Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine diagnosed with throat cancer
Update Megadeth vocalist and guitarist Dave Mustaine says he’s begun treatment after being diagnosed with throat cancer
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Guns N’ Roses extend 2019 Not In This Lifetime tour
Guns N’ Roses announce eight more Not In This Lifetime shows which will take place across the US later this year
Ghost won't release a new album before 2021
Ghost leader Tobias Forge won’t turn his full attention on the follow-up to 2018’s Prequelle until next year - with a 2021 release likely
Watch 3Teeth’s politically-charged video for new single President X
3Teeth launch promo for their new single President X - track will feature on the upcoming album Metawar
Amon Amarth announce Berserker European tour
Amon Amarth will play shows across Europe in November and December - Arch Enemy and Hypocrisy confirmed as special guests for UK dates
Sabaton unleash lyric video for high-flying new single The Red Baron
Sabaton launch video for their new track The Red Baron - song will appear on their upcoming album The Great War
Watch Slipknot kick up a storm live in Prague
Footage from Slipknot’s recent show from Prague’s O2 Arena has emerged online - as Corey Taylor and co prepare for Download headline set
Devin Townsend announces part 4 of his ERAS box set series
The fourth part of Devin Townsend’s career-spanning vinyl series will be released later this year
Clutch announce European winter tour
Clutch will play shows in Europe later this year - and they’re bringing Kamchatka and Graveyard with them
Alter Bridge announce new album Walk The Sky - and reveal 2019 tour dates
Alter Bridge will release their sixth studio album later this year - as they announce UK and European tour with Shinedown and Sevendust
Delain announce 2020 headline tour
Delain reveal they’ll play four dates across England in February on their Masters Of Destiny tour
Ghost take inspiration from Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining in freaky new video
Episode 7 of Ghost’s ongoing video series shows that all work and no play makes Papa a bad dad
Watch Volbeat’s video for new single Last Day Under The Sun
Volbeat launch video for their new single Last Day Under The Sun - the latest track taken from upcoming album Rewind, Replay, Rebound
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The best internet reactions to Download Festival 2019's sh*tty weather
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Father's Day Special: Watch Cliff Burton's dad on what it's like being the father of a metal legend
Ray Burton, father of late Metallica bassist Cliff Burton, remembers the formative years of the rock icon.
The 10 greatest Tool memes
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The noughties changed rock’n’roll for good and for bad – now we're asking you to vote for the greatest songs the decade produced
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Fired from Metallica and seeking revenge, Dave Mustaine brought Megadeth screaming to life. Here, the band open up on their landmark debut and spending $4,000 on coke, heroin and hamburgers
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Heading to Download Festival this weekend? Here's 10 things to do that don't involve music – and none of them are bin jousting!
10 songs that inspired The HU
Mongolian rising stars The HU have taken the internet by storm. But what music shapes their sound?
The 10 Most Malevolent Black Metal Logo Memes
When it comes to spiky and illegible band logos, the internet has it covered
Cool Father's Day gift ideas – as chosen by actual dads
updated Father's day is upon us, so we assembled a crack team of rock dads to tell us what they'd like to get this Father's Day. The result: a big list of booze, Bluetooth speakers and cool shit…
What would The Cure sound like if they were black metal?
Just when you thought the goths couldn't get any darker
The 10 best songs from Darkthrone drummer Fenriz's radio show
The Darkthrone man and unlikely politician picks the best tracks from his radio show
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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
Review: Puppy’s debut album The Goat is where Weezer meets Ghost
Rising alt-rockers embrace all shades of metal on their first album
Album review: Lovebites’ Clockwork Immortality is the sound of power metal’s future
Japan’s new power metal queens scale the heights on their second album
Papa Roach – Who Do You Trust? album review
The nu metal survivors cast their sonic net wide on album number 10
