Opeth are headlining Bloodstock 2024 - and you can help pick their setlist
Enslaved, Hatebreed, Nervosa, Crypta, Beast In Black and Bay Area thrash veterans Forbidden have also been added to the bill
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Music Venue Trust demands action from Government after UK loses 15% of grassroots venues in just 12 months
Read the open letter sent by the Music Venue Trust to the UK Chancellor
Watch The Conjuring and Aquaman star Patrick Wilson cover Queen's Somebody To Love while dressed as Freddie Mercury and pulling moves worthy of Wembley
As this video from 2018 shows, it turns out Vera Farmiga isn't the only Conjuring star who knows how to rock
"You never know!" Krist Novoselic says that Nirvana doing an ABBA Voyage-style avatar 'reunion experience' isn't out of the question
Could there ever be a 'Nirvanavatar' virtual performance experience? “I’ll say, No way," admits bassist Krist Novoselic, "then it’s like, How much?? When do we start?!"
Watch Tony Iommi make a surprise appearance to play Paranoid at the opening night of the Black Sabbath ballet in Birmingham, which also had Geezer Butler, Sharon Osbourne, Robert Plant and Bev Bevan in attendance
Some rock star royalty were present for the premiere of the Black Sabbath ballet, and the man who inspired the whole thing even appeared on stage
"I wouldn’t be here today if it weren’t for Scream": Watch Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl dedicate an emotional Everlong to the late Kent Stax, the drummer he replaced in Scream, before joining Nirvana
Dave Grohl salutes Kent Stax, "one of the best punk rock drummers of all time"
“You’re the guys with nine members? Can I be number 10?“ the time Ozzy Osbourne asked Corey Taylor if he could join Slipknot
Slipknot could have had an extra member in the shape of Ozzy Osbourne
“The shows were out of control because hardly anyone knew what moshing was." Dave Mustaine on the chaos of early thrash metal concerts
Megadeth legend Dave Mustaine saw firsthand just how wild live shows got during the early days of thrash
Devin Townsend strips off for 25th anniversary reissue of Infinity
Devin Townsend will release a remastered and expanded reissue of third solo album Infinity in November
Red Hot Chili Peppers were once lined up to record a big WWE star's theme tune. They were ditched for Uncle Kracker
There aren't many measures of success the Chilis will take second place to Uncle Kracker over, but this is one of them
We can't believe we have to say this but bringing your dog to a metal show is not a good idea, so please stop doing it
A metalhead recently brought their golden retriever dog to a Motionless In White show, for reasons we're not totally sure of
Listen to Creeper's deliciously-vampy new synth-soaked single Black Heaven
Creeper return with the Depeche Mode-inspired Black Heaven, lifted from their forthcoming album Sanguivore
“I felt like I wasn’t getting the credit for the things I was actually writing”: Corey Taylor says lack of recognition in Slipknot and Stone Sour inspired his solo career
“There was a lot of stuff that either wouldn’t have been written without me, or that I wrote and other people gave themselves credit for,” Corey Taylor says of Slipknot
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10 legendary heavy metal bands with no original members left
Judas Priest, Opeth and Napalm Death have all had monumental success – and none of their founding members have stuck around to relish it
“Band members complained of a loss of feeling in their hands after only one song”: When Tesseract set a world record by playing on a stage built from ice
Lapland show at minus 20 degrees presented unique problems - and they weren’t even sure anyone would be there to watch
"SHEPHERD'S P-I-EEEE!": that time Uriah Heep's singer was the voice of Ronnie James Dio in a TV advert promoting the UK's favourite minced meat and mashed potato classic
"Shepherd's pie will go down a treat / Give me a portion of your mash and meat!"
"There’s not a ray of sunshine or hope in this album": Svalbard explain why new album The Weight Of The Mask is their darkest yet
British post-hardcore heroes Svalbard say new album The Weight Of The Mask is all about facing inner demons
“I don’t have to go out covered head to toe in tattoos to maintain Iron Maiden’s image. Eddie does that.” Watch Bruce Dickinson explain why Iron Maiden use Eddie on all their artwork
“When Iron Maiden are so haggard that we’d never put our pictures on an album cover, we can still make decent music – just put Eddie on the front!”
