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- June 30
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- Wes Borland cosplayed as James Hetfield during Limp Bizkit’s last concert with Metallica
- “We’ve been in the studio. We’ve been living in the studio, is what we’ve been doing”: Black Sabbath’s Bill Ward has two new solo albums on the way
- Hot off stealing the show at Glastonbury festival, Turnstile announce UK/Europe tour dates with The Garden and High Vis
- Deftones appear to be teasing the release of new music next week
- Iron Maiden release video to thank fans after huge London show
- June 29
- June 28
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- "We can finally be what I've always wanted to be": Wolfgang Van Halen's Mammoth drop WVH from name after acquiring trademark
- Founding Black Sabbath members visit Birmingham mural ahead of epic hometown show
- "We’re devastated." Deftones cancel Glastonbury festival appearance due to illness
- "Glastonbury, I'm a free man!" Kneecap draw massive crowd at Glastonbury, as BBC refuse to livestream the festival's most talked-about performance, but insist "the BBC doesn’t ban artists"
- How to watch Wolf Alice at Glastonbury 2025 - from anywhere
- “We start stomping in each others’ faces, and getting lower and lower like two sumo wrestlers”: Metallica’s Robert Trujillo reveals the inspiration behind the ‘Crab Walk’ – and it involves Ozzy Osbourne
- Alan White's Ramshackled to be reissued in expanded and remastered form
- John Lee's Barclay James Harvest announce first new studio album for 12 years
- How to rewatch The Prodigy at Glastonbury 2025 from anywhere
- June 27
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- How to watch Deftones at Glastonbury 2025, from anywhere in the world
- How to watch Weezer at Glastonbury 2025, from anywhere in the world
- Get an exclusive Marillion Afraid Of Sunlight t-shirt you can’t buy anywhere else, with Prog!
- "I told him, 'You saved my life.'" Faith No More's Mike Bordin recalls his words of support to Ozzy Osbourne in 1990
- Watch Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong join forces with Frank Carter and the Sex Pistols to perform Anarchy In The UK
- When Sabbath had the blues: Black Sabbath's early recordings as Earth to be released as The Legendary Lost Tapes
- AC/DC add more dates to Australian PWR⚡️UP tour
- June 26
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- How to watch Biffy Clyro at Glastonbury no matter where you are in the world
- How to rewatch Alanis Morissette at Glastonbury 2025
- "I've actually talked about it a few times." After years of shooting down the idea, Josh Homme now says that a Kyuss reunion is "possible"
- “No government on stolen land should have the power to decide who is 'legal' and who is 'illegal', or who lives and who dies." Rage Against The Machine slam US politicians over "racist terror" caused by ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) raids
- Pelagic Fest share their 2024 After Movie celebrating last year's post-rock and prog metal event
- “It’s an invisible bond that can’t be broken”: Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne are on the cover of the new Metal Hammer
- Watch Good Charlotte play new single Rejects on Jimmy Kimmel Live as they announce their first new album in seven years, Motel Du Cap
- How to rewatch The 1975 at Glastonbury - no matter where you are
- Wolfgang Van Halen backs out of Black Sabbath farewell show
- June 25
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- "Won't miss being in a sh*t band with horrible humans." Ex-Mastodon guitarist Brent Hinds hits out at his former bandmates on social media
- Oasis say additional tickets for their sold-out reunion tour could go on sale "in the coming days"
- Who are Patchwork? The whole world is trying to guess the identity of the mystery artist playing a secret show at Glastonbury festival this weekend
- Gentle Giant's Derek Shulman to publish career-spanning memoir, Giant Steps, in October
- Vangelis's epic 1492: Conquest Of Paradise soundtrack to be reissued on coloured vinyl and CD
- "Futique is an exploration of ideas, objects or relationships that exist across time." Biffy Clyro announce new album Futique
- Black Sabbath offer first glimpse of rehearsals as they prepare for bow-out concert Back To The Beginning next week
- AC/DC, Kiss, Stryper, Judas Priest, Mötley Crüe and more collide in ultimate hell-themed mashup
