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- November 30
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- Toyah and Robert Fripp scale bizarre new heights in latest Sunday Lunch video
- I'm a Ghost fanatic and some of my favourite ever merch designs are included in EMP's Cyber Weekend sale
- Do I need yet more Iron Maiden stuff? No. Am I going to dive into Amazon's Cyber Weekend Iron Maiden sale anyway? Yes, yes I am
- Who knew heavy metal pyjamas were a thing? Well, now I do and I'm picking up a pair for winter in the huge Hot Topic sale
- Amp up your home stereo set-up with savings on Philips HiFi System this Cyber Weekend
- I'm not being dramatic, but Hot Topic are selling the most insane alternative shoes right now and I want every single pair - luckily they're up to 60% off
- Here's a killer deal! Save up to 24% on The Revenge Of Alice Cooper on vinyl and CD box set this Black Friday
- Gojira tour kicks off with Car Bomb's Greg Kubacki filling in on guitar for injured Joe Duplantier
- Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx slams aging rock stars who are "still trying to act 25"
- November 29
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- If you're yet to add any Black Sabbath to your record collection, these must-have albums are still cheap thanks to Amazon's Black Friday record sale
- Nirvana, Dire Straits and The Stone Roses: You can get these all-time classics on vinyl for £66 on Amazon UK
- Looking for a new record player? Save on the Sony PS-LX310BT with Amazon this Cyber Weekend
- I'm a huge Stranger Things fan and I want to buy all the show's merch in Hot Topic's massive Cyber Weekend sale - save up to 60%
- Former Cradle of Filth members file lawsuit against Dani Filth after period or turmoil
- "I am so blessed. I have the best job in the world." James Hetfield on how Metallica fans make it "easy" for him to do his job
- November 28
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- I can spend hours digging through vinyl bins to find great deals on metal records. With Amazon's Black Friday deals, I don't have to
- My mum made me take my old CDs back from her house so I'm using Black Friday deals to find a new portable CD player to play them on
- Converse just put the boot into Black Friday with their all-star deals - save up to 65% on classic Chuck designs & more
- I reviewed these classic Guns N’ Roses albums back in 1991 – now you can get the deluxe box set with up to 20% off this Black Friday
- "We have the fire back. There’s definitely unfinished business to be done next year" The original line-up of one of the pioneers of djent have just got in the studio together for the first time in 20 years, and they sound absolutely phenomenal
- Get up to 50 percent off your Metal Hammer subscription in our brand-new Black Friday deal
- "I don’t want racists around, and I don’t want sexist people around, and I don’t want people there who think that trans people are a burden" If you don't think that everybody should be welcome at a show, then Hayley Williams doesn't want you there
- I've found a secret haul of Xmas gifts for goths: here's everything I have my beady eye on in Etsy's Black Friday Sale, including 50% off demonic wrapping paper
- I badly need a new portable speaker – here’s why I’m thinking hard about upgrading to Sonos in the Curry’s Black Friday Sonos sale
- Nevermind all the other Black Friday deals - Nixon's Nirvana watch range is on sale with 25% off - but be quick!