"I Believe In A Thing Called Love inspired me to start my own glam rock band": Lord Of The Lost frontman Chris Harms picks the 10 songs that changed his life
From Roxette and David Bowie to Iron Maiden and Slipknot, these are the records that made Lord Of The Lost frontman Chris Harms
10 metal bands who changed genre and immediately ruined everything
Changing your sound is a bold step, but Slayer, Mötley Crüe and Kiss absolutely fumbled it
A beginner's guide to '80s goth in five essential albums
Release the bats! Your essential guide to the best of '80s goth
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Avenged Sevenfold, Helmet and Chelsea Wolfe are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!
"It was trance robot music for girls. I wasn't interested in the guys at all": the birth of Queens Of The Stone Age from the ashes of Kyuss
Released on September 22, 1998, Queens Of The Stone Age's debut album was Josh Homme's post-Kyuss declaration of independence, and the start of a wild new adventure for the 'Ginger Elvis'
“To protect your freedom, you have to be active": How Within Temptation's new album Bleed Out was inspired by a world in crisis
Within Temptation's new album Bleed Out is their most fired up to date, proving there's much more to them than just being "the symphonic band"
"There’s a lot of similarities in watchmaking and Anthrax." Here's what members of some of your favourite metal bands went and did after quitting the music industry
From the Anthrax guitarist who is now a master watchmaker to the death metal bassist who hung out with "sweary Muppets", these are the most unique post-music career paths of metal musicians
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Starbenders' Take Back The Night is a hodgepodge of lukewarm ideas only saved from disaster by the talent of Kimi Shelter
Georgian glam rockers Starbenders' third album Take Back The Night fails badly to deliver on the promise of sex, drugs and romantic turmoil
Tesseract's War Of Being is a progressive metal masterpiece and a frontrunner for album of the year
Tesseract took five years to release the follow-up to Sonder. It was more than worth the wait.
"Ever wondered how Slipknot might sound if they brought Slash into the fold?": Corey Taylor's second solo album CMF2 is bolder, heavier and "utterly exhilarating"
Corey Taylor's second solo album CMF2 explores everything from glam and rap metal to country and punk
Cryptopsy's first album in 11 years was worth the wait: As Gomorrah Burns is a dizzying maelstrom of technical death metal excellence
We've had to wait a while for it, but the tech-death OGs have delivered in style
“When I say poopoo, you say peepee!” Escuela Grind want to make grindcore a more diverse and lighthearted place – and their vicious, hilarious live show proves they can do it
Already endorsed by Napalm Death and Converge, Escuela Grind are grindcore revolutionaries that put on one hell of a gig
Kvelertak's Endling is another thrilling reminder of why they're one of modern metal's most unique and riotously entertaining bands
Though not every wild swing on Endling quite lands, it's hard not to get swept up in Kvelertak's brilliant chaos
Lamb Of God and Trivium love them, and Heriot’s ferocious live show proves they’re one of the best new bands in British metal
The industrial metalcore upstarts’ latest London gig was a showcase in precision, savagery and countless butt-clenching riffs
"I don't give a f*** what people think": trap metal pioneer Backxwash makes an emotional, triumphant UK debut that shows there's more to metal than riffs
Trap metal pioneer Backxwash shows that metal has never been more diverse with her UK live debut at Supersonic Festival 2023
Shepherds Reign's Ala Mai is a promising sign that Polynesian metal is here to stay
Cut the clichés and Shepherds Reign could become a genuine force in modern heavy metal
Trivium are about to take a break from touring, but their live show still proves they’re one of the greatest metal bands of their generation
As they start their “last tour for a long time”, modern metal heroes Trivium honour classics and deep cuts alike with an impassioned performance
Descent isn't just one of 2023's best albums: it should be the record that finally confirms Orbit Culture as metal's next big breakout band
Fans of Gojira and Parkway Drive take note: you do not want to be sleeping on Orbit Culture