- June 24
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- "He has no job security, no savings, no pension, and when he can't work, no income": Fundraiser set up for leading rock music journalist after heart attack
- AFI announce 24-date North American tour
- The Zombies announce documentary screenings for June and July
- Sprints announce new album All That Is Over, share first single Descartes, outline UK and Ireland headline tour
- Thom Yorke shares mind-bending video for new TV theme Dialing In
- "Babymetal inspired me!" Poppy explains the meaning behind her collaboration with the Japanese metal superstars, from me to u
- Ex-Lamb Of God drummer Chris Adler is “estranged” from brother Willie following 2019 exit
- June 23
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- Mott The Hoople and Bad Company guitarist Mick Ralphs dead at 81
- "The World Heavyweight Champions re-unite for a tour of straight up ruckus." The Prodigy announce UK and Ireland tour with special guest Carl Cox
- "A limited series of very special one-night-only evenings at a curated selection of North America’s most historic theaters." Queens of the Stone Age announce The Catacombs Tour
- "The council has a responsibility to take action where there are risks of discrimination, harassment and victimisation." Brighton MP calls for Marilyn Manson gig in the city to be cancelled
- These are the UK cities that will host Black Sabbath: The Ballet in autumn and winter 2025
- The Lemonheads announce Love Chant, their first new album in 19 years: hear new single in The Margin now
- Watch Muse jam a Gojira riff during recent headline performance at Hellfest in France
- "We never thought we'd make it this far and neither did you": The Damned announce massive 50th anniversary show
- Matt Tuck names the song that “encapsulates what Bullet For My Valentine is”: “It’s heavy, it’s melodic, it’s anthemic, it’s intricate”
- June 22
- June 20
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- "I was looking for something darker." Bruce Springsteen reveals that he's never been happy with his world-conquering Born In The USA album, and says the 30-million-selling collection didn't "connect" like his other records
- "Total bollocks!" Contrary to what you may have heard, Rick Wakeman wasn't responsible for the Sex Pistols getting dumped by their record label in 1977, just seven days after signing their contract
- Local council leader hopes to cancel Bournemouth date of Marilyn Manson UK tour due to sexual misconduct allegations
- Muse share suitably bombastic new single Unravelling, their first new music for four years
- We celebrate 30 years of Marillion's Afraid Of Sunlight on the cover of the new issue of Prog, on sale now
- Sunset Strip meets Nashville as Mötley Crüe and Dölly Partön team up for unexpected version of Home Sweet Home
- June 19
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- Steve Hackett shares new live clip of Fly On A Windshield with Marillion's Steve Rothery
- "I’m not an idiot." Johnny Marr reveals why he turned down a recent offer of "an eye-watering amount of money" to reform The Smiths
- “The rest of the band saw something there, something real from deep inside”: James Hetfield says that Mama Said was never meant to be a Metallica song
- Metal Hammer has teamed with rock festival Radar to design the cat pyjamas your wardrobe is incomplete without
- Massive Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds box set to be released in October
- June 18
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- Deep Purple celebrate 50th anniversary of Made In Japan with another mammoth box set
- Javier Bardem once saw a Bruce Springsteen show with Brad Pitt after being invited along by Bono, is cooler than you in every way
- Did someone say free music? Right now, you can score an impressive 4 months FREE of Amazon Music Unlimited
- Watch The Offspring play one of the biggest pop-punk anthems of the '90s on Jimmy Kimmel Live
- How to watch the Isle of Wight festival 2025: Catch live sets, highlights and more from anywhere
- "He's going to repair the entire world." Watch the first trailer for Bruce Springsteen biopic Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, starring Jeremy Allen White from The Bear
- Korn say Sleep Token “shut up” the haters with Download festival headline set: “They went bigger than a Slipknot stage”
