US rapper DMX dies aged 50
American rapper and actor DMX has died aged 50 following a heart attack earlier this month
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US rapper DMX dies aged 50
American rapper and actor DMX has died aged 50 following a heart attack earlier this month
Sabaton travel back 500 years on new single The Royal Guard
The Royal Guard is an English-language version of Sabaton’s recent single Livgardet
Former Sabaton guitarist jailed after being convicted of child sex abuse and possessing child pornography
Founding Sabaton guitarist Rikard Sundén jailed for nine months following abuse at his home in Falun, Sweden
Megadeth are auctioning a Vic Rattlehead NFT because that’s what bands do in 2021
Pssssst! Always wanted to own an original piece of Megadeth digital art? Step this way please
Watch the trailer for Heavy Metal Hitchhiker, a new web comedy from the team behind Metal Evolution
BangerTV share trailer for new 8-part comedy series Heavy Metal Hitchhiker
Judas Priest move European tour to 2022, but commit to Bloodstock 2021 headliner
Judas Priest will still headline August’s Bloodstock festival, but have shifted their summer 2021 European tour once more
Megadeth and Thin Lizzy colouring books to be released later this month
Say hello to rock'n'roll-inspired mindfulness with colouring books inspired by Thin Lizzy, Megadeth and more
Watch Brandon Boyd duet on Incubus classics with American Idol contestants
Hear Incubus classics Drive and Wish You Were Here performed during American Idols’ ‘All-Star Duets’ show
Godspeed You! Black Emperor release tour video trailer
Canadian instrumental post-rockers Godspeed You! Black Emperor announce early 2022 tour dates
Psssst! Wanna buy Kirk Hammett’s One video guitar? $30,000 and it could be yours
The guitar Kirk Hammett played in Metallica’s iconic video for One is up for auction...
Evanescence’s Amy Lee wants to follow The Bitter Truth by scoring a nature documentary
Speaking in the new issue of Metal Hammer, Evanescence’s Amy Lee reveals her ambition to score a nature documentary
Devin Townsend releases video trailer for new Ocean Machine stream
Devin Townsend will play 1997's Ocean Machine: Biomech in its entirety in new live stream on May 1
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The Story Behind The Song: My Dying Bride’s The Cry Of Mankind
How Brit metal miserabilists My Dying Bride made Iron Maiden bassist Steve Harris’ favourite nine-minute doom song
A love letter to a city: How Alice Cooper and Bob Ezrin made Detroit Stories
With some of Motor City’s iconic musicians on board for the thrill ride, Alice Cooper’s new album Detroit Stories is "an homage to the place to which we owe our careers"
We got Hollywood Undead’s Johnny 3 Tears to make us the mixtape of his life
From industrial legends to international hip hop, these are Hollywood Undead vocalist Johnny 3 Tears’ top tunes
Eric Bloom: The Soundtrack of my Life
Blue Oyster Cult frontman Eric Bloom picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and reveals why he won't have (Don't Fear) The Reaper played at his funeral
How to get into… Eyehategod
Where to start with New Orleans sludge legends Eyehategod. Warning: may contain drugs
10 metal bands who went ‘soft’ – and were better off for it
Selling out or upping their game? These are the bands who took it to new levels after dialling back the aggro
We asked an Oxford professor what the hell Rammstein’s Mutter album is really all about
Oxford university lecturer Dr Alexandra Lloyd reveals the hidden secrets of Rammstein’s Mutter
Megadeth’s David Ellefson: “I was a heroin addict and playing the biggest shows of my life”
Megadeth bassist David Ellefson on drugs, broken bones and mortality
Tetrarch’s intense new single Negative Noise will make you think nu metal never went away
Tetrarch channel prime Slipknot on new single Negative Noise
20 things you didn’t know about Rammstein’s Mutter
Failed coups, bar brawls and Hitler’s dog - these are the secrets behind Rammstein’s breakthrough album Mutter
Smith/Kotzen: putting two guitarists together in a studio can be dangerous
Interview: Iron Maiden’s Adrian Smith and the Winery Dogs’ Richie Kotzen on how their Smith/Kotzen album was made
The Story Behind The Song: System Of A Down’s Chop Suey!
Bans, conspiracy theories and the shadow of 9/11 – System Of A Down’s Daron Malakian looks back on the most popular metal song of the 21st century
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Sex, death, isolation and art-rock weirdness? Årabrot’s Norwegian Gothic has them covered
Noise rock surrealists Årabrot are still orbiting a planet of their own on new album Norwegian Gothic
Lamb Of God’s Live In Richmond, VA is the sound of a band raging in the face of the pandemic
Lamb Of God capture their onstage glory on COVID-busting live-in-lockdown album
La Morte Viene Dallo Spazio’s Trivial Visions: cosmic space rock from interstellar travellers
Italian psych-heads La Morte Viene Dallo Spazio travel way beyond the final frontier on new album Trivial Visions
Evanescence’s The Bitter Truth: an emotive and empowered rock album for our times
Amy Lee releases her most empowered, emotional, politically charged album yet with Evanescence’s The Bitter Truth
Pupil Slicer’s Mirrors: grind meets mathcore on one of 2021’s most exciting debut albums
Grind meets mathcore meets doom on Pupil Slicer’s savage debut album Mirrors
White Void’s Anti’s is a whirlwind ride around metal, occult rock and psychedelia
Norwegian oddballs White Void find new ways to get psyched on debut album Anti
Death metal maniacs Baest take a swim in the grim on new album Necro Sapiens
Looking for brutish, no-nonsense death metal riffery? Baest’s new album Necro Sapiens has got you covered
The Hyena Kill’s A Disconnect: razor-sharp riffs meet enigmatic atmospherics
If Tool jammed with Helmet, it would sound like the second album from UK’s hypno-metallers The Hyena Kill
Mason Hill’s Against The Wall: arena-ready rock that proves the power of peristence
Scottish rockers Mason Hill finally release their assured debut album. Fans of Alter Bridge and Shinedown apply here
Architects’ For Those That Wish To Exist: modern metal with the grandest of ambitions
Modern metal heroes Architects continue their upward swing with new album For Those That Wish To Exist
Melvins’ Working With God: more sonic insanity from rock’s kings of absurdism
Surf rock, twisted pop, unhinged doo wop – it’s business as usual in the demented world of Melvins
