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“Those two are really strong, powerful albums and people will appreciate them later”: Steve Harris defends The X Factor and Virtual XI, Iron Maiden’s most derided albums

Maiden’s bassist/founder addresses the hatred towards two of their least-liked releases, while also admitting his band have never made “the perfect album”

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UK stoner/doom champions Green Lung to headline Desertfest London 2026; four other bands also confirmed

Desertfest will fill five Camden venues with the sounds of doom, stoner and psychedelic rock from May 15 to 17

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5 brilliant new metal bands you need to hear this month

From Gates To Hell's Kentucky fried death metal, to the shimmering industrial metal of The Defect, riffy stoner rock'n'roll of King Kraken, crossover thrashers Inhuman Nature and nu gaze champions Split Chain, these are the metal bands you need to hear in September 2025

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British metal has ruled the world this summer – just this once, I’m actually proud of my country

From Black Sabbath’s blockbuster farewell to Sleep Token’s first time as a Download festival headliner, all eyes have been on the British metal scene in recent months. Rightfully so.

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Watch Daron Malakian join stunned System Of A Down tribute band for cover of Cigaro in Chicago

System Of A Down guitarist hears his own band being covered, then walks into venue and joins them onstage

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Billy Corgan joins My Chemical Romance for Smashing Pumpkins cover in Chicago

Smashing Pumpkins frontman is surprise guest for My Chemical Romance's cover of Bullet With Butterfly Wings

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“They asked Kate Bush, ‘Why do you write about this stuff?’ She said, ‘Well, I’m not very interesting!’ It’s the same with us”: What Sylosis learned from prog stars including Opeth, Tool and Rush

Frontman of the British metal band and his colleagues accidentally discovered a breadth of influences after feeling uninspired by their peers

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

Mudvayne, Soulfly and Avatar are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

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Watch: Bruce Dickinson talks leaving Iron Maiden in the 90s, making Balls To Picasso and THAT reggae moment

We sat down with Iron Maiden’s frontman to talk about life around the release of his second solo album, which was recently remixed and reissued

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Deftones, Turnstile, Viagra Boys, Doechii and more announced for Lollapalooza shows in Brazil, Chile and Argentina

Lollapalooza is returning to South America in March

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Get the latest issue of Metal Hammer with an exclusive glow-in-the-dark Nova Twins t-shirt, celebrating the release of new album Parasites & Butterflies

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I just watched Metallica play in front of a few hundred people including Paul McCartney, Michael J. Fox and Sylvester Stallone - here's what it was like

Intimate, fun and occasionally feral, I feel like I just witnessed something truly special

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Evanescence’s Amy Lee, Spiritbox’s Courtney LaPlante and Poppy will release a collaborative single soon, and we could not be more hyped

The greatest metal mash-up since the discovery of the alloy

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“There’s a lot of heaviness in the air, which Maiden doesn’t really take advantage of”: Bruce Dickinson explains why his solo music is heavier than Iron Maiden

The frontman’s solo output uses more downtuning and fewer guitar harmonies than Maiden’s songs

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"Hurt People Hurt People has probably been around since the beginning of man." Revived nu metallers Mudvayne release their first new song in 16 years

Hurt People Hurt People is the first taste of new Mudvayne material since 2009's self-titled album

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Watch System Of A Down cover Black Sabbath’s Snowblind for the first time since 2002 in tribute to Ozzy Osbourne

The nu metal band brought their cover out of the vault at a co-headline show with Korn on Wednesday

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Slipknot stream demo version of 1999 rager Me Inside, taken from 25th-anniversary reissue of debut album

The 18-legged wrecking machine are putting out a very expanded re-release of their propulsive debut album on September 5

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Nova Twins Parasites & Butterflies review: one of the UK's most exciting alternative bands have made something beautiful out of chaos

Tom Morello and Elton John approved alt stars Nova Twins make a triumphant return with album three

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Debate: what's the greatest punk album ever?

Ramones? Fun House? The Crack? Dookie? The Shape Of Punk To Come? Randy the Band? We want to know your pick for punk's finest hour

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Rate my music taste: these are my five favourite metalcore albums ever

I think these are the greatest metalcore albums ever. Agree with me?

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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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