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“We had an exploding Marshall cabinet. The roadies put too much gasoline in it, and it almost blew Ritchie Blackmore offstage”: A metal fan’s guide to Deep Purple, one of hard rock’s original Holy Trinity

Along with Sabbath and Zeppelin, Deep Purple helped craft the primordial goop that spawned metal

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New Southampton FC manager wants club to play “death metal football”

Ivan Jurić – a fan of Napalm Death, Carcass and Obituary – says he’ll bring an “aggressive” style of football comparable to death metal music

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"This playlist is a mental roadmap that helps me to shape this day of festive cheer": Conjure up some Yuletide magic with Justin Hawkins' amazing Christmas playlist

The only music you'll need this Christmas Day is this brilliant, ludicrous playlist from The Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins

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"Would you rather sell tons of records and have people come at you or sell no records and have everybody love you?" Mark Tremonti isn't losing any sleep over the Creed haters

There's nothing new about popular bands attracting a lot of hate – and Creed are just fine with that

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“The seven deadly sins were invented by the church. They weren’t invented by God so I don’t give them too much credence“: How Max Cavalera came through his personal dark ages to make Soulfly’s Omen album

Quitting? That’s not Max Cavalera’s style

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“Those are the threads of a poser shirt!” Exodus used to cut hair metal t-shirts with knives during 80s concerts

Gary Holt says his thrash aggressors used to hack hair metal tops to pieces – despite secretly admiring Ratt and Dokken

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“We were shocked: ‘Is this real? What does this mean?’”: Gojira reveal who came up with their fire-spewing, show-stealing Olympic Games performance

Who had the vision to let metal’s eco-warriors dominate the Paris Olympics opening ceremony? Joe Duplantier gives Metal Hammer the answer

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Metal Hammer writers name their top albums of 2024

Want to know what our writers and staffers have been spinning in 2024? Here’s the breakdown of every Metal Hammer contributors’ album of the year lists

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The 10 best death metal albums of 2024

From the cosmic death exploration of Blood Incantation to the welcome return of Nails and Job For A Cowboy, these are the 10 albums that defined death metal in 2024

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"Metal is more of a brotherhood than any kind of music." Slayer's Kerry King hails the inclusivity of heavy metal

Slayer guitarist says metal scene does a good job of not alienating potential fans

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“We wanted to look like something never before seen in heavy metal. What would be wilder than denim and leather? Animal fur!” How Manowar helped invent power metal with Hail To England

Bow down before Manowar’s false metal-slaying third album, 1984’s Hail To England

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“We were rebels: ‘Hate us, we don’t care.’ But the more critics hated us, the more kids started showing up at shows”: The tangled tale of X Japan, Japan’s biggest rock band

Fame, death and resurrection – X Japan’s Yoshiki looks back on his band’s unique journey

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Early career advice given to Linkin Park included a choreographer suggesting they incorporate a "gimmick" in which they would kick off a shoe onstage. Yes, seriously.

Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda recalls the wild shoe-related choreography tips the band wisely rejected

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Amen frontman Casey Chaos has died

Amen's Casey Chaos – aka Karim Chmielnski – also worked with Christian Death and a string of other projects

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“I go to church every Sunday when I’m home. Especially now I’ve replaced the booze with glue”: From GN’R and Pantera to Ozzy Osbourne and God, Zakk Wylde is the most connected man in rock

It’s Zakk Wylde’s world - we just live in it

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“I’d be lying if I said there weren’t times when we thought: ‘Let’s just abandon the concept, and write some good songs’”: How Queensryche made conspiracy theory-based masterpiece Operation: Mindcrime,

Metal’s all-time greatest concept album? Operation: Mindcrime could be it

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Watch Nightwish documentary on the making of latest album Yesterwynde

Nightwish release 45-minute film exploring the creation of their 10th album

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Lars Ulrich embarrassed Biohazard's Billy Graziadei in front of his friends –but quickly made up for it in style

Biohazard man called Metallica drummer out after nightclub incident and landed a coveted tour support slot

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"When my son became aware of this Swifty classic we listened to it even more than when it was initially released." Coheed and Cambria's Claudio Sanchez shares cover of Taylor Swift's Welcome To New York

Coheed And Cambria frontman Claudio Sanchez's new EP features covers of songs by Taylor Swift, The Cure, Smashing Pumpkins and more

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"Our label said, ‘You guys will be the next Metallica’, and that bummed me out." Stoner rock legend Brant Bjork on why he didn't want Kyuss to be megastars

Brant Bjork explains why he had no real interest in seeing pioneering stoner rockers Kyuss become the new Metallica

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"Babymetal were written into the script as a placeholder. I didn’t think we’d actually get them!" Heavier Trip director Juuso Laatio on making 2024's most metal movie

Juuso Laatio talks directing Babymetal, 'playing' Wacken and whether we'll ever get that Impaled Rektum album

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"It's nonstop badassery." Slayer guitarist Kerry King picks his favourite Black Sabbath album

Kerry King picks what might just be Sabbath's heaviest record. Should we be surprised?

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Watch pro-shot footage of Metallica's full performance at 2024 Helping Hands concert in Los Angeles

Metallica release video of entire charity show – including acoustic and electric performance by thrash giants

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Shawn 'Clown' Crahan says he "could care less" about the bands Slipknot have influenced – as his focus is on where The Nine go next

"We’re only getting more and more dangerous," says Clown as he reflects on band's all-conquering anniversary tour

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"Motörhead is not past tense. It's present tense": Phil Campbell pays tribute to Lemmy as ashes go on display at London adult entertainment club

Fans are encouraged to visit Lemmy's ashes at London club Stringfellows

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