Metallica cancel two summer festival tour dates
Metallica announce they have cancelled appearances at Sonic Temple and Louder Than Life festivals, as part of James Hetfield's "continuing effort to get and stay healthy"
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Judas Priest announce 50 Heavy Metal Years US Tour
The legendary Judas Priest have added 24 more dates to the 50 Heavy Metal Years Tour later this year
Check out the new album track from Jonathan Hulten
Tribulation guitarist Jonathan Hulten releases lyric video for Wasteland, taken from his forthcoming solo album
British government’s immigration plans will ‘cut the legs off’ live music, says industry body
Recent immigration legislation from the British government will make demands on touring bands which may threaten their ability to visit the UK, say the Incorporated Society Of Musicians
Nergal: I wanted Ville Valo on my new album
Behemoth leader tried to recruit HIM’s Ville Valo for Me And That Man project
Is Marilyn Manson teasing his new album?
Manson posts cryptic message on Instagram: “Everyone will suffer now”
Watch James Hetfield make live comeback
Metallica frontman James Hetfield returns to the stage for first time since rehab
Wardruna release video for brand new single Grá
Norwegian folk proggers Wardruna announce Jo Quail as support on England and Ireland live dates
Watch Biff Byford’s video for epic version of Simon & Garfunkel classic
Saxon singer Biff Byford gives Scarborough Fair the metal treatment
Watch Jason Momoa play Ozzy Osbourne in new video
Games Of Thrones star Jason Momoa channels his inner Ozzy in teaser for new song Scary Little Green Man
Metal Hammer Podcast: Happy Birthday Black Sabbath!
The album that spawned heavy metal has turned 50!
Slipknot reveal first Knotfest At Sea lineup
Slipknot will set sail on the inaugural Knotfest At Sea cruise in August - and they’ve revealed the names of the first eight artists who will be joining them
Listen to Ozzy Osbourne and Post Malone’s brand new song It’s A Raid
Rapper Post Malone guests on new song from Ozzy’s upcoming album Ordinary Man
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Turns out Arch Enemy’s frontwoman Alissa White-Gluz has learned a few things along the road: Hard work is metal. But being a messy f*cker definitely isn’t
How Metal United World Wide is bringing metalheads together across the globe
After putting on one night of killer gigs around the world, Metal United Worldwide is looking to go even bigger for 2020
I got tattooed at Ozzy Osbourne's album launch and yeah, it really hurt
When we got word that Ozzy Osbourne was offering free tattoos and the chance to hear his album a day early, we knew we had to get involved
The Butthole Surfers: piss bombs, glitter, fire, nudity, penetration and screwdrivers
Think of the most outrageous gig you’ve ever seen, then forget it. Butthole Surfers took balls-out anarchic performance ‘art’ to a debauched new low
Best budget wireless headphones 2020: go wire-free with these top cheap wireless earphones
Think you lack the funds to cut the cord? Not so! We've got you covered with the best budget wireless headphones from Jabra, Philips, AKG and more
Papa Roach: the story behind Last Resort
Papa Roach frontman Jacoby Shaddix looks back at the band’s nu metal breakthrough
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Municipal Waste’s ass-kicking singer guides us from righteous anger to juvenile delinquency via hardcore punk and hip hop in his ultimate playlist
Hammer's 13: This week's best new music in metal
Updated Our fortnightly round-up of the very best new tracks in heavy rock
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Italian progressive metalcore quintet Prospective pick out the 10 most flawless tech/djent riffs
How Ronnie James Dio saved Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath might have lost Ozzy, but they recruited Dio and make one of the greatest heavy metal albums of all time
Black metal punks? Meet the fascism-fighting Dawn Ray'd
Liverpool’s Dawn Ray’d are railing against authoritarianism and advocating for freedom of choice. After all, isn’t that what black metal’s all about?
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Black metal legends Mayhem channel De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas with new record Daemon
Oslo’s second-wave black metal forefathers, Mayhem, are still defining the state of the art
Babymetal - Metal Galaxy: Japan’s Fox God emissaries chart a new sonic course
Babymetal's new album Metal Galaxy deftly proves that the band's whole existence is one massive curveball
Have Steel Panther taken the joke too far?
Sunset Strip revivalists Steel Panther bring more swears than songs with fifth album Heavy Metal Rules
Korn's The Nothing recaptures the genuine darkness of their earlier works
Jonathan Davis exorcises his most ferocious demons yet in Korn's new album The Nothing
Asagraum's Dawn Of Infinite Fire is an instant black metal classic
Dutch black metallers Asagraum weave potent new magick from the old school with new album Dawn of Infinite Fire
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Napalm Death's Shane Embury and Absolute Power's Russ Russell project Tronos release star-studded new album
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Venom Prison’s demonic Samsara album is a twisted modern death metal classic
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