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10 bands that defined Wacken 2024

From Accept's triumphant trad metal to the flamethrowing folk of Feuershwanz, these were the bands that ruled Wacken Festival 2024

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Nancy Wilson, Lita Ford, Nita Strauss and more to head up women-only Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp

Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp announce their third annual female-only camp

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“I just had to tell him, ‘You’ve outdone me, you bugger!’” Iron Maiden used to merely hint at their prog credentials… now they flaunt them

A selection of the NWOBHM veterans’ longest, deepest and weirdest tracks – and they weren’t all written by Steve Harris

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"Angus Young may be a silver-topped 69-year-old, but he's still the blueprint of what a rock'n'roll guitarist should be": Back on the road with AC/DC

Given events surrounding AC/DC in recent years, anyone could be excused for thinking it was all over for one of rock’s greatest bands. But as long as there's a school uniform...

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Famed sad clown Puddles Pity Party launches heartbreaking version of Black Sabbath's classic Changes

It's so sad

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"Not only the biggest crowd of the weekend, but undoubtedly their careers." Amon Amarth conquer 85,000 metal fans with epic, flamethrowing, serpent-bashing setlist at Wacken 2024

25 years since they first appeared at Wacken, Amon Amarth prove the festival's ultimate conquerors

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Watch the Metal Queen Doro join Scorpions to perform Big City Nights live at Wacken

Doro Pesch helped Klaus Meine and company blitz through one of their greatest hits over the weekend

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Order your world exclusive Metallica Ride The Lightning t-shirt with Metal Hammer

The bundle includes an exclusive t-shirt design you can't get anywhere else, alongside a special 'clean' cover version of our latest magazine

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”Every time you go into the mainstream, I get really uncomfortable”: Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt declined to join an Abba tribute band at Eurovision this year

Opeth’s leader was approached to help celebrate 50 years of Abba’s 1974 Eurovision win, but turned the chance down

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This Viking folk version of Slipknot’s Wait And Bleed is the weirdest thing you’ll hear today

Nordic folk duo Nytt Land have released a shamanic take on Slipknot’s nu metal classic

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"Imagine if Guns N' Roses were the worst band you've ever heard": How hardcore punk titans Discharge went glam metal and sabotaged their own career

Allegedly inspired by Led Zeppelin, punk icons Discharge released Grave New World in 1986... and never really recovered

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“Bring Me The Horizon? Who the **** is that?” Watch Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith get his head around Oli Sykes' Sheffield shape-shifters

Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer hears Bring Me The Horizon for the first time, attempts to play along to a metalcore anthem

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"I remember thinking, 'Good God, I'd love to front that band.'" Bruce Dickinson on the first time he saw Iron Maiden live - long before he became their singer

Bruce Dickinson was very impressed by what he saw in Camden Town that night

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Every Bring Me The Horizon album ranked from worst to best

Rearranging Bring Me The Horizon's fascinating, diverse back catalogue in order of greatness

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"Avenge The Fallen can be dubbed ‘more of the same’, but every album stands or falls on the strength of its songs." Hammerfall remind everyone why they remain one of heavy metal's most trusted defenders

Power metal icons Hammerfall return another another top notch slab of epic bombast with Avenge The Fallen

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"Heilung have become a bona fide phenomenon." Lifa Iotungard (Live At Red Rocks) shows off one of the best shows in music at one of the world's most magical venues

Heilung's awe-inspiring live show is captured marvellously on this latest release

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"A performance worthy of their own legendary status." Scorpions rock Wacken Open Air like a hurricane

Scorpions show why they are one of Germany's most beloved rock icons

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"Eternal Blue is old news, and only the beginning of what this band could possibly achieve." Spiritbox stun Wacken Open Air with one of the sets of the weekend

Spiritbox's Wacken debut was overdue, but they absolutely made the most of it

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Gojira, Machine Head, Papa Roach, Within Temptation and many more for Wacken Open Air Festival 2025

The dust has barely settled on Wacken 2024, but tickets for next year's event will go on sale today

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Stars from across the world of rock pay tribute to Aerosmith after the iconic band announced their retirement from touring

Brian May, Slash, Sammy Hagar and more hail Aerosmith's legacy as Steven Tyler's vocal cord injury leads to retirement

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Watch James Hetfield sing Metallica hit Enter Sandman after inhaling helium

Metallica frontman gives us all a laugh as he celebrates his 61st birthday – under the influence of helium gas

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“These shamans are about to bewitch metal’s mainstream”: Green Lung prove they’re the next big thing at awe-inspiring London show

Stoner stars-in-the-making Green Lung played a secret show at a London brewery – and proved they’re ready to hit the big time

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"The annoying thing is that our album played Madison Square Garden before we did": the night Metallica launched The Black Album with the world's biggest listening party

The band hired an arena to unveil their monster fifth record to fans

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“We just wanted to findauthentic, heavier, evil-sounding music”: Mikael Åkerfeldt explains how Opeth rediscovered death metal on new single §1

Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt has growled on a new song for the first time since 2008. This is his explanation why.

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“When we heard it, we were in shock. The producer had tried to make us sound like Def Leppard”: how Anthrax defied the odds to deliver a thrash classic with Among The Living

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