Opeth’s Akerfeldt on Yngwie Malmsteen: His records have been pretty s*** for a long time
But Opeth vocalist and guitarist Mikael Akerfeldt says he still loves Yngwie's guitar playing
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Opeth’s Akerfeldt on Yngwie Malmsteen: His records have been pretty s*** for a long time
But Opeth vocalist and guitarist Mikael Akerfeldt says he still loves Yngwie's guitar playing
Gwar and Voivod announce UK and European tour
Gwar will return to the UK and Europe later this year – and they’re bringing special guests Voivod with them
Ginger Wildheart reveals new album Headzapoppin
Ginger’s 10-track album will be released later this year - with those buying now getting an instant digital download
Watch Killswitch Engage hook up with Howard Jones in video for The Signal Fire
Killswitch Engage release video for their track The Signal Fire featuring their former frontman Howard Jones
Metallica’s James Hetfield donates classic car collection to exhibition
Ten cars owned by the Metallica frontman will go on display at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles in 2020
Emma Ruth Rundle and James Kent (aka Perturbator) to curate Roadburn 2020
Roadburn has two curators for next year's festival and it promises to be a deliciously dark mix of dynamic music and art
The Hu launch trailer for new single The Great Chingiss Khan, out Friday
Mongolian sensations The Hu also release a 'Hello America' video ahead of US dates
Iron Maiden to release pair of collectible Legacy Of The Beast Eddie figures
Maiden mascot Eddie in his Fear Of The Dark and Somewhere In Time guises to launch later this year
Young fan dancing onstage with Foo Fighters is the best thing you’ll see all day
Foo Fighters invited five-year-old Taylor on to the stage in Belfast last night during All My Life - as band reveal new album could be out in 2020
Slipknot on Tortilla Man: The guy is next level - he's just out of his mind
Slipknot guitarist Jim Root reveals a few details about Tortilla Man - including his musical pedigree: “The guy is a world-class pianist”
Watch Slash ft Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators deliver Shadow Life live
Track will feature on Slash ft Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators’ upcoming concert film Living The Dream Tour - out in September
Sons Of Apollo share Labyrinth live clip
Watch Sons Of Apollo play their Psychotic Symphony track Labyrinth from Live With The Plovdiv Psychotic Symphony
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The 10 best Lightning Bolt songs, as chosen by Wizard Rifle
Portland noise-metal duo Wizard Rifle guide us through the best moments from cult heroes Lightning Bolt
The 10 best budget turntables 2019: top record players for under £300
UPDATED Treat your vinyl to these brilliant budget turntables from Pro-Ject, Rega, Audio-Technica, Sony and more
Get retro and necro with Norway's 8-bit occultists Darkhan
Premiere Norway's 'blackbit' filthmongers Darkhan reveal a video for the track Fanden
The Ultimate Midgardsblot metal playlist!
If you are planning to go to this year's Midgardsblot: the annual celebration of all things viking and metal, get in the spirit with our essential tunes
Beer and loathing at Rock In Rio: the sordid story of a festival
Settle in for an epic tale in Rio De Janeiro as Iron Maiden, Ozzy and Queen and more play the first ever Rock In Rio festival - as MIck Wall tries to drink their rider
Best home brew kits 2019: get started with brewing your own beer and cider
Drinking beer is fun – and making it can be, too. Here’s our pick of the best home brew kits to get cracking with today…
We saw Rammstein play two shows in the most metal city on the planet, and f**k!
Rammstein played a pair of shows in Tampere, Finland, and blew our minds all over again
10 greatest power metal albums as chosen by Northtale
Northtale's Bill Hudson picks his most influential power metal albums
Every Rammstein album ranked, from worst to best
The back catalogue of Rammstein, Berlin’s finest, rearranged in order of greatness
Meet the women redefining what it is to be metal
We talk to Chelsea Wolfe, Louise Lemón and AA Williams about what they have in common, what they don't, and what they really think about that 'death gospel' tag
High-security prison, interrogation and solitary confinement: The harsh reality of being a metalhead in Iran
Under Iran’s oppressive regime, metal bands are at risk of being arrested, jailed or forced into exile. But they’re determined not to give up on their cause
How Scorpions ended Bloodstock 2019 on a high
This year's Bloodstock Sunday headliners rocked Catton Park like a hurricane
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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
