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- August 30
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- Metal Hammer Podcast: Tool, Tool and more Tool
- King’s X cancel UK and European tour due to family emergency
- Mayhem unleash ferocious new track Worthless Abominations Destroyed
- Tool announce Fear Inoculum North American tour
- Corey Taylor on Trump: It's going to take us 20 years to undo half the s*** he's done
- Green Carnation to begin work on first new album in 14 years
- Norway's prog metal masters Green Carnation return to the studio
- Go behind the scenes on Volbeat’s Cheapside Sloggers video shoot
- Fish puts European touring plans on hold amid ‘no deal’ Brexit concerns
- Gryphon celebrate classic albums at Liverpool gig next month
- Watch Leprous in video for sprawling new track Below
- Slash ft Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators tear through Ghost live in London
- Sunn O))) announce new album Pyroclasts
- Tool: We didn’t know if we would still be accepted
- August 29
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- Brian Johnson on the tropical storm that inspired AC/DC classic Hells Bells
- Metallica wrap-up their European tour with pair of live videos
- Marillion announce Afraid Of Sunlight deluxe edition
- Watch Beth Hart in video for new single Bad Woman Blues
- Pink Floyd: The Later Years 16-disc collection announced
- Watch how The Darkness created hair-raising video for Rock And Roll Deserves To Die
- Anathema sign with Mascot Label Group and plan 2020 album
- At The Gates plot December European tour
- Gazpacho finish writing new album
- Glenn Hughes replaces John Corabi and Marco Mendoza in The Dead Daisies
- August 28
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- Ms Amy Birks premieres video for brand new single Jamaica Inn
- The Cure's new album will be “on the darker side of the spectrum”
- The Fierce And The Dead premiere new video for Part 7/8
- Joe Bonamassa returns with new album Live At The Sydney Opera House
- Flying Colors launch video for new single You Are Not Alone
- Motorhead ex Phil Campbell: I’ve been planning my solo album since 1999
- Voyager announce new album Colours In The Sun
- Jon Bon Jovi reveals title of band’s new album
- Watch Roger Waters perform Pink Floyd’s Us And Them live in Amsterdam
- Behemoth announce new four-track EP
- Ozzy Osbourne: 2019 has been one of the most f*****-up years of my life
- August 27
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- Poison’s Bret Michaels to tour with Night Ranger and Lita Ford
- Stray From The Path return with new album and single
- Adam Holzman announces European tour dates for November
- Chris Robinson Brotherhood guitarist Neal Casal dead at 50
- Rock venues in London and Oldham to close
- Leprous return with new studio album Pitfalls
- Boxer trained by Godsmack’s Sully Erna lands knockout blow in just 18 seconds
- O.R.k. launch Signals Erased remix EP
- Watch Dragonforce's explosive retro video game-inspired promo for Heart Demolition
- Listen to snippets of all 10 tracks from Tarja’s new album In The Raw
- Van Morrison announces five nights at the London Palladium
- Corey Taylor on solo album: “I’m going to dabble in a little bit of everything”
- August 26
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- Bad Wolves say new studio album shows their evolution
- Renaissance featuring Annie Haslam announce 50th anniversary tour
- Sacred Reich launch lyric video for ferocious new single Divide And Conquer
- Bauhaus icon Peter Murphy gives health update after suffering heart attack
- Fate's Warning singer Ray Alder shares first solo single
- Jadis announce November tour dates
- Slipknot’s unreleased music from All Hope Is Gone sessions has a “Radiohead vibe”
- Orange Goblin drummer Chris Turner to miss US tour due to visa issue
- Long Distance Calling announce debut live album
- Ozzy Osbourne reveals why The Ultimate Sin is his least favourite solo album
- Watch Foo Fighters and Rick Astley rickroll Reading Festival during epic setlist
- August 23
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- Metal Hammer Podcast: Midgardsblot, Metallica and more
- Ozzy Osbourne reveals solo career-spanning vinyl box set
