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Marilyn Manson: Unmasked documentary to air on Britain's Channel 4 this month
Watch the trailer for a new documentary charting Brian Warner's rise to stardom, as well as the abuse allegations against the singer
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NIN duo scoop yet another industry award for their work on Luca Guadagnino's Challengers
"The original fans are all our age, and they're all sort of expiring." Judas Priest's Ian Hill on the importance of appealing to a younger audience
Judas Priest bassist Ian Hill says the band need to remain relevant – because their OG fans won't be around forever
Eric Avery working on new music with Jane's Addiction bandmates – but there's no mention of singer Perry Farrell
Jane's Addiction bassist says he's working with band's drummer Stephen Perkins and guitarist Dave Navarro
Watch rare, newly unearthed, footage of an unmasked Slipknot soundchecking for a hometown club show in 2000
A Slipknot fan account on Instagram posts rare footage of The Nine unmasked on New Year's Day 2000
A Limp Bizkit-inspired IPA called “Fred Thirst” exists now
Swap that hot dog-flavoured water for something a bit more palatable
Reactivated Nevermore holding open auditions for new singer and bassist
Returning members Jeff Loomis and Van Williams are also defending the comeback following criticism from founding bassist Jim Sheppard
Employed To Serve’s next album inspired by In Flames
The UK metalcore bruisers have pulled influence from Gothenburg metal for their hotly anticipated fifth album
M. Shadows names the Avenged Sevenfold song he considers a “throwaway”
“That’s not a great ballad. We’ve had much better ballads.”
"It's adrenaline-filled and balls-to-the-wall": Tony Iommi and Glenn Hughes have recorded a song with Robbie Williams
Former Take That star Robbie Williams has confirmed the unlikely collaboration
Bruce Dickinson promises Iron Maiden’s 2025 tour will have a “setlist for the ages”
Bruce Dickinson wants us to expect big things from Iron Maiden’s Run For Your Lives tour this year
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Brighton duo Lambrini Girls deliver 2025's first essential album with their debut Who Let The Dogs Out
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While She Sleeps reiterate their place among the metalcore elite with dazzling London show
While She Sleeps’ second of two nights at O2 Forum Kentish Town may not have the scale of their Ally Pally concert last year, but what’s lacking in size is made up for in killer songs and blinding lights
Therapy?'s dark, twisted misfit anthems sound as fabulously fierce as ever on their Troublegum 30 anniversary tour
Therapy? roll back the decades in joyous communal celebration of their best-loved album, 1994's Troublegum
Sylosis and Fit For An Autopsy lead four hours of moshpit mayhem in London
Supported by Darkest Hour and Heriot, the co-headliners host a night of wall-to-wall adrenaline at Electric Brixton
“The most psychedelic trip you’ll ever have sober”: Baroness, Graveyard and Pallbearer conquer adversity to give London a heavy metal high
Overcoming technical troubles and an initially thin crowd, the three bands offer unique approaches to mind-expanding music
The Last Will And Testament is Opeth at their most groundbreakingly brilliant
Opeth go Miss Marple via Edgar Allen Poe on the prog-death-jazz metal odyssey that is The Last Will And Testament
Armed with 40 years of anthems and some stellar support acts, Sepultura’s final UK show is an unmitigated triumph
Celebrating their seminal classics and modern material alike, Sepultura bow out in impeccable form at London’s Hammersmith Apollo
"One last time let's sing together!" Pop punk heavyweights Sum 41 bid London a fond farewell with an electric show at Wembley Arena
Sum 41's farewell tour touches down for their biggest UK show ever
"Two decades after shedding their punk and black metal shackles, Sólstafir still have new ideas to explore." Iceland's coolest metal band explore their own legacy on eighth album Hin Helga Kvöl
Every shade of Sólstafir gets a look in on album number eight
Rising Herts crew Defences are evolving in all the right ways on album number three
Defences haven't quite perfected their formula yet, but if you love yourself a good slice of modern metalcore, you're gonna wanna hear this
"It's always Halloween around here." Forget Wembley; a sold out Halloween show in Manchester proves Creeper are still Britain's best cult band
Wembley might have had pyro and dancers, but a roaring crowd in Manchester proves Creeper don't need big production to put on a massive show
