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- December 8
- December 7
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- Rolling Stones, Elton John, and Mötley Crüe/Def Leppard among top-grossing tours of 2022
- Watch Slipknot's Tortilla Man grapple with security guards who don't know who the hell he is
- Mick Fleetwood's hanging balls sell for over £100,000 at auction
- Listen to two new Zeal & Ardor tracks, Firewake and Cinq
- Converge confirm ArcTanGent 2023 headline slot
- The 'Nirvana Nevermind baby' guy who tried to sue the band is now appealing his case dismissal
- The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band gear up for eventful 2023
- Here's a classic video of Slipknot being introduced by Jimmy Kimmel in a Big Bird costume before playing a crushing set live on late night TV
- Alter Bridge’s Silver Tongue has been voted the best riff of 2022
- Wardruna, Haken and TesseracT all announced for ARTmania festival
- Ghost's Tobias Forge isn't done with death metal: "I still feel that urge to partake in it"
- Bob Dylan has a secret signal he uses when he doesn't want to be spoken to
- Dave Grohl played a secret show in LA this week and the setlist is completely bonkers
- Limp Bizkit have seemingly confirmed some 2023 UK dates
- Tuomas Holopainen reveals “major surprises” on next Nightwish album, admits he thought the band “were finished” when bassist Marko Hietala left
- December 6
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- Someone has covered Meshuggah’s Bleed on a computer mouse
- Slipknot announce details of Knotfest 2023 show in Italy
- Iggy Pop vows to never stage-dive again due to being "too rickety"
- Evanescence's Fallen has now sold over 10 million copies in the US alone
- This new quiz makes you guess the popularity of various metal songs
- Ne Obliviscaris share video for epic 12-minute new song Equus
- Big Big Train share live video for new seasonal single Snowfalls
- Watch Sid Wilson visit the House Of Masks, the largest collection of Slipknot masks and memorabilia
- Someone’s added that Peanut Butter Jelly song to Turnstile’s Holiday and we can’t get it out of our head
- Spiritbox announce UK headline tour
- Three Steve Jolliffe solo albums to be reissued
- According to DATA, Mötley Crüe were rock's biggest success story in 2022
- Metallica issue official warning as fans fall for crypto scams
- We asked Artificial Intelligence to review Master Of Puppets and now we may be out of a job
- December 5
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- Watch this YouTuber switch Metallica and Pink Floyd guitar solos with jaw-dropping results
- Disturbed's Down With The Sickness mixed with The Spice Girls' Wannabe is the most cursed mash-up of the year
- Prognosis adds Leprous singer Einar Solberg, pg.lost and Astronoid to UK bill
- Charlie Benante reflects on first Pantera reunion show: "I think I was metal meditating, don't laugh…I'm serious"
- Dolly Parton is covering Led Zeppelin, Prince, Rolling Stones and Lynyrd Skynyrd on her 2023 rock album: "I'm a rock star now!"