- Black Stone Cherry announce new blues EP with a Robert Johnson classic
- Damian Wilson to release new EP on his birthday
- King Crimson ex Ian McDonald to reissue Honey West’s debut album on vinyl
- Klone release new single Hidden Passenger
- Mongolian sensations The Hu launch video for The Great Chinggis Khaan
- Watch lyric video for Bruce Springsteen’s I’ll Stand By You
- Airbourne return with blistering new single Boneshaker
- Watch Elbow’s lyric video for new single Empires
- Slipknot’s Corey Taylor reveals plans for a solo album
- Listen to Lemmy’s long-lost duet with Lynda Kay
- An evening of Anthony Phillips and Mike Rutherford solo albums comes to Trading Boundaries
- August 22
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- Seattle pay tribute to Alice in Chains' frontman with 'Layne Staley Day'
- Rocketman star Taron Egerton to narrate Elton John audiobook
- Alter Bridge share lyric video for rousing new single Take The Crown
- Watch Dream Theater’s striking animated video for Barstool Warrior
- The Cadillac Three release new single All The Makin’s Of A Saturday Night
- Jane Weaver’s new Fenella project share video for Bright Curse
- Die Antwoord dropped from festivals amid claims of homophobic abuse
- Rammstein vs Beyonce is a whole new level of crazy right now
- Megadeth to tour across Europe with Five Finger Death Punch
- Get up to 25% off Vans shoes in the Amazon End Of Summer Sale
- Roger Waters teases Us + Them concert film with live Pigs (Three Different Ones) clip
- Amazon End Of Summer Sale: up to 50% off Eastpak backpacks and luggage
- Slipknot’s 2020 UK and European tour: Full details revealed
- Amazon End Of Summer Sale: bag Bose QuietComfort 35 noise-cancelling headphones for just £259
- August 21
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- Trinity Prog Festival goes on hiatus for 2020
- Sons Of Apollo announce North American tour
- Could Foo Fighters debut a new song at Reading & Leeds?
- Iron Maiden give update on “electric” Legacy Of The Beast tour
- Radar Festival announces first bands for 2020
- Plague concerns disrupt Phish fans’ plans
- Hellyeah and In This Moment’s Maria Brink set for ShipRocked 2020
- The Flower Kings reveal new double album Waiting For Miracles
- Canned Heat bassist Larry Taylor dead at 77
- Have Slipknot fans finally unmasked Tortilla Man?
- Ozzy: “I was in agony beyond anything I ever experienced before in my life”
- August 20
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- Opeth’s Akerfeldt on Yngwie Malmsteen: His records have been pretty s*** for a long time
- Gwar and Voivod announce UK and European tour
- Ginger Wildheart reveals new album Headzapoppin
- Kim Gordon announces debut solo album No Home Record
- Watch Killswitch Engage hook up with Howard Jones in video for The Signal Fire
- Metallica’s James Hetfield donates classic car collection to exhibition
- Emma Ruth Rundle and James Kent (aka Perturbator) to curate Roadburn 2020
- Watch trailer for Bruce Springsteen film Western Stars
- The Hu launch trailer for new single The Great Chingiss Khan, out Friday
- Iamthemorning share video for spellbinding new track Six Feet
- Iron Maiden to release pair of collectible Legacy Of The Beast Eddie figures
- On sale now: celebrating 50 years of The Beatles' iconic masterpiece Abbey Road
- Young fan dancing onstage with Foo Fighters is the best thing you’ll see all day
- Slipknot on Tortilla Man: The guy is next level - he's just out of his mind
- Rush’s Clockwork Angels Tour set for 5LP vinyl set
- Watch Slash ft Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators deliver Shadow Life live
- August 19
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- Def Leppard invite you behind the scenes of their Las Vegas residency
- Neil Young and Crazy Horse prepare new single Rainbow Of Colors
- Hootie & The Blowfish announce first album since 2005's Looking For Lucky
- Duane Allman’s 'Layla' guitar goes under the hammer for $1 million
- Korn slip into another dimension for virtual video game concert
- Sons Of Apollo share Labyrinth live clip
- David Hasselhoff recruits Todd Rundgren, Ministry and Tracii Guns for new album
- Bent Knee announce new album You Know What They Mean
- Nick Mason announced as the 2019 Prog God!
