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“This story takes place around a seminal UFO event that I believe happened”: Blink-182's Tom DeLonge has written a novel titled Trinity about a “pivotal moment in American culture”

For his new novel Trinity, Blink-182's Tom DeLonge has taken “a whole lot of truth and encased it in a cool and rebellious story”

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Zakk Wylde turned down the chance to join Guns N' Roses because he needed to buy pizza and soda pop for his girlfriend

Zakk Wylde accepted an invitation Axl Rose to jam with Guns N' Roses, but backed away when reality came calling

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Slayer, Slipknot, Iron Maiden, Mötley Crüe and many more confirmed for massive Aftershock lineup

Organisers are calling Aftershock 2024 "the largest rock and metal festival ever put together in California"

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7 brilliant new metal bands to watch out for in 2024

From Japanese Samurai metallers Ryujin to 'bimboviolence' pioneers BRAT, rising alt metal stars Alt Blk Era and mysterious black metallers The Sun's Journey Through The Night, these are the bands you need to hear in 2024

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“It’s heavy, it’s dynamic, it’s technical!” We got Trivium and Bullet For My Valentine to name the best song on each other’s classic 2005 album

Ahead of their Poisoned Ascendancy co-headliner, we asked Trivium to pick the best song on The Poison and Bullet For My Valentine to choose their favourite Ascendancy track

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“As all popes do, they have their reign and then we continue forward”: What happened the night Ghost’s Papa Emeritus I passed the torch to Papa II onstage

Though we all expect Ghost to change singers between albums nowadays, the ascension of Papa Emeritus II was unprecedented at the time

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Tarja shares new single edit of Dark Star ahead of What Lies Beneath reissue

Finnish singer Tarja's 2010 album What Lies Beneath to be remastered and reissued with extra disc

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The 10 best heavy metal songs about Godzilla (and other Toho monsters, too)

Godzilla (plus Mothra, Rodan, Gamera and more) have long been beloved in the heavy metal scene. These 10 monstrous tracks prove it.

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Surprise! Courtney Love joined Green Day covers project The Coverups onstage for three songs in London last night

Hole star Courtney Love joined Billie Joe Armstrong & Co. for versions of songs by Cheap Trick and Tom Petty

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Ozzy Osbourne explains social media tirade against Kanye West: “It’s wrong if you don’t say anything about him.”

The Black Sabbath frontman lambasted Ye’s unapproved sampling of Iron Man earlier this month, following a series of antisemitic comments made by the rapper

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"It would be the perfect bookend to my life in latex": Horror legend Doug Bradley wants to play an "older, darker Pinhead" for one last Hellraiser movie

Doug Bradley has expressed an interest in returning to his iconic Pinhead character from the Hellraiser franchise - under specific conditions

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“Without prior warning, he immediately left the band”: Sepultura drummer Eloy Casagrande abruptly quits, replacement revealed

The Brazilian metal veterans, who start their farewell tour next month, say their longtime drummer left to pursue an unnamed outside project

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"No one will ever accuse Al Jourgensen of not being p***ed at the state of the world, no matter what state the world might be in": Ministry set the world to rights with Hopiumforthemasses

Al Jourgensen might be hinting at putting Ministry to bed after their next album, but Hopiumforthemasses shows the industrial metal legends are just as incendiary and furious as ever

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“Hopefully, everything will go back to normal”: How Korn, Kid Rock and System Of A Down helped Metallica through the three weirdest gigs of their career

With James Hetfield injured, Metallica put Jason Newsted on vocals, covered Cheech & Chong and performed with nu metal’s finest for a trio of bizarre 2000 concerts

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“I’m a cosmic thunderlord, here to present you the best show you’ve ever seen”: Watch Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst seemingly lose his mind during a collaboration with shoegaze band Diiv

In a new music video by Brooklyn shoegazers Diiv, Limp Bizkit’s singer plays a faux SNL presenter while, randomly, wearing sunglasses and a hi-vis jacket

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“I am honoured to be joined by dozens of my favourite artists”: Slash, Corey Taylor, Serj Tankian and more will appear on a new album by composer extraordinaire Bear McCreary

Members of Anthrax, Meshuggah and Soundgarden will also join the Walking Dead/Godzilla/God Of War composer’s all-star lineup

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"Since black metal, what’s the next dangerous thing?": Ihsahn reflects on black metal's place in rock'n'roll history

Former Emperor frontman Ihsahn discusses how black metal maintains a rock tradition and why social media is hurting how we interact with some musicians

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“You’ll see a lot of hoods up and masks on and fire ceremonies”: some lad from Boyzone thinks that modern musicians are carrying out live Satanic rituals at shows

We'll be honest, we didn't have 'ex-boy band singer accuses world's biggest pop star of performing demonic rituals' on our predictions for 2024

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"But oh my God, he's just awesome. Power, resonance, tone... fabulous": Bruce Dickinson names some of his favourite singers

Iron Maiden man Bruce Dickinson talks about his favourite vocalists in the lead-up to the release of new solo album The Mandrake Project

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"Tony Iommi ain't got charisma, it's like watching a lamp post with a guitar on": in 1986 Ozzy Osbourne invited Smash Hits magazine to join him on tour in Japan. The Prince of Darkness had a lot on his mind

Ozzy Osbourne wasn't afraid to speak his mind when interviewed in Tokyo by Smash Hits magazine in the summer of 1986

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If you think AI technology is all fun and games, you clearly haven't seen the new 'Mike Patton as Britney Spears' Toxic video

Mike Patton is one of rock's most brilliantly versatile vocalists, but you've never seen him like this before, and will never want to again

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"I may be naive, but what performer wants his audience dead?": Watch comedian Bill Hicks point out the absurdity of Judas Priest's subliminal message trial

In 1990 Judas Priest were taken to court over alleged subliminal messages, a year later comedian Bill Hicks pointed out the absurdity of the situation

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“They don’t know how to make a bad album!” Metal Hammer writers battle it out over which Ghost album is best

Every Ghost album is a fan-favourite, but which one is the ultimate in their devilish discography? We got the five biggest fans in Team Hammer to fight it out.

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"The Mandrake Project flies by but still feels like an epic journey": Bruce Dickinson's first solo album in almost 20 years is a resounding triumph

The Mandrake Project sees Bruce Dickinson return to solo output almost 20 years after A Tyranny Of Souls

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“Without me begging him, it wouldn’t have happened”: Wife of Slayer’s Tom Araya says she “harassed” him for over a year to reunite the band

Thrash metal fans have the wife of bassist/vocalist Tom Araya to thank for Slayer getting back together, according to one of her social media posts

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