Zakk Sabbath celebrate Black Sabbath’s 50th anniversary with new album Vertigo
Zakk Wylde, Blasko and Joey Castillo will release their tribute to Sabbath’s debut album in September - listen to lead track Black Sabbath
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Dave Grohl: I feared I might be fired from Nirvana
Dave Grohl looks back on his time in Nirvana and says he was worried that Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic might dismiss him and “find somebody else”
Here it is: The UK’s first dedicated socially distanced music venue
The Virgin Money Unity Arena will open this summer at Newcastle’s Gosforth Park for live music and comedy
Parkway Drive move European Revolution tour into 2021
After initially pushing their planned spring European tour to late 2020, Parkway Drive have now moved all shows to 2021
Slash has been focusing on new Guns N’ Roses material during lockdown
Slash says he’s been jamming with Duff McKagan and Axl Rose during the lockdown and recording “guitar stuff” for Guns N’ Roses
Tom Morello hooks up with Imagine Dragons’ Dan Reynolds for new protest track Stand Up
Tom Morello collaborates with Imagine Dragons’ Dan Reynolds, Shea Diamond and Bloody Beetroots for the new track Stand Up
Megadeth, Lamb Of God, Trivium and In Flames announce 2021 tour
Megadeth, Lamb Of God, Trivium and In Flames reschedule their postponed 2020 tour - all 42 dates will take place next summer
Dream Theater’s John Petrucci reunites with Mike Portnoy on new solo album
John Petrucci reveals his former Dream Theater bandmate Mike Portnoy plays drums on his upcoming solo album Terminal Velocity - as full tracklist is revealed
Trivium’s Matt Heafy gives track from The Witcher a searing metal makeover
Trivium’s Matt Heafy covers the track Toss A Coin To Your Witcher which originally appeared on the hit Netflix series
Listen to Lemmy relive his first AC/DC experience in previously unheard interview
Beyond The Thunder podcast shares previously unreleased interview with Lemmy from 2015, where the Motorhead legend talks all things AC/DC
#LetTheMusicPlay: More than 1400 artists call on government to act now to save UK's live music scene
Artists including Iron Maiden, Paul McCartney, the Rolling Stones, Yes and Judas Priest are among the names in open letter to Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden - as the #LetTheMusicPlay campaign launches
Alice Cooper, Corey Taylor, Peter Frampton and more set for Rock For Relief benefit show
Night of music will be broadcast later this week with proceeds benefitting the Feeding America charity
Code Orange announce Under The Skin live stream
Following their lockdown album launch show, Code Orange reveal plans to live stream a stripped down and re-imagined selection of their back catalogue later this month
Devildriver share chilling lyric video for their crushing new single Iona
Devildriver release eerie video for their new track Iona - song taken from the upcoming album Dealing With Demons Vol. 1
The Spirit Of Ozzfest to be celebrated with special weekend event
The Spirit Of Ozzfest Weekend will see archive performances from Ozzy, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Megadeth, Slipknot and more - along with stories from the festival
Hollywood Vampires move UK tour to 2021
Alice Cooper, Joe Perry and Johnny Depp will play dates in Birmingham, Leeds, Glasgow and London in 2021 - and they’ll be joined by Killing Joke
Evanescence share anthemic new single The Game Is Over
Evanescence release The Game Is Over – the second single taken from their upcoming album The Bitter Truth
Take a full tour of James Hetfield’s customised classic car collection
The Metallica vocalist and guitarist’s Reclaimed Rust exhibition from the Petersen Automative Museum is now available for the whole world to see
Joey Jordison on Slipknot’s debut album: There’s nothing out there quite like it
As it celebrates its 21st anniversary, Joey Jordison reflects on Slipknot’s self-titled 1999 debut: “That album was and will always be some of the absolute best memories of my life”