- I'm a lifelong metalhead and EMP's Black Friday sale has up to 70% off band merch. My wardrobe's about to get even blacker
- Quick! Grab the popcorn because right now you can get six months of Apple TV with up to 53% off this Black Friday
- One of Europe's biggest (and cheesiest) dance acts is going to be playing the UK's biggest rock and metal festival, Download, in 2026
- Bruce Dickinson reflects on the fan outcry after he split from Iron Maiden: “When you left, it didn’t matter if you’d made the best record in the world – nobody could listen to it”
- Solstice share new trailer for Clann: The Stables Gathering live release
- November 27
- November 26
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- "We can't wait to see you all" Skunk Anansie, Joan Jett, Interpol & more have been announced as the supports for My Chemical Romance's shows in the UK and Europe next Summer
- "When the doctor was at the house and told us, I cried right there. I couldn’t help it. And he was the one who consoled me!" Lemmy's nearest and dearest on how the Motörhead man faced death "like a champ"
- See why Will Ramos has been described as the best metal vocalist of his generation with this outstanding one-take of Lorna Shore's emotional metal anthem, Glenwood
- Save a fab 61% with this Disney+ Black Friday deal just in time for the new The Beatles: Anthology series
- "Firmly at the top of our wish lists for a very, very long time." Weird 90s alt-rock legends Primus have announced their first European show in almost a decade, headlining ArcTanGent Festival with Chelsea Wolfe and Cult Of Luna
- Megadeth announce 2026 Canadian tour with Anthrax and Exodus
- Watch The Darkness treat commuters at London St Pancras station to a surprise live performance
- November 25
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- “Welcome to this new version of your life. Before this, I was fine, and now I’m not”: Claudio Sanchez details the “heartbreak” that inspired Coheed And Cambria’s biggest track
- I’ve been looking for a no-fuss way to stream my favourite channels - and I just found an affordable solution: Save 50% on the Roku streaming stick this Black Friday
- Graham Gouldman announces biggest Heartful Of Songs tour yet
- “Three hours of molten metal, raging pits and life-affirming sing-alongs!” Machine Head announce evening-with Europe and UK shows for spring 2026
- November 24
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- Guns N' Roses announce two new singles and 2026 world tour
- Former ELO bassist Michael de Albuquerque to have second solo album, Stalking The Sleeper, reissued in January
- Masked metal sensations President have written four songs for their debut album, with a lot more on the way: “It takes bits of the EP, and it’s pushing certain elements even further”
- I'm shopping for an MP3 player this Black Friday and with 38% off, the stylish Activo P1 is high on my list
- “This tour is going to be a complete blast." Big Big Train announce Woodcut European and UK tour dates for Autumn 2026
- Watch Tool play a bunch of rarities for the first time in 20 years, plus a Black Sabbath cover, during New Zealand shows over the weekend
- November 23
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- “Wherever there is an end, there is also a beginning”: Arch Enemy split with singer Alissa White-Gluz
- Our top-rated Loop earplugs are on sale for Black Friday - save 25% on the Loop range, including the brilliant Experience 2
- According to Glenn Hughes and Slayer's Kerry King, the rock and metal talent pool is drying up
- November 22
- November 21
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- What do Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson, extreme icons Napalm Death and the cold expanses of space have in common? A new documentary featuring music from some of metal’s finest
- Charlie Sheen remembers his “private concert” from Eddie Van Halen on the set of Two And A Half Men: “They did five takes of it, and I was like, ‘Are you sure we don’t need a sixth?’”
- Marshall's Black Friday sale is still going strong - save up to 46% on speakers and headphones
- The story of Porcupine Tree's Deadwing is on the cover of the new gift-packed issue of Prog, which is on sale now
- November 20
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- The Stone Roses bassist Mani dead at 63
- Grab an exclusve Orbit Culture/Metal Hammer T-shirt & Magazine bundle now
- Ulver share ambient new single Weeping Stone as they announce "largely instrumental" new album Neverland
- "When I left the band, I should have stayed left": Francis Rossi has some regrets about Status Quo's 1985 reunion
- Ozzy's eldest son Louis Osbourne on being stunned by "awe inspiring" turnout at Prince of Darkness' funeral
- UK government confirms it will introduce ban on selling secondary gig tickets for a profit
- November 19
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- "I think that realism is missing from a lot of modern music of any genre, but especially our genre" Legendary hardcore heavyweights Converge have announced their first new album in five years, Love Is Not Enough
- "We are not a political band. Everybody wants to have an opinion, and save the world with their opinions, but it doesn’t change the world." Why Sabaton won't sing about current conflicts
- "The music is perfectly in sync with the visuals!" Noel Fielding opens up on his love for Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here
- Ghost’s Tobias Forge wants to start scuba diving so that wearing a mask onstage feels less claustrophobic: “In my alternative life, I’m a wreck diver!”
