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“I’m just catching a ride, I’m not in retirement or ill or giving up”: Black Sabbath’s Bill Ward declares he’s “still a drummer” despite needing to use a wheelchair

The pioneering heavy metal sticksman “can’t walk very far without needing to rest” but refuses to give up his instrument

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"He was a wild man, our wild man, and that came with some challenges. Losing him has meant sitting with a type of grief we never expected." Mastodon reveal reasons for late guitarist Brent Hinds' departure in new film

The Mastodon in the Room is available to watch on YouTube

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"This band is like no other, what they stand for and what they've done". The story of the Rage Against The Machine anthem that topped the Christmas charts 17 years after it was released

Inspired by the LA riots, Killing In The Name became an unlikely Christmas smash after a fan campaign against TV talent shows

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The Metallica Doodle Map: All of Rob and Kirk's local Doodles

Watch videos of all Kirk Hammett and Rob Trujillo's local Doodles from the WorldWired and M72 tour with our handy interactive Metallica Doodle Map

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The official Bon Scott YouTube channel is uploading some amazing rare AC/DC footage

Watch rare footage of AC/DC and Bon Scott, who would have turned 80 today

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Converge announce UK and European tour dates with Sanguisugabogg, Blackbraid and Pupil Slicer, share video for moody album track It Used to Matter

US hardcore legends outline details of shows in Germany, Holland, France, and the UK in support of new album Hum of Hurt

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Hear Viking death metal berserkers Amon Amarth go fully acoustic on shocking new ballad Upphaf

The Swedes call it a “quiet moment” ahead of the “fury” of their as-yet-unannounced 13th album

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“It went pretty well – meltdown aside!” Blaze Bayley remembers the notorious gig where Iron Maiden were pelted with spit

The band played Santiago to a famously frosty reception during the X Factour in 1996

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“One of the most unlikely bands ever to notch up a string of number-one albums”: Every System Of A Down album ranked from worst to best

As the nu metal-era giants prepare to rock Tottenham Stadium, we review and rank their five studio albums

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"I thought, What is this? I don't understand what I'm hearing, but wow!" Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor on the "life-changing" record which blew his teenage mind, and why soft rock legends Barry Manilow and Billy Joel may have influenced his songwriting

Trent Reznor testifies to the mind-expanding wonders of his teenage record collection

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"I've never been a religious person. But letting go of that, of the incredible weight of ego, has helped me listen." Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor reveals why he says a prayer before going on stage

The Slipknot vocalist was a guest on the Mythical Kitchen podcast

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"I purposely ignored this record for a long time. I didn’t really fully understand the band because I never gave it a chance." Converge vocalist Jacob Bannon on the '80s alt. rock album that changed his life, and his band, forever

"It changed everything"

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"When we were playing like 100 capacity rooms, as soon as it kicked in, people were in danger, like people could die." How Knocked Loose wrote Counting Worms as a terrifying set interlude and scored a viral hit

If vocalist Bryan Garris hadn't decided to bark like a dog on this 2016 song, their career path could have turned out very differently

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"My biggest fear was that we were gonna be a one-hit wonder." Amy Lee reveals doubts after Evanescence single Bring Me to Life became a massive hit

"It definitely flew higher than anybody expected it to."

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"As a kid, you think rock music is full of angry blokes in baggy trousers, but actually it’s so hot." From the Rob Zombie banger that made her realise music can be "sexy" to how Queen changed her life, A. A. Williams' life story in ten songs

Alt singer-songwriter A. A. Williams makes us a playlist and tells us the story behind it

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"It made me sound like Clint Eastwood from A Fistful Of Dollars, clutching a condom." Keep Rob Halford up at night and you end up with a Judas Priest classic

Living After Midnight was pivotal in breaking Judas Priest in the US – and it all came about because Rob Halford couldn't sleep

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"My bandmates saved my life. Without question. They never judged me." Shinedown frontman Brent Smith opens up about the loss, addiction and rebirth that led to new album EI8HT

Shinedown’s charmed career belies a band that has rolled with the punches

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"Ozzy signed the book plates months before the final show." Black Sabbath announce first ever official book, featuring rare photographs and memorabilia, plus in-depth interviews with all four original band members

The Masters of Reality - Why Black Sabbath Matter is now available to pre-order

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"All of our stuff was stolen from our van, but you've got to keep going. We found a big plastic sword and use that as protection." In 2008, cult Canadian punk rock lifers Cancer Bats got in the van for a perilous DIY tour. This is what happened

An archive interview with Cancer Bats following the release of their second full-length album, Hail Destroyer

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"Who else on this planet could get away with a 10-minute instrumental and not prompt a mass exodus to the bars?" After 99 shows and three years, Metallica finish the M72 World Tour with one last almighty hurrah

Metallica return to London Stadium to show exactly how they became metal's biggest band

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"All I wanted is a Pepsi, just one Pepsi, and she wouldn't give it to me." Howcrossover metal heroes Suicidal Tendencies set a dizzying panic attack to music and called it Institutionalized

Fun fact: a can of Pepsi would have cost frontman Mike Muir around 30 cents in 1983

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"We get off stage and I haven’t seen him like that in 20 years. He was livid." How Metallica's crazy team-up with Lady Gaga started with an A-list dinner party and almost ended in total chaos

One of the most unlikely collaborations in Grammys history was also one of the most cursed, but they pulled it out of the bag

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"He said something I found really juvenile and offensive. He told me that Jesus was an alien and he could levitate." How Megadeth tapped into UFO conspiracy theories for 1990 thrash classic Hangar 18

Hangar 18 was written by Dave Mustaine before he joined Metallica

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"So that's why I'm a skinny f***." Motley Crue's Tommy Lee on the physical demands of being a rock drummer

Tommy Lee says he puts in the equivalent of 13 miles of running at every Motley Crue show

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