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Why do we make THAT face when we hear a gnarly metal riff? Science has the answer

An academic has explained why metalheads scrunch their faces up when blasted with some particularly gruesome guitar

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"I wouldn’t want to be a kid today". 23 years since P.O.D. released anti-gun violence anthem Youth Of The Nation, the song is depressingly more relevant than ever

Inspired by gun violence in schools, P.O.D.'s 2001 top 40 hit Youth Of The Nation has only grown more relevant over time

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Watch the AI-generated nightmare that is Limp Bizkit’s new video for Turn It Up, Bitch

The nu metal giants are promoting latest album Still Sucks with a video that kinda sucks. But maybe that’s the point?

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"Maybe Kerry King gets in and Slayer doesn’t." Kerry King gives his take on the state of metal in 2024, and how he feels about metal not being properly acknowledged by the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame

Kerry King isn't worried about the state of metal in 2024, so nor should you be

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35 years later, James Hetfield is still amazed by Metallica’s pyro before playing One

Footage of Metallica’s singer/guitarist reacting to their stadium-sized firework show has gone viral

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Watch the one and only time Babymetal ever performed 2015 deep cut Tales Of The Destinies live

In 2016, Babymetal unearthed a rare Metal Resistance track for its live debut. They’ve never played it again.

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"It's the worst album in the history of mankind": This is the soundtrack of Al Jourgensen's life

Ministry linchpin Al Jourgensen picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and reveals what happened when GG Allin threw up on him in an elevator in New York

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Max Cavalera isn’t open to a classic Sepultura reunion anymore: “The more the time passes by, the more I feel that I don’t need to”

Despite claiming he was open to a Roots-era reunion just two weeks ago, Sepultura’s former frontman has now said he doesn’t feel the need

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Order your limited edition Kittie bundle – featuring an exclusive T-shirt

There are only 300 available, so get yours now!

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Alt-pop megastar Aurora wants to make a metal album: “My heart wouldn’t be complete without it”

The Norwegian singer/songwriter recently collaborated with Bring Me The Horizon on their Post Human: Nex Gen project

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Watch Machine Head prove their might as festival headliners in this pro-shot video of their full Hellfest set

Oakland’s groove metal heroes played a stack of anthems amid fire and smoke in France last weekend

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"Tipper Gore, as misguided as she may have been, her heart was kind of in the right place." Inside Cover Your Ears, the thoughtful new documentary on music censorship starring Dee Snider, Chuck D, Jello Biafra and more

Cover Your Ears attempts to take a fair and balanced look at the phenomenon of music censorship

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“We can’t wait to play these songs for the world!” Japanese metal sensations Bridear announce UK dates of first-ever world tour

The band have also released the music video for recent song Cult

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“There’s corrupt leaders and warmongers all over the world, where do you draw the line?” Imagine Dragons respond to scathing Serj Tankian comments, defend Israel and Azerbaijan shows

System Of A Down’s singer called the pop-rock stars “not good human beings” for performing in Azerbaijan, which has been accused of preparing to commit genocide against Armenians

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"Lars smiled: 'What do you think?' 'You need more guitar solos, that’s for sure.'" How Metallica kickstarted thrash metal and changed the game forever with a "sloppy" little demo track called Hit The Lights

With Hit The Lights, Metallica found their first signature song and a track that'd have a profound effect on heavy metal's evolution

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“As far as I was concerned, we were done and never going to play again”: Kerry King was as shocked as the rest of us when Slayer reunited

The Slayer guitarist has expressed his surprise at the thrash icons getting back together in a new interview

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“All the new music felt like an ice dagger through a sleeping heart”: Doom metal mavens Swallow The Sun release evocative, melodic new track Innocence Was Long Forgotten

Listen to the bittersweet song and watch its powerful music video here

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In 1991 a student from Akron, Ohio, won Axl Rose's apartment in Hollywood in an MTV competition: First, she had to evict him

"The bed's never been slept in - I'm not saying it hasn't been used" - Axl Rose

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“I imagine there’s more unlistened to copies of Killtaker than any other Fugazi album.” Nirvana may have brought 'alternative rock' to the masses, but for Fugazi, America's greatest punk band, the fall-out proved to be “a real nightmare”

Released on June 30, 1993, Fugazi's In On The Killtaker may have been the Washington DC quartet's best-selling record, but it emerged at a time when the alt. rock 'revolution' was proving to be a "headache" for Ian MacKaye and co.

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Metal Hammer's new Ghost issue is back in stock - get yours while you can!

We've had extra stock added for our latest issue, starring Ghost and celebrating the brilliant Rite Here Rite Now

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"Tobias Forge is a nerd." Rite Here Rite Now director Alex Ross Perry opens up on helping to bring Ghost's first movie to life

Alex Ross Perry on the unique challenges and creative shenanigans that went into the making of Rite Here Rite Now

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"I felt like I'd been cleansed." Comedian Frank Skinner says seeing this legendary metal guitarist was "like a fabulous meditative experience"

Birmingham comedian Frank Skinner shares how seeing a legendary guitarist helped him forget life's problems - and the time he upset Eric Clapton

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"It’s his fault that we’re doing a record now." Kittie reveal what led them to make their first album in 13 years

Returning metal heroes Kittie reveal that a very particular festival and a chance encounter steered them towards their triumphant comeback with Fire

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"Good God!" Watch pro-shot footage of Metallica performing Ride The Lightning in Copenhagen

The M72 world tour thunders on but Metallica took Ride The Lightning back to where it began 40 years ago

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"An epic journey from light to darkness and back." Wintersun finally confirm release date and details of Time II, the Chinese Democracy of extreme metal

The decade-long wait for the second part of 2012's Time is finally over

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