Metallica fans cause small earthquake at Virginia show
The 'Metallica Quake' was measured by the Virginia Tech Seismological Observatory during Enter Sandman
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Metallica fans cause small earthquake at Virginia show
The 'Metallica Quake' was measured by the Virginia Tech Seismological Observatory during Enter Sandman
Billy Corgan's epic interview with Al Jourgensen
From trading Ministry songs for drugs to accidentally spiking Tool and inspiring Nine Inch Nails, Billy Corgan has conducted possibly the greatest Al Jourgensen interview ever
Hear Quicksand/Rival Schools frontman Walter Schreifels cover Pink Floyd for forthcoming animal welfare benefit album
Quicksand's Walter Schreifels has covered two songs from Pink Floyd's Animals album
Judas Priest’s Rob Halford is “gutted” to not be playing Black Sabbath’s final show: “I had no idea it was happening!”
Judas Priest are one of the only veteran metal bands to not be playing Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne’s farewell concert this summer. Rob Halford explains why.
Despite offers, Dead Kennedys won't be reuniting with estranged vocalist Jello Biafra anytime soon says guitarist East Bay Ray
Don't hold your breath for a Dead Kennedys reunion
Watch this death metal band marry two of their fans onstage during a concert
Symphonic/death metal maximalists Fleshgod Apocalypse paused a show on their current North American tour to officiate a wedding
Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil wants to put out final recordings featuring Chris Cornell
The band and the estate of late frontman Cornell have had legal disputes over the potential release of posthumous music
WWE wrestler Penta has a new entrance theme featuring Tool’s Adam Jones on guitar
The juggernaut pro-wrestling company has also collaborated with metal legends Machine Head, Slayer’s Kerry King and Living Colour in recent weeks
Killswitch Engage announce UK and Europe tour, with Hatebreed, Fit For An Autopsy, and Employed To Serve among supporting cast
Killswitch Engage's first UK/European headline tour in six years includes massive Wembley Arena date
Soundgarden's Kim Thayil names the artists he believes should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
"I don’t think realistically I would see myself in the same club as the Beatles or the Stones or Zeppelin!"
Geezer Butler is having nightmares ahead of Black Sabbath's final show
Anticipation for Black Sabbath's farewell bow is making even the most experienced musicians nervous
Ghost become first hard rock act in four years to top US album chart but miss out in the UK
Skeletá has also had the biggest vinyl sales week for a hard rock album in more than three decades
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"I had an idea for an album about people bottling Jesus's vomit."
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How Atreyu helped invent modern metalcore with Right Side Of The Bed
From Bullet For My Valentine to Knocked Loose, Atreyu had a big hand in influencing metalcore and hardcore's shift to the mainstream
Skin on Britpop, Lemmy and 30 years of Skunk Anansie
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How Ne Obliviscaris became the first band to successfully crowdfund a world tour
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Behind the scenes on Guns N' Roses' first trip to Japan
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The Darkness: Every album ranked from worst to best
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"I chased him down the hall with my d**k in my hand." How an epic fistfight with racist skinheads turned hip-hop superstar Ice Cube and Ministry's Al Jourgensen into unlikely allies
Relations between the Ministry and Ice Cube camps on 1992's Lollapalooza tour were somewhat strained, until racists showed up spoiling for a fight
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If you're after some catchy as hell nu metal brimming with angst, you need the new Tetrarch album in your life
Tetrarch's The Ugly Side Of Me is the no-nonsense, earwormy slab of millennial metal you've been looking for
Propagandhi are as confused about the state of things as everyone else on vital new album At Peace
Canada’s punk/metal iconoclasts aren’t sure what to do about the chaos across the globe, but their eighth album is poignant and poetic all the same
I've never seen a catwalk open up in the middle of a moshpit before - but then I've never seen a band quite like Alt Blk Era
Alt Blk Era had a packed-out Camden Underworld moshing and raving its ass off last night - and you can't help but feel this is just the start
Stand aside Jesus - Ghost’s devilish Skeletour show is the perfect Easter resurrection
Ghost return to London after three years in Satanic style, with new songs, a new look and a ban on phones
Heilung are the most captivating live act in the world
At London’s Brixton Academy, the ‘Amplified History’ trio expand into a dozen-strong society of vocalists, dancers and musicians, and the results are spellbinding
Killing Joke, Ministry, The Mission supergroup Sevendials deliver a deliciously warped mix of camp thrills and tense gothic drama on kaleidoscopic debut album A Crash Course In Catastrophe
Chris Connelly-fronted alt.rockers Sevendials get their groove on with A Crash Course In Catastrophe
"Skeletá is Ghost at their most confident, flamboyant and defiant."
Ghost aren't sweating their metal cred with the massive songs of Skeleta
"Is this the ultimate Epica record?"
Epica give Nightwish a run for their money in symphonic metal brilliance
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs hone their dream to be as potent a live band as Download festival favourites Vengaboys
Newcastle's finest Pigs x 7 deliver a masterclass in stoner/doom/psych riffathons on the release day for their new album Death Hilarious
Messa mix jazz, doom, goth and so much more on The Spin
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