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Myles Kennedy looks back on the time he refused to audition for Slash and Velvet Revolver: “I knew that I wasn’t mentally prepared to jump into something of that magnitude”

After being diagnosed with tinnitus, the Alter Bridge singer/guitarist shot down the chance to audition for Velvet Revolver and their lineup of then-former Guns N’ Roses members

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“We partied every night! We would have a hotel room and just give the details out to friends and girls, ‘We’ll see you there!’” The story of the song that made Judas Priest icons in America

With one big single, and a little help from an Iron Maiden tour, the Brummie underdogs found their footing across the pond

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“It might be like The Exorcist, which was touted by the Catholic Church because it showed on-screen what they’ve been talking about”: Ice Nine Kills have finished writing their horror film The Slashin’ Of The Christ and want to cast some familiar faces

The script for the horror hounds’ first foray into feature filmmaking is done, and despite its title, Spencer Charnas insists it won’t annoy Christians

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The 10 best doom and stoner metal albums of 2025

2025 might have been the year we said goodbye to Black Sabbath, but these 10 albums prove their influence still looms large

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“Ozzy Osbourne opened with I Don’t Know in front of 80,000 people, who went nuts. If you ever want to play bigger places, you need to have records that sound like you’re playing in big places”: The story of Rats and Ghost’s ascent to arenas

One year after their singer was sued by his ex-bandmates, Ghost regrouped and released a song which catapulted them to the next level

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“We’re always going to be responsible for making some of the most fun music that bassists and guitarists and drummers will ever want to play”: Dave Mustaine doesn’t know what he’ll do with himself after Megadeth call it quits

What will MegaDave get up to after retiring? Turns out, not even he’s sure

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“We knew we’d done something great, but we didn’t know we’d written a defining album for that era”: How 747 (Strangers In The Night) made Saxon unexpected stars of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal

Inspired by a widespread blackout in the 1960s, the Yorkshire band switched from their usual “street fighting and girls” lyrics and reached new heights

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Serial killers, sex and Satan-crazed filth: How the 1980s tried to destroy AC/DC

By the mid-80s, the huge success of Back In Black was a fading memory, AC/DC were on the ropes, and there was worse to come

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“It is a professor in my pocket who only wants to do what I ask it”: Slipknot’s Clown defends AI, breaking rank from other high-profile metal musicians

The Nine’s co-founder and percussionist asks, “What’s the difference between me pulling out my pocket producer… or me trying to get a famous producer that might not even work with me and could potentially cost me $150,000?”

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“2025 has seen tentpole releases from Ghost and Sleep Token, but for each of them, there’s been at least a dozen records begging for attention”: The best metal albums that you almost definitely missed this year

From psychedelic Brazilian black metal to space-faring tech-death, you won’t discover these excellent albums in many other places

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“I’d have to stop, gather myself, get through two lines, start crying, leave the room, come back in”: When Linkin Park exposed a different side of themselves with Breaking The Habit

Originally written by Mike Shinoda, this shining moment from 2003’s Meteora moved Chester Bennington to tears and helped Linkin Park break out of the nu metal bubble

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"This one song is worth more than most entire albums. Consider yourself lucky": Vinnie Vincent defends $200 price tag on new CD single

Former Kiss guitarist Vinnie Vincent lashes out at "emotionally disturbed trolls" who question his business model

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“I didn’t expect him to get busted in that bathroom. But his misfortune actually helped us. We couldn’t have asked for more of a buzz!”: How an unexpected arrest accidentally gave Limp Bizkit their big break

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"The first time I heard his voice it was like, ‘Does this guy smoke 40 cigarettes at once?!’" Metallica, Judas Priest, Halestorm, Body Count members and more pick the ultimate Motorhead playlist

We asked some of metal's biggest names to share which Motorhead songs mean most to them

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“The stupidest thing I could have done was put myself out as much as I did. I’ll never make that mistake again”: Inspired by astrology and personal tragedy, Tool’s Maynard James Keenan wrote his most personal song. He came to regret it

It was the emotional highlight of Tool’s 10,000 Days album

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The 10 best alt-metal and nu metal albums of 2025

Babymetal, Bloodywood and Sleep Token pulled influence from some esoteric places this year, and they lifted metal to new heights in the process

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“We weren’t scared of grunge. We would see Dave Grohl wearing Sepultura t-shirts”: It was built on death metal – until three iconic bands helped turn this underground record company into the most influential metal label of the 90s

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StubHub sorry for "confusion" over Christian Christmas concert promoted with a picture of metal giants Lamb of God

'Behold The Lamb Of God' event in South Carolina featured picture of Randy Blythe's metal giants on ticketing website

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“Without small venues, there is no starting line for musicians. It’s crucial to keep these places alive”: I’m a metal musician who tours the world, and this is why I refuse to let my local venue die

As rising metalcore stars Heriot prepare for a sold-out show in their hometown, singer/guitarist Debbie Gough explains why local venues need to be protected

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The 10 best metalcore albums of 2025

From legends coming back strong to young artists pushing the genre forward, it's been a standout year for metalcore - and here's the proof

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“If we’re stuck with stories about Satan, it’ll mean that people will never understand us”: How Iron Maiden pushed metal to its most colossal, then pushed a bit further, to make Rime Of The Ancient Mariner

Sick of being known as ‘the devil-worshipping band’, the heavy metal legends wrote a sweeping track about a Romantic poem. They had no idea it’d be 13 minutes long, though.

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Megadeth's Dave Mustaine reveals he's suffering from hand condition that makes it "really painful to play"

With Megadeth counting down to retirement, Mustaine reveals he's dealing with condition called Dupuytren's contracture

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"It was the perfect tragedy. Heavy metal albums found in their rooms, antisocial behaviour." How Lemmy, Corey Taylor, Henry Rollins and the metal community united to save three teenagers at the heart of a murder case that shocked America

The story of the West Memphis Three captured the attention of the metal world - and some of its biggest artists took action

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The 50 best metal songs of 2025

Sleep Token, Ghost, Babymetal - these are the songs you picked as the finest 2025 had to offer

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Ozzy’s retirement, belly dancers, and whales flying around an arena: the best metal concerts of 2025, as picked by Metal Hammer’s writers

The Hammer team name their greatest gigs of the year, from stadium extravaganzas to sweaty basement dust-ups

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