Ghost announce Royal Albert Hall show
Ghost will play London’s Royal Albert Hall in September in support of their latest album Prequelle
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Clutch share new single How To Shake Hands
Listen to stream of Clutch’s new track How To Shake Hands - taken from their forthcoming album Book Of Bad Decisions
Coheed And Cambria announce new album The Unheavenly Creatures
Coheed And Cambria confirm that their new studio album The Unheavenly Creatures will launch in October - see cover art and tracklist
Halestorm unleash blistering new single Black Vultures
Halestorm release audio video for their brand new track Black Vultures - taken from their upcoming album Vicious
Guns N’ Roses premiere lyric video for 1986 track Shadow Of Your Love
Guns N’ Roses launch lyric video for their "lost" 1986 track Shadow Of Your Love - taken from Appetite For Destruction reissue
Former Pantera drummer Vinnie Paul dead at 54
Update Vinnie Paul, who co-founded Pantera and played with bands including Damageplan and Hellyeah, has died at the age of 54
Stone Sour announce Hydrograd deluxe edition
Hydrograd deluxe edition will feature previously unreleased covers, b-sides, alternative versions and live cuts - listen to Burn One Turn One
Tarja premieres live video for Undertaker
Tarja Turunen releases live video for her track Undertaker - taken from her upcoming album Act II
Kirk Hammett: Guitar solos will always be needed in Metallica
Exclusive After solos were controversially dropped for Metallica’s 2003 album St. Anger, Kirk Hammett says they’re needed as they are an integral part of the band
Watch Devin Townsend Project deliver stunning live version of Regulator
Devin Townsend Project launch video for Regulator – taken from upcoming album Live At The Ancient Roman Theatre Plovdiv
Drummer Cato Bekkevold parts ways with Enslaved
Enslaved drummer Cato Bekkevold announces that he’s leaving the band amicably after 15 years to spend more time with his family
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Heavy Metal World Cup: Wrust vs Underside
Botswana's Wrust face of against Nepal's Underside in the Heavy Metal World Cup
Vinnie Paul: The 10 albums that changed my life
Pantera and Hellyeah drummer Vinnie Paul digs deep into his record collection to pick the ten records that changed his life
The 10 best Pantera songs of all time
Pantera changed metal for the better in the '90s – here are ten songs to prove how they did it
California's far-reaching doom crew Amarok unveil their debut album
Premiere Dive into the bottomless well that is Amarok's debut full-length, Devoured
Heavy Metal World Cup: Gojira vs Immortal
France's Gojira face off against Norway's Immortal in the penultimate match of the opening round
Crazy Town play Butterfly on kids' instruments
Crazy Town reinvent their smash-hit Butterfly on children's instruments
The 10 best Epitaph albums, as chosen by This Wild Life
The finest albums from the Epitaph canon, plucked from the minds of This Wild Life
Heavy Metal World Cup: Iron Maiden vs Rammstein
England's Iron Maiden take on Germany's Rammstein in the opening round of the Heavy Metal World Cup
Malakian! Iommi! Hale! Hammett! It's the Metal Hammer Guitar issue!
An all-star cast of guitarists invade the Metal Hammer guitar issue – on sale now!
Heavy Metal World Cup: Parkway Drive vs Ghost
Australian mosh-mongerers Parkway Drive face off against Swedish occultists Ghost
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Marduk – Viktoria album review
Sweden’s black metal institution Marduk battles through the potshots with Viktoria
Khemmis – Desolation album review
Denver’s doom-weighted heavy metallers Khemmis move up another level with Desolation
Yob – Our Raw Heart album review
Oregon’s psych-doom colossus Yob rises again with Our Raw Heart
Kamelot – The Shadow Theory album review
Floridian power metal troupe Kamelot get cerebral with an ambitious concept on The Shadow Theory
Burgerkill – Adamantine album review
Indonesia’s metal kings Burgerkill set out to build their empire with Adamantine
Ivar Bjørnson & Einar Selvik – Hugsjá album review
Nordic visionaries Ivar Bjørnson and Einar Selvikfind new worlds to explore with Hugsjá
Boss Keloid – Melted On The Inch album review
Wigan’s eclectic subgenre alchemists Boss Keloid return with Melted On The Inch
Monotheist – Scourge album review
Monotheist's Scourge is prog-death supremacy from the Sunshine State
Primordial – Exile Amongst The Ruins album review
Ireland’s underground veterans Primordial come through a trial by fire with Exile Amongst The Ruins
Will Haven – Muerte album review
Bleak noise and controlled chaos from Will Haven with Muerte
