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- February 28
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- Epica launch striking animated video for Decoded Poetry
- Watch Superjoint perform The Alcoholik live
- Manic Street Preachers share Distant Colours lyric video
- Sikth, Protest The Hero and more for Tech-Fest 2018
- Marillion’s Royal Albert Hall performance set for cinema release
- Tengger Cavalry announce decision to split
- Izzy Stradlin reportedly walked away from Guns N’ Roses reunion
- The Prognosis To Release Debut Album In May
- Godsticks To Headline Fusion 2018 in March
- Iamthemorning’s Gleb Kolyadin teams up with Jordan Rudess for new track
- Listen to new Rolo Tomassi album Time Will Die And Love Will Bury It in full
- Judas Priest’s Rob Halford fires back at KK Downing
- Rory Gallagher’s entire solo catalogue to be reissued
- Blackberry Smoke announce UK tour
- February 27
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- Ghost announce US tour dates
- ZZ Top and John Fogerty announce the Blues And Bayous Tour
- Ministry enter the Twilight Zone in new video
- Yes release further details on Fly From Here: Return Trip
- Listen to the Metal Hammer Meets Andrew WK podcast
- Led Zeppelin to release 7" single on Record Store Day
- Ayreon premiere live Valley Of The Queens video
- Parkway Drive return with video for epic new track Wishing Wells
- Lazuli announce new album Saison 8
- Watch Asking Alexandria cover Ed Sheeran’s Perfect
- Watch Queen Kwong’s kaleidoscopic video for One Lung
- KK Downing “shocked” that Judas Priest didn’t ask him to replace Glenn Tipton
- February 26
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- At The Gates detail new album To Drink From The Night Itself
- Listen to Chris Cornell’s take on Johnny Cash’s You Never Knew My Mind
- Poly-Math make new single Ink Of Scholars / Blood Of Tigris free to download
- Babymetal reveal US and European tour dates
- Neshiima release video for Here Forever (feat. Renny from Forever Never)
- Zola Jesus announces new album Okovi: Additions
- Metallica announce 2018/2019 North American tour dates
- Ash announce headline UK tour
- Underoath return with new single and album details
- Blue October share video for new track I Hope You’re Happy
- Clutch announce UK tour and give album update
- Listen to The Hyena Kill’s brutal new track Exit Mask
- Judas Priest tease new track Evil Never Dies
- February 25
- February 23
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- Slayer look back at their career in new video documentary
- Big Big Train recruit Cosmograf’s Robin Armstrong for live shows
- Gazpacho return with new single and Soyuz album details
- Toto announce the limited edition All In box set
- Listen to Breaking Benjamin’s powerful new track Blood
- Andy Tillison Releases Promo Video For Sanctuary In Music
- Dream Theater’s Jordan Rudess announces solo tour dates
- Watch the video for upbeat new IDestroy single Lemons
- Listen to Imagine Dragons uplifting new track Next To Me
- Def Leppard and Journey launch Mission Impossible tour video
- Listen to epic new Dimmu Borgir track Interdimensional Summit
- Touchstone bring in former Karnataka vocalist Hayley Griffiths for Trinity III
- Robert Plant talks Led Zeppelin’s 50th anniversary “celebration”
- Behemoth reveal new live package Messe Noire
- February 22
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- Trivium release live video for Betrayer
- The Breeders premiere new track Nervous Mary
- Dead Cross announce European tour dates
- We Sell The Dead stream new album Heaven Doesn't Want You And Hell Is Full
- Peter Hammill to perform at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall
- Watch Ihsahn's new video Arcana Imperii
- Steel Panther share animated video for Wrong Side Of The Tracks
- Klaus Schulze to release first studio album in 5 years
- Episode 3 of the Metal Hammer Podcast is now on iTunes!
