Dream Wife's Social Lubrication is a riotous celebration of life lived loud, proud and fear and shame free
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The Four Horsemen dazzle Donington with a career-spanning, celebratory set
Iron Maiden's new show is another reminder that class is permanent - and so is heavy metal
Iron Maiden's rambunctious Prague show might be packing deep cuts, but it makes for no less an enthralling experience
Avenged Sevenfold’s Life Is But A Dream… is a brilliantly deranged, LSD-soaked psycho-metal musical
Album review: Avenged Sevenfold have made the craziest album you’ll hear this year with Life Is But A Dream…
Foo Fighters’ new album But Here We Are is a defiant, emotional roar in the face of loss
Album review: Foo Fighters’ new album But Here We Are is the sound of 15 months of pent-up emotion being unleashed at once
"Sleep Token fully delivered on their promises": metal fans review new album Take Me Back To Eden
We asked metal fans to weigh in on Sleep Token's new album Take Me Back To Eden - and here's what they thought
Immortal’s War Against All: thrilling riff-powered noise from Norway‘s black metal crusaders
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Night one of NOFX’s last ever European tour perfectly illustrates why Fat Mike’s crew will be treasured forever as true punk rock rebels
NOFX launch their '40 years, 40 Cities, 40 Songs Per Day' European tour in Barcelona, and remind us why they're the greatest punk band of their generation
Ghost’s Phantomime covers EP is yet another mad journey through Tobias Forge’s head
Tobias Forge tackles on Iron Maiden, Tina Turner and Genesis on new covers EP
The world’s loudest bands took over the home of BritPop last weekend and it was beautiful
80 bands, 5001 riffs and a bellydancer: DesertFest 2023 was a blast
Dez Fafara lays his trauma to rest on Devildriver's Dealing With Demons Vol. II
After 21 years and 10 studio albums, Devildriver are moving on from Dez Fafara's turmoil to find fresh pastures
Gojira and Mastodon just levelled a Florida Ampitheater to remind everyone why they're two of metal's greatest bands
One of the most exciting metal tours of 2023 has lived up to the hype and then some
Sleep Token's Take Me Back To Eden is a potent, masterful statement from metal's most exciting young band
Sleep Token have got the metal world talking, and with new album Take Me Back To Eden, they have absolutely justified the hype
Metallica just threw Amsterdam the world's biggest heavy metal party
Metallica's first set of the M72 world tour was a triumphant, rousing success
"Their best album since...": Metallica fans review new album 72 Seasons
We asked rock and metal fans to share their views on the new Metallica album 72 Seasons - here's what they had to say
Enter Shikari's A Kiss For The Whole World: the electrifying, genre-smashing sound of the future
St. Albans quartet stake their claim as one of the 21st century's greatest bands with their finest work yet
"A Michael Bay wet dream": How Sabaton, Babymetal and Lordi conquered Wembley Arena
Monsters, tanks and massive anthems - Sabaton's The Tour To End All Tours represents everything brilliant about metal in 2023
Evil Dead Rise review: a quintessential Evil Dead experience filled with fresh, unexpected twists
The latest Evil Dead reboot is a resounding, bloody success
Metallica 72 Seasons review: rarely has James Hetfield laid himself so bare
Papa Het has shown a new level of vulnerability on a decent if unspectacular Metallica record
