New Years Day are back with a bang(er): watch the video for Hurts Like Hell
Ash Costello says New Years Day's new single is "an acceptance and celebration of my relationship with chaos."
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View moreNew Years Day are back with a bang(er): watch the video for Hurts Like Hell
Ash Costello says New Years Day's new single is "an acceptance and celebration of my relationship with chaos."
Listen to fierce Enter Shikari / Wargasm collaboration The Void Stares Back
Enter Shikari team up with Wargasm for hard-hitting collaborative single The Void Stares Back
British MPs ask Queen Elizabeth II to honour Black Sabbath for their services to music
Seven MPs representing Birmingham have written to the Queen to ask that local heroes Black Sabbath be honoured for their services to music
Machine Head just played a secret set at this year’s Bloodstock festival
A three-piece Machine Head surprised the UK’s Bloodstock festival with a secret mid-afternoon set in a packed tent
Tommy Lee has put his todger away long enough to appear in new movie The Retaliators
Members of Motley Crue, Ice Nine Kills and Asking Alexandria team up for 21 Bullets, the theme to new horror/thriller The Retaliators
Alice In Chains have just dropped a deathcore-style T-shirt and we want it
Grunge icons Alice In Chains get their deathcore on with an unexpected spiky logo T-shirt
Megadeth’s killer new song Soldier On! is the soundtrack to the world marching into the mouth of hell
Megadeth drop the latest new track from upcoming album The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead!
Rage Against The Machine cancel UK/European tour, including Reading and Leeds festival appearances
Rage Against The Machine have called off their UK/European tour after getting "medical guidance" on frontman Zack de la Rocha's recent leg injury
Tommy Lee posted a photo of his genitals on social media and now he's trending worldwide
Mötley Crüe's Tommy Lee has posted an NSFW image onto all his social media accounts and no one is sure why
Peter Jackson wanted hypnotherapy so he could forget The Lord Of The Rings films...so he could watch them again
The Lord Of The Rings director Peter Jackson once tried to find a hypnotherapist to help him forget all the work he did on the films - but for good reason!
David Ellefson reflects on Megadeth dismissal: "You find out who your friends are when the s**t hits the fan"
Former Megadeth bassist David Ellefson reflects on his ejection from Dave Mustaine's band and opens up about his mindset when it comes to facing negative experiences
A box set of rare LA glam metal is coming out and we couldn't be more delighted
Bound For Hell: On The Sunset Strip will be released by the Numero Group in October - listen to Max Havoc’s Bound For Hell now
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Every Metallica Blacklist cover ranked from worst to best
Twelve songs, 53 cover versions - we rank all the tracks on Metallica’s epic Blacklist covers album in order of greatness
Alice Cooper: my stories of Lemmy, Raquel Welch, Pink Floyd and more
Alice Cooper got drunk with Jim Morrison, auditioned for Frank Zappa, made a movie with Mae West and pointed a loaded gun at Elvis Presley. These are his stories
The 10 best rock and metal sci-fi concept albums
To infinity and beyond! Greek psych rockers Naxatras pick the greatest sci-fi inspired albums in the the cosmos
Riots, arrests and a knocked out Geezer Butler: the most chaotic concert of Black Sabbath's career
When a glass bottle struck Geezer Butler just two songs into Black Sabbath's 1980 Milwaukee show, disaster followed
20 years ago, The Dillinger Escape Plan's Greg Puciato actually took a dump on stage at Reading Festival
Revisiting the moment Greg Puciato made a piece of Reading history - literally
Satyricon’s Satyr: “Church-burnings and murder, they’re a part of our history”
Orchestras, art exhibitions and rubbing shoulders with real-life kings – how the Norwegian establishment embraced one of black metal‘s prime movers
The 10 weirdest festival bookings ever
From Katy Perry at Warped to Wombles at Glastonbury, these bookings ranged from the surprising to the downright bizarre
Paul Samson: remembering NWOBHM's lost star
Samson had critically acclaimed albums under their belt and a future Iron Maiden superstar out front, but fate conspired against them
Christ Illusion, dodgy crowds and the return of Dave Lombardo: what happened when we went on tour with Slayer in 2006
On this day in 2006, Slayer released Christ Illusion, their first album with Dave Lombardo in 16 years. That year, we joined Slayer on tour to find them more malevolent than ever
Vote for the greatest prog metal band of all time
Dream Theater? Mastodon? Porcupine Tree? Here’s your chance to vote for the greatest prog metal band of them all
The Top 10 best metal covers of 80s pop songs
When metal bands get 80s pop covers right
The Top 20 best albums of 1994
Korn, Nine Inch Nails, Machine Head, Emperor: this is the ultimate soundtrack to 1994
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Norma Jean’s Deathrattle Sing For Me: pure anguished poetry from metalcore lifers
Album review: metalcore vets Norma Jean step out of their comfort zone on new album Deathrattle Sing For Me
The Halo Effect’s Days Of The Lost: melodeath all-stars salute the Gothenburg Sound on debut album
Album review: ex-In Flames members assemble to relive the old days on The Halo Effect’s debut album Days Of The Lost
Prey review: Predator prequel doesn't quite do enough to rescue the franchise
While Prey's intentions are honourable, it's a prequel that spins its wheels too much to leave a lasting impact
Dub War’s Westgate Under Fire: metal’s original soundclash kings return to reclaim their crown
Album review: Skindred’s Benji Webbe returns to his dub/punk roots on original band Dub War’s new album Westgate Under Fire
Viking metal chieftains Amon Amarth go back to brutal basics on new album The Great Heathen Army
Album review: Amon Amarth’s The Great Heathen Army piles on the blood, gore and Biff Byford guest spots
Ithaca’s They Fear Us: metallic hardcore firebrands stake their claim to greatness with stellar second album
Album review: Ithaca’s new album They Fire us is a raging, ever-changing triumph
The Prodigy in Birmingham: a powerful, cathartic show that did Keith Flint proud
From freshening up old favourites to paying an emotional tribute to Keith Flint, this was a special night in Brum
Mikael Akerfeldt’s Clark soundtrack is an epic love letter to the history of music
Album review: Opeth mainman Mikael Akerfeldt puts on his 70s disco pants for genre-defying soundtrack to hit Netflix series, now on shiny vinyl
Imperial Triumphant’s Spirit Of Ecstasy: an exhilarating journey across a jazz-blasted landscape of noise
Album review: masked avant-metallers Imperial Triumphant head deeper into the ultraverse with new album Spirit Of Ecstasy
Oceans Of Slumber’s Starlight And Ash: an elegant tapestry of mournful heaviness and gothic Americana
Album review: Texan doom maestros Oceans Of Slumber broaden their horizons on epic new album Starlight And Ash with stellar results
Turnstile’s incendiary set steals the weekend at Glastonbury
While some waited for a Green Day set that never happened, Turnstile showed Glasto why they’re the present and future of punk rock
