Much-loved Bath venue Moles to close immediately after 45 years as cost of living crisis continues to bite
Owners of Bath Moles file for insolvency and appeal for industry help to stave off grassroots sector collapse
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Corey Taylor has brutally shot down those new Slipknot drummer rumours: "He’s not even on the list."
Much-loved Bath venue Moles to close immediately after 45 years as cost of living crisis continues to bite
Owners of Bath Moles file for insolvency and appeal for industry help to stave off grassroots sector collapse
Watch Slash cover Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin and AC/DC hits at Las Vegas bar re-opening
Slash teamed up with members of The Offspring and Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators for a performance to mark the re-opening of the Hard Hat Lounge bar in Las Vegas
"I like chatting up younger, handsome men": Watch the amusing moment a journalist tries to find out whether classical music fans are "naughtier" than metalheads
For Channel 4's Same But Different segment, journalist Morf gets metalheads and classical music fans to describe each other while trying to find out what they might have in common
Limp Bizkit added to Download 2024 lineup
Fred Durst’s nu metal icons will return to the biggest festival in British rock this June
Geddy Lee says he and Alex Lifeson have talked about recruiting one of the world's great drummers to tour as Rush again
Geddy Lee drops strongest hint yet that he and Alex Lifeson could get Rush back on the road with a stand-in for Neil Peart
A new era begins: Kiss announce that they're continuing as avatars
Kiss have collaborated with Industrial Light & Magic and Pophouse to produce four avatars that will continue to rock, possibly forever
Surviving Power Trip members reunite for surprise show in Texas
Fugitive's Seth Gilmore filled in for late singer Riley Gale, whose family say it's "unfortunate" they weren't consulted
Ghost just quietly released a greatest hits album with one very, very rare track
Ghost’s new 13 Commandments compilation includes Zenith, a song previously unavailable on streaming services
Bruce Dickinson reveals The Mandrake Project release date, track listing and album art
The Iron Maiden singer’s 10-song solo album will come out on March 1
Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson releases first new solo song in 18 years, Afterglow Of Ragnarok
The lead single of new album The Mandrake Project is the Iron Maiden vocalist’s first original music since Tyranny Of Souls in 2005
Sharon Osbourne once pooped in Ozzy’s weed: “When he found out, he went nuts and chased us down the hallway!”
Kelly Osbourne revealed her mum’s… unique way of keeping the Prince Of Darkness off drugs during a new episode of the Osbournes podcast
Judas Priest take to the woods for Trial By Fire video
Metal Gods Judas Priest have released a video for Trial By Fire, the second track to emerge from next year's Invincible Shield album
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In 1995 Ozzy Osbourne revisited his old school in Birmingham: The kids didn't know who he was
In which Ozzy Osbourne shows the BBC the band name he carved into the brickwork outside his childhood home
"I'll be honest here – I think they blew us off stage every single night": what happened when AC/DC went on tour with Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
In 1976 Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow embarked on the Rising tour of Europe with a young band from Australia in tow: Ronnie James Dio was watching them very closely
"We didn’t take it seriously until the armed SWAT team arrived”: Ithaca's Djamila Azzouz talks visibility, nightmare gigs and auditioning for Ithaca by singing Break Stuff
Ithaca's singer opens up on her early life, career so far and what has driven Ithaca to become one of the most promising UK metal bands of their generation
"Lars vomited all down his front. I mopped him up and sent him back out": revisit an ace interview with Lemmy discussing his relationship with Metallica
The Motörhead man also had some choice words for fans who were bothered about the metal titans having a haircut
The 10 best new metal songs you need to hear right now
Bruce Dickinson, P.O.D. and Blind Channel are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!
10 amazing metal songs under one minute long
Napalm Death, Korn and Tenacious D don’t even need 60 seconds to make a tremendous impact
"The music and the band matters so much to us that it is do-or-die": Six things you need to know about Saint Agnes
Saint Agnes's metal-meets-punk debut album is angry – very angry. They live for the stage, and that’s where they come alive
“The only way we could afford it was to record on New Year’s Eve, because no one else wanted to.” How Iron Maiden made The Soundhouse Tapes
A cash-strapped Iron Maiden slept on floors and recorded on New Year’s Eve to make their debut EP. 45 years later, it’s one of rock’s most sought-after rarities.
10 times major metal stars cameoed in music videos
Lemmy, Ozzy Osbourne and Dave Grohl have all made music videos 10 times better just by showing up
"I really didn’t know what I was doing": Watch horror icon Stephen King's awkward fanboy interview with AC/DC
In 1986, a coked-up Stephen King directed his first feature film, Maximum Overdrive - then engaged in a goofy trans-Atlantic interview with AC/DC, who provided the soundtrack
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Kiss bring the curtain down on the End Of The Road tour - and their epic 50-year career - with a spectacular, and intriguing, final bow in New York City
Or could the end be just another beginning?
Babymetal's 2023 World Tour comes to the UK: seldom has metal seemed more joyous, triumphant and utterly groundbreaking
Almost a decade on from their self-titled debut album, Babymetal are leading lights for the next generation of metal star
"There has rarely been a band that has thrived when their backs are so far up against the wall as The Prodigy": Liam Howlett's electronic punks smash out their greatest hits at The People's Palace
Storming London's Alexandra Palace, The Prodigy prove that they remain one of the world's most incendiary live acts, even without much-missed Firestarter-in-chief Keith Flint
"Riluo’s true success lies in how genuine its emotions feel." Taiwanese symphonic black metallers Laang have channelled a horrendous, life-changing event into one of this year's most compelling albums
Laang frontman Haitao Yang was shot in the head and pronounced dead. He survived, and has channeled his terrifying ordeal into something dark, emotional and deeply compelling
Tesseract’s cinematic live show just proved that, 12 years since debuting, they’re in the finest form of their lives
At Tampa’s Orpheum, the UK djent pioneers reach a new apex in a flurry of contorting riffs, gorgeous vocals and awe-inspiring lights
"It’s certain that they aren’t going to be contained in venues this small for much longer." Creeper soak Manchester's Academy in buckets of blood, brilliant songs and one hell of a stage show
Creeper descended onto Manchester last night for some vampy, campy fun
Spiritbox released the hottest metal debut of 2021. The Fear Of Fear EP shows they're only just getting started
Spiritbox might not be in a rush to make a full-length follow-up to Eternal Blue, but The Fear Of Fear EP is all about pushing their boundaries
Forget Rage Against The Machine and Faith No More: Helmet are nu metal's unsung architects and Left is the best record they've done in nearly 20 years
After some patchy albums in recent years, Helmet's Left is the best the band have done since their 2004 comeback
3000 fans, confetti cannons and a phallic piano: Electric Callboy just put on the wildest metal party in town
German metalcore-meets-eurodance ravers Electric Callboy bring their sold out UK tour to Birmingham
From aggro industrial to nu metal rage to glitchy alt pop, Zig is Poppy making music by her own rules - and it's wonderfully unhinged
Poppy's fascinating evolution continues in style
Slick, heavy and anchored by the brilliant Maria Brink, Godmode is the album that, if there's any justice in the world, will take In This Moment further than ever
Godmode is a reminder that for all their charisma and show(wo)manship, In This Moment have become some of modern metal's most reliable songwriters
