Saxon postpone tour as Biff Byford undergoes heart surgery
Saxon postpone their remaining 2019 shows after frontman Biff Byford is diagnosed with a heart condition which requires immediate surgery
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Saxon postpone tour as Biff Byford undergoes heart surgery
Saxon postpone their remaining 2019 shows after frontman Biff Byford is diagnosed with a heart condition which requires immediate surgery
Kiss set to roar ahead of the pack with branded Penrite Racing supercar
Kiss reveal collaboration with Penrite Racing ahead of the Australian leg of their End Of The Road tour
Phil Campbell teams up with Alice Cooper on explosive new track Swing It
Motorhead ex Phil Campbell releases lyric video for his Old Lions Still Roar track Swing It - featuring guest vocals from Alice Cooper
Rammstein’s Deutschland causes uproar with Budapest residents
Owners of the under construction Puskas Arena apologise to local residents after Rammstein’s Deutschland was left blaring out deep into the night
Leprous release video for "controversial" new single Alleviate
Leprous share Troll Toftenes-directed promo for their new track Alleviate - taken from the upcoming album Pitfalls
Chris Cornell’s daughter Toni releases the song Far Away Places
Track was recorded months before Chris Cornell’s death and was produced by the late Soundgarden frontman
Korn, Slipknot and Tool are “flying the flag for rock’n’roll" says Jonathan Davis
The Korn frontman is delighted to see his band, Slipknot and Tool make their mark in 2019: “It's good to be in good company"
Motorhead’s original guitarist Larry Wallis dead at 70
Larry Wallis who also played with Pink Fairies, Blodwyn Pig and UFO has died at the age of 70
See what’s inside Ozzy Osbourne’s See You On The Other Side box set
Ozzy shares unboxing video showing the full contents of his upcoming solo box set collection
Jim Root knocked back the chance to play in Slipknot… twice
Guitarist Jim Root reflects on having the opportunity to join Slipknot twice before eventually taking up the offer in 1999
Tarja Turunen announces In The Raw UK tour
Tarja will return to the UK in March next year in support of her brand new album In The Raw
Hellyeah’s Chad Gray praises Roy Mayorga for stepping in for Vinnie Paul
The Hellyeah frontman says Stone Sour's Roy Mayorga has done "an amazing job" behind the kit as the band prepare to release new album Welcome Home
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Nirvana's In Utero: Red Method's Ultimate Guide to the quintessential grungers' darkest album
26 years since its release, Nirvana's In Utero still withstands the test of time. Red Method pay tribute to the landmark album, and premiere their brutal cover of Heart Shaped Box
John 5: "I have Kiss stuff Gene Simmons doesn't even have"
Gallery John 5 has worked with everyone from Marilyn Manson to Rob Zombie. We got him to show off his favourite and most unique guitars
How to sound like Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi
The guitars, amp and pedal you need to sound like the man who defined heavy metal.
How to sound like AC/DC's Malcolm Young
It's a long way to the shops if you wanna sound like Malcolm Young, the much-missed rhythm genius of AC/DC. But, for those of you about to rock, we have the know-how...
Piracy Rules: Alestorm's Guide To Life
Hornswagglers! Observe Alestorm’s pirate rules or singer Chris Bowes’ll cleave ye to the brisket!
Primus: a guide to the best albums
Primus might be an acquired taste, but at their best this musically unique and gloriously oddball trio made some truly compelling records
Go behind the scenes with Lacuna Coil at the London Dungeon
Exclusive Watch what happened when we took Lacuna Coil and their fans to an exclusive album preview at the London Dungeon
Watch Xentrix Bury The Pain in the thrashers' first video for over 25 years
Premiere Xentrix are back after two decades with Bury The Pain, the title track taken from their brand new album
This woman covering Lamb of God on Germany's The Voice will make every metalhead's year!
Watch one young woman stunning audiences with her impeccable cover of Lamb of God's Ghost Walking on The Voice of Germany
Top 10 Contemporary NOLA bands chosen by Exhorder's Kyle Thomas
Vocalist of New Orleans "Louisiana sound" pioneers Exhorder, Kyle Thomas, picks the very best bands to have emerged from his hometown
The Scorpions, and the most infamous limousine ride in rock'n'roll history
When it was time for the Scorpions to close the Day On The Green festival, they were determined to get from their dressing room to the stage in style. So they took a limo. “What do you expect us to do?” asked guitarist Rudy Schenker. “Walk?!”
Listen to the brand new track from US black metal heavyweights Abigail Williams
Premiere Abigail Williams exclusively debut their first single and chat to Hammer about forthcoming album Walk Beyond The Dark
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AC/DC: Highway To Hell album review
Highway To Hell: the album that took AC/DC to international superstardom, and an entry point for new fans since its release
AC/DC: Let There Be Rock album review
Recorded in one room and crackling with energy, AC/DC's fourth album Let There Be Rock was a statement of furious intent
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
Mystifier’s first album in 18 years is cult Brazilian metal at its best
Brazil’s subterranean terror squad return in malevolent splendour with Protogoni Mavri Magiki Dynasteia
Children Of Bodom’s blackened Hexed album is the sound of a band back on track
Finland’s melodeath favourites Children Of Bodom regain their bearings on new album Hexed
LoG guitarist Mark Morton’s Anesthetic album is an all-star show of force and soul
Randy Blythe, Alissa White-Gluz and the late Chester Bennington elevate Lamb Of God man’s debut solo album
While She Sleeps’ provocative new album So What? is the sound of genres being mashed
Sheffield’s ever-evolving punk metallers jump off the deep end
King 810 – Suicide King album review
Divisive gangster metallers King 810 are still hitting the highs and lows
Swallow The Sun – When A Shadow Is Forced Into The Light album review
Magnificent bleakness and inconsolable loss from Finnish death-doom veterans
