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The 10 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

The Hu, Loathe and Bring Me The Horizon are just some of the bands who've released new songs to take your mind off the disgusting summer heat

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“I was so difficult to deal with, but I wasn’t the only one in the band doing something that they shouldn’t have been doing”: how Deftones rose above turmoil and tragedy with Diamond Eyes

Deftones are one of modern metal‘s most acclaimed bands – and its most turbulent

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Iron Maiden fans! You can pre-order the official Eddfest programme and museum guide only through the Metal Hammer and Classic Rock online store

Heading to Eddfest? Or just want to own a piece of Iron Maiden history? You can pre-order the official programme and museum guide right now!

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"Right now, songwriting and pop music is crap." Metallica's Kirk Hammett hammers the current state of pop and reveals the "fantastic" first gig he ever went to

Safe to say that Kirk is not a big fan of the modern pop music scene

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A must-have for Bring Me The Horizon fans: get the new issue of Metal Hammer in a Count Your Blessings mega-bundle with a t-shirt, poster and vinyl copy of the Repented re-recording

Limited to just 500 copies!

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“When I walk onstage, the rest of the world can go to hell!” Iron Maiden are on the cover of the latest Metal Hammer, which comes with an exclusive Eddfest water bottle

Calling all Iron Maiden fans!

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Machine Head “extremely honoured” to have been awarded keys to the city of Albuquerque by the most metal mayor in America

Tim Keller has previously given keys to the city to Judas Priest and Iron Maiden and been spotted in Soulfly merch

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“The only band ever once again prove why no one else matters”: Alexisonfire dominate London co-headliner with Billy Talent as they celebrate 20 years of post-hardcore classics

Billy Talent bring the production values, before Alexisonfire deliver a momentous set featuring time-tested songs, deep cuts and a live debut

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Watch full, pro-shot footage of Linkin Park’s headline set at Rock In Rio Lisbon last week

If you missed the nu metal chart-toppers’ summer tour, this is the next best thing

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"Part III saves the best for last!" Green Carnation announce third part of their A Dark Poem trilogy, The Messiah Complex, will be released in September

Norwegian heavy proggers Green Carnation have shared a video for new single, Unconditional Artificial Chemistry, the first music from A Dark Poem, Part III: The Messiah Complex

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“The spark that made heavy music interesting wasn’t there for me anymore”: How British metal didn’t quite rule the 90s

Bands from Cradle Of Filth to Paradise Lost seemed ready to thrust British metal back to the forefront. But then nu metal kicked off and swung the pendulum back to the States. This is the story of the takeover that didn’t happen.

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“This guy can cover everything. He’s just a phenomenon”: Former Slipknot member Chris Fehn remembers late bandmate Joey Jordison

The percussionist, who parted ways with the band in 2019, says it was “intimidating” to perform alongside a talent of Jordison’s calibre

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Parkway Drive to play first two albums in full on Killing Horizons tour later this summer

The Byron Bay metalcore crushers also promise to bring out the hits on their 10-show run

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The 10 heaviest metal breakdowns of all time

When the beat drops, these songs by Metallica, Slayer and more hit like a freight train

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"What's Number One at the moment? I couldn't tell you. It's meaningless. All I care about is what Iron Maiden are doing next week." Steve Harris, Bruce Dickinson and Adrian Smith look back on Iron Maiden's 50-year ride

As Iron Maiden's historic Eddfest show at Knebworth gets ever closer, the band look back over half a century of Monsters and Maiden

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"We share your disappointment. No one is more frustrated than the band and crew." Iron Maiden issue statement after plans to film Paris show are derailed by power outage in the City Of Light

"The fans were magnificent and a huge thanks to them from the band for their patience and support."

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"Music is a personal journey. Once you make it, it belongs to the world." Geoff Tate on the third instalment of what's now an Operation Mindcrime trilogy

Almost 40 years on, the singer of Queensrÿche’ssignature album releases his own third instalment

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“I’m inspired by his control over his animalistic vocal range, and his poetry, but also how honestly he sings”: Hear Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale pay tribute to Chris Cornell on powerful new cover of Soundgarden’s Loud Love

The singer/guitarist teams with Testament, Metal Allegiance and ex-Pearl Jam members on the latest single by King Ultramega

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Playing mediaeval folk, taking pensioners hostage and blowing up a house: the ridiculous ad campaign for Guitar Hero Metallica

You’ve not seen macho marketing until you’ve seen metal’s biggest band tie old people to a tree and make their home explode

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From underground punk clubs to the world's biggest stadiums, celebrate the rise and rebirth of emo superstars My Chemical Romance in new gift-laden MCR fan pack, on sale now

Prepare for the return of My Chemical Romance by picking up this essential fan-pack!

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10 nu metal bands who should have been massive

The nu metal explosion took heavy music into the mainstream like never before, but some of its most promising names sadly fell by the wayside

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“It’s obviously not Maiden’s fault but, oh, is the frustration high!”: Iron Maiden concert cut short due to local power outage

The band had to stop playing for an hour during a phone-free gig in Paris on Monday

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"It's a national anthem of rock." The story of the Kiss classic inspired by the tragic death of a fan

Producer Bob Ezrin sang the guitar solo to Ace Frehley so he could learn it – and Detroit Rock City went on to become Kiss's second-most-played song

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'Lost' Deftones album Eros has reportedly leaked online after 18 years, and fans are conflicted

The incomplete album which Deftones shelved in 2008 has apparently leaked

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"This extraordinary object is recognisable to fans around the world and represents a powerful final chapter in Ozzy’s career." Ozzy Osbourne's iconic throne from his final ever performance is going on display in Birmingham

The most metal seat of all time will be on display at the Ozzy Osbourne: Working Class Hero exhibition

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