Voivod announce two live streams for May and June
Canadian prog metallers Voivod to play whole of Nothingface and Dimension Hatröss in two new live streams
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Voivod announce two live streams for May and June
Canadian prog metallers Voivod to play whole of Nothingface and Dimension Hatröss in two new live streams
Stone Sour guitarist Josh Rand unveils new band The L.I.F.E Project
Listen to The Nothingness, the debut single from Stone Sour guitarist Josh Rand’s new band The L.I.F.E Project
Korn have finished writing their next album, Jonathan Davis reveals
Californian nu-metal pioneers Korn have written the follow-up to The Nothing while in quarantine
Serj Tankian recalls the bitter argument which almost caused System Of A Down to split in 2000
System Of A Down’s Serj Tankian and producer Rick Rubin recall an explosive band bust-up during the recording of Toxicity
Black Stone Cherry launch video for "in your face" rocker The Chain
Black Stone Cherry's The Chain is "riff city" says guitarist Ben Wells - watch the video now
Slipknot, Rob Zombie and Mudvayne to headline Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival 2021
The weekender takes place in a haunted prison and is to stage some of the biggest names in rock and metal
Hear the new single from Rammstein’s Till Lindemann, sung in Russian
Listen to Rammstein frontman Till Lindemann in reflective mood with Любимый город
Deftones launch sinister video for Ceremony and the feeling of dread is real
Deftones video for Ceremony was directed by Leigh Whannell, one of the creators of the Saw franchise
Here's a rooster singing along to Mudvayne. What a time to be alive!
This rooster has some RAGE
Mr. Bungle are giving their The Night They Came Home livestream a physical release
The Californian band’s Halloween 2020 livestream special will be released on CD/DVD/Blu-Ray/VHS this summer
Dino Cazares says that Fear Factory’s next singer could be a woman
A “handful” of candidates are in the running to be the new Fear Factory singer says Dino Cazares – and a woman might be among them
Duff McKagan recalls meeting future Guns N’ Roses bandmate Slash for the first time: ‘I’m like, Oh wow!’
Duff McKagan shares story of his first meeting with Slash: ‘It was kind of a culture shock’
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Korn’s Brian ‘Head’ Welch: “We don’t want to watch this band grow old and go downhill”
As Korn gear up for their first ever livestream, guitarist Head talks retirement, NFTs and that Korn Kovers album
The Top 20 best metal albums of 1996
From Metallica to Type O Negative, these are the albums that soundtracked 1996
Nightwish’s Tuomas Holopainen loves this cult 90s metal album and thinks you will too
Nightwish mastermind Tuomas Holopainen hails the overlooked genius of The 3rd And Mortal’s cult 90s classic Tears Laid in Earth
How Prince Charles and Lady Diana's wedding inspired an AC/DC tradition
For Those About To Rock brought cannons into the AC/DC arsenal and is responsible for the burn marks on Brian Johnson's shoulders
Cannibal Corpse’s George “Corpsegrinder” Fisher is here to help you win on claw machines every single time
Win on claw machines and win at life thanks to Cannibal Corpse singer George ‘Corspegrinder’ Fisher’s arcade tips
Papa Roach’s Jacoby Shaddix: “The TikTok cover of Last Resort? That sh*t is slapping!”
Papa Roach’s Jacoby Shaddix is one of metal’s greatest survivors… but can he survive your questions?
Monster Magnet’s Dave Wyndorf: 10 albums that changed my life
Wild-eyed proto-metal, feral garage rock and epic 60s prog - this is the sound inside Monster Magnet frontman Dave Wyndorf’s head
Skindred's Benji Webb: "punk rock was born in Newport"
Skindred frontman Benji Webbe on loving vinyl, coping with lockdown, the Pope’s bling, and not wearing a feather boa to go to Asda
Rammstein's maddest merch ranked in order of WTF!?!-ness
Toasters? Disembodied heads? Sex toys?! Step into the weird world of Rammstein merch. Mein Gott!
“This is Alexi at his best”: how Bodom After Midnight’s new EP became Alexi Laiho’s epitaph
Bodom After Midnight guitarist Daniel Freyberg reveals the inside story of what would be Alexi Laiho’s final recordings
Vote for the greatest metal cover song ever
We want your help to decide metal’s all-time greatest cover version once and for all
At war, unravelling and flying high: how Black Sabbath made Sabotage
Black Sabbath created Sabotage with their backs to the wall, yet it was a masterpiece, fearlessly experimental and adding added yet another dimension to their music
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Cannibal Corpse’s Violence Unimagined: death metal legends gouge out a new classic
They may have been around since the dawn of time, but Cannibal Corpse’s new album Violence Unimagined is perilously addictive
Sex, death, isolation and art-rock weirdness? Årabrot’s Norwegian Gothic has them covered
Noise rock surrealists Årabrot are still orbiting a planet of their own on new album Norwegian Gothic
Blaze Bayley’s War Within Me: British metal’s great survivor brings the thunder
Ex-Iron Maiden frontman Blaze Bayley hits new heights of power on new album War Within Me
Lamb Of God’s Live In Richmond, VA is the sound of a band raging in the face of the pandemic
Lamb Of God capture their onstage glory on COVID-busting live-in-lockdown album
La Morte Viene Dallo Spazio’s Trivial Visions: cosmic space rock from interstellar travellers
Italian psych-heads La Morte Viene Dallo Spazio travel way beyond the final frontier on new album Trivial Visions
Evanescence’s The Bitter Truth: an emotive and empowered rock album for our times
Amy Lee releases her most empowered, emotional, politically charged album yet with Evanescence’s The Bitter Truth
Pupil Slicer’s Mirrors: grind meets mathcore on one of 2021’s most exciting debut albums
Grind meets mathcore meets doom on Pupil Slicer’s savage debut album Mirrors
White Void’s Anti’s is a whirlwind ride around metal, occult rock and psychedelia
Norwegian oddballs White Void find new ways to get psyched on debut album Anti
Death metal maniacs Baest take a swim in the grim on new album Necro Sapiens
Looking for brutish, no-nonsense death metal riffery? Baest’s new album Necro Sapiens has got you covered
The Hyena Kill’s A Disconnect: razor-sharp riffs meet enigmatic atmospherics
If Tool jammed with Helmet, it would sound like the second album from UK’s hypno-metallers The Hyena Kill
Mason Hill’s Against The Wall: arena-ready rock that proves the power of peristence
Scottish rockers Mason Hill finally release their assured debut album. Fans of Alter Bridge and Shinedown apply here
