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“Chuck Schuldiner from Death yelled at me for being drunk onstage. That was me not at my best”: Legendary drummer Gene Hoglan is interviewed by equally legendary drummers from Slipknot, Sepultura and more

Happy birthday to iconic metal drummer Gene ‘The Atomic Clock’ Hoglan – born on this day in 1967

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“In the 80s, you ordered a gram of cocaine like you ordered a beer. Doing cocaine was normal in those days”: The high times and crazy life of the Scorpions

Rudolf Schenker, Klaus Meine and Matthias Jabs look back on the career of Germany’s biggest rock band

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"I had a swastika t-shirt thinking I was Sid Vicious!" The chaotic rise, fall and rise (again) of iconic rasta-punks Bad Brains

Bad Brains were radical, explosive, controversial and an influence on everyone from Slayer to Foo Fighters and Fever 333

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“In the future, we are going to be everywhere”: Slipknot’s Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan wants to play the Olympics in 2028

Will Slipknot follow Gojira’s lead and play the 2028 Olympics in L.A.? “We’d love to do it,” says Clown.

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“The death of my mother was the worst thing that ever happened to me. For a year my motto was, ‘Why should I play, why should I eat, for what?’”: The darkness and despair of late Type O Negative frontman and goth metal icon Peter Steele

In 2007, three years before his death, Peter Steele sat down for one of his most candid interviews ever

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“MTV said, ‘When we look at bands like Mötley Crüe, we know it’s a joke.’ I’m not going to be some clown for MTV”: The twisted, turbulent story of Danzig’s classic Metallica-approved debut album

Danzig’s classic debut album was released on this day in 1988

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The 13 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Gojira, Zeal & Ardor and Charlotte Wessels are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

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Every Leprous album ranked from worst to best

Ranking a back-catalogue as incredible as the Norwegian prog masters’ is a near-impossible job, but someone had to do it

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Watch Metallica’s James Hetfield act opposite Game Of Thrones’ Peter Dinklage in new clip from The Thicket

The western thriller, produced by Dinklage, hits US theatres on September 6

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Order your limited edition Nightwish x Metal Hammer bundle – featuring an exclusive t-shirt!

There are only 300 available, so get yours now!

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Marilyn Manson claims Evan Rachel Wood faked letter from FBI agent in new legal appeal

Manson (real name Brian Warner) has appealed against a judge’s decision to throw out much of his defamation suit against Wood last year

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Watch Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale cover Crawling amid rumours of Linkin Park returning with female singer

Is she teasing or trolling? Either way, it sounds great!

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“It’s a warning to those who have crossed me”: Irish Eurovision alumnus Bambie Thug releases new single Hex So Heavy with nightmarish music video

The witchy, gothic artist also starts their UK and Europe tour tonight

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“My pursuit of work and all things ego was killing me. And nearly killed me.” Slipknot’s Corey Taylor explains 2024 breakdown

The Slipknot singer cancelled a North American tour in January, saying his “mental and physical health have been breaking down”

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You can now stream Gojira’s performance at the 2024 Olympic Games on Spotify, Apple Music, etc.

Relive the greatest metal moment of the year wherever and whenever you like!

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Linkin Park announce next announcement

Their last announcement didn’t announce much, but will Linkin Park’s next announcement announce their long-anticipated reunion?

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“My doctors wanted to cut my arm off”: How Fleshgod Apocalypse turned a near-fatal accident into symphonic death metal magnum opus Opera

In 2021, Fleshgod Apocalypse leader Francesco Paoli fell in a horrific climbing accident. The singer/bassist explains how he overcame broken bones, internal bleeding and the threat of an amputated arm to make the extreme metal mavens’ poignant sixth album.

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"There’s a sadness to that album." How addiction, thrash royalty and the long tail of 9/11 oversaw Lamb Of God's career-defining Ashes Of The Wake

Twenty years old this year, Ashes Of The Wake remains a classic of 21st century metal

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“I would like to do a duet with Bonnie Tyler!" Five minutes with Hammerfall's Joacim Cans

Hammerfall's frontman chats power ballad karaoke, why he hated living in America and touring with Death in the 90s

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"Like Van Halen reincarnated": Watch 10-year-old guitarist Maya Neelakantan blaze through her Metallica-approved performance of Master Of Puppets on America's Got Talent

Child YouTube guitar sensation Maya Neelakantan was granted permission from Metallica to play Master Of Puppets on America's Got Talent, and wowed the judges with her sitar-infused axe-slinging skills

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How to watch this weekend’s epic WWE Bash In Berlin

WWE Bash In Berlin is all set for this weekend - here’s how you can watch all the action live

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“Do you like... beer?” What happened when we accompanied sugar-sweet Japanese ‘Harajuku-core’ metallers Hanabie to the UK's biggest rock festival, Download

Could Hanabie win over a crowd of muddy, drunk British rock fans? You bet

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"Oh my goodness! It's so rousing! Especially the end!": The soundtrack of Gene Simmons' life

Kiss bassist, Demon and fire-breather Gene Simmons picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and names the "most dishonest" album Kiss ever made

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Black Veil Brides wanted to make an album that replicated Metallica's world-dominating Black Album "on every level"

On their 2014 self-titled album, Black Veil Brides were trying to "replicate" Metallica's own self-titled epic 'Black Album'

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Linkin Park countdown starts counting back up, everybody confused

You waited a hundred hours, now you may need to wait a hundred more

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