Earth, Pallbearer, Hippie Death Cult, Lust Ritual among new additions to Desertfest 2025
Desertfest 2025 just got darker, doomier, heavier and more exciting with the addition of 20 artists to the line-up
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Go record-shopping for less this Black Friday! EMP is offering up to 28% off on selected rock and metal vinyl
Rock out and save with these deals on records by Foo Fighters, Lamb Of God, Amon Amarth and more
Here are Trent Reznor's favourite films of all time
It may not surprise you to learn that there is no place for Love Actually, Titanic, or The Muppet Christmas Carol on Trent Reznor's all-time favourite movies list
The time Tom Morello apologised for Rage Against The Machine accidentally creating the "misogynistic", "anti-woman" and "fratty" nu metal genre
"We made records every four years. In that gap, labels were like, ‘How can we get a band that sounds like Rage but sang about girls and showed up for video shoots?'”
Jake E. Lee describes the shooting that left him with multiple bullet wounds
Former Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Jake E. Lee was wounded in the unprovoked attack in October
Watch Linkin Park play recent single Two Faced live in official pro-shot footage
Filmed during the nu metal stars’ enormous show in São Paulo two weeks ago
Knocked Loose’s Jimmy Kimmel performance annoyed all the boring Facebook parents you’d expect it to
Metalheads loved it when Knocked Loose and Poppy destroyed Jimmy Kimmel Live! this week. These people didn’t…
Marko Hietala announces new album Roses From The Deep
Former Nightwish bassist and singer Marko Hietala will release new album Roses From The Deep in February
Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi says what was “brilliant” about thrash metal
Metal’s OG guitarist pays tribute to the generation that followed his
Electric Callboy announce biggest-ever UK headline show at London’s Alexandra Palace
The date is part of a monster tour that will stretch across Europe from 2025 to 2026
Savatage announce European festival appearances for summer
US prog metal legends Savatage will play their first live shows in over a decade with singer Zak Stevens next year
More of Lemmy's ashes have found a final home, at a famous strip club in London
Lemmy's afterlife continues to be more lively than many peoples' actual lives
Marty Friedman remembers intense panic attack he suffered during final Megadeth days
In an excerpt from memoir Dreaming Japanese, Friedman looks back on the “unusually strong” panic attack he suffered on Christmas morning, 1999
Whitechapel cancel tour dates as frontman addresses mental health issues
Phil Bozeman explains in a video statement that he’s trying to come off antidepressants which he’s used his teenage years
Iggy Pop has played one of the heaviest death metal bands in the world on his BBC radio show. Seriously.
A song so long and so brutal it had to be split into two parts
Turnstile to headline newly launched Outbreak Festival London in 2025
The Manchester festival will be starting an offshoot in the UK capital as of next year, with Knocked Loose, Alex G and others also populating the bill
Watch Knocked Loose and Poppy destroy Jimmy Kimmel Live! with the heaviest talk show performance in history
The Knocked Loose and Poppy team-up was recently nominated for a Grammy Award For Best Metal Performance
Marilyn Manson drops lawsuit against Evan Rachel Wood, handed hefty legal bill
Evan Rachel Wood's legal team say Marilyn Manson's "attempt to silence and intimidate" their client has failed
Universal Music Group hopes to dismiss $200 million lawsuit from Limp Bizkit singer Fred Durst
Durst’s suit claims the multinational behemoth tried to short Limp Bizkit and possibly “hundreds” of other artists out of owed royalties
