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“It was inspiring to see how Metallica worked. I had their posters before I had my first guitar”: how Volbeat’s Michael Poulsen stepped up to metal’s big league

The story of Volbeat’s Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies album

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"Everybody wanted to get in on the action. I wasn't letting that happen": Dio's first platinum album could have been very different

Unencumbered by the curse of the second album, The Last In Line became one of the most momentous metal albums of the 80s

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Listen to A Perfect Circle, Puscifer and Primus on new split Sessanta E.P.P.P.

Primus, Puscifer and A Perfect Circle join forces for new split release celebrating Maynard James Keenan's 60th birthday

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"I didn't think it would be over and done with so quick." Sebastian Bach says he and Skid Row owe it to the fans to reunite

Skid Row are again singerless after the departure of Erik Grönwall, but former vocalist Sebastian Bach thinks he has the perfect replacement - himself

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“We can make records until our hands fall off. But if we can’t sell it live, I don’t want to”: how Slayer reconnected with 80s thrash and made World Painted Blood

Slayer’s 2009 album World Painted Blood was the best since their 80s heyday – and this is how they made it

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“I feel like your spirit lives on in another reality. I feel like it gets transferred to another dimension”: how Mastodon transcended death and tragedy to make Emperor Of Sand

The story of Mastodon’s 2017 album Emperor Of Sand, a yell of defiance in the face of death

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Are cigars affecting James Hetfield's voice? Not according to the Metallica man, who says he hasn't sounded this good in a long time

Metallica's James Hetfield loves unwinding with a cigar – but does his vice impact his singing voice?

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“The record company said, ‘You are completely out of your mind!’ Which I was!”: Scorpions’ hit song Rock You Like A Hurricane originally had a different title, and it was definitely NSFW

Ex-Scorpions drummer Herman Rarebell reveals the title he originally had in mind for their 1984 classic Rock You Like A Hurricane

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Trent Reznor recalls his "terrible" attempts at songwriting before he struck gold with Nine Inch Nails

Reznor's Nine Inch Nails on self doubt, how he found his groove, and how sobriety brought him life-changing clarity

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“Nightwish can nail anything they turn their hand to”: Nightwish’s cover of Symphony Of Destruction by Megadeth may be obscure, but it’s an ingeniously out-of-character triumph

In 2004, symphonic metal masters Nightwish covered Megadeth’s gritty thrash anthem, and the result was shockingly excellent

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"When I saw No Doubt perform, it was like the sunbeams came down and the angels sang." 9 songs that changed my life, by New Years Day's Ash Costello

From Queen and No Doubt to AFI and Nine Inch Nails, these are the songs that built Ash Costello

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“We’d play a song in a certain tempo. Three weeks later, it would be twice as fast”: who invented thrash metal? Kirk Hammett has a theory

Kirk Hammett was there at the birth of thrash with his original band Exodus, so he should know more than anyone who invented the genre

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“This is the sonic recreation of the end of the world”: Pendulum's 'go hard or go home' approach ensures that they remain an essential live act

Despite releasing their last full-length album 14 years ago, Pendulum play a spectacular set bridging the past and the future at London’s O2 Arena

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“It’s as evocative and deviant as the title suggests. It’s very sexual and disturbed”: the obscure 90s goth songs that changed Ville Valo’s life

Ville Valo on the cult goth songs every goth metal fan should listen to

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Rammstein are being sued by French act Ninja Cyborg who say German giants stole the riff for Deutschland

Expert analysis backs claim from Ninja Cyborg that Rammstein plagiarised their song The Sunny Road on Deutschland

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The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

SeeYouSpaceCowboy, Fu Manchu and Full Of Hell are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

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Every Jinjer album ranked from worst to best

We’ve put the four studio records by Ukraine’s sonic wrecking machine in reverse-order of magnificence

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“Between girls, drugs and an entourage he’d bring everywhere, Pete was out of his mind more than at any other point.” How I Don't Wanna Be Me gave gothic metal icons Type O Negative their last big anthem, but spelled the start of the end

I Don't Wanna Be Me is one of Type Of Negative's hallmark songs, but the story of its conception was, typically, surrounded by controversy, mayhem and a dose of black humour

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"Prog music, or heavy music in general, is a very conservative scene. When you are willing to expose yourself emotionally, it’s a vulnerable place to be." Devin Townsend tackles The Prog Interview

From his early days with Steve Vai to battling through mental health problems and explaining to Prog just why he prefers Beefheart over Zappa, there’s much to cover in this therapeutic discussion…

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Korn are working on a new album, apparently it’s “the best and heaviest Korn stuff in years”

Guitarist Brian “Head” Welch gives a promising update about Korn album number 15

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Vinnie Paul “was never behind” the idea of Pantera reuniting, says former bandmate

Hellyeah and Mudvayne singer Chad Gray says late drummer Vinnie Paul never wanted Pantera to reunite following the death of his brother Dimebag Darrell

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“When we parted ways back in 1984, they told me to stick around because they might need me in 40 years.” Original Anthrax bassist Dan Lilker will rejoin the band for US and South American tour

Lilker will fill in for Frank Bello, who’s briefly stepping away from Anthrax for personal reasons

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"The gap between pop and metal is getting smaller." From trauma-powered Taiwanese black metal to “nu gothika”, here are some of the best new metal bands you need to hear right now

The metal scene is more exciting and diverse than ever, and here's the proof

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Reliqa announce new album Secrets Of The Future

Young Australian prog metallers Reliqa will release Secrets Of The Future in May

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Limp Bizkit fans, rejoice! You can now buy hot dog-flavoured water to drink

US chain 7-Eleven may or may not be pulling an April Fools Day prank, but they’re unwittingly turning Fred Durst into a prophet

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