The Knotfest streaming concert series continues with Judas Priest and Jinjer
Knotfest Online lines up Judas Priest’s 2015 set from Wacken Open Air, along with a Jinjer performance from March this year
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The Knotfest streaming concert series continues with Judas Priest and Jinjer
Knotfest Online lines up Judas Priest’s 2015 set from Wacken Open Air, along with a Jinjer performance from March this year
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Metallica pay tribute to Ennio Morricone: Your compositions were timeless
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Axl Rose: I’m nobody - just a citizen with my own opinions
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Legendary Oscar-winning soundtrack composer Ennio Morricone dead at 91
The Italian Oscar-winning composer, who created more than 500 scores for film and television, has died at the age of 91
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Corey Taylor reveals his all-time favourite Slipknot track - and the lyric that still resonates with him from the band’s debut album
UK government announce £1.57 billion support package for entertainment sector
Music venues, theatres, galleries, independent cinemas and museums will receive loans and grants to help them survive the coronavirus crisis
Evanescence premiere video for The Game Is Over
Watch Evanescence’s brand new promo for their latest single The Game Is Over - song will feature on their upcoming album The Bitter Truth
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Zakk Sabbath celebrate Black Sabbath’s 50th anniversary with new album Vertigo
Zakk Wylde, Blasko and Joey Castillo will release their tribute to Sabbath’s debut album in September - listen to lead track Black Sabbath
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Drop everything. The Meshuggah/Madonna mash-up you’ve been waiting for is here
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The 10 best NWOBHM bands, by the man who gave the movement its name
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When Killswitch Engage’s Jesse Leach invites you for a hike in a bear-infested wood, you don’t say no
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Umbra Vitae’s Shadow Of Life: Converge’s Jacob Bannon leads all-star death drive
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Carach Angren’s Franckensteina Strataemontanus: Frankenstein in corpse paint
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End’s Splinters From An Ever-Changing Face: the best kind of sonic nightmare
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Currents’ The Way It Ends: an uncompromising yet accessible call to arms
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