- Trump administration backs Led Zeppelin in Stairway To Heaven legal case
- Slipknot celebrate further chart success as We Are Not Your Kind conquers the US
- August 17
- August 16
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- Slipknot score first number one album in 18 years
- Babymetal unleash live video for Elevator Girl, reveal Metal Galaxy tracklist
- Magma to release gold vinyl version of Zëss
- The Darkness launch joyous single Heart Explodes
- Tool: We received death threats over album delay
- Joe Elliott's Down 'n' Outz announce new album, This Is How We Roll
- Opeth release video for new song Svekets Prins
- Dream Theater are on the cover of the new issue of Prog, on sale today
- August 15
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- The Pineapple Thief’s Bruce Soord announces new solo album
- Here’s the setlist from the opening night of Def Leppard’s Las Vegas residency
- Steve Hackett to release live orchestral album
- After 13 years, they’re finally breaking their silence. Tool are on the new cover of Metal Hammer – out now!
- Fan dies after falling ill at Slipknot show in Illinois
- Iggy Pop launches video for his single James Bond
- Watch Foo Fighters invite fan in a wheelchair onstage during festival set
- Metal Hammer Podcast: The Big Bloodstock Review
- Bauhaus vocalist Peter Murphy suffers heart attack in New York
- Tool reveal Fear Inoculum tracklist
- August 14
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- Cynic announce Adam Getgood remaster of Traced In Air
- Ghost launch limited edition Prequelle Exalted box set
- The Clash's London Calling exhibition will open its doors in November
- What Camel really thought about John Field’s cover art for Moonmadness
- Metallica to tour in 2020 with Greta Van Fleet
- Peter Gabriel photo book will explore singer's career from Genesis to present day
- Mr Bungle reunite for first live shows in 20 years
- Tool’s Fear Inoculum breaks Billboard chart record
- Lynyrd Skynyrd postpone shows as Gary Rossington recuperates from heart surgery
- Guns N’ Roses settle lawsuit over brewery's Guns ‘N’ Rosé beer
- Fields Of The Nephilim, My Dying Bride and more set for HRH Goth 2020
- Flying Colors return with new album Third Degree and reveal new single
- DNA research claims Ozzy is a "genetic mutant"
- August 13
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- Duff McKagan launches live video for his single Don’t Look Behind You
- Watch Metallica’s Kirk Hammett play War Pigs with The Wedding Band
- Late British music mogul Bryan Morrison's memoir set for release
- Listen to new Jenny Hval single High Alice
- The Magpie Salute return with new album and lyric video
- Kiss star Gene Simmons reacts to his new Pokemon lookalike
- Slipknot are on course for their first UK no.1 in 18 years
- Slayer unveil their very own branded NASCAR Chevrolet
- The Butterfly Effect are back with their first material in more than 10 years
- Judas Priest’s Glenn Tipton Foundation raises more than $150,000
- Cairo announce new singer Sarah Blayley
- August 12
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- Dimmu Borgir and Amorphis announce co-headline European tour
- James Hetfield on …And Justice For All’s final mix: We were burnt, we were fried
- Rob Zombie joins the Funko Pop! Rocks lineup
- Mayhem detail new album Daemon
- Coldbones announced as support for Voyager tour
- Watch trailer for new Suzi Quatro documentary
- Corey Taylor: There are too many f****** guns in America
- Cradle Of Filth announce October Cruelty And The Beast show
- Bruce Springsteen releases 1986 Bridge School acoustic album
- Watch Rush perform Distant Early Warning from Cinema Strangiato
- August 9
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- Bloodstock 2020 announces first wave of artists for next year's festival
- aswekeepsearching premiere video for Rooh with Prog
- Hellyeah release stream of their Perfect new single
- Oasis’ debut album Definitely Maybe to receive 25th anniversary vinyl reissue
- This Winter Machine replace Lesoir for Summer's End
- Former Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins found guilty of possessing phone in prison
- Slipknot’s Jim Root is surprised ‘Tortilla Man’ hasn’t been unmasked yet
- Lazuli announce UK tour dates for March 2020
- Watch video for Tarja’s soaring new single Tears In Rain
- Phil Campbell teams up with Dee Snider, Mick Mars and Chris Fehn for new single
- Thunder announce 30th anniversary greatest hits package
- Babymetal reveal Metal Galaxy tracklist and announce guest artists
- August 8
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- Corey Taylor says Slipknot’s masks are here to stay
- Metal Hammer Podcast: The Ultimate Bloodstock 2019 Preview!
