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August 24
- Deftones dazzle in front of 50,000 fans at their biggest ever UK headline show at All Points East Presents Outbreak
- Rush ascend to prog rock nirvana on the superhuman but radio-ready Moving Pictures. "The crowning achievement in one of the greatest consecutive album runs in music history"
August 17
- Audio-Technica AT-ERP5 earplugs review: absurdly transparent gigging earplugs from an audio tech titan
- "The album's brevity is its biggest advantage. There is no chance of getting bored." J.J. Cale keeps it short on the easygoing Okie
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August 8
- Metal legends Sepultura are bowing out in style as they steal the show at Bloodstock 2026
- Lamb Of God are still setting the bar for live heavy metal as they crush it with an explosive, deceptively fun performance for Bloodstock's 25th anniversary
August 7
- Opeth's prog metal majesty is a triumph at only UK gig of 2026: "It looks like they've opened a portal to another dimension."
August 5
- Electric Callboy hit the apex of their dance-metal era on floor-filling new album Tanzneid – with a little help from Babymetal and The Offspring: “It may not represent a dramatic reinvention, but it doesn’t need to”
August 3
- "Fun, feisty, fast and furious. Grunge with a punk-metal heart." L7's Bricks Are Heavy - A breath of fresh air in a scene that quickly became stale