- Ozzy Osbourne and family to launch podcast series
- Watch the video for infectious new LIINES single Shallow
- Jadis Release 25th Anniversary Edition Of More Than Meets The Eye
- Alestorm, Pallbearer and more confirmed for Bloodstock 2018
- Amorphis reveal new album Queen Of Time
- Watch Olympic skater Ivett Toth rock out to AC/DC
- Ministry announce UK and Ireland tour
- February 21
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- Watch Myles Kennedy’s lyric video for Devil On The Wall
- Godsticks announce European tour
- A7X, Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson, Gojira and more for Heavy Montreal
- Max Cavalera was in “total depression” after Sepultura departure
- Lance Lopez reflects on the dangers of booze on Down To One Bar
- The Who’s Live At The Fillmore East from 1968 set for release
- Listen to the new Turnstile album Time & Space
- Marillion reveal further live album releases
- Caligula's Horse Announced For ProgPower Europe
- How Nightwish’s Floor Jansen hit back at sexist attitudes
- Smashing Pumpkins reveal the names of 8 new tracks
- The Aristocrats announce European tour
- Andrew WK honoured by suicide prevention charity for his life-affirming music
- The Temperance Movement launch electrifying live version of Caught In The Middle
- Stone Temple Pilots stream new track The Art Of Letting Go
- February 20
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- Devin Townsend plans Ziltoid mobile game
- Art Of Anarchy sue vocalist Scott Stapp for $1.2 million
- Kiss reveal auction items to help Manchester Children’s Hospital
- Watch Sons Of Apollo’s new video for uplifting track Alive
- Dirty Thrills premiere video for The Brave
- Yes feat Anderson, Rabin, Wakeman reveal anniversary shows
- Watch Superjoint perform 2002 track F*** Your Enemy live
- Zeta release hard-hitting video for new track Causeway
- Tim Bowness announces Prog Dreams appearance and extra UK show
- New Mallory Knox lineup release Black Holes video
- Listen to snippet of new Judas Priest track Traitors Gate
- February 19
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- Randy Blythe wants changes to US gun laws
- Foreigner announce live orchestral package
- Hawkwind’s HawkEaster festival details revealed
- Behemoth bring in children’s choir for new studio album
- Former Magma violinist Didier Lockwood dead at 62
- Rob Reed releases video for his take on the Doctor Who theme
- Marilyn Manson accused of harassment by actor Charlyne Yi
- Listen to new Melvins track Stop Moving To Florida
- Vandenberg's Moonkings launch Reputation lyric video
- Glenn Hughes to revisit Deep Purple material on UK tour
- Skindred premiere video for anthemic new track Machine
- February 18
- February 16
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- Fan left red-faced after Red Hot Chili Peppers mix up
- Neal Morse releases video for solo track JoAnna - adds tour dates
- Watch Thunder perform Backstreet Symphony live
- Royal Blood share video for Look Like You Know
- Blackberry Smoke release Best Seat In The House
- Ihsahn announces new album Àmr will arrive in April
- Journey’s Cain says it’s time for band to put Neal Schon spat behind them
- Paradise Lost launch lyric video for their 1999 track So Much Is Lost
- Stags unleash thundering blues rock single This Love
- Manic Street Preachers premiere video for Distant Colours
- Behemoth’s Evangelion and The Satanist set for cassette release
- The Amorettes launch Everything I Learned I Learned From Rock And Roll
- Muse release neon-tinged video for new single Thought Contagion
- Dutch psychedelic rockers DeWolff slam Donald Trump in song
- February 15
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- Metallica join forces with Vans for new range of merchandise
- The Professionals release thumping tribute to Lemmy and David Bowie
- Smashing Pumpkins reunite for North American tour
- Saxon to reissue first 3 albums in March
- Go behind the scenes with Megadeth on video shoot for Lying In State
- Tony Levin’s Stick Men announce European tour
- Papa Roach share NSFW video for My Medication
- Death From Above get Caught Up in new video
- Watch Cynic guitarist Paul Masvidal play through Humanoid
- Jimmy Page hints at new Led Zeppelin live release
- Corey Taylor: New Slipknot material is “awesome”
- February 14
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- Between The Buried And Me tease new track House Organ
- Dodgy confirmed for the Britrock Must Be Destroyed tour
- American Nightmare reveal European tour dates
- Vocalist Mikey Chapman quits Mallory Knox
- Girlschool, Rock Goddess and more for Silja Rock cruise
- Listen to VLMV’s new album Stranded, Not Lost in full
- Are Disturbed working on their acoustic EP?
- D’arcy Wretzky hits back at Smashing Pumpkins’ claims
- The Opium Cartel Give Ratt Song Prog Makeover
- David Bowie statue set for Aylesbury - Marillion to headline benefit show
- Metallica awarded the 2018 Polar Music Prize
- February 13
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- Rolo Tomassi launch video for their new track Aftermath
- Beth Hart announces Live From New York - Front And Center
- Smashing Pumpkins explain why D’arcy isn’t part of rumoured reunion plans
- Nightwish share trailer for new compilation album Decades
- Clown on why Slipknot won’t share festivals with Foo Fighters
- Judas Priest open up on Glenn Tipton’s Parkinson’s battle
- Harold Budd announces first London show in 17 years
- Fall Out Boy, Papa Roach, Creeper & more confirmed for Reading and Leeds
- Saxon add UK dates to Thunderbolt tour
- Kris Barras Band release Propane: blues with a 'driving groove'
- February 12
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- Orange Amplification celebrate 50th anniversary with year-long campaign
- Yes Launch New Version of Fly From Here At 50th Anniversary Fan Convention
- L7 launch video for new track I Came Back To Bitch
- Watch Robert Plant perform Carry Fire live in Manchester
- Smashing Pumpkins tease Thursday announcement
- Melvins announce new album Pinkus Abortion Technician
- I Fight Bears stream debut album in full
- The Mars Volta tease reunion
- Listen to new Fizzy Blood track C.F.O.