- Red Hot Chili Peppers announce 2023 world tour dates
- Nickelback aren't losing sleep over haters: "Even the a**holes can be really funny"
- James Hetfield on Metallica's return: "There's been a lot of darkness in my life... but without darkness there is no light"
- The best new prog songs you need to hear this week
- Robbie Williams might just have ruined Jimmy Page's Christmas by re-igniting their 'Mansion Wars' feud
- Metallica's Lars Ulrich discusses whether he could play drums for Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin or Rush: "2112 would probably be too much of a bite of the apple for me"
- There's an actual baby who can play guitar on TikTok and it's freaking everyone out
- Here's what Metallica's new single Lux Æterna sounds like with the vocals from Hit The Lights (spoiler: pretty awesome, actually)
- Gun: "Fans have told us that our songs helped to get them through difficult times"
- October Drift grew up on Queen and Bowie: now they're climbing trees and having Anvil moments
- December 4
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- A Twisted Sister cosmetics collection has launched, and not before time
- The sons of Iron Maiden's Janick Gers and Radiohead's Thom Yorke have hooked up for a single
- Soulfly announce 57-date US tour in support of Totem
- Axl Rose responds to reports of fan injured by mic toss: "we don’t want anyone getting hurt"
- Noel Gallagher recalls the moment he knew he was set for success with Oasis
- December 3
- December 2
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- Guns N' Roses are suing a Texas gun store
- Watch fan-filmed footage of Pantera in soundcheck ahead of first 'reunion' show
- Only one rock artist who began releasing music this century has records among America's 200 biggest albums of 2022
- Corrosion of Conformity, Boris, Crowbar, Unsane among 43 additions to Desertfest London 2023
- UK newspaper prints eerie photos of the allegedly haunted 16th century home abandoned by Pink Floyd's David Gilmour
- Iggy Pop salutes the late Taylor Hawkins: "He had a wonderful career doing what he wanted to do"
- Vitam Aeternam and members of Devil Doll will perform at Prognosis Festival
- Lindsey Buckingham pays tribute to "musical comrade" and "sister" Christine McVie
- Transatlantic share new live video for Owl Howl
- Katatonia release eye-catching video for new single Austerity
- Ville Valo thinks Metallica's Lars Ulrich is rock's second most "important drummer", after Led Zeppelin's John Bonham
- Paramore preview new song The News
- For Christine McVie, writing her greatest track Songbird was a "spiritual" experience
- Elton John to headline Glastonbury 2023
- That Joe Payne reveals video trailer for new Xmas album
- Watch this band of young kids smash Metallica's Eye Of The Beholder in the middle of a street
- Lars Ulrich once gave Machine Head’s Robb Flynn some hard-hitting advice: “The world is going to hate you sometimes”
- Heilung to headline ArcTanGent 2023
- "Oh my God, my face is caved in!" - fan reportedly injured by Axl Rose mic toss
- You can buy a new commemorative Rolling Stones £5 coin - it's, er, only £23.50
- Gene Simmons says Vinnie Vincent played like Yngwie Malmsteen "on crack"
- Brian Johnson pays tribute to Nazareth's Dan McCafferty: "I wanted to sing like him"
- December 1
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- Watch nine-year-old Tool fan weave 15 Adam Jones riffs into a 10-minute epic on the guitar Adam Jones gave her
- Glastonbury teases Elton John appearance in 2023 with webcam image of rocket flying above the Pyramid Stage
- Vinnie Paul’s estate shoots down Pantera “reunion”, call it a “celebration” instead
- Watch this witty genius create his own Slipknot song using a lyric generator and some serious guitar skills
- Gentle Giant release new video to celebrate 50th anniversary of Octopus
- Someone has made a movie about a bear going on a cocaine-induced rampage, and we want to see it right now
- Got $7k to spare? Here's what you get when you empty your bank account for an 'Enhanced Experience' on Metallica's 2023 world tour
- Prog guitarist Plini shares new live video for Pan
- Nickelback guitarist Ryan Peake says metalheads are "really protective" over the genre: "if you dip your toe in there without fully being metal, you're just gonna get tore up"
- Guns N' Roses announce huge London show for 2023
- This delightful video of Christine McVie and Stevie Nicks goofing up a happy birthday message to Fleetwood Mac's label shows their dear friendship at its very best
- Ne Obliviscaris return with new album and European tour
- Bob Vylan win first ever MOBO Best Alternative Music Act award
- Watch Christine McVie's last ever performance with Fleetwood Mac
- A GG Allin biopic is coming - and it's going to be helmed by Lords Of Chaos director Jonas Åkerlund
- Neil Young may not tour again: "I’m not sure I want to"
- The Rolling Stones launch "definitive live hits" album GRRR Live!
- Charlie Benante on recording new Pantera material: "You never know. I've got tons of riffs."
- The rock world reacts to the death of Fleetwood Mac's Christine McVie
- Only child Lars Ulrich says Metallica bandmates are the brothers he never had
