Halestorm announce upcoming album details and mammoth tour
Halestorm's sixth album Everest will arrive in August - huge touring schedule also confirmed
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Halestorm announce upcoming album details and mammoth tour
Halestorm's sixth album Everest will arrive in August - huge touring schedule also confirmed
Metallica are going to re-release their Load
The metal titans’ controversial sixth album is getting remastered and reissued via an expanded package, featuring demo versions and live recordings
Sleep Token are on the cover of Metal Hammer’s 400th issue – and there are two collectible covers to choose from
Sleep Token fans: will you choose the House Veridian Edition, or the House Feathered Host Edition?
Soundgarden's Kim Thayil confesses that he originally didn't see the point of the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, but says Chris Cornell would be “stoked” about Soundgarden being inducted
Soundgarden will be inducted into the Rock and Rock Hall of Fame in November, and they couldn't be happier about the honour
Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale says it’s an “honour” to be the only woman performing at Black Sabbath’s farewell show
The singer/guitarist believes that other leading women in rock and metal will “be there in spirit”
"Life has simply caught up with me": Devin Townsend is taking an indefinite break from touring
Devin Townsend won't be going on the road for "the foreseeable future" after his upcoming run of PowerNerd live shows
MP Jeremy Corbyn's Peace & Justice Project declare A Summer To Save Live Music in the UK
"A Summer To Save Music is not hyperbole," says Music For The Many
Hit horror movie Sinners is inspired by Metallica track One
Sinners director says One from Metallica's ...And Justice for All album was the inspiration for his new hit horror film
Family of late Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison launches Kickstarter campaign for unreleased Vimic album Open Your Omen
Joey Jordison's post-Slipknot band Vimic could finally see their debut album released thanks to family's crowdfunding effort
Code Orange are on hiatus: “It’s on the shelf for a good reason, for many reasons”
Singer Jami Morgan confirms that the US metalcore hopefuls are on ice for the foreseeable future
Sleep Token invite listeners to "confront what lies beneath the mask" on exultant new single Damocles
Vessel and co. will release their new album Even In Arcadia next month
Hear power metal wardogs Sabaton dive into mediaeval history with new song Templars
The armour-plated Swedes have signed to Better Noise Music and are readying their next album
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I've never seen a catwalk open up in the middle of a moshpit before - but then I've never seen a band quite like Alt Blk Era
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Stand aside Jesus - Ghost’s devilish Skeletour show is the perfect Easter resurrection
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Heilung are the most captivating live act in the world
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Killing Joke, Ministry, The Mission supergroup Sevendials deliver a deliciously warped mix of camp thrills and tense gothic drama on kaleidoscopic debut album A Crash Course In Catastrophe
Chris Connelly-fronted alt.rockers Sevendials get their groove on with A Crash Course In Catastrophe
"Skeletá is Ghost at their most confident, flamboyant and defiant."
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Epica give Nightwish a run for their money in symphonic metal brilliance
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Messa mix jazz, doom, goth and so much more on The Spin
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Māori culture meets titanic groove metal in this epic third record from New Zealand's Alien Weaponry
Deafheaven's new album is tailor-made to shut whinging mouths
After straying from their black metal roots in recent years, Deafheaven come screeching back on Lonely People With Power
“This is less a concert than a hard rock workout.”
New Delhi’s viral superstars keep a sold-out O2 Forum Kentish Town singing and screaming for their entire 60-minute set