- Paul Draper announces new 4-track EP
- Parkway Drive are back in the studio
- Anna von Hausswolff releases epic new track The Truth, The Glow, The Fall
- Watch Metallica play Orion in honour of Cliff Burton
- Judas Priest’s Glenn Tipton diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease
- February 9
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- Listen to Napalm Death track Oh So Pseudo
- Machine Head’s Robb Flynn applauds fans for their support
- Neal Morse lines up two UK acoustic solo shows
- Session star Michael Landau releases sultry blues We All Feel The Same
- Wes Borland and Travis Barker are working on new project
- Manic Street Preachers share acoustic version of International Blue
- Turnstile release new song I Don’t Wanna Be Blind
- Watch lyric video for new Will Haven track El Sol
- Long Distance Calling explain “experimental” new album Boundless
- Al Jourgensen talks AmeriKKKant motivation
- Three Days Grace to release new album Outsider
- Mott The Hoople to headline Ramblin’ Man Fair 2018
- Mr Big drummer Pat Torpey dead at 64
- February 8
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- Roger Waters: watch four previously unseen live clips
- Fu Manchu team up with Rush’s Alex Lifeson for epic new track
- Johnny Cash’s poetry set to music on new album Forever Words
- Tesseract return with new single, album details and tour dates
- Black Stone Cherry are back with a new song and album
- Bristol’s Bierkeller forced to close with immediate effect
- Joe Satriani looks to summer for Chickenfoot reunion
- Ash return with new single and album
- Toundra detail 5th album Vortex
- Watch Metallica deliver epic live version of Seek & Destroy
- Michael Schenker: why I turned down an audition with the Rolling Stones
- February 7
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- Chuck Mosley documentary announced
- Listen to Susanna’s haunting new track Invitation To The Voyage
- PiL added to the UK’s Rebellion festival
- Book celebrating Jeff Lynne’s ELO set for release
- Monster Magnet launch video for new album’s title track
- Metallica: Cliff Burton Day set for February 10
- Iron Maiden: Angry Birds’ Eddie arrives in Legacy Of The Beast
- Thunder’s Chris Childs & Pink Floyd’s Guy Pratt set for London Bass Guitar Show
- Listen to Legend Of The Seagullmen’s debut album in full
- Ozzy won’t retire after his No More Tours live dates
- Hollywood Vampires announce UK tour dates
- February 6
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- Poison announce the Nothin’ But A Good Time North American tour
- Metallica’s annual night with the San Francisco Giants set for April
- Jane Weaver to release The Lightning Back on vinyl
- The Amity Affliction split with drummer Ryan Burt
- Watch The Bronx’s video for Night Drop At The Glue Factory
- Listen to new Code Orange track Only One Way
- Listen to new Midas Fall track Evaporate
- Paul Simon announces Homeward Bound farewell tour
- Bloodstock add a further 8 artists to 2018 bill
- Frank Zappa hologram tour lineup revealed
- Space Rocks Launches With Lonely Robot And Tim Peake
- February 5
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- A Perfect Circle return with new album Eat The Elephant
- AC/DC will continue with Axl, says band’s biographer
- We Are Scientists launch VR-inspired video for One In, One Out
- Watch Phil Campbell play through 2 tracks from new album
- ArcTanGent 2018 announce first wave of artists
- Tesseract count down to new track reveal
- Palm Reader launch video for ferocious new track Swarm
- A Perfect Circle tease new track
- Dani Filth: I don’t believe Slayer will stop touring
- Queen and Adam Lambert announce UK and European shows
- Black Country Communion share Love Remains studio video
- February 2
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- The Cadillac Three added to Ramblin' Man bill
- The Mission’s 2008 London shows set for box set reissue
- Satyricon expand Deep calleth upon Deep world tour
- Michael Schenker to headline HRH XII
- Watch Tax The Heat’s new video for Change Your Position
- Code Orange And Of Mice & Men in Twitter spat
- Holy Roar Records need you and they're having a massive sale
- Listen to brand new Kino track The Dead Club
- Watch Foo Fighters and Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo perform Kiss classic
- The Devin Townsend Project go on hiatus
- Led Zeppelin 50th anniversary book detailed
- Ne Obliviscaris expand European tour
- Listen to blistering new Judas Priest track Firepower
- February 1
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- Shields guitarist George Christie has died
- Def Leppard dominate worldwide charts as music hits digital platforms
- Dream Theater look to May for studio return
- Judas Priest: Richie Faulkner talks Firepower’s “great vibe”
- Steve Hackett Re-records GTR Song With Steve Rothery
- Leeched release new video for Boar
- Hawkwind confirmed for Desertfest 2018
- Jesus Jones return with new album and tour
- Listen to new Stone Temple Pilots track Roll Me Under
- Watch Moonparticle's Niko Tsonev play through Reverend Mum
- Classic Rock, Metal Hammer, Prog & TeamRock launch She Rocks month
- Watch Megadeth’s gritty new video for Lying In State
