Julien Baker’s haunting cover of Fell On Black Days will introduce Soundgarden to a new generation
Indie-folk star Julien Baker shares captivating Soundgarden cover during KEXP at Home performance
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Julien Baker’s haunting cover of Fell On Black Days will introduce Soundgarden to a new generation
Indie-folk star Julien Baker shares captivating Soundgarden cover during KEXP at Home performance
Eyehategod share sludgy new single Fake What’s Yours
Eyehategod dredge up filthy new single Fake What’s Yours from the forthcoming A History Of Nomadic Behavior
Hear AFI’s first new music for three years, Escape From Los Angeles and Twisted Tongues
Goth-punks AFI preview 11th studio album with two new songs, Escape From Los Angeles and Twisted Tongues
Get 50% off an annual subscription to Fender Play and channel your inner Jimi Hendrix
With lockdown kicking in, it’s a great time to embrace guitar lessons – and with 50% off an annual subscription to Fender Play, it’s the perfect time to tune up
A. A. Williams streams haunting cover of Moody Blues Nights In White Satin
A.A. Williams covers Moody Blues, Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails and more on lockdown-inspired Songs From Isolation in February
Of Mice & Men preview Timeless EP with powerful new single Obsolete
Of Mice & Men usher in a new era with Obsolete, their first single on new label SharpTone Records
Black Sabbath launch deluxe versions of Heaven And Hell and Mob Rules
Black Sabbath's Heaven And Hell and Mob Rules will be packaged in double album format with previously unreleased and rare live tracks
Has Dave Mustaine just revealed the title of Megadeth’s new album?
Dave Mustaine lets slip with ‘tentative’ title of Megadeth’s upcoming new album
Watch Corey Taylor f**k up his one shot at stardom in the video for Samantha’s Gone
Corey Taylor screws up his big opportunity to steal the spotlight in the hilarious video for Samantha’s Gone
Watch AC/DC’s video for Realize, the killer opening track on Power Up
AC/DC open their 2021 account with the no nonsense video for Realize
Watch Limp Bizkit, Mastodon and In Flames members cover Jane’s Addiction’s Mountain Song
Wes Borland and Bill Kelliher join The Kings Of Quarantine for Roadie Relief benefit song
The Pretty Reckless recruit Tom Morello for single And So It Went to help salvage souls from a world on fire
Taylor Momsen’s band team up with Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello for caustic new single And So It Went
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Industrial metal maniacs Red Method take aim at our age of chaos
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Alter Bridge’s Myles Kennedy: “The greatest band of all time? Led Zeppelin”
Alter Bridge frontman Myles Kennedy answers your questions on lockdown survival, deep cuts and the joys of trash TV
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Rock and metal musicians who have died in 2021
Remembering the musicians we have lost in 2021
The most exciting heavy bands of 2021… aren’t actually metal
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The Last Days Of Pantera
Pantera kept metal’s fire blazing in the 1990s. But as the decade came to a close, they were headed for an almighty flame-out
The 50 best metal albums of 2020
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5 underground labels shaping the sound of metal in 2021
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Lars Ulrich interview: lockdown, missing live music, and the future of Metallica
Metallica's Lars Ulrich reveals the album that's soundtracked his lockdown, explains why Bon Scott was great, and speaks of the brilliant unpredictability of Ritchie Blackmore
7 essential non-metal albums all metalheads need in their lives
We've rounded up the best non-metal sounds for lovers of heavy – because sometimes you can headbang to hyperpop too
The Story Behind The Song: Armored Saint’s Last Train Home
How a devastating personal tragedy inspired metal’s most underrated band to write their greatest anthem
Alexi Laiho was more than just the man behind Children Of Bodom – he was the mad scientist of modern metal
Black metal? Power metal? Classical? Late Children Of Bodom mastermind Alexi Laiho slammed together sounds no one else would have dreamed of
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Cadaver win the Most Pointless Comeback Of 2020 award with new album Edder & Bile
Veteran Swedish death machines Cadaver return with their first album in 14 years. They shouldn’t have bothered
Deafheaven’s 10 Years Gone: post black-metal delirium live in lockdown
Modern metal visionaries Deafheaven don't let a pandemic get in the way of anniversary celebrations on new album 10 Years Gone
Rob Halford's autobiography Confess is the heavy metal book of 2020
Rob Halford's book Confess is packed with salacious revelations from the Midlands metal god
Jimmy Page's new book The Anthology is a must for hardcore fans
The sonic sorcerer opens the Led Zeppelin archive to reveal how the magic was made in his new book
pg.lost find light in the darkness on cinematic new album Oscillate
Scandinavian post-rockers pg.lost wring exponential grace from the gloom on stellar new album Oscillate
Voivod Lost Machine – Live: to infinity and beyond
Prog-metal voyagers Voivod head into deep space on new album Lost Machine – Live
Sodom’s Genesis XIX: thrash veterans strip away the fuss – and the thrills
Euro-thrash mainstays Sodom go back to their roots on new album Genesis XIX with mixed results
Tombs’ Under Sullen Skies: black metal majesty meets New York City grit
NYC’s esoteric black metallers Tombs refine their book of spells on new album Under Sullen Skies
Insidious Disease’s After Death: extreme metal A-listers’ deathly old school salvo
Napalm Death/Dimmu Borgir spin-off Insidious Disease head underground on new album After Death
Jinjer’s Alive In Melbourne is a sh*t-kicking reminder of how great gigs used to be
Tech-metal marauders Jinjer are captured full pre-COVID flight on Alive In Melbourne
Iron Maiden make epic even bigger on Nights Of The Dead, Legacy Of The Beast live album
Heavy metal’s indefatigable warhorses Iron Maiden cement their legacy on new live album Nights Of The Dead, Legacy Of The Beast
