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“The record label took a million dollars from us. There was nothing we could do because it was our fault”: How Deftones helped create nu metal – then escaped it

Deftones were there at the beginning of nu metal

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"It was the worst tour of my life." Nothing More's Jonny Hawkins on cursed tour with Sleep Token and In This Moment

A bus flooded with toilet water, missed flights, death, crew member quitting – Nothing More frontman recalls the tour from hell

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“We ended up getting into the punk rock scene ’cos the metal people hated us. We were this weird, crazy, slow band that played to punk crowds”: The tangled story of Saint Vitus, the US misfits who helped give birth to doom metal

The modern doom scene owes a huge debt to Saint Vitus

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“Ringo Starr set down rules for us to follow. There was to be no riding of motorbikes on the grounds – so we did that. What do you expect from a heavy metal band?” The crazy story of British Steel, the album that turned Judas Priest into superstars

1980’s British Steel officially sealed Judas Priest’s status as metal gods

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“It deals with depression, girlfriends, substance abuse – all that stuff. We exorcised some demons”: How Lamb Of God turned from political fury to personal darkness on Sacrament

2006’s Sacrament is still one of the most intense albums Lamb Of God made –and there was a reason for it

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

From Ghost and Turnstile to Sodom, Left To Suffer, Shadow Of Intent and beyond, these are the best new metal songs this week

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Killing Joke, Ministry, The Mission supergroup Sevendials deliver a deliciously warped mix of camp thrills and tense gothic drama on kaleidoscopic debut album A Crash Course In Catastrophe

Chris Connelly-fronted alt.rockers Sevendials get their groove on with A Crash Course In Catastrophe

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We got rock and metal's best bands to pick the greatest Ozzy Osbourne (and Black Sabbath) songs ever

Members of Metallica, Guns N' Roses, Halestorm and more choose the best songs featuring the Prince Of Darkness

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"Skeletá is Ghost at their most confident, flamboyant and defiant." Tobias Forge's Satanic Swedes have made the biggest, most joyous and sweetest album of their career

Ghost aren't sweating their metal cred with the massive songs of Skeleta

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System Of A Down’s Shavo Odadjian: “I never knocked out Brent Hinds”

System Of A Down’s bassist dispels the widely circulated story that he punched Mastodon’s ex-guitarist/vocalist after an awards ceremony in 2007

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No, Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs don't regret choosing that name, and yes, that is El-P from Run The Jewels on their new single. Be advised: when Black Sabbath bow out this summer, this lot will officially be Britain's best stoner/doom/psych band

Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs sound heavier, dirtier, and nastier than ever before on their excellent new album Death Hilarious. What's not to love?

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Papa Roach’s Jacoby Shaddix comments on nu metal revival: “Hair metal never had this!”

The band behind Last Resort recently wrapped up an arena tour of the UK and Europe

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Watch the video for Ghost's triumphant new single Lachryma and get a closer look at Papa V Perpetua

Lachryma comes from Ghost's upcoming sixth album Skeletá, out later this month

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Biff Byford on Lemmy, inspiring thrash metal and the greatest heavy metal riff ever written

Ever wondered who'd win in a fight between Vikings and Saxons? Biff Byford has the answer

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"I hated everybody. I had no friends." The wild, unapologetic life of punk rock's forgotten hellraiser, Casey Chaos

How Casey Chaos became a punk rock icon for the nu metal generation

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"Is this the ultimate Epica record?" Simone Simons et al show they can do grandiose metal with their eyes closed on Aspiral

Simone Simons et al show they can do grandiose metal with their eyes closed on Aspiral

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If you'd like to hear Gene Simmons and Rick Rubin talking for three and a half hours, we have you covered

Kiss star Simmons has appeared on the latest edition of Rubin's Tetragrammaton podcast and they talk about everything

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"They still call it Sepultura, but everybody knows that it's not the same." Max Cavalera isn't getting sentimental over the end of Sepultura, says fans feel that he and his brother Iggor carry the true spirit of the band

"I don't have nothing to do with what they're doing, with the disbanding of the band."

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"Ozzy and I were like a couple of naughty schoolkids." Zakk Wylde shares his favourite (not so) wholesome memory of hanging out with The Prince Of Darkness

Sneaking beers on tour in Japan? Heaven forbid

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"Five were f***ing horrible." Skunk Anansie icon Skin shares what it was like being buddies with David Bowie and Lemmy, and run-ins with 90s boybands

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"I’m uncontrollable when I drink, so I don’t know what happens next." How Jinjer's Tatiana Shmayluk found peace after years of unrest and turmoil

It's been a rough few years for Jinjer, but new album Duél shows they're stronger than ever

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"It is the commission of my life!" Killing Joke's Jaz Coleman announces new choral work based on the teachings of The Wickedest Man in the World

Jaz Coleman’s choral work will brings to life Aleister Crowley’s Liber AL vel Legis (The Book of the Law), the foundation for Thelema, Crowley’s spiritual philosophy

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"Ozzy jumped from one subject to another with astonishing rapidity, like some frantic pigeon": A mind-mincing encounter with Black Sabbath on the Sabotage tour

By 1976, Black Sabbath already had a huge heritage to live up to. We joined them on the road in Portsmouth

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"They're incredibly good-looking, just like me": You can buy an Alice Cooper-branded reel-to-reel recorder for just €27,000

The Revox machine is limited to just 25 units, and there's a snazzy turntable too

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Watch trailer for new documentary Metallica Saved My Life, directed by Lords Of Chaos’ Jonas Åkerlund

An official documentary about the band’s fans – directed by longtime collaborator Jonas Åkerlund – will be screened in US cities over the coming weeks

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