- Deluxe nine-disc box set of Hawkwind's Hall Of The Mountain Grill to be released in August
- Hollywood Star John C. Reilly stars in new Jack White video after convincing him to make it
- June 17
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- "It's supposed to be like a gnarly fever dream": Noah Weiland releases extremely trippy video for cover of Velvet Revolver's Slither
- "This line-up represents the present and future of heavy music." Trivium announce Ascend Above The Ashes tour with Jinjer and Heriot in support
- "Clone me, you bastards!": If you've ever wanted to clone Ozzy Osbourne for future generations to enjoy, we have good news
- "We gotta leave some at the back for the party, baby!" Watch Linkin Park singer Emily Armstrong shave a fan's head live on stage at Rock For People festival
- Ian Anderson says it's possible Robert Plant wanted to replace him in Jethro Tull
- June 16
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- Stevie Nicks confirms more dates for 2025 tour
- "We had a punk-rock mentality, we were never afraid of a challenge." How former LA 'gangbangers' turned hip hop superstars Cypress Hill conquered America's 'alternative nation' on 1992's grunge-heavy Lollapalooza tour
- "Barracuda is a powerful piece of music that was never intended for political use." Heart's Nancy Wilson hits out at Trump administration over use of their 1977 hit single during Washington DC military parade
- "I would be trying to convince my friends who are listening to Mariah Carey and Backstreet Boys to listen to Black Sabbath." Lzzy Hale on why it was "different" for her growing up as a Black Sabbath fan
- Watch Nine Inch Nails play Closer, Head Like A Hole and Hurt on the opening night of their Peel It Back world tour
- Watch latest masked metal sensations President play their first ever show at Download this past weekend
- "What happened was I got it right and Roger got it wrong": Zak Starkey reveals the story behind his departure from The Who... and says he might yet return
- U2's Bono reveals Noel Gallagher is "shocked" by how good Oasis are sounding ahead of reunion world tour
- June 15
- June 14
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- Here's what Sleep Token played at their first ever Download headline set (videos inside)
- YouTube instructor claims Slash learned some blues guitar by watching his videos
- Arjen Anthony Lucassen shares 15-minute mini-movie as he announces apocalyptic new solo album Songs No One Will Hear
- “The goal was to die onstage!” Why retirement is a four-letter word for Metallica’s Kirk Hammett
- "Obviously, I’m gonna buy him a beer or two or three." Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell thanks stem cell donor after getting cancer all clear
- "It is a wonderful honour for me": The Who's Roger Daltrey reacts to receiving a Knighthood in King Charles III's Birthday Honours list
- June 13
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- OceanGate CEO wanted Pearl Jam to be in doomed Titanic submersible, according to new documentary
- Get an exclusive Chris Squire t-shirt you can’t buy anywhere else with Prog!
- The world's first Ozzy Osbourne exhibition will open in Black Sabbath's hometown, Birmingham, this summer
- Judas Priest kick off Painkiller anniversary tour with rarities-stacked setlist – see what they played and watch videos here
- Watch Muse premiere new single Unravelling on the opening night of their European tour
- Watch 90s pop crew Vengaboys pull an insane crowd at Download, the UK's biggest rock and metal festival
- June 12
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- "There was not going to be a Led Zeppelin for me, but this was a parallel": Jimmy Page and Black Crowes discuss Live At The Greek in revealing short film
- How to watch Bonnaroo 2025: Megadeth, QOTSA & more set for annual music and arts festival
- Between The Buried And Me announce new record deal, new album and share new single
- "Kids saw the video on MTV and thought, 'This is cool. These guys are kinda ugly and they're tearing up their high school.' It attracted some riff-raff." Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit video has now been viewed more than two billion times on YouTube
- Roger Waters shares new trailer for This Is Not A Drill - Live from Prague The Movie
- Lars Ulrich has (maybe) seen your Metallica memes
- June 11