- "I believe it has the potential to be something very special". Steven Wilson's Hand. Cannot. Erase. to be adapted for theatre stage
- November 18
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- Mötley Crüe announce mammoth Carnival Of Sins tour with Tesla and Extreme
- Jane Weaver to release 15th Anniversary edition of psych folk album The Fallen By Watch Bird
- Guns N’ Roses, Foo Fighters, My Chemical Romance, Bring Me The Horizon, Poppy, Turnstile, Rise Against and more than 150 other rock and metal bands have just been announced for Welcome To Rockville festival 2026
- "I still have so much music in my heart." The frontman of one of nu metal's coolest bands has been found living on the streets - and fans are desperate to help him
- Pink Floyd share new stereo mix of Shine On You Crazy Diamond, presented for the first time as a single continuous piece of music
- "Prepare yourselves for a night of epic music!" Voivod announce UK tour dates in June 2026
- “It’s been three, nearly four months, so it’s still pretty fresh”: Jack Osbourne discusses “shock” of his father Ozzy’s death during latest episode of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!
- “Our connection was so special, I would probably be able to feel him if he weren’t here anymore, and I don’t”: Wolfgang Van Halen details his spiritual struggle following the death of his father Eddie
- Deep Purple announce UK tour with Mammoth
- "No question this will be the go-to event of the summer!" Foreigner and Lynyrd Skynyrd announce Double Trouble Double Vision tour
- November 17
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- "This isn’t just a screening; it’s a full-scale adrenaline rush." Iconic sci-fi action sequel Terminator 2: Judgement Day will be getting a live concert screening - and its premiere will take place in London
- Nu metal kids, rejoice! Full videos of classic Deftones and Linkin Park festival sets have just been released online
- “You’re hanging out with Steven Tyler; James Hetfield is there and Tom Morello and Axl Rose, but everybody was the same. No head was higher”: Halestorm describe what it was like backstage at Ozzy Osbourne’s retirement show Back To The Beginning
- “Think of it as the metal version of Goodbye by the Spice Girls!” Leading lights of the UK underground Svalbard have just released their final song
- "There’s nothing quite like playing live in the UK!" Marillion announce UK tour dates in September and October
- November 16
- November 15
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- Watch unmasked Kiss pay emotional tribute to late Ace Frehley at Las Vegas show
- Marillion's Steve Hogarth shares cover of Leonard Cohen's Famous Blue Raincoat as he announces new live album
- Amyl and the Sniffers get the drinks in for Melbourne after free show cancelled at last minute
- Limp Bizkit show in Estonia cancelled after Fred Durst's previous support of Vladimir Putin resurfaces online
- November 14
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- "Lemmy goes and sees his doctor, and the doctor is like, ‘Holy ****! If you’d waited another week, you’d have died!'" How Motörhead legend Lemmy Kilmister shrugged off his health issues for years
- “You simply can’t point to anybody and say they’re better than this guy”: Hear John Petrucci add lightning to new Steve Morse Band song Triangulation
- "It really bothers me. I think it's severely inappropriate." The Osbourne family speak out against musicians lying about their final interactions with Ozzy - and "nutters" pretending to speak to him from beyond the grave
- Choir of survivors, relatives and witnesses marks 10th anniversary of Paris terrorist attacks with poignant Rival Sons song
- November 13
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- "I was bullied in 72 by a bunch of hippies": Pete Townshend names his five favourite Pete Townshend songs
- "We've taken care of the lion's wig": Deep Purple and Whitesnake legend David Coverdale announces retirement
