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"Machine Head live to defy expectations." Robb Flynn and co. conquer Bloodstock with an explosive, emotional headline set

Machine Head return to Bloodstock for an almighty Saturday night headline set

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"The thing you’re getting on your phone sucks." Maynard James Keenan's ban on filming his live shows is here to stay

Filming on phones and other devices is prohibited at Tool, A Perfect Circle and Puscifer shows – and that's not likely to change

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Was Ozzy Osbourne's death as globally significant as the passing of Queen Elizabeth? Ex Megadeth man thinks so

Former Megadeth bassist David Ellefson says Ozzy's death had the same impact as when the Queen Elizabeth II passed

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“The guy everyone is so serious about, it all started with ‘not by the hair of my chinny-chin-chin’”: How a novelty 90s comedy song gave Tool’s Maynard James Keenan his first hit

Before Tool broke big, Maynard James Keenan was squealing like a pig on a 90s hit

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Lacuna Coil's Bloodstock set shows they are a band operating at the peak of their powers

30 years into their career, Lacuna Coil are writing some of their very best music - and putting on some of their best live shows

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One of British metal's most important bands just played their final ever UK festival show - and it was one hell of a goodbye

Orange Goblin commemorate their 30th - and final - year with a barnstorming final UK festival performance at Bloodstock

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One of the most legendary cult metal projects ever finally came to the UK and put on a hell of a show...but one big thing stopped it being a classic

Max Cavalera's Nailbomb show why they're so revered in the metal scene, even if sound gremlins scupper their momentum

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Sleep Token cameo, Black Sabbath jam, a surprise Robb Flynn...I think I might have just watched Trivium play their greatest festival set ever. Yep, even better than THAT Download one

Self-proclaimed "kings of metal" Trivium set an impossibly high bar headlining Friday night of Bloodstock Open Air 2025

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Watch Bad Omens' atmospheric, arty video for emotional new single Specter

Noah Sebastian's metalcore stars follow through on this week's teaser videos hinting at new music

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Lamb Of God, Slaughter To Prevail and Judas Priest to headline Bloodstock festival 2026; Sepultura, Bleed From Within and 20 other acts also confirmed

The four-day heavy metal festival will celebrate its 25th anniversary at Catton Park, Derbyshire from August 6 to 9

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The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Trivium, Babymetal and AFI are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

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Watch Nine Inch Nails give live debut to new single As Alive As You Need Me To Be as they launch North American Peel it Back tour with Josh Freese back on drums

Josh Freese returns to NIN live duties as Trent Reznor's band play Oakland Arena to kick off North American tour

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Sharon Osbourne says that reports that Black Sabbath's Back To The Beginning farewell show raised $190 million for charity are "just ridiculous"

Sharon Osbourne hits out at "false press" around the money raised by Ozzy's farewell spectacular

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A Sons Of Anarchy and The Walking Dead star has teamed up with Bad Omens for two weird, creepy teaser videos and the fandom are losing their minds

Bad Omens are teasing an August 8 announcement, and fans of Noah Sebastian's metalcore heroes are as excited as kids impatiently awaiting Santa's arrival

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"I didn't plan on making music anymore." How Paradise Slaves gave Brock Lindow a new lease of life after 36 Crazyfists

After a final show in December 2019, 36 Crazyfists' Brock Lindow thought he was done. But a message from Killswitch Engage's Joel Stroetzel brought him back to music

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“People are so passionate about it. It’s almost more important to some of them than watching the bands”: Bin Jousting is the insane heavy metal festival sport that the Olympics needs right now

How Bin Jousting went from after-dark guerrilla sport to Bloodstock fixture

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"I didn't have a clear idea of what I was doing...I just felt lost." Iron Maiden legend Bruce Dickinson on the existential crisis that helped shape one of his most beloved songs

This classic power ballad was seen by many as a goodbye to Iron Maiden, but the real meaning runs a little deeper

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BBC to broadcast documentary film Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home, about final three years of Black Sabbath singer’s life, later this month

The 60-minute standalone documentary will air on BBC One and via BBC iPlayer on August 18

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“Nobody walked away going, ‘That’s the last time we’ll see Ozzy’”: Metallica’s Lars Ulrich looks back on Black Sabbath’s retirement show, Back To The Beginning

Metallica’s drummer says Sabbath were “great, if not better than ever” at their final show, which took place just 17 days before singer Ozzy Osbourne’s death

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John Carpenter announces Halloween: The Complete Expanded Collection to be released in October

John Carpenter's new Halloween trilogy of soundtrack albums are released in expanded editions as well as collected in a limited edition deluxe box set with a lenticular cover

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Hear Trivium return with Ascendancy-coded new single Bury Me With My Screams

The Florida metal mavens headline Bloodstock festival on Friday and will release a new EP, Struck Dead, on October 31

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Just when you thought vinyl couldn't get any more adorable, Black Sabbath release a 4" single

Also available: Ghost, Mötley Crüe, the Rolling Stones and more

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Texan terrors Die Spitz share video for new single Pop Punk Anthem (Sorry For The Delay) as a preview for incoming debut album Something to Consume

You'll be hearing a lot about Die Spitz in 2025: start listening now

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“I was so lucky and blessed to be a part of a very small group that got to call him ‘Dad’”: Jack Osbourne posts emotional tribute to late father Ozzy on social media

Ozzy’s youngest child has taken to Instagram to pay tribute to his father, who died aged 76 last month

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Metallica announce one of their most intimate shows ever, playing to just 250 people later this month – and you can win a ticket

The biggest band in metal will play their smallest gig in decades on August 28

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