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"A Limp Bizkit is a sad, lumpy body part": Watch these Gen Z music fans react to classic nu metal songs

Does Gen Z like nu metal? YouTube series REACT finds out, while testing the generational group on their knowledge on bands such as Limp Bizkit, Korn and System Of A Down

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"It's not over": Bruce Dickinson is ready to start writing again for the follow up to his forthcoming new solo album The Mandrake Project, says he "already has 10 or 12 different ideas for it"

Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson is a busy man, and is already keen to start work on his next project

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Plans to erect a statue of Motorhead icon Lemmy have been approved in the Staffordshire town where he was born

A giant 2.2metre statue of Motorhead's Lemmy will be erected in Burslem as Stoke-on-Trent Council approves plans

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“Lääz Rockit were headliners, and the band in the middle was Metallica.” The story of Lääz Rockit: the unsung thrash heroes who changed the future of metal’s biggest band

With a pioneering sound, packed-out San Francisco shows and a kinship with Metallica, Lääz Rockit could have been the fifth part of the Big Four. So why did they call it quits as early as 1992?

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“Tesseract are pushing for broad appeal while maintaining their intelligence – and it’s working!” Tesseract, Unprocessed and The Callous Daoboys just played the progressive metal concert of 2024

At a sold-out London extravaganza, prog metal intellectuals Tesseract make a stunning play for the heavy music mainstream, backed by two of their genre’s finest up-and-comers

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Watch video for previously unreleased Linkin Park track Friendly Fire as band detail upcoming singles collection

Linkin Park announce new singles compilation and release video for previously unreleased song Friendly Fire

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Mick Mars: If Motley Crue wanted me to write songs with them again, of course I would

Ex Motley Crue guitarist Mick Mars appears to have softened his stance and says he's open to working with the band again

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The 11 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Judas Priest, Anette Olzon and Alcest are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

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10 brilliant but overlooked records turning 40 this year

1984 was the year that metal broke big in America, but these 10 albums don't always get the dues they deserve

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"You can’t help but feel captivated by her presence on stage." Poppy wraps up her UK tour with an unforgettable, eccentric show in London

Poppy’s latest material might trail deeper into electro-pop, but her KOKO show proves that she's still a metal girlie through and through.

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“The risk was getting too big”: UK festival promoters express concern that rising expenses and the cost of living crisis endangers future events, as nine festivals disappear from the summer '24 schedule

Fears grow that Britain's festival culture is under threat as some formerly high-profile events are forced to sit out summer 2024

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"What I love about the metal community is that you get to rage safely." Jada Pinkett Smith explains the unique challenges - and joy - she got from fronting her own metal band, Wicked Wisdom

At a time where there were virtually no prominent Black women fronting bands in the scene, Jada took a risk and started her own metal band

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"I don't know, I'm the bass player": Tim Commerford admits he has no idea if Rage Against The Machine have broken up

Bassist Tim Commerford addresses Rage Against The Machine's alleged split and admits his prostate cancer diagnosis affected him on the band's ill-fated comeback tour

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"I've already started humming and strumming": Ville Valo is planning to work on new music this year

Ville Valo explains what he misses most about HIM, but says he's still planning on working on a sequel to Neon Noir in 2024

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TesseracT announced as headline act for Radar Festival

Earthside, Kyros, Vower and Hail The Sun also added to the Radar festival bill

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"This is highly evolved, ferociously intelligent brutality." Job For A Cowboy have returned after a decade away with a modern deathcore masterpiece in Moon Healer

Job For A Cowboy return in spectacular style for their first album in ten years

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“It’s all just great rock and roll, that’s the only way to describe it.” There’s a Lemmy Kilmister solo album featuring Dave Grohl out there somewhere, and we desperately need to hear it

Motörhead leader Lemmy Kilmister recorded a solo album with Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl, The Damned, Joan Jett and more during his final years. Almost a decade after his death, where on earth is it?!

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"It's kinda insane that we made this thing that people are still talking about now": Botch on becoming hardcore legends and reuniting after 20 years for one last tour

Botch changed the face of hardcore punk: now they're back to get their flowers on their farewell/reunion tour

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"This is going to be the metal tour of 2025." Trivium and Bullet For My Valentine announce co-headlining UK tour, playing classic albums Ascendancy and The Poison in full

Two of the biggest metal bands of the modern era will play their two most celebrated albums in full!

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"There is a spirit in the place": Watch Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, Queen's Brian May and Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi unite to launch London's new Gibson Garage

Guitar legends join forces to launch Gibson's new flagship store in London

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“Hello London! Come have fun with us!” Green Day side-project The Coverups announce tiny London gigs

If you're hoping to see Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt play London with their covers band prepare to dig deep for a ticket

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The Slayer reunion has some haters, and Gary Holt’s wife has a simple message for them: “Don’t go!”

Upset that the evilest band in thrash metal’s Big Four is back together? The wife of guitarist Gary Holt has the solution for you!

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“It’s amazing that this was recorded!” Listen to the only time Iron Maiden have ever performed 80s classic The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner live

Despite it being a fan favourite on Somewhere In Time, Iron Maiden have only played The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner to one very lucky audience in 1986

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“We were challenging ourselves on this record and thought, ‘This might not work, but we’re going to find out!’” The story behind every song on Thrice’s The Artist In The Ambulance, in the band’s own words

Everything from the Cold War to C.S. Lewis shaped Thrice’s post-hardcore masterpiece, frontman Dustin Kensrue explains

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Judas Priest legend Rob Halford is officially a Sleep Token fan: "One day The Metal God and Vessel will take a selfie together."

Rob Halford explains why Sleep Token are making major waves in the metal scene right now

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