- "Since speaking out, I feel like myself again...never let anyone silence you. Your voice matters." Dogma, the band of heavy metal nuns, have imploded amidst accusations of manipulation and mistreatment. Here's everything we know
- Alan Parsons Project story to be told for first time in official book
- "He said, 'Black Sabbath... I don't know if I like their music.' I said, 'We have $800 in the bank, you love their music.'" Black Sabbath's former manager originally wanted Dio to write and record while Ozzy Osbourne toured with the band
- "He was the Mad Max of rock 'n' roll." Lemmy is on the cover of the new Metal Hammer: we celebrate the man, the myth and the music of Motörhead
- Soft Machine will release new studio album, Thirteen, in March
- "I haven't seen an outpouring like that since Princess Diana died." Sharon, Kelly and Jack Osbourne share their emotional response to the world mourning their husband and dad, Ozzy
- Listen to haunting instrumental cover of Madonna's Frozen recorded by late Death mastermind Chuck Schuldiner
- "Was it worth it? It was and it will be until my dying day." Hotel chef fired after asking for a picture with Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose
- "We've never done that before, and we're never doing it again!" Watch Blackmore's Night play a rare version of a Deep Purple classic
- November 12
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- World's largest bagpipe ensemble pays tribute to Bon Scott in Australia as AC/DC break out a classic for the first time in decades
- Get Poppy’s new album Empty Hands on exclusive bone, violet and baby blue vinyl, exclusively through Metal Hammer
- "I think when things happen like the throat cancer, or my neck being fused, or the saturnine palsy in my arm, most people would stop." Dave Mustaine on why Megadeth's final show might still be "three to five years" away
- “We are calling on everyone – the industry, artists, government and music fans – to come together and invest what they can”: As campaign to save seven grassroots UK venues enters final days, organisers urge fans to donate
- A red shell has been unleashed on the price of Nintendo Lego, sending prices tumbling with up to 33% off Mario Kart, Animal Crossing & more
- Rival Sons singer Jay Buchanan releases debut solo single - complete with video filmed in abandoned coal mine
- Watch Blackberry Smoke pay tribute to Gary Rossington with the guitar used during the recording of Lynyrd Skynyrd's Free Bird
- November 11
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- "If I didn't have singing I probably would have murdered somebody": Two of rock's great concert films are now free to watch on YouTube
- “I’m not mentioned much in documentaries about Ozzy – at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, not a photo”: Jake E. Lee explains why he felt like a “forgotten footnote” in Ozzy Osbourne’s legacy until Back To The Beginning
- Deftones announce biggest ever UK show for 2026 with Idles, Amyl & The Sniffers, Jpegmafia and more
- "Sixty years went by in the blink of an eye": Bad Company's Paul Rodgers shares Hall of Fame acceptance speech after missing ceremony
- Watch Brandi Carlile and Taylor Momsen's triumphant Hall of Fame performance of Black Hole Sun with Soundgarden
- November 10
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- Iron Maiden, Limp Bizkit, Bring Me The Horizon, The Offspring, Deep Purple, Sabaton, Volbeat, Bad Omens and more sign up for stacked Hellfest 2026 lineup
- “Thank you for the worldwide recognition of my singing, a little piece of my soul that inspires me to keep growing”: The woman who sang death metal at Miss World Chile has just won the competition
- "One of the best live bands I've ever seen." "Coldplay could never!" A video of New York fantasy metallers Castle Rat staging a live battle on stage has gone viral. Is this heavy metal's next breakout band?
