Linkin Park launch "the best song we've ever made" Up From The Bottom
Up From the Bottom will appear on a deluxe edition of last year's From Zero album
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Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson is releasing a comic book compilation with soil from William Blake’s grave
Ever wanted to own a comic printed using the dirt that surrounds William Blake’s dead body? Bruce Dickinson’s got you covered!
"No guitar solos! No belly dancing music!" Metallica's Kirk Hammett looks back on working with Lou Reed
"Lulu means so much to me for a number of reasons.", Kirk Hammett states
Steven Wilson: “I’ve been touring around indie record stores, and I’ve yet to meet anyone who’s even heard of Playboi Carti”
Wilson and Carti’s new albums were engaged in a two-horse race for UK chart supremacy last week
Adrian Smith names his favourite Iron Maiden song, even though it’s “awkward” to play
“That riff is kind of awkward. But I like the song.”
Cradle Of Filth’s singer claims Ed Sheeran tried to turn a Toys R Us into a live music venue
The plan was unfortunately shot down by Ipswich City Council
This metalcore band want their new song to be John Cena’s theme now he’s a bad guy
Appropriately enough, it’s called Villain Arc
Mastodon add headline shows to their summer tour in the UK and Europe, but there's still no news on who's replacing Brent Hinds
Good news for European metal fans
Powerwolf announce biggest-ever UK show at 12,500-cap. Wembley Arena
Everybody’s favourite German metal werewolf sex cult will reach a new apex in March 2026
Hear Jack Black and Dave Grohl team up with Ozzy Osbourne’s producer on new song
The star-studded collaboration is part of the soundtrack for Black’s new film A Minecraft Movie
Ghost’s Tobias Forge says he’s “technically a solo artist”: “My job is a group effort”
To be fair, where’s the lie?
Metallica’s Kirk Hammett is open to making another Load-style album
As controversial as Metallica’s 90s rock tangent was, Kirk Hammett says re-exploring that side of their sound isn’t off the table
Malevolence announce UK and European headline tour, their "biggest and baddest" shows ever
Yorkshire metalcore troupe Malevolence announce "the biggest and baddest Malev show of all time"
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"It’s peak Cradle." British black metal institution Cradle Of Filth continue to soar
After plunging the depths of darkness in recent years, Cradle Of Filth reconnect with their gothic romantic roots on album fourteen
Wardruna just led a Nordic ritual in London’s most beautiful venue, and I’ve never seen anything like it before
Supported by cellist extraordinaire Jo Quail, the shaman dazzle with their powerful voices and mystical production
"Those sultry licks get weirder and weirder, until they resemble the sound of a UFO taking off."
Death metal riffs meet jazz skronk as New York's weirdest draft in Dave Lombardo and Thomas Haake for their most accessible album to date
Whitechapel just made one of this year's most brutally intense metal albums
Whitechapel might not be the poster boys of deathcore anymore, but they remain the genre's most consistently brilliant band
"Someone get Papa Emeritus on the phone."
Green Lung's mix of Black Sabbath dread and Ghost theatricality makes them perfectly suited for massive venues
Opeth bring a career-spanning setlist, staggering visuals and more than a little self-confidence to sell-out London show
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Spiritbox's Alexandra Palace show is the end of an era - and the start of their reign as new metal stars
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Papa Roach put on a nostalgic classic in London’s Wembley Arena
Papa Roach prove why they’re one of their era’s most enduring and celebrated bands
Mike Portnoy is back with Dream Theater, and he's helped them make a banger of an album in Parasomnia
Dream Theater needed something special to justify the hype following Portnoy's return, and they've delivered
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Heilung might've played Glastonbury, but Birna shows Wardruna are still the grand daddies of Nordic folk
As one of the leading figures behind the Nordic folk renaissance, Einar Selvik returns to claim the crown with Birna
