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Lighting up a dank east London basement, Ecca Vandal proves that she's got the songs, the skills, the attitude and the aura to become alt.rock's next 'new' star

Ecca Vandal is a breath of fresh air, and a star in the making

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Watch: we asked people at Reading 2025 what the most metal thing they’ve ever done at a festival was

From hellacious moshpits to getting piercings in a tent, artists and attendees at Reading festival tell us some of their most metal tales

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Die Spitz share video for Punishers, the final single from their forthcoming debut album, Something to Consume

Austin, Texas' finest new band offer another preview of their Jack White-endorsed debut album

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“When that album came out, everybody wanted to throw it in the bin”: Turbo may have been Judas Priest’s most controversial album, but Rob Halford hints at plans to play more of it live

Judas Priest’s frontman argues that their 1986 album has undergone some serious reappraisal since it came out

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Cradle Of Filth guitarist fired following vicious statement days after keyboardist wife’s departure

Marek “Ashok” Šmerda has been let go after strongly criticising the band’s business practices, with singer Dani Filth calling the guitarist’s words defamatory

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"He's the Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart of the riff": Gibson salutes Tony Iommi in star-studded new film series

Iommi: The Godfather Of Heavy Metal features interviews with Brian May, Slash, Dave Mustaine, Kirk Hammett, Scott Ian and more

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"I will miss your crazy ass Manimal." Mastodon's Bill Kelliher pays tribute to former bandmate Brent Hinds

"I didn’t think you’d be taken from us like this"

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"You are a disrespectful dirtbag!" Kelly Osbourne furiously fires back at WWE and Becky Lynch following controversial Ozzy Osbourne promo line in Birmingham

Ozzy Osbourne's daughter was not impressed by the mention of her father during a controversial Becky Lynch promo on last night's Raw

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Watch: we asked a bunch of metal artists to pick four classic metal albums

Members of Lamb Of God, Lorna Shore, Halestorm, Bullet For My Valentine and more got involved

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Debate: what was metal's most important year?

1970? 1986? 1994? 2000? What was the most important year in metal history and why?

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"I was like, 'I can't handle this.'" Deftones' Chino Moreno reveals why he gave up booze

Chino Moreno has been sober for three years now

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"The fans supported us through everything. That's why we kept on going": Helloween on career longevity and proving people wrong

German metallers Helloween release a new album this week and begin a 40th anniversary tour in October

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"Korn stood side of stage looking scared but I didn't want to stop." Max Cavalera on his wildest gig, resurrecting Nailbomb and why he doesn't regret leaving Sepultura

Max Cavalera shares his life lessons from over 30 years on metal's frontlines

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"The apocalypse does not have to be the world going down in flames." How Dimmu Borgir reinvented black metal and broke Hollywood with Progenies Of The Great Apocalypse

Working with a full orchestra, Dimmu Borgir's 2003 anthem rewrote the rules for what black metal could sound like

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We told Deftones singer Chino Moreno what ‘baddiecore’ is and this was his response

The frontman reacts to his band being at the forefront of a new, sexed-up metal genre also featuring Sleep Token and Bad Omens

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“I found a message from Ghost asking me if I would consider singing on their first album”: The doom metal legend who could have been Ghost’s original singer if it hadn’t been for a missed MySpace message

Ghost could have sounded very different if Tobias Forge had his way

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"A support slot with Slipknot? We're working on it!" What do deathcore, nu metal and Switzerland have in common? One of the most exciting young bands in metal: Paleface Swiss

Paleface Swiss are one of 2025's major breakout metal bands - and with good reason

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"The worst misconception that people have about Indians is that we’re terrorists." Bloodywood's Karan Katiyar on India's best metal bands, smashing preconceptions and, er, giant ducks

Karan Katiyar of Bloodywood answers some hard, easy and downright ridiculous fan questions

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Cradle of Filth keyboard player Zoë Federoff leaves the band mid tour

Cradle of Filth South American tour rocked by sudden departure of keyboard player Zoë Federoff

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Limp Bizkit pull the biggest crowd of the day at Reading Festival and, to the surprise of no one, absolutely smash it

Surely it's finally time for Limp Bizkit to headline a major UK festival?

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Bring Me The Horizon's Reading headline set is a mixed bag, but when they're good, they're incredible

Bring Me The Horizon start great and finish great, but there's a spectacular ball-drop in the middle

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"I'm an old man, I can do what I f***ing want!" Metal God Rob Halford considers recording an album of Tony Bennett covers

Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford is thinking about making a Tony Bennett tribute album

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“We loved him so, so, so very much”: Mastodon pay tribute to late ex-bandmate Brent Hinds at their first show since his death

Watch Mastodon’s Brann Dailor honour ex-guitarist Brent Hinds’ death at a gig in Alaska

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“Nobody has ever played this song, apart from on the record”: Bruce Dickinson just played a 41-year-old Iron Maiden deep cut live for the first time ever

Bruce Dickinson made history in Anaheim by playing an Iron Maiden classic live for the very first time

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“I didn’t take Lemmy’s advice and I got a beer glass in my face”: The wild story of the spoof heavy metal band who beat Spinal Tap by a year

Spinal Tap weren’t the first spoof heavy metal band

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