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Brian May shares video of Tony Iommi guest spot at Black Sabbath ballet
By Fraser Lewry published
Iommi took to the stage at the climax of a performance of Black Sabbath - The Ballet

Spinal Tap announce Stonehenge concert film of "final" show with Eric Clapton and Shania Twain
By Fraser Lewry published
Spinal Tap At Stonehenge: The Final Finale will arrive in IMAX cinemas next year

Swedish prog rockers Wolverine announce first new album for a decade
By Jerry Ewing published
Swedish prog rock quintet Wolverine will release new album, Anomalies, in February

Iron Maiden announce Run For Your Lives North American tour for 2026 including Louder Than Life festival - and they'd like you to keep your phones away
By Merlin Alderslade published
North America needs to get ready to run for its life!

Calling all moshers! Get the new Metal Hammer with an exclusive Malevolence cover and cross-body bag
By Metal Hammer published
Metalcore’s premiere pit-starters are on the cover of this exclusive edition of Metal Hammer’s latest issue, which comes with a bag unavailable in shops

Foo Fighters release new song and announce 2026 tour with Queens Of The Stone Age
By Rich Hobson published
Foo Fighters will be back on the road in 2026!

Watch Parkway Drive’s Winston McCall drop out of a helicopter onto the Sydney Opera House, because he’s cooler than you in every way
By Matt Mills published
That’s one heck of a way to announce a new live album

Disturbed’s David Draiman is beefing with John Cusack, after the Hollywood star called the singer “psychotic” for signing an IDF bomb
By Matt Mills published
Draiman accuses Cusack of defending “a genocidal death cult”, as a photo of the Disturbed man writing “F*** Hamas” on an artillery shell continues to circulate

Lacuna Coil’s Cristina Scabbia explains how women are “treated differently” in the heavy metal scene
By Matt Mills published
The vocalist also talks about her early days in the Italian pop/dance world, exclusively in the new issue of Metal Hammer

The new Japanese Prime Minister appeared on Babymetal's podcast and talked about her love of metal
By Fraser Lewry published
"I play songs like this to let off steam" - Sanae Takaichi

Slaughter To Prevail guitarist denies that the band have Nazi beliefs, but admits the controversy around them is their “own fault”
By Matt Mills published
Jack Simmons says singer Alex Terrible’s covered-up tattoo of a Black Sun was not an expression of far-right sympathies, claiming his girlfriend’s grandmother has the same symbol on her carpet

Kelly Osbourne thanks fans after accepting award for her father Ozzy
By Matt Mills published
The late Prince Of Darkness was given a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Birmingham Awards last week

Avenged Sevenfold’s M. Shadows defends sending video message to two Israeli hostages freed by Hamas
By Matt Mills published
The singer also voices his “respect” for Disturbed’s David Draiman, who’s facing backlash for signing an IDF artillery shell last year

Bleed From Within announce intimate UK/Ireland shows with rarities-stacked setlist
By Matt Mills published
Mere days after wrapping up a European tour, the Glasgow bruisers say they’ll return to England, Ireland and Scotland in March

Watch Axl Rose kick drumkit and fling microphone before storming offstage in Argentina
By Fraser Lewry published
Angry Axl is back!

Tobias Forge on the terrifying panic attack that changed the way he approaches Ghost shows
By Merlin Alderslade published
One fateful night in Leeds means Tobias now has a very strict rule in place for Ghost shows

"He had this ability to pull this beautiful sadness out of the bass": Watch Fred Durst pay tribute to late Limp Bizkit bassist Sam Rivers
By Fraser Lewry published
Fred Durst releases video tribute to the "gifted, unbelievably sweet and wonderful" Sam Rivers
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