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- "A one-of-a-kind genius from another world": The world of rock reacts to the death of Brian Wilson
- Beach Boys legend Brian Wilson dead at 82
- Watch Sex Pistols and Primal Scream form an impromptu supergroup while rehearsing in the same building
- "We understand you've been patiently Counting Out Time..." Genesis shift release of The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 50th Anniversary box set back to late Autumn
- "Apparently pretending to play guitar on a public path is a criminal offence." British metalcore crew Malevolence are beefing with UK nature charity The National Trust
- Todd Rundgren announces live dates for London and Birmingham for October
- "He would have been so perfect in it." Sharon Osbourne says that blocking Ozzy from auditioning for a blockbuster film franchise is the biggest mistake she ever made
- "He lit up the room like the sun. Then, just like that, he was gone": Glam-punks Starbenders release tribute to the mysterious Chantilly Boy
- June 10
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- "I remember thinking, This is ridiculous. Johnny finally said, 'This isn’t working'." Rick Rubin once tried to get Johnny Cash to record Robert Palmer's US number one single Addicted To Love
- Yes announce The Fragile Tour 2025
- Turnstile announce US tour schedule for September and October
- "The songs are the same, but you will just not recognise the vibe." Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson announces More Balls To Picasso, a heavier, expanded, remixed and remastered update of his 1994 solo album Balls To Picasso
- "I thought it was a joke. To get that nod was really nice." Turnstile's Brendan Yates on pop superstar Charli XCX's prediction that this could be 'Turnstile Summer'
- "The worrying thing for me is the unknown. We don't know what's going to happen." Tony Iommi admits that he's feeling "excitement mixed with fear" as Black Sabbath's last ever gig draws near
- "It's the opening credits to a long, 90-minute musical film..." Mariusz Duda shares new Lunatic Soul single The World Under Unsun
- “It’s a really loveable ball of barbed wire”: Watch Parkway Drive’s Winston McCall praise the wholesomeness of heavy metal fans on Australian TV
- "It's a new album now": Deep Purple launch 20th anniversary refurbishment of Rapture Of The Deep
- Thin Lizzy's long-lost 1971 BBC session has surfaced online
- June 9
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- Pioneering psychedelic soul legend Sly Stone dead at 82
- "Lucky gal right here!" Watch three absolute metal queens unite on stage as Sharon den Adel and Simone Simons surprise Cristina Scabbia for her birthday in the middle of a Lacuna Coil set
- "It felt like a revolution could happen." Pulp's Jarvis Cocker on the '90s indie-rock explosion, and why he hates the word Britpop
- "We are missing one of our brothers." Watch Slipknot play to a massive crowd headlining Rock Am Ring festival without founding member Shawn Crahan
- "We're gonna warm you up!" You can watch Spiritbox's entire, pro shot, rain-soaked Rock Am Ring 2025 set right now
- "I really like Slipknot." Watch Babymetal reveal their three favourite metal bands ever and discuss some of the surprising collaborations on new album Metal Forth
- June 8
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- Watch Robert Plant play five Led Zeppelin classics in official pro-shot video
- Guns N' Roses announce more 2025 tour dates
- Watch pop superstar Chappell Roan absolutely kill it with a brilliant cover of Heart’s Barracuda
- “I love what they have brought to the metal scene. They have a completely different spin on a genre that often runs on the same cart tracks”: Why Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello loves Babymetal
- Watch Bruce Springsteen and Paul McCartney covering The Beatles onstage in Liverpool last night
- June 7
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- Watch video for new Scars On Broadway track Killing Spree
- "It should have gone out with a fricking bang that shook the world, and it was more like a whimper." Michael Anthony on his Van Halen regret
- Amorphis drop first new music from upcoming album Borderland with anthemic new single Light And Shadow
- “You have to know Donald’s sense of humour. It was a total set-up”: Did Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen really tell the people behind the Yacht Rock movie to “F*** off”?
