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Former Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley reportedly on life support suffering from brain bleed

Founding Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley cancelled his 2025 dates earlier this month after suffering a fall

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Somewhere there's a recording of Ozzy Osbourne duetting with Madonna

Ozzy Osbourne and Madonna ended up singing on the same song in 1983 - but Madonna wouldn't release it

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“It was the most amazing thing. I couldn’t have written it better myself because it was just so perfectly me!" How Ozzy Osbourne produced his most emotional anthem with some inspiration from his wife Sharon - and a stunning assist from Lemmy

There wasn't a dry eye in the house the final time he played this classic live

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"It's my 'I love you' to Joey." The story of Joey Jordison's post-Slipknot bands Vimic and Sinsaenum

Four years on from the passing of Joey Jordison, two of his bands are returning to active duty: but in very different ways

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“Our town has been polluted by heavy metal!” Sabaton storm the cover of the new Metal Hammer

We speak exclusively to Sabaton ahead of their brand new album, Legends

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“Everyone was out of their minds. Alcoholic drug addicts. I just remember all the excess”: In a haze of substance use and record label conflicts, Korn made the defining anthem of nu metal’s heyday

The chaotic story of Freak On A Leash, in singer Jonathan Davis’ own words

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“We’re Indigenous people fighting for our culture”: Endorsed by Slipknot, collaborating with Gojira and battling colonialism – how Mawiza became the most important new metal band of 2025

Mawiza’s thumping groove metal celebrates the language and traditions of South America’s Mapuche Nation

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Watch Disturbed call for “unity” onstage as David Draiman continues to weather backlash for signing an Israeli bomb

The self-professed “fiercely pro-Israel” frontman tells an audience in Amsterdam, “The conflicts that are going on in this world don’t define us”

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"We’ve decided not to count drummers anymore, it got depressing when we got to two figures." An audience with Spinal Tap legend David St. Hubbins

Spinal Tap singer/guitarist David St. Hubbins on beefing with Metallica, hanging with Ronnie James Dio and why they could never be Slipknot

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Avenged Sevenfold's M. Shadows records video message for freed Israeli hostages

Two Israeli hostages freed after peace deal are huge Avenged Sevenfold fans –and they received a personal message from frontman

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So Poppy has gone and made a metal cover of Wham’s Last Christmas and it sounds pretty crazy

The genre-splicing star has reworked Wham’s Last Christmas in her own inimitable style

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"We went on straight after Chappell Roan." From a platinum-selling Taylor Swift cover to hanging out with Post Malone, I Prevail have quietly become one of metal's hottest bands

I Prevail should be up there with Bad Omens and Sleep Token as metal's next big crossover success

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"The more the value goes up, the more they're gonna hound us." An iconic 90s metal band are in talks about a possible tribute show in honour of their much missed frontman

And there are some... interesting choices on who could lead the tribute

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Watch Nickelback's Chad Kroeger serenade Sammy Hagar with Metallica's Enter Sandman for his birthday

Sammy Hagar's birthday bash featured performances from Jerry Cantrell, Chad Kroeger and Belinda Carlisle

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"We are cooking." New Slipknot music is on the way, according to the band's drummer Eloy Casagrande

A follow-up to 2022's The End, So Far could be just around the corner

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"Sabbath will not do it, they won't take a chance": How Ozzy Osbourne predicted the future and saved Motörhead's Heavy Metal Holocaust

When Motörhead supported Ozzy Osbourne on his first American arena tour, it was the start of a beautiful friendship

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"I turned a hockey stick into a scythe": Introducing Castle Rat, your new favourite medieval-themed doom-rocking New Yorkers

All hail The Rat Queen!

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Watch Gene Simmons officiate at 2025's most rock'n'roll wedding

The Kiss man presided over the wedding of Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante and former Butcher Babies singer Carla Harvey

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How big a Ghost fan are you? Take our devilishly hard Ghost quiz to find out!

Think you know your Papa IIs from your Papa IVs? Take our special Ghost quiz to see how you measure up

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“We had to pay the families of Charles Manson’s victims royalties from the song. And we’ve been doing that ever since”: With the inadvertent help of a notorious cult leader, one band became the kings of 90s goth metal

The song was not a commercial hit, but today it stands as a classic of its genre

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"I split my forehead open. He said, 'Can you squeeze it and make it bleed some more? It looks great on the telly.'" Crazed fans, blood, burnout and mummies: the story of Iron Maiden's epic World Slavery tour

40 years after Live After Death set a new standard for heavy metal live albums, this is the story of the epic (and chaotic) tour behind it

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Disturbed say they want their music to “heal” people after their singer signed a bomb and caused their Belgium gig to be cancelled

The Platinum-selling band say that music is “not about what divides us”, a year after frontman David Draiman signed a bomb set to be used by the Israeli Defence Force

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"We asked him if he wanted to wear a zombie mask and sweat onstage and he was like, 'Sure, let’s do it!'" Don't panic, but it looks like zombie metal is a thing (luckily, Dominum are really good at it)

Ever asked the question 'What if someone did Powerwolf but with zombies?' No? Well, Dominum have answered it anyway! And they're great!

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"Lady Gaga passes this bottle of Jameson to me, and I just tip the whole bottle over my face. That was a formative moment." Wargasm's Milkie Way makes us a playlist and takes us inside her world of Sabbath, Gaga, Bowie and more

What links Black Sabbath, Tina Turner, The Cramps, Lady Gaga and David Bowie? The excellent music taste of one Milkie Way

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“I’d been living in a dark room, drinking and taking drugs, and I was done with music. My heart was too broken to think about it”: This frontman overcame death and the loss of his band to make one of the 90s’ essential metal songs

Max Cavalera reveals how heartache led to one of Soulfly’s greatest anthems

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