Dream Theater Finland show cancelled on short notice over stage safety concerns
Dream Theater fans received message confirming cancellation just minutes before gig in Oulu was due to start
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Dream Theater fans received message confirming cancellation just minutes before gig in Oulu was due to start
Korn celebrate 1-year anniversary of latest album with surprise release of Requiem Mass EP
Korn's 14th album Requiem was released a year ago today — and they're celebrating the anniversary with new live EP Requiem Mass
Slipknot, Metallica and Korn are adorable stars of heavy metal Valentine's Day cards
These cutesy heavy metal-themed Valentine's Day cards feature Slipknot, Metallica and Korn
Watch this 6-year-old slay with cover of Rage Against The Machine's Killing In The Name
Little Coen Krysiak's parents draw the line at his singing Rage Against The Machine's expletive-laden classic — but you can watch him rock out on the guitar and drums
Hip-hop/R&B superstar Doja Cat says she now wants to make "raw, unfiltered, hardcore punk"
In an unexpected 2023 career pivot, pop/hip-hop/R&B star Doja Cat reveals that she has set her heart on exploring punk rock
Zakk Wylde offers Ozzy Osbourne support in his retirement: "When you are ready to roll – we roll"
Zakk Wylde offers the Prince of Darkness his support in a heartfelt statement following the announcement of Ozzy's touring retirement
Babymetal release epic live performance video of Metal Kingdom
Kawaii metallers Babymetal share performance video of Metal Kingdom, which was debuted live last week in Japan
Enslaved, Swans, Empire State Bastard and more announced for ArcTanGent
They join Heilung, Sunbather, Cave In, Russian Circles, Conjurer, Svalbard and at ATG 2023
Stoner rock godfathers Fatso Jetson and Nebula join heavyweight Desertfest London bill
The UK's premier stoner rock, doom, psych and heavy rock festival just got a whole lot heavier: day splits revealed too
TesseracT's Portals is now available to rent and buy on digital platforms
You can now enjoy TesseracT's Portals live experience via Amazon Prime, iTunes and Google, ahead of the band's new studio release
Pamela Anderson reveals that Borat caused the break-up of her marriage to Kid Rock
An anecdote in Pamela Anderson's new autobiography pinpoints the exact moment that the actress' marriage to rapper Kid Rock went sour
Slipknot, Pantera, Limp Bizkit to headline Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival 2023
Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival have announced that Slipknot, Pantera and Limp Bizkit will headline their 2023 event
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From Bring Me The Horizon’s Sempiternal to Ghost’s Infestissumam, happy birthday to these absolute montsers
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Rock stars, eh? You never quite know where they'll pop up next, as these video cameos prove
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Japanese metal sensations Babymetal are back! We outline the 10 things we want to see from them with new album The Other One
Moby: "The first time I saw The Misfits I was just glad they didn’t eat me"
Moby talks his lifelong love affair with punk, worrying about getting eaten by The Misfits and his film debut, Punk Rock Vegan Movie
The Otolith: "We couldn't live without making music with each other"
Formed from the ashes of SubRosa, doom newcomers The Otolith are all about expanding your consciousness to the stars
“Oh God, it’s hard to listen to”: The story behind Nirvana’s final song, You Know You’re Right
On January 30, 1994, Nirvana entered the studio for the last time. The sole song the trio taped that day would become the most controversial recording of their career
"A lesser band might have been humiliated" - the story of the first Kiss show
It's a cold night in New York, and Kiss are about to play their first show... but there's almost no one in the crowd to witness history in the making
The 11 best new metal songs you need to hear right now
Ghost team up with Joe Elliott and Avatar bring in Lzzy Hale for the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!
13 rock and metal musicians hating on their own songs
Lemmy, James Hetfield, Amy Lee, Slipknot’s Clown and more open up the haterade on their own songs
Korn’s Blind: how a rewritten version of another band’s song invented nu metal
Korn’s Blind kicked off their debut album – and nu metal. But it started life with another band entirely
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Fucked Up’s One Day: 24 hours in the life of the world’s most ambitious punk band
Canadian hardcore experimentalists rise to the challenge of writing and recording an album in a single day
The Last Of Us: a thrilling, heartbreaking first episode that promises great things for the rest of the first season
HBO's anticipated TV adaptation of the generation-defining horror survival video game looks set to deliver in style
Dark-prog magi Katatonia deliver more epic gloom on Sky Void Of Stars
Album review: Katatonia’s 12th album Sky Void O Stars proves that they’re the masters of sumptuous sullenness
Obituary’s Dying Of Everything: death metal icons show the kids how it should be done
Album review: death metal OGs Obituary deliver their strongest album in decades with Dying Of Everything
Ville Valo’s swooning Neon Noir album will fill the heart-shaped hole in every Him fan’s life
Album review: intoxicating ruminations on love, death and sex courtesy of ex-Him frontman Ville Valo on VV’s Neon Noir album
Mount Westmore's Snoop, Cube, 40, $hort: rollicking, aggressive, old school bluster from some of the most recognisable voices in hip-hop
West Coast hip-hop supergroup throw it back to the golden age on big and brash debut album
Bones And All: The must-see romantic cannibal road movie of the year featuring music by Trent Reznor and Kiss
Blood, guts and heartache as Timothée Chalamet noms on human flesh in, like, a sensitive way
As pummelling as 12 rounds with Tyson Fury: our first reaction to new Metallica single Lux Æterna
Metallica have surprised the world with a fast blast of speed metal that sounds straight from the Kill 'Em All era
Netflix's Wednesday review: Tim Burton captures the macabre magic of The Addams Family
Tim Burton's take on The Addams Family revels in murder mysteries, conjuring up dark laughs along the way
Lasers, flames and giant robot heads: Evanescence and Within Temptation team up to deliver one of this year's most spectacular metal shows
Within Temptation and Evanescence's Birmingham Utilita Arena show was truly something special
Nickelback's Get Rollin’: it sizzles, it pumps, it's more of the same
Nickelback's 10th album Get Rollin' is the sound of a band playing to their strengths, again