- Rush announce limited edition box set of their final four albums
- Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne's farewell gig in Birmingham next month will be livestreamed globally: find out how you can watch the greatest metal show ever
- June 6
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- Watch Creeper preview their forthcoming album Sanguivore II: Mistress Of Death with punky new single Headstones, which explores "the dark perils of rock ’n’ roll, sins of the flesh, and pure evil"
- "It's an album of soul food, and I've never been so grateful, right here, on planet Earth": Glenn Hughes announces first album in nine years
- Watch Turnstile perform two songs on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon ahead of today's release of new album Never Enough
- "I want it to be like a religious experience." Yungblud announces UK and Ireland arena tour
- New Pink Floyd book celebrates the band's career with unpublished interviews and Syd Barrett's letters of the time
- Indian rock band go viral after flying across the world to cover Adele on America's Got Talent
- June 5
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- "He told me, You've got this opportunity to be a rock star because you're not afraid to say the things other people won't." Yungblud reveals the career advice he received from a machete-wielding rock star who sees him as a kindred spirit
- Roger Waters shares clip of Wish You Were Here as he announces new This Is Not A Drill - Live From Prague The Movie
- "The build up to the album has reached its zenith and you are elevated to the top of the soaring tomb." Katatonia share new video for Wind Of No Change
- Slipknot’s Jim Root once asked Diamond Rowe of nu metal up-and-comers Tetrarch for guitar lessons: “I was like, ‘OK, dude, come on!’”
- "Five middle-aged, slightly hungover geezers miming along to something." Opeth share new band performance video of §1
- "They could certainly all have been in Fleetwood Mac": Stevie Nicks likes Haim so much she's working on a new song with them
- June 4
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- "These instruments are more than just tools of our trade - they're extensions of our musical souls": Nancy Wilson offers "no questions asked" reward for return of stolen Heart guitars
- Steve Perry launches sale of personal artefacts to raise funds for victims of Los Angeles fires
- The biggest tour in the history of deathcore? Slaughter To Prevail announce 2026 European tour with Suicide Silence, Dying Fetus and reforming Annotations Of An Autopsy
- “It’s just not as fun, unfortunately”: Wolfgang Van Halen reveals he doesn’t listen to Van Halen anymore
- The Best of Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells I, II & III tour announced for February and March 2026
- "We have lift off." Oasis have started rehearsals for their world tour, and Liam Gallagher says it's "spiritual" playing with his brother Noel once again
- This Black Sabbath song has “one of the best riffs of all time”, according to Employed To Serve’s Sammy Urwin
- June 3
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- Previously unseen pro-shot footage of Captain Beefheart performing live in Paris in 1972 has surfaced online
- "Wild Ones isn't just a song, it's a statement": Watch the first footage of the reunited Alice Cooper Band recording together
- A new photo exhibition featuring stunning life-size portraits of some of the most iconic guitars in rock history is opening in London next week
- Lemmy’s hometown may get new music venue in memory of late Motörhead leader
- Ozzy Osbourne to make public appearance at Comic Con days after retirement gig
- Get the new issue of Metal Hammer with a Volbeat cover – and a t-shirt you won’t find anywhere else
- Coheed And Cambria announce October European and UK tour
- Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt explains why Steven Wilson stopped producing their albums: “I could hear some ideas in my head that I like to think he would have brought up”
- "These are films I've waited years to work on": 40 minutes of newly scanned footage of Led Zeppelin playing in Tokyo in 1971 has appeared online
- June 2
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- "It’s a story about resilience, finding ways to cope, and not giving up." Watch the trailer for Every Time You Lose Your Mind, a new documentary saluting cult alt.rockers Failure, featuring interviews with Maynard James Keenan, Hayley Williams and more
- "I don't want to pretend everything's hunky dory." Shirley Manson says that she feels "isolated" in Garbage, admits "there's very little proper communication about anything at all"
- "I remember showing the lyrics to my grandmother, saying, Look at this, this is like poetry!" Gavin and Stacey and Would I Lie To You? star Rob Brydon on his life-long love of Bruce Springsteen
- June 1
