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Crowdfunding campaign launched to support the family of late GosT mastermind James Lollar

"He was a father, a friend, a talented musician, and a one-of-a-kind human being"

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"I started chemo and got in touch with my Native American roots." How Testament's Chuck Billy survived cancer (and grunge) to become a thrash metal legend

Testament, Marvel's What If...?, an upcoming biography: Chuck Billy is a man of many talents

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"I wanna write lyrics that have real weight in real life experience. I don’t wanna write about still dyeing my hair black!" Members of influential bands Crowbar and Type O Negative unite in dour new supergroup Sun Don't Shine

The 90s most miserable metal bands have united to create a brilliant new supergroup

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"When I started playing guitar at 14 I was watching Alice Cooper live shows on YouTube, dreaming of joining one day!" Alice Cooper announces new guitarist Anna Cara

Anna Cara is replacing Nita Stauss, who is taking a career break

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Harm's Way guitarist Bo Lueders dead at 38

Bo was also co-host of the hugely popular HardLore Podcast

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Former Turnstile guitarist Brady Ebert facing charge of attempted murder of Turnstile frontman Brendan Yates' 79-year-old father

"We have no language left for Brady" Turnstile say following shock arrest of founding guitarist Ebert

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James Lollar, the mastermind behind dark synthwave trailblazers GosT, dead at 46

GosT announce the passing of bandleader James Lollar

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“There’s a man trapped inside my cat!” – genre-smashing star Poppy is on the cover of the new issue of Metal Hammer with an exclusive new interview

Poppy returns to the cover of Metal Hammer and she's as delightfully enigmatic as ever

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"If you’re trying to have followers and make them think like you do, you’re just building a cult." How Maynard James Keenan's Puscifer explore comedy and tragedy

When the world gets dark, Puscifer get weird and their new album Normal Isn't is as weird as it gets

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"We're exploring the similarities between recycling and horror. For example, zombies are recycled flesh and bones." Sweden has a new face in the war against household waste: heavy metal monster band Lordi

In one of the strangest stories we've heard this year, Lordi will be the face of a new recycling campaign in Sweden

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"Our goal is to be the biggest heavy metal band in the world." Tailgunner want to be the new Iron Maiden. Or the new Metallica. Or the new Judas Priest. And KK Downing is convinced

If you’re looking for some ‘leather, studs and bullet belts’ classic metal, get in Tailgunner's firing line

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"Not just a way to disrupt the status quo, but perhaps to destroy it completely." Sub Pop announces details of what promises to be the best record on the label since its '90s heyday, and you can hear the first single now

Get ready for the return of cult heroes Slift

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"I could feel his heart through his chest and he passed away right there." Childhood tragedy, unlikely success and emotional reunions: Max Cavalera on how he reshaped metal with Sepultura and Soulfly

From losing his father at an early age to transforming metal with Sepultura and Soulfly, Max Cavalera looks back on a life on the front lines of metal

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"When you live in Mexico there is always this thought in the back of your head that you are not safe. You’re always alert."Meet the band bringing true heavy metal back to Mexico - while trying to escape it

Jet Jaguar are one of their country's few old school heavy metal bands, but they're not planning on staying

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"Linkin Park helped me survive." Anti-war protests, hidden identities and split personalities: Meet N0trixx, the Russian-born trap metal artist exploring mental health

N0trixx's experiences with dissociative identity disorder have inspired one of 2026's most fascinating metal debuts

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"We're honouring a legend." Inside King Ultramega, the star-studded tribute to Chris Cornell featuring members of Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, Mastodon, Anthrax and more

How a spur-of-the-moment pandemic jam turned into a special tribute to a much-missed legend

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Babymetal announce a tour of the Americas with support from Halestorm and Violent Vira, plus an expanded edition of last year’s Metal Forth album featuring Bring Me The Horizon’s Jordan Fish

A busy summer and autumn for the Fox God

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"We want it to happen just as much as you do." Resurrected prog metal heroes Nevermore reveal why they won't play the USA in 2026

Band cite work permit issues as the reason for withdrawal from ProgPower USA bill

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“I just wanted to punch that dude in the face." How Linkin Park pushed themselves to the limit on Hybrid Theory and changed the face of metal

In October 2000, as the nu metal revolution rolled ever onward, one band released an album that changed the game, and their lives, forever...

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“I liked Master Of Puppets, but I’d definitely change the channel when Dave Mustaine got in the car”: Ex-Megadeth bassist David Ellefson remembers his first impression of Metallica’s 1986 game-changer

Playing in Metallica’s rival band didn’t stop him from loving their landmark third album same as everyone else

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"There'd be guys in full Kiss make-up just standing there flipping us off for the whole set." After the release of Adrenaline, Deftones faced hostile audiences and were forced to hone their chops the hard way

This Sacramento band were clearly destined for greatness in 1996 –even if some people didn't quite understand what they were doing

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Former Iron Maiden singer Blaze Bayley to perform at band’s blockbuster Knebworth festival in July, playing songs from The X Factor, Virtual XI and The Best Of The Beast

The vocalist, who fronted the heavy metal titans from 1994 to 1999, will headline the Friday night of the two-day event

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"Appropriate action will be taken." Kid Rock is being investigated by the US Army after posting a video of military helicopter flyby

The self-styled American Bad Ass is seen applauding two Apache helicopters outside his Nashville home on social media post

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"Parents come up to me and instead of going, ‘Oh you’re not a good role model because you talk about sex’, they say the opposite!" How Halestorm's breakthrough anthem smashed some silly taboos in rock 'n' roll

Believe it or not, a lot of modern mainstream rock had become a little prudish by around 2009. Halestorm helped change that

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"She's skipping, spinning, hollering and slapping the hell out of her frame drum when she’s not riling the crowd up." Mysterious Viking war trance duo Eihwar bring a party like no other to London

Eihwar bring the bangers to the UK capital

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