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Don't bank on Ville Valo reuniting HIM any time soon: "We haven’t really been in touch"

HIM leader Ville Valo is enjoying his solo career right now, and it looks set to stay that way

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Long-time Donald Trump critics Green Day offend MAGA supporters, Elon Musk and Fox News with updated American Idiot lyric criticising Donald Trump

Some people are upