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“We still haven’t come eye-to-eye on how things should be done”: The story of the new System Of A Down album that will (probably) never happen

Since reuniting in 2011, System Of A Down have headlined festivals, packed arenas and released just two songs. What’s the situation with their long-anticipated sixth album? Not promising…

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"I want us to be the scariest ride at the amusement park": How Lorna Shore became deathcore's defining stars

Lorna Shore's first decade was blighted with line-up changes and uncertainty, but with Will Ramos and a viral hit on TikTok they broke through the deathcore ceiling to define a new movement of heaviness

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"When I lived the 'rock star' lifestyle I have never felt so far away from myself. At times I actively hated myself and sought out my own destruction." How Frank Carter stepped back from the abyss and learned to love and be loved again

Dark Rainbow, the new album from Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes is both an open-hearted survivor's manual and a bold new chapter in the evolution of one of Britain's finest, most fearless artists. But it took a walk through hell to get there

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The 10 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Kittie, While She Sleeps and Fever 333 are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

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"We have asked WWBBD? (What would Bad Brains do?) many times": Dave Grohl has recorded a Bad Brains cover with Anthrax's Scott Ian and Charlie Benante for a seven inch Record Store Day single

G.B.I.'s cover of The Regulator will be released on Record Store Day to raise money for Bad Brains' frontman HR's healthcare

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“I watched a video of them in a small room and my mouth just dropped. Listen to the fluidly, how easily these guys play this: seamless, and that’s impressive”: why Dave Lombardo loves The Fall of Troy

Ex Slayer rhythm master was blown away when he discovered the trio’s ability to record live, avoid too much computer contribution and inject emotion into their music

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"As long as you can talk, you have a voice": An epic Bruce Dickinson interview

Bruce Dickinson fronts the UK’s most successful heavy metal band, holds a commercial pilot’s licence, releases solo albums, write novels and screenplays, and more. A full life? Not half

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"Be available for rehearsals and shows. Know how to play bass. Be cool": want to play in a band with James Hetfield's son Castor, and join Metallica's extended family? Here's what you gotta do

Bastardane have launched an open audition for a new bassist if you fancy forming a rhythm section with Castor 'Son of James' Hetfield

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Final acts confirmed for Steelhouse Festival 2024

Accept, The Warning, Cassidy Paris and South Of Salem will join Skindred, Mr Big, The Almighty and more up a Welsh mountain in July

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"Does the music sound like Tool? Does it sound like Opeth? All these speculations are cool." How Soen introduced themsleves with Cognitive

Ex-Opeth drummer Martin Lopez is back with eagerly awaited new band Soen. Singer Joel Ekelöf explains about their “intricate rhythms” and the influence of a Latin singing Catholic monk…

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“People have been saying it’s one of the greatest lead guitar parts of all time!” While She Sleeps share new single To The Flowers, announce UK record-store tour

UK metalcore favourites While She Sleeps have released the third single from upcoming album Self Hell, accompanied by an emotive music video and news of some UK record-store performances

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"Nickelback has been such an influence on our music culture." A deep new Nickelback documentary explores their status as one of the most popular - and yet uniquely hated - rock bands of all time

Hate To Love: Nickelback is pulling no punches - and is coming to cinemas worldwide for two nights only

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"Who would I like to duet with? Simon Le Bon: I’d like to bring him into prog and get him on a big chorus." Tesseract's Dan Tompkins faces down the most passionate interviewers in rock: progressive metal fans

Tesseract frontman Daniel Tompkins talks favourite lyrics, rip-off prog bands and his days as a policeman

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"The fight against Metallica was not my fight. I am glad to be friends with them." From his Megadeth days to THAT scandal, thrash metal icon David Ellefson has lived quite a life

David Ellefson talks his storied Megadeth career, bouncing back from an embarrassing scandal and the wild days of early thrash

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"Topics like necrophilia are just kind of ‘whatever’ at this point." Gore-loving death metal veterans Dying Fetus are bored of trying to shock people

We chat to Dying Fetus growler/guitarist John Gallagher about death metal, South Park and that legendary hashtag

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The 10 greatest heavy metal power trios

From Motörhead to Prong, these metal bands prove that three is the magic number

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"When you can simplify what it is you want to say it's easier for more people to connect to": How Metallica stripped away the complexity to take their music to the masses

With a little help from astrophysics, Ice-T and Heart, Metallica came up with Enter Sandman, their best-known song and a heavy metal classic

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"Things have gone further than we envisaged, but that’s life": Saxon's Biff Byford on their new guitarist, extraterrestrial life and the future

As Saxon prepare to tour The UK with Judas Priest and Uriah Heep, we catch up with frontman Biff Byford to hear about new album Hell, Fire And Damnation

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“He said, ‘How about Slayer with special guests Slayer?’ We went, ‘Wow, that could be crazy’”: the forgotten story of Slayer vs Slayer, the 80s metal Battle Of The Bands with only one winner

Two bands, one name, one crazy gig – this is what happened when a pre-fame Slayer shared a bill with another band named Slayer

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"Sometimes, incredible opportunities present themselves in surprising ways": watch the video for Eyes Wide Open, the first new music from Kittie in 13 years

Listen to the first taste of Kittie's forthcoming album, their first since 2011

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“Welcome to the new era”: Sleep Token have signed to major label RCA Records

After quickly selling out four arenas (and counting) on their upcoming UK tour, masked metal cult Sleep Token are now labelmates with Britney Spears and A$AP Rocky

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Every Emperor album ranked from worst to best

They’re the spotless masters of symphonic black metal, but which of Emperor’s four records reigns supreme?

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"The most ambitious and extravagant album of his career." Ihsahn's self-titled new album is a triumph for one of metal's greatest visionaries

Ihsahn's latest offering may just feature the best work of his career

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The 10 best Slipknot songs not by Slipknot

From Soulfly to Tetrarch, these bands’ screaming nu metal rampages would surely make Slipknot proud

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"We have a dark image and spooky vibes...but then we also have anthemic choruses." South Of Salem count Avenged and W.A.S.P. as influences and are major horror nerds. They might just be your new favourite metal band

Inside the spooky world of South Of Salem

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