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August 2021
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- August 5
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- Metallica announce the launch of their own podcast with eight episodes based on The Black Album
- Alien Weaponry get their fans involved in the awesome music video for new single Buried Underground
- Yann Tiersen releases video for Ker Yagu and announces European tour dates
- Iron Maiden, Bloodstock, crap cover bands and more on the new Metal Hammer Podcast
- Mayhem celebrate the joy of satanic ritual sacrifice in Black Glass Communion video
- Watch ‘the most brutal mosh pit ever‘ cause chaos in a church
- Nytt Land get animated in stunning new video for Svartravn
- Dee Snider wishes Gene Simmons would ‘shut the hell up’ with his ‘self-serving bullsh*t’
- Got $250,000 to spare and fancy your very own Beatles setlist? We have good news
- Crowdfunder launched for mural of The Prodigy's Keith Flint in aid of mental health services
- Images from Chris Cornell’s final photoshoot to be sold as NFTs
- Charlie Watts likely to miss start of Rolling Stones' US tour on doctor's orders
- Gene Simmons to exhibit his Jackson Pollack-inspired paintings in Las Vegas
- August 4
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- Queen's 50th anniversary celebrated with "unprecedented" Teddy bear release
- Underøath announce new album Voyeurist, share choir-enhanced Hallelujah
- TesseracT release live performance video of Tourniquet
- Limp Bizkit pay tribute to Slipknot's Joey Jordison at Iowa gig
- Jane Weaver curates limited edition Love Record Stores compilation
- Listen to Tom Morello, Bruce Springsteen and Eddie Vedder cover AC/DC’s Highway To Hell
- Listen to Dream Nails’ fearless summer slammer Take Up Space
- Måneskin to release an alternative version of I Wanna Be Your Slave with Iggy Pop
- Black Sabbath to release super deluxe edition of Technical Ecstasy in October
- Deafheaven share video for In Blur, single three from new album Infinite Granite
- This cover of Pink Floyd's Breathe in the style of Type O Negative will have you missing Peter Steele even more
- Public Service Broadcasting release video for new single Blue Heaven
- The Offspring fire drummer Pete Parada for refusing to get Covid-19 vaccine
- Dusty Hill's widow Charleen McCrory thanks fans for "overwhelming outpouring of love" in a heartfelt tribute
- Early Pentangle albums get deluxe heavyweight vinyl reissues
- Watch Guns N' Roses debut "new" song Absurd in Boston
- August 3
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- Donald Trump "partied with Aerosmith" ahead of the first GOP presidential debate in 2015
- Guthrie Govan guests on upcoming Potter's Daughter album
- Chubby And The Gang release the relatable new single I Hate The Radio
- This Offspring/Boney M mash-up is the most fun you'll have today with your clothes on
- Tremonti share video for new album title track Marching In Time
- Babymetal to mark 10th anniversary with series of projects, before they "disappear from sight"
- Metallica’s epic tune dump continues, as they offer live take on Through The Never plus Weezer’s cover of Enter Sandman
- Swallow The Sun announce brand new album Moonflowers for November
- Amon Tobin streams new solo track Rise To Ashes
- Rob Halford shares memories of meeting Bob Dylan: “Bob said ‘How’s Ozzy doing?’”
- Corey Taylor posts candid photo with Joey Jordison and Paul Gray in memory of more innocent times
- Big Big Train crash into the midweek album chart at No. 9!
- Watch St. Vincent perform reworked track Los Ageless for 70s-inspired livestream performance
- Poco guitarist Paul Cotton dead at 78
- Got a spare £15 million? You can buy Pete Townshend's house
- August 2
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- Legendary Miles Davis 1991 Paris concert to be released
- Rare Gentle Giant footage from 1980 unearthed
- The man who signed Slipknot pays tribute to the late Joey Jordison
- Lindsey Buckingham on re-joining Fleetwood Mac: "Pretty much everyone would love to see me come back"
- Watch Dave Grohl’s 15-year-old daughter Violet front Foo Fighters at Lollapalooza
- Listen to Papa Roach revisit their rap-metal roots on new single Swerve
- Becoming Led Zeppelin, the band’s first authorised documentary, is now complete
- Why is everyone making fun of Greta Van Fleet?
- Watch Novena's Prog From Home performance of Sun Dance
- Listen to new Limp Bizkit song Dad Vibes as Fred Durst unveils striking new look at Lollapalooza
- August 1