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Louder Than Life festival cancels entire day – including Slayer headline slot – due to extreme weather in Kentucky

Slayer, Anthrax and more were due to perform at day two of Louder Than Life before Hurricane Helene rolled by

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“They would tell us directly to our faces, ‘You’re not going to last’”: Other bands hated Slipknot on their first Ozzfest tour – but Sharon Osbourne saved them

Jealous bands would “shit talk” Slipknot when they made their breakout appearance on the 1999 Ozzfest

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"I want people to have sex in the moshpit." How Mimi Barks went from Berlin fetish clubs to leading her own nu gen revolution

This Is Doom Trap represents a moment of realisation for nu gen star Mimi Barks

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“Our practice room was a church. The vicar used to let us in and then leave. We ransacked the place, basically”: How Venom made their unholy masterpiece Black Metal and changed the course of metal

The story of Venom’s Black Metal, the record that inspired everyone from Metallica to Dave Grohl

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David Gilmour dazzles on the opening night of his tour in Rome: the first review!

David Gilmour unleashes Pink Floyd-heavy set to get the ball rolling on his Luck And Strange world tour at Rome's Circo Massimo

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“Cliff still lives in all of us. I ask for his help still.” James Hetfield says that Cliff Burton still influences Metallica's songwriting, almost four decades on from the bassist's tragic death in 1986, aged 24

James Hetfield acknowledges that Cliff Burton's influence on Metallica will never die

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The 15 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Serj Tankian, The Black Dahlia Murder and Amaranthe are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

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“I’m not saying my doing something else saved Slipknot, but it certainly saved me”: How Stone Sour made the leap from Corey Taylor’s ‘other band’ with Audio Secrecy

In 2010, Stone Sour released their third album Audio Secrecy – and finally shook off the ‘side project’ tag

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“He looked crazed”: Jane’s Addiction tech says Perry Farrell punched Dave Navarro again backstage, that the band “is over with”

Dan Cleary, who teched for Jane’s Addiction for 17 years, has spoken about the onstage altercation that caused the rockers’ indefinite hiatus earlier this month

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“He did exactly what we told him not to do”: Slipknot’s Corey Taylor remembers the night he “almost killed” Sid Wilson

Slipknot’s singer calls the time he flipped his lid at turntablist Sid Wilson “one of the most evil moments of my life”

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Nightwish’s Floor Jansen wants to collaborate with Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale

Jansen admits she was “starstruck” the first time she met the Halestorm frontwoman

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"So chaotic you feel like you’re having your noggin walloped about by an entire gang of Mike Tysons." Servitude is the best tribute to Trevor Strnad Black Dahlia Murder fans could have asked for

Even tragedy can't stop The Black Dahlia Murder being one of extreme metal's most reliably brilliant bands

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Watch Deftones' Chino Moreno excitedly live out his fan boy dreams by fronting Smashing Pumpkins

Have you ever seen Chino Moreno look this happy?

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“It was a case of meeting one of your idols and realising he is a total douchebag.” Ministry's Al Jourgensen on the night he worked as a “man-slave servant” for Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant, and how it screwed up his love life

They say you should never meet your heroes, and after meeting Led Zeppelin's frontman, Al Jourgensen might agree

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Black Sabbath legend Tony Iommi to appear on Robbie Williams’ new rock album

Robbie Williams is gonna rock (DJ) with heavy metal’s original guitar hero, according to the ex-Take That member’s musical director

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“We paid $30,000 to get bullied like we were in high school!” Trivium were asked to egg Iron Maiden at Ozzfest 2005. They declined and started wearing Iron Maiden shirts onstage

A feud between the Osbournes and Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson came to a head during Ozzfest 2005. Trivium, who paid 30 grand to join the tour, steered clear and started supporting their heavy metal heroes

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After teasing a symphony of “cocks and vaginas and death” eight years ago, Devin Townsend is finally performing The Moth live with an orchestra

The prog metal maverick will host a one-night-only symphonic performance in the Netherlands next March

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Doom trap? Trap metal? Nu gen? Whatever: Mimi Bark's debut album proves she's a star

Nu gen queen Mimi Barks is feral and fascinating on debut This Is Doom Trap

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Joey Jordison’s estate has settled its lawsuit against Slipknot

Jordison’s estate sued Slipknot last year, accusing the nu metal stars of profiting off the late drummer’s death and withholding his belongings

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"At their heaviest, they feel genuinely dangerous." Heriot live up to their potential as Britain's best new metal band on Devoured By The Mouth Of Hell

Beloved by Lamb Of God, Trivium and Machine Head, Heriot just proved that 2022's Profound Morality EP was just a taste of what they can do

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Nickelback announce live album Nickelback: Live From Nashville

Nickelback: Live From Nashville features special guests from the worlds of rock and country & western

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Sólstafir show off stunning Icelandic scenery in video for new single Blakkrakki

Sólstafir will release their latest album Hin helga kvöl (The Holy Suffering) for new label Century Media in November

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“Lemmy wrote the words, but I told him exactly what I wanted to say”: We asked Ozzy Osbourne to pick his favourite Ozzy Osbourne song. This is what he chose

Ozzy Osbourne doesn’t have a “favourite” Ozzy Osbourne song, but if push comes to shove this 90s ballad would be it

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“Recently I’ve been faced with my most significant and challenging struggle with depression”: Fever 333 cancel world tour due to Jason Aalon Butler’s mental health

The rap metal outfit were slated to trek across North America and Europe from October to December

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“Their mastery of black metal left them nowhere to go, except into far weirder and more interesting territory”: Where to start with Ulver

As they build up to album number 14, revisit the boundary-busting history of Norway’s musical mavericks

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