Listen to 53 glorious seconds of new AC/DC single Demon Fire
AC/DC release a taster for the frenetic new single Demon Fire, the follow-up to Shot In The Dark
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Listen to 53 glorious seconds of new AC/DC single Demon Fire
AC/DC release a taster for the frenetic new single Demon Fire, the follow-up to Shot In The Dark
Rob Zombie’s new single The Triumph of King Freak… is so good it’ll make you forget every sh*tty thing about 2020
Rob Zombie releases The Triumph Of King Freak… as a taster for new album The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy
Deftones’ White Pony remix album, Black Stallion, is finally coming in December
Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda and DJ Shadow are among the artists tinkering with the DNA of Deftones’ 2000 White Pony album
Hear Tom Morello host Slash, pay tribute to Eddie Van Halen and Jimi Hendrix on new EP, Commandante
With its nods to Jimi Hendrix and Eddie Van Halen, Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello’s new EP is a treat for lovers of revolutionary guitarists
You owe it to yourself to listen to this astonishing orchestral version of Metallica’s One
A classical orchestra has re-imagined Metallica’s …And Justice For All album, and first single One is absolutely brilliant
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Watch Alice In Chains/Mastodon/Anthrax supergroup smash a cover of Soundgarden’s Rusty Cage
William DuVall, Bill Kelliher and Charlie Benanate offer a glorious take on Soundgarden classic Rusty Cage… with Kim Thayil’s approval
Download UK adds Megadeth, Descendents, Northlane, Venom Prison and more to 2021 bill
The UK’s biggest rock and metal festival has just got even bigger with the addition of 17 new bands
Hear Fever 333’s incredible new cover of Linkin Park classic In The End
Fever 333 and Grandson cover Hybrid Theory classics for Spotify Singles
Trent Reznor, Perry Farrell, Billy Corgan to play Bowie tribute concert
Nine Inch Nails, Jane’s Addiction and Smashing Pumpkins men to feature in David Bowie celebration event
Hear new music from three-quarters of Tool
Tool guitarist Adam Jones ropes in bandmates Justin Chancellor and Danny Carey to record the score to a new short film, The Witness
AC/DC once tried to smoke out the Loch Ness monster with fireworks
AC/DC’s Brian Johnson recalls a doomed mission to catch the Loch Ness monster. Drink was involved
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“Amerika ist wunderbar!”: how Rammstein conquered the USA
Only a fool would have put money on a bunch of German industrial-metal perverts becoming one of the biggest bands in America. But this is how Rammstein did it
We asked Dez Fafara one question about 2020, and his answer was heartbreaking and inspiring
However hard the last year has been for you, chances are it’s been even harder for DevilDriver’s Dez Fafara.
Every Iron Maiden live album ranked from worst to best
Iron Maiden are metal’s reigning kings of the live album. And here are the best and worst they’ve released over the last 40 years
Sex, stimulants and snake eyes: How Ace Of Spades sent Motorhead stellar
Forty years ago, Motorhead released an album that turned them into unlikely stars. Next stop? America. But America wasn’t yet ready for Motorhead
Pete Way: the life and times of the ultimate badass bassist
A personal look back at the music, life and times of late UFO bassist Pete Way, who influenced so many who came after him
Therapy, rebirth and the ghosts of the past: the inside story of Deftones’ Ohms
“We had to bring it back to life”: how Deftones rediscovered their sweet spot to make Ohms
Nihilistic nu metal with electro-punk attitude? Wargasm have got it covered
With their post-apocalyptic angst and two-fisted attack, Wargasm are dragging nu metal into the future
Kiss, bingo, and a towel problem: on the road with Judas Priest in 1979
In 1979 Judas Priest were poised for greatness. The band’s live album, Unleashed In The East, had hit No.10 in the UK. Now America beckoned, and Classic Rock's Geoff Barton was there
Iron Maiden’s Adrian Smith: “When we hit America things kicked in with booze and drugs, using it as a crutch”
Legendary Iron Maiden guitarist and avid angler Adrian Smith shares the lessons he’s learned from 40 years on the roads and rivers around the world
Bloodywood: the Indian metal stars who broke the internet
Indian mavericks Bloodywood are the missing link between metal and Bollywood. And now they’re out to take over the world
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Puscifer’s Existential Reckoning is deliberately annoying, genuinely funny and weirdly emotional
Maynard James Keenan and co find serenity beyond the silliness on Puscifer’s new album Existential Reckoning
Auðn’s Vökudraumsins Fangi is atmospheric black metal the way they used to make it
Icelandic black metal warhorses Auðn cleave to the elements on new album Vökudraumsins Fangi
Igorrr singer Ricinn swaps chaos for beauty on new album Nereïd
Post-metal icon Ricinn makes her way out of the Igorrr menagerie on second solo album Nereïd
Greg Puciato’s Child Soldier: Creator Of God: head-melting genius from ex-Dillinger Escape Plan singer
Never mind the leaks – ex-Dillinger Escape Plan man Greg Puciato’s brilliant debut solo album sets him up as the next Mike Patton
Bloodbather’s Silence: short, sharp shock treatment from genre-mashing ragers
Florida’s Bloodbather serve up furious riffs and atonal guitar squeals on terse Silence EP
Crippled Black Phoenix’s Ellengaest: scabrous diatribes and emotional devastation on majestic new album
Post-rock mavericks Crippled Black Phoenix rise above turmoil the help of all-star guests on new album Ellengaest
Anaal Nathrakh’s Endarkenment: filthy nihilism out, unexpected optimism in
Blackened grind doomsayers Anaal Nathrakh clean up their act on new album Endarkenment – but it can’t dispel the whiff of formula
Touché Amoré’s Lament: post-hardcore lifers spead their wings with help from Ross Robinson
Impassioned post-hardcore crew Touché Amoré expand their scope on soaring new album Lament
Six Feet Under are still drinking blood, still getting high on new album Nightmares Of The Decomposed
Death metal warhorses Six Feet Under serve up endearingly sloppy slab of stoner-death brutality with new album Nightmares Of The Decomposed
Enslaved’s Utgard: more fearless expeditions from prog-metal’s Viking visionaries
Prog-metal kings Enslaved soar as high as ever on 14th album Utgard
Corey Taylor’s CMFT is music to ride motorbikes into swimming pools to
Corey Taylor brings the party on exhilarating debut solo album CMFT