- "I walked up behind him: ‘Hi Brian Johnson, I’m a guitar player. Do you want to go onstage and jam some songs?’ He went, 'Yeah mate!'" How an AC/DC legend and a heavyweight guitarist covered Led Zeppelin at a famous baseball player's wedding
- Ozzy Osbourne was working on a new solo album before he died – this is what it would have sounded like, according to Zakk Wylde
- November 9
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- Stanley Simmons – sons of Kiss duo Paul and Gene – announce debut single Body Down
- Chris Cornell’s daughter sings an emotional Fell On Black Days as Soundgarden are inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
- Jack White accepts White Stripes Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction as Meg sends her apologies
- November 8
- November 7
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- How to watch this weekend's 2025 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony
- Sleep Token, Deftones, Linkin Park, Ghost, Spiritbox, Nine Inch Nails and more among 2026 rock and metal Grammy Award nominees
- This footage of Indian metal sensations Bloodywood playing Halla Bol will convince you they’re the funnest thing in rock right now
- "If I could go back in time and smack the **** out of younger me, I would. I didn't know how to ask for help." Killswitch Engage's Jesse Leach explains the turmoil behind one of metalcore's biggest anthems
- Marillion add second Pompeii date for July 26 after selling first show in two minutes!
- Opeth announce live show at Pompeii's legendary Amphitheatre for July 2026
- “I was getting to the end. I was like, dude, honestly, if this doesn’t work out, I’m going to do something else”: Will Ramos was ready to quit music before joining Lorna Shore
- Get an exclusive coloured vinyl version of the new Big Big Train album Woodcut, only through Prog
- Building the Beast: Iron Maiden's Steve Harris and Bruce Dickinson on battles, breakthroughs and the birth of a legend – only in the new issue of Classic Rock
- November 6
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- “It’s been an incredible ride”: Journey announce the dates for their epic Final Frontier farewell tour
- Dutch prog metallers Textures announce Genotype, their first new album for a decade
- Metallica gave Wolfgang Van Halen a ‘Perfect Attendance Award’ for playing every venue on their 2023 and 2024 tours
- "It had a second life through social media, eight years after the album!" This is what it’s like when your song goes viral almost a decade after you released it, according to Swedish power metallers Sabaton
- November 5
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- Yes announce 15-disc super deluxe edition of Tales From Topographic Oceans
- Toto announce An Evening With Toto US tour with new setlist
- "It's loud, the guitars are right to the fore": Francis Rossi unexpectedly returns to boogie-driven Status Quo sound on new single
- Henry Rollins is coming back to music after over 20 years - and has been working with another iconic punk legend
- Cosmic proggers Gong tease upcoming album with brand new single Stars In Heaven
- "It's remarkable that you can have a culture that's shunted into the west side of England that has nothing to do with the English at all." Robert Plant explains how the mystique of Wales and the magic of J.R.R. Tolkien influenced Led Zeppelin
- Exploring Birdsong return to action with catchy new single Romanticise
- Motörhead’s Lemmy Kilmister once rammed a cheeseburger into a $2,000,000 mixing desk because he lost an argument
- Pre-order new Skindred album You Got This on marble orange vinyl, exclusively through Metal Hammer
- "I think what we have here is failure to appreciate": Former Guns N' Roses manager Alan Niven files lawsuit against the band
- November 4
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- Watch videos from Radiohead's first live show in seven years - plus full setlist
- “I’d love to play the battlefields where the song actually happened”: Sabaton’s singer wants to do a gig on the beaches of Normandy, on the anniversary of D-Day
- “60 years from now, I can look back and go, ‘I did a song with the dude from Slipknot! And it was good!’”: What it’s like collaborating with Corey Taylor, according to Ho99o9’s Yeti Bones
- Slayer’s Kerry King prefers Metallica over Megadeth because “Metallica has a singer”
- November 3
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- Paul Rodgers pulls out of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony
- Limp Bizkit, Guns N' Roses and Linkin Park to headline Download 2026: over 90 bands confirmed for next year's lineup
- AC/DC announce 2026 tour with 21 new dates confirmed
- Two Metallica fans have been arrested after climbing over part of the band's set at a show in Perth, Australia on Saturday
- Savatage announce European headline shows and festival dates for 2026
- "Speaking to your own child about that is very personal, vulnerable and emotional." System Of A Down's Serj Tankian reveals why he covered a Chris De Burgh classic - and teamed up with an EDM legend
- November 2
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