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Corey Taylor’s son Griffin remembers the first time he saw his dad in his Slipknot mask: “Who the **** is this guy?!”

The future Vended frontman thought his father looked like a cross between a goldfish and a potato

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"It’s going to be brutal, absolutely brutal. I want people to feel the beauty hidden within that brutality." They look incredible, sound like hell and have an unlikely crossover with Shōgun: is the world ready for Japan's Deviloof?

Mixing extreme metal, Visual Kei and a lot of attitude, Deviloof might just be your new favourite band

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"They talk about that album in the same way I talk about Ziggy Stardust...and it was the first time a Slipknot member had unmasked!" How a metal icon embraced horror and glam rock to make one of the most surprising side projects ever

When it was revealed that one of Slipknot's most beloved members had a new project on the go, no one could have predicted how it'd end up sounding

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“There’s already too much music – shrinking ideas is the hardest thing”: Does Between The Buried And Me’s new album prove they don’t need to replace the member they fired?

The Blue Nowhere is their first after Dustie Waring’s acrimonious departure, and the remaining quartet say the process was business as usual

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Roger Waters mocked with official Ozzy Osbourne "Another Prick In The Wall" t-shirt

The diss merch is only available for 48 hours

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A gigantic, inflatable whale flew over the crowd during metal heavyweights Gojira’s concert in Paris last night – watch video here

The French behemoths brought their song Flying Whales to new dimensions when they played at Accor Arena on Sunday

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“Collaborating with K. Flay, Poppy and Courtney LaPlante made me want to create a world where we could share stages together”: Evanescence announce extensive world tour for 2026, with support from Spiritbox, Poppy and others

Amy Lee and co. will return in a grand way next year

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“We love you forever”: Watch Limp Bizkit pay tribute to Sam Rivers at their first show following the late bassist’s death

Rivers, who co-founded the nu metal band with Fred Durst and John Otto in 1994, died last month at the age of 48

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4 brilliant new metal bands you need to hear this month

From Blood Vulture's gothic-sludge to mysterious masked black metallers Wrath Of Logarius, horrorcore heroes Ward XVI and philosophy-inspired deathcore brutes Thus Spoke Zarathustra, these are the bands you need to hear in December 2025

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Opeth's new animated video for §3 offers a visual interpretation of The Last Will And Testament's narrative

Opeth celebrate a year of The Last Will And Testament with new animated video for §3

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"I open my eyes and see the captain and co-pilot with an axe, chopping down the door to the cockpit": After 40 years of friendship with Ozzy Osbourne, Stephen Rea has some stories to share

An interview with the author of Ozzy & Me, a book that offers rare insights into Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne away from the spotlight

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“We were absolutely convinced we were gonna just kill in the US. Then Phil gets hepatitis and – boom! – the tour just stopped there”: A metal fan’s guide to Thin Lizzy, the hellraising 70s rock icons who inspired Metallica and Megadeth

The late, great Phil Lynott and his band inspired many modern metal icons

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Gojira tour kicks off with Car Bomb's Greg Kubacki filling in on guitar for injured Joe Duplantier

Gojira frontman Joe Duplantier hurt his hand on eve of tour and has called on old friend Greg Kubacki from Car Bomb to help out

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Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx slams aging rock stars who are "still trying to act 25"

Motley Crue man Nikki Sixx is 66 – and he's not a fan of "artists that are still trying to act 25 and they're 65"

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“It was a death sentence in the 80s. His illness and our whole future being so uncertain propelled us towards not worrying if something was completely out of the box”: The heartbreaking tragedy that produced a cult early 90s metal anthem

Armored Saint should have been bigger than they were – but they produced a classic in Last Train Home

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Former Cradle of Filth members file lawsuit against Dani Filth after period or turmoil

Complicated Cradle of Filth falling out is exposed in legal papers

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"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

Metallica frontman is fuelled by the passion and energy of the fans

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"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

SikTh continue to show why they are such a pivotal piece in the progressive metal puzzle

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The 9 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Listen to some fresh noises from Alissa, Sylosis, Girlschool and more, then vote for your favourite

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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

Download Festival are continuing to bridge gaps between cultures in more brilliant and bonkers ways

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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”

The legendary singer discusses how the controversy surrounding his departure from The Beast coloured fans’ thoughts on his 1994 solo album, Tears Of The Dragon

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“The teacher would say, ‘OK, get out your health books,’ and I would have to leave. My parents told me a little speech to say about our religion and why, and I didn’t believe it”: How Metallica turned childhood trauma into a decades-spanning trilogy

Inspired by James Hetfield’s isolated upbringing (and a little bit of Chris Isaak), Metallica made an honest, inverted ballad and kicked off a 27-year-long series

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"The vampire make-up slowly melts off during the show, revealing the human beings underneath": Welcome to the blood-drenched, Rocky Horror-inspired world of Creeper

Creeper’s new album is a rich, lascivious feast of vampires and rock’n’roll theatre, Jim Steinman-style. But the real Creeper story starts with shoestring punk gigs, DIY video shoots and community spirit

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"It was pretty freaky getting zipped up in the body bag. It’s like, 'Okay, how many other times is this ever going to happen?'" How metal icons Korn finally broke the charts with a smutty song, a controversial look and a truly deranged video

Anyone who grew up with nu metal has a very different idea of what the letters A, D, I, D, A and S mean

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