- The Beatles’ Abbey Road to be released as a 50th anniversary deluxe box set
- Led Zeppelin's history series continues with episode no.5
- Halestorm look to 2020 to begin Vicious follow-up
- James Hetfield calls woman who scared off cougar by blasting out Metallica
- The Wildhearts to release mini-album featuring 5 new tracks
- King Crimson artist Francesca Sundsten has died
- August 7
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- Godsmack’s Sully Erna to be boxing corner coach at charity event
- Watch first trailer for Metallica’s S&M2 concert film
- Gong announce 13-disc Virgin Years box set
- Megadeth bolster Megacruise with the addition of Lamb Of God
- Listen to epic new Tool track Fear Inoculum
- 50th anniversary of Woodstock celebrated in new book
- Elbow detail new album Giants Of All Sizes
- Judas Priest to play 50th anniversary show at Wacken 2020
- Dimmu Borgir forced to cancel Bloodstock Open Air set
- Watch Wednesday 13’s gruesome trailer for new single Zodiac
- Watch Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson take to the skies in historic Avro Lancaster
- August 6
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- Indian post rockers aswekeepsearching announce album number three
- James ‘Munky’ Shaffer to miss the next 5 Korn shows
- Jim Root: Corey and I would have killed each other if I stayed in Stone Sour
- ‘Pornogrind’ band Menstrual Munchies distance themselves from Dayton shooter
- Court hears that ex Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins hid phone in his anus
- My Dying Bride complete work on album no.13
- The Darkness say that Rock And Roll Deserves To Die
- Lee Abraham announces new concept album Comatose
- Led Zeppelin receive support from 123 artists in Stairway To Heaven copyright case
- Tool unveil Fear Inoculum cover art and say title track is coming this week
- August 5
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- Emperor Norton, The Far Meadow and more for Prog The Forest 2020
- Slipknot release new video for brand new song Birth Of The Cruel
- AC/DC share rejected Highway To Hell album cover
- Bloodstock Open Air will finally be serving mead, and it's the news we've all been waiting for!
- Three Ramones jigsaw puzzles are in the works
- Watch Killswitch Engage's emotive new video for single I Am Broken Too
- Pattern-Seeking Animals to make live debut at Rosfest
- Judas Priest collaborate with The Great Frog for new line of jewellery
- Within Temptation cancel Lebanon gig after LGBTQ+ band forced from bill
- Here's Slayer's setlist from their last ever European show
- August 2
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- Obsidian Kingdom begin work on album number three
- Jo Quail launches own record label and reissues Exsolve
- Mercyful Fate bring original lineup back to home turf in Copenhell 2020
- Former Kinks keyboardist Ian Gibbons dead at 67
- Korn unleash video for new single Cold
- The Stables in Milton Keynes wins battle against property developers
- Blues legend Walter Trout announces UK tour
- Could the Justin Bieber vs Tool beef be settled by this preposterous mashup?
- Tool back catalogue now available on streaming services
- August 1
