Here are the 10 biggest news stories of the week
It’s been yet another busy week in the world of rock, metal and prog – here are the stories that hit the headlines
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Wardruna release video for brand new single Grá
Norwegian folk proggers Wardruna announce Jo Quail as support on England and Ireland live dates
Watch Biff Byford’s video for epic version of Simon & Garfunkel classic
Saxon singer Biff Byford gives Scarborough Fair the metal treatment
Watch Jason Momoa play Ozzy Osbourne in new video
Games Of Thrones star Jason Momoa channels his inner Ozzy in teaser for new song Scary Little Green Man
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The album that spawned heavy metal has turned 50!
Listen to Stone Sour's unreleased demo of The Wicked
Stone Sour unearth demo version of debut album bonus track
Ozzy Osbourne says 2020 tour not cancelled, only “postponed”
Ozzy clarifies status of US No More Tours 2 dates
Epica and Apocalyptica announce UK and European co-headline tour
Epica and Apocalyptica will play a total of 30 shows across the UK and Europe later this year - tickets on sale this week
Indonesian guitarist's cover of Sweet Child O' Mine sets internet ablaze
YouTube user Alip_Ba_Ta's acoustic fingersrtyle cover of Guns N' Roses classic Sweet Child O' Mine is viewed a million times in a week
Bring Me The Horizon pay tribute to Spice Girls at BRIT Awards
Oli Sykes and co. base their wardrobe at BRIT awards show in London on Spice Girls’ look from 1997
Ronnie James Dio documentary announced
The the as-yet-untitled Ronnie James Dio film will be made in conjunction with the late singer's estate
Opeth cancel three shows over Mikael Åkerfeldt health concerns
Opeth have cancelled three shows on the North American tour after frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt's laryngitis diagnosis
Sharon Osbourne: The fans are behind Ozzy
Ozzy wife and manager Sharon Osbourne sheds more light on yesterday’s North American tour cancellation
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Black metal punks? Meet the fascism-fighting Dawn Ray'd
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Black metal legends Mayhem channel De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas with new record Daemon
Oslo’s second-wave black metal forefathers, Mayhem, are still defining the state of the art
Babymetal - Metal Galaxy: Japan’s Fox God emissaries chart a new sonic course
Babymetal's new album Metal Galaxy deftly proves that the band's whole existence is one massive curveball
Have Steel Panther taken the joke too far?
Sunset Strip revivalists Steel Panther bring more swears than songs with fifth album Heavy Metal Rules
Korn's The Nothing recaptures the genuine darkness of their earlier works
Jonathan Davis exorcises his most ferocious demons yet in Korn's new album The Nothing
Asagraum's Dawn Of Infinite Fire is an instant black metal classic
Dutch black metallers Asagraum weave potent new magick from the old school with new album Dawn of Infinite Fire
Why Sacred Reich's Awakening was worth waiting twenty three years for
The Politically charged thrash originals Sacred Reich break a near-quarter-century silence wand prove thrash metal is still alive and well
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Heilung's Furtha is an album of unstoppable primal power
The amplified historians deliver another psychedelic sermon
Napalm Death's Shane Embury and Absolute Power's Russ Russell project Tronos release star-studded new album
The dynamic duo's new project, described as "ambient psych doom metal", release their debut record Celestial Mechanics
Venom Prison’s demonic Samsara album is a twisted modern death metal classic
Brit death metal firebrands delve deeper into the dark on second album