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Debate: What's the greatest grunge album ever?

Nevermind? Dirt? Ten? God's Balls? Spanking Machine? We want to know the one elite grunge album you can't live without

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“I had a lot of issues”: Serj Tankian details how back surgery impacted System Of A Down touring schedule

The vocalist explains how a 2021 procedure played into the band’s decision to stick to standalone shows rather than full-scale touring

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“It was the greatest way he could say goodbye”: Ozzy Osbourne is on the cover of the new Metal Hammer

We celebrate the life of the godfather of heavy metal and look back at his farewell show Back To The Beginning

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Not even Chino Moreno knows why Deftones guitarist Stephen Carpenter isn’t touring overseas anymore: “It’s still something that I feel he is figuring out”

Carpenter announced his intention to stop playing international shows with his alt-metal band in 2022

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“It’s pretty progressive, but it’s not Rush, is it? It’s not Dream Theater. The virtuosity comes in the details and subtlety”: When TesseracT introduced themselves and explained the djent movement

At a time when online musicianship was still regarded as a bit geeky, the quintet were preparing to launch debut album One and embark on their first US tour – and they had plenty to say about filesharing, stats and haircuts

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Debate: What's the best Black Sabbath album?

Whether it’s a classic like Paranoid or a left-field pick like Born Again, we want to know which Black Sabbath album you can’t stop spinning

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"In terms of live hard rock and roll, this is as good as it gets." Metallica's Lars Ulrich salutes one of the greatest live albums ever, a record he says he's listened to "about 18,000 times"

Lars Ulrich pays tribute to "the best hard rock live album ever".

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Kittie have re-recorded a nu metal classic to celebrate its 25th anniversary and make us feel ancient

The Canadian four-piece’s song Spit was released two-and-a-half decades ago, and your lower back isn’t what it used to be

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The new Call Of Duty: Black Ops 7 trailer contains a weird industrial remix of Metallica’s Master Of Puppets

Ever wondered what it would sound like if Metallica played one of their greatest songs while scaffolding fell on them? Activision’s got you covered!

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We need to talk about those heavy metal needle drops in Alien: Earth

Alien: Earth is receiving critical acclaim across the board - and it's packing some surprising metal bangers

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"We can't wait to share some of these new songs with you!" Between The Buried And Me announce UK and European tour for early 2026

US prog metallers Between The Buried And Me will release their new studio album, The Blue Nowhere, in September

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Judas Priest’s Rob Halford reveals his reaction to Ozzy Osbourne’s death: “I curled up in a ball and bawled my eyes out for hours”

The Metal God says he’s “still grieving” following the death of Black Sabbath’s Prince Of Darkness in July

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"In the barn! Of the goat! Giving birth to Satan’s spawn!": Michael Poulsen on the hidden messages in Volbeat's new album

Volbeat singer/guitarist Michael Poulsen on life, death, loss, evil, spirituality, choosing music over boxing, the new album and goats

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More than 30 years into their career, one of the nastiest cult thrash metal bands you probably haven't heard of just made one of their best albums

New Desaster album Kill All Idols is more proof they should be way bigger - but maybe music this deathly and monstrous needs to live in the shadows

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Babymetal become the first Japanese group to get a Top 10 in the US

Babymetal's collab-heavy new album Metal Forth makes history as they become the first "all-Japanese" band to debut in the Top 10 of the Billboard 200

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"Rage Against The Machine was always sort of a volatile situation." Tom Morello addresses the future of Rage Against The Machine

In a new radio interview, Tom Morello addresses why RATM cancelled tour dates in 2022, the future of the band and the last time he saw Ozzy Osbourne

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Deftones - Private Music review: the most complete and essential album Deftones have made in a very long time and the perfect record for their late-period career renaissance

Deftones are arguably bigger than ever - and to top it all off, they've made an absolute beauty of a new album

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BBC explains why it pulled Ozzy Osbourne documentary

Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home was originally scheduled to be broadcast on Monday, but was pulled at the last minute

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"I started crying when I came off-stage. It ****ing broke me!" An audience with President, metal's newest mysterious masked sensation

Following in the footsteps of Ghost and Sleep Token, President are taking the metal world by storm

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So there's a Sleep Token tribute band now and it honestly looks like great fun

Watch a video from Sleep Broken's performance in Milton Keynes this past weekend. What would Vessel make of this?!

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Bad Omens announce 2025 European tour - including their biggest UK shows ever

One of metalcore's fastest-rising bands will return to the UK and Europe this winter

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Which heavy metal singers would survive a zombie apocalypse? We asked people at Bloodstock Festival for their picks

From hammer-wielding Swedes to gun-toting Motor City Madmen, these are the metal singers Bloodstock figured could weather a zombie apocalypse

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"It's what music should be." Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson on phone-free shows

While he says enforcing an all-out ban would be difficult, Iron Maiden frontman loves the concert vibe without phones

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“Aston Villa is proud to remember Ozzy Osbourne, a music legend”: Watch Aston Villa FC pay tribute to Ozzy Osbourne before their first game of the new season

The Prince Of Darkness’ hometown team Aston Villa honour the late singer at Villa Park, site of his final gig

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“Fuelled by a combustible mix of chemicals, vengeance and spite”: Every Megadeth album ranked, from worst to best

Dave Mustaine has announced the metal icons’ final album – here’s how they got here

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