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Gojira's new single Into The Storm might just kickstart a revolution
Gojira release head-spinning new single Into The Storm – the latest to be taken from upcoming album Fortitude
Every Time I Die and The Bronx to tour the UK in 2022
Buffalo bruisers Every Time I Die and LA punks The Bronx will hit the UK early next year with Jesus Piece and Sanction
Anthrax are working on ‘something big’ to celebrate their 40th anniversary
Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante says the New York thrash legends are planning a special 40th anniversary celebration
Watch Tool’s rhythm section play Ænema for an audience of college students
Rare footage shows Tool’s Justin Chancellor and Danny Carey entertaining Berklee College Of Music students
Guns N' Roses launch six live classics filmed in front of fanatical Brazilian crowd
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Lindemann launch predictably gonzoid live video for Praise Abort
Praise Abort comes from Lindemann's upcoming live album and film, Live In Moscow
US rapper DMX dies aged 50
American rapper and actor DMX has died aged 50 following a heart attack earlier this month
Linkin Park’s Hybrid Theory was Fear Factory “for kids”, says Burton C Bell
“Linkin Park did a watered-down version of Demanufacture,” says ex-Fear Factory singer Burton C Bell of his former band’s influence
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
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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
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Where to start with New Orleans sludge legends Eyehategod. Warning: may contain drugs
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We asked an Oxford professor what the hell Rammstein’s Mutter album is really all about
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Megadeth’s David Ellefson: “I was a heroin addict and playing the biggest shows of my life”
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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
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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
