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"I thought, What is this? I don't understand what I'm hearing, but wow!" Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor on the "life-changing" record which blew his teenage mind, and why soft rock legends Barry Manilow and Billy Joel may have influenced his songwriting

Trent Reznor testifies to the mind-expanding wonders of his teenage record collection

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Haken guitarist Charlie Griffiths unveils new Tiktaalika project

Haken's Charlie Griffiths will release his second solo album Gods Of Pangea under the Tiktaalika banner in March

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“Iron Maiden’s tough, because it’s a very different vibe between Killers and Number Of The Beast”: Slayer’s Kerry King names his five perfect metal albums

Classics by Judas Priest, Metallica, Black Sabbath and more all make the cut

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"I first heard it when I started taking acid": Devin Townsend picks the soundtrack of his life

Canadian maverick Devin Townsend names his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and reveals the music he listens to while mowing the lawn

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"He said, 'The last thing I want is you guys going on David Letterman and the freakin’ drummer’s singing." How Mastodon left sludge metal behind for cosmic prog metal on Oblivion

A drunken fist-fight, childhood tragedy and an all-star producer all helped Mastodon channel their melodic tendencies on Oblivion

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"My first concert was The Black Crowes, but my second was ZZ Top. That would've been the cooler answer!" Brat's Liz Selfish: 10 Records That Changed My Life

From Eyehategod and A Day To Remember to 50 Cent and Dave Matthews Band, these songs have shaped Brat vocalist Liz Selfish

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"Dance, drink, and be merry!" Green Day's "glorified karaoke" side-project The Coverups host a joyously messy party in London

Billie Joe Armstrong's side-band pay tribute to the bands and anthems that shaped their lives

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Desperate to master “the art of growling”? This Dutch university offers degrees in heavy metal music. Seriously.

‘The Metal Factory’ at Summa College in Eindhoven lets pupils study heavy metal vocals, as well as the guitar, bass, drums and keyboard

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New Zealand groove metallers Alien Weaponry announce new album Te Rā, launch epic Mau Moko video

News of Te Rā's release comes as Alien Weaponry embark on a North American tour with Kerry King

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Watch Dream Theater's prog metal legend Mike Portnoy attempt to play along to Taylor Swift's Shake It Off with absolutely no idea what he's listening to

"Taylor, I'm really sorry, I totally ruined your song!"

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4 brilliant new metal bands you need to hear this month

From the post-hardcore squall of Hidden Mothers to Lutharo's invigorating mix of power metal and melodeath, to one-woman black metaller Hulder and Saudi Arabian tech-prog-metallers Ana.n7n, these are the bands you need to hear in January 2025

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"My friend’s mom had connections with the Grateful Dead and could score good acid." Kyuss legend Brant Bjork was destined for a life in rock'n'roll

Brant Bjork sharies his stories of desert rock, generator parties and why he never wanted Kyuss to be Metallica

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“Something we did do was throw out the rulebook”: Arch Enemy discuss “chaotic” new album Blood Dynasty

Band founder Michael Amott spills the secrets of Arch Enemy’s highly anticipated new album

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"I sometimes struggled to convey what we were just talking about, and not everyone understood it": A story of Ghost's concert movie, logistical complexity and Hollywood finance

Ghost’s concert-film-and-much-more Rite Here Rite Now fully immerses fans in what has helped turn them into today's greatest theatrical rockers

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"Just as Dave pioneered a genre with Megadeth, we wanted to pioneer something new in the world of wine": Dave Mustaine's wine company is now offering luxury wine-related excursions

Elephant safaris! Camel trekking! White water rafting! Wine drinking! Anything is possible at House Of Mustaine

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Sabaton to release World War I-themed movie on streaming services this spring

Stream it on Apple TV, Google Play, Youtube or Amazon Prime ahead of the power metal battalion’s European tour later this year

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"We’ve played shows on mushrooms in the past." Blood Incantation made one of 2024's trippiest, most ambitious metal albums, and we're starting to see why

Blood Incantation talk all night raves, psychedelics and being mistaken for Depeche Mode

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Listen to thunderous new Architects single Blackhole

The build-up to impending album The Sky, The Earth & All Between continues…

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“There’s a lot of jeopardy involved for them”: Marilyn Manson: Unmasked director applauds accusers who came forward ahead of series’ UK broadcast

On the cusp of her three-part documentary about Manson’s career and abuse allegations airing, Karen McGann voices her gratitude to those who’ve spoken out

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“I just want to roll into it with an energy like it’s all starting again”: Slipknot’s Clown teases new album (and Look Outside Your Window) coming soon

“We got a new album,” the percussionist and Slipknot co-founder declares

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“I thought it was just going to be a fun little party record, but my grief started leaching into the music”: Devin Townsend is slightly embarrassed by his new album, and that’s a good thing

PowerNerd, the first of three autobiographical albums, was transformed into something unexpected as he began feeling like a liar, and wound up facing his 15-year-old self

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Nine Inch Nails confirm they’ll announce first dates on long-anticipated world tour soon

The industrial rockers have delayed the news in the midst of the California wildfires, despite the details of several shows getting leaked

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"Fake blood starts pouring from an amateurish-looking skull incorporated into a plank of wood": A night out with Iron Maiden before they were famous

In October 1979 Classic Rock's Geoff Barton watched Iron Maiden play a heavy metal disco in North West London. He took notes

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Alabama Shakes leader Brittany Howard just played her first gig with her new hardcore band Kumite, and personally offended punk rock gatekeepers are already crying hot salty tears just thinking about it

"Delete the world. Seriously time for the asteroid to hit. Time for a reboot."

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“Righteous proof that rebel music and irony are alive and well”: Rage Against The Machine’s Killing In The Name amasses one billion Spotify streams

Tom Morello thanks “those who love it, those who hate it, and those that have enjoyed it without understanding it” in a celebratory statement

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