Prince William says AC/DC “makes you feel like you can take on anything and anyone”
Royal Rocker Prince William, second in line to the British throne, reveals his love of AC/DC. For those about to rule, we salute you
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Royal Rocker Prince William, second in line to the British throne, reveals his love of AC/DC. For those about to rule, we salute you
Listen to Chester Bennington’s spine-tingling vocal performance on previously unreleased Grey Daze demo
Hear late Linkin Park vocalist Chester Bennington at his most impassioned on the previously unheard Grey Daze demo B12_demo.1997.aiff
There’s not one new rock/metal album among this year’s 200 best-selling albums in America
US music industry ‘bible’ Billboard has just published its year-end chart for album sales in America in 2021, and no new rock/metal albums feature
Slash and Myles Kennedy share Fill My World, single two from their new album 4
Listen to Fill My World, the second single from the forthcoming Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators’ album 4
This classic Christmas Metallica mash-up has been given a mighty remaster
DJ Cummerbund has perfected one of his most joyous mash-ups just in time for the holidays, For Carol The Bell Tolls
Dutch alt. pop group GGGOLDDD talk trauma and trust on brooding new single Notes On How To Trust
Dutch alt. pop group GGGOLDDD discuss themes of assault, trauma and trust tackled on dark new single Notes On How To Trust
Deafheaven to perform Infinite Granite in full on livestream
Deafheaven will be streaming a performance of their 2021 album Infinite Granite in full
Iron Maiden announce 23 new Legacy Of The Beast shows for 2022
British metal legends Iron Maiden extend their hugely successful Legacy Of The Beast tour with 23 new dates
Boris announce new album W, share video for Drowning By Numbers
Tokyo noise-rock trio Boris pave the way for the release of new album W by sharing video for new song Drowning By Numbers
Listen to Golden Liar, single five from Zeal & Ardor’s forthcoming third album
Ahead of the February release of their self-titled third album, Zeal & Ardor share single five, the brooding Golden Liar
Brody Dalle fined, ordered to conduct community service after criminal contempt conviction in custody row
The Distillers’ Brody Dalle escapes jail, receives community service sentence for her criminal contempt conviction stemming from custody battle
Foo Fighters announce tour, abruptly pull show after venue rejects band covid protocols
Foo Fighters announce 18 new stadium shows across North America next summer: Minneapolis date will be rescheduled after safety concerns
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10 surprisingly heavy records that inspired Volbeat
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Dani Filth: "We were never going to be Metallica - we're too extreme for that"
Cradle Of Filth frontman Dani Filth talks murder confessions, punch-ups on Never Mind The Buzzcocks, collaborating with Bring Me The Horizon and partying on the beach with Kesha - all life as (un)usual for the British extreme metal icon
Joe Elliott: supporting AC/DC taught Def Leppard the value of repetition
Def Leppard's Joe Elliott recalls the nights Def Leppard supported AC/DC on the Highway To Hell tour... and what he learned
The top 10 black metal albums of 2021
The finest cuts of black metal released in 2021 fit for Satan himself
Vote for the best Ozzy Osbourne song ever
12 studio albums, 63 singles and over 180 songs as a solo artist (not to mention collabs with everyone from Alice Cooper to Rob Zombie) – we want you to tell us which Ozzy Osbourne songs rank as the greatest in his canon
The 10 best instrumental album intros in metal
10 instrumental album intros that will get your blood pumping and rile you up for the metallic mayhem to come
Marilyn Manson's Grammy nomination shows why our musical gatekeepers can't be trusted
Marilyn Manson has been included in this year's Grammy nominations via his contribution to Kanye West's song Jail, proving how little progress we've made when it comes to convincing the industry to care about abuse
Ozzy Osbourne's stolen original Blizzard Of Ozz gold disc returned by superfan in bizarre twist of fate
Ozzy Osbourne superfan Mark Sandwell reunites the Prince Of Darkness with a long lost stolen golden disc, stolen from the band's camp decades ago
10 bands that wouldn't exist without Deftones
Deftones outgrew 90s alt. metal and outlasted nu metal; these 10 bands show just how far their influence has spread
The 15 best Ghost songs of all time
The best songs from everyone's favourite occultist party band Ghost
Ugly Kid Joe's Whitfield Crane: "I wanted to be in Ozzy Osbourne's shadow so much"
Ugly Kid Joe's Whitfield Crane remembers the life-changing experience of touring with Ozzy Osbourne after his band played the Randy Rhoads benefit show in March 1992
AC/DC and the epic struggle behind For Those About To Rock
How did AC/DC follow the globe-conquering success of Back In Black? With For Those About To Rock, and great difficulty
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Exodus' Persona Non Grata: California thrash legends don't stiff on the riffs
Thrash masters Exodus channel their volatile history on 11th album, Persona Non Grata
Converge & Chelsea Wolfe's Bloodmoon: I - sonic trailblazers forge a visionary bond
Converge and Chelsea Wolfe create a transcendental coalition on their new album, Bloodmoon: I
Spritworld's Pagan Rhythms: 'Death Western' rites from the Las Vegas wildlands
Las Vegas rockers Spiritworld take a bloody dive into the Wild West with new album, Pagan Rhythms
Møl's Diorama: a blackgaze masterpiece
Denmark’s blackgaze upstarts Møl set an entirely new bar with new album, Diorama
Diablo Swing Orchestra's bizarre, brilliant Swagger And Stroll Down The Rabbit Hole
Sweden’s swing metal circus, Diablo Swing Orchestra, hit peak bonkers with Swagger And Stroll Down The Rabbit Hole
Every Time I Die's Radical: metalcore crossover kings' run of form continues
Every Time I Die continue to prove themselves the kings of hardcore/metalcore crossover on their ninth record Radical
Tom Morello's The Atlas Underground Fire: a star-studded, style-shifting roll of the dice from RATM guitarist
Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello drafts in Springsteen, Eddie Vedder and Oli Sykes for The Atlas Underground Fire
Blood Youth's Visions Of Another Hell: a maelstrom of intense metal chaos
Harrogate heavies Blood Youth offer a monumental swansong for departing vocalist Kaya Tarsus - and hint at a bright future ahead
Ministry's Moral Hygiene: Anti-Trump vitriol proves acerbic, if slightly out-dated
Industrial legends Ministry's 15th record offers parting shots to the Trump nightmare
KK's Priest's Sermons Of The Sinner: Top-tier power metal from a reborn KK Downing
Ex-Judas Priest legend KK Downing returns to familiar heavy metal territory
Katatonia's Mnemosynean: A three-decade celebration for hits that never were
B-sides and rarities collection digs into Katatonia's three-decade evolution across doom, goth and prog
