
Bill Ward: "Black Sabbath were so tight, we’d have the same dreams"
Bill Ward talks battling alcoholism, how The Beatles changed everything and why Black Sabbath meant the world to him
20 things only Kiss fanatics know about Destroyer
Kiss's most ambitious and celebrated album, Destroyer, was 45 years old in 2021. Think you know all there is to know? Think again
Every Ozzy Osbourne solo album, ranked from worst to best
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Comeback Kid's Heavy Steps: "Absolutely, gloriously infectious" melodic hardcore
Canadian punks Comeback Kid go back to basics with Heavy Steps smashing it out the park in the process. If it ain't broke...
Battle Beast's Circus Of Doom: "Just the shot of exhiliration the world needs"
If you're looking for a band that sounds like Bonnie Tyler fronting Dragonforce and feels like a power metal take on Eye Of The Tiger, Battle Beast's Circus Of Doom has you covered
Wiegedood's There’s Always Blood At The End Of The Road: a snarling beast of black metal intensity and ingenuity
Flemish black metallers Wiegedood break with Church Of Ra tradition on album #4, There's Always Blood At The End Of The Road
All Hail The Yeti's Within The Hollow Earth: Hollywood's metal magpies strike sludge gold
All Hail The Yeti offer up more hook-laden, Southern-simmered metal from the Hollywood Hills
Exodus' Persona Non Grata: California thrash legends don't stiff on the riffs
Thrash masters Exodus channel their volatile history on 11th album, Persona Non Grata
Converge & Chelsea Wolfe's Bloodmoon: I - sonic trailblazers forge a visionary bond
Converge and Chelsea Wolfe create a transcendental coalition on their new album, Bloodmoon: I
Spritworld's Pagan Rhythms: 'Death Western' rites from the Las Vegas wildlands
Las Vegas rockers Spiritworld take a bloody dive into the Wild West with new album, Pagan Rhythms
Møl's Diorama: a blackgaze masterpiece
Denmark’s blackgaze upstarts Møl set an entirely new bar with new album, Diorama
Diablo Swing Orchestra's bizarre, brilliant Swagger And Stroll Down The Rabbit Hole
Sweden’s swing metal circus, Diablo Swing Orchestra, hit peak bonkers with Swagger And Stroll Down The Rabbit Hole
Every Time I Die's Radical: metalcore crossover kings' run of form continues
Every Time I Die continue to prove themselves the kings of hardcore/metalcore crossover on their ninth record Radical
