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Ice-T explains why he changed lyrics from Body Count’s Cop Killer to ‘ICE Killer’ last year
By Matt Mills published
United States Immigration And Custom Enforcement agents have fatally shot two people on the streets of Minneapolis this month

Dave Mustaine doesn’t want to reunite with certain former Megadeth members because they bad-mouthed him in interviews
By Matt Mills published
It doesn’t help that other ex-members have apparently given up their instruments, as well

Watch the trailer for Paul Di’Anno documentary Di’Anno: Iron Maiden’s Lost Singer, featuring Metallica, Slayer and Kiss members
By Matt Mills published
Written and directed by Lemmy’s Wes Orshoski, the rock doc is due to come out later this year

How memories of a "surreal" first US trip re-lit a fire under one of Britain's best young bands
By Paul Brannigan published
Marmozets announce first new album since 2018

Mötley Crüe claim comprehensive victory in legal battle with Mick Mars
By Fraser Lewry published
Mick Mars must pay Mötley Crüe a portion of the advance he received for shows in which he did not subsequently perform

Basketball fan goes viral after suggesting their team lost because a Ghost concert cursed the arena
By Matt Mills published
One Reddit user implies that the Charlotte Hornets embarrassed Orlando Magic on the court last week thanks to a recent show filled with “Devil imagery”

Dave Mustaine reveals the conversation with James Hetfield that ended Metallica's plan to release the No Life 'Til Leather demo on vinyl
By Paul Brannigan published
Dave Mustaine understandably isn't prepared to be pressured into backing down on his contributions to Metallica's early success

Ghost frontman Tobias Forge reveals what the band have in common with Lady Gaga
By Matt Mills published
The singer also sheds more light on the issues his masks have given him over the years

Lamb Of God, Converge and other leading metal bands speak out following fatal ICE shootings in Minneapolis
By Matt Mills published
Lamb Of God singer Randy Blythe lambasts the “open moral collapse” of the US government, joining the chorus of voices criticising Immigration And Customs Enforcement’s actions in Minnesota

Zakk Wylde opens up on the emotional new tribute song he wrote about Ozzy Osbourne
By Stephen Hill published
The Black Label Society frontman and longtime Ozzy guitarist penned the tribute in the weeks following Ozzy's death

The guy who just climbed that skyscraper live on Netflix listened to a lot of Tool on the way up
By Matt Mills published
Alex Honnold made a playlist of his favourite rock songs for his free solo climb up the 11th-tallest building on Earth last weekend

Alice Cooper announces Alice's Attic tour
By Fraser Lewry published
Alice Cooper adds more shows to an already bulging schedule

Ex-Velvet Revolver member claims they could have been as big as Guns N' Roses
By Merlin Alderslade published
This band of rock icons were a big deal in the 2000s - but could they have been even bigger?

“I’ve got fame, I’ve got adulation, but I was still in the mental prison."
By Paul Brannigan published
"It started to get very gruesome for me, it was a total train wreck"

Former Scorpions / Michael Schenker bassist Francis Buchholz dead at 71
By Paul Brannigan published
"Though the strings have gone silent, his soul remains in every note he played and in every life he touched"

"We’re gonna come back – it’s gonna be bigger than Oasis."
By Paul Brannigan published
Tenacious D's Kyle Gass on the joke which caused the group's world to crumble around them

Meet the 67-million-year-old Triceratops skull named after Ozzy Osbourne
By Fraser Lewry published
The late Black Sabbath frontman is now the subject of a dinosaur-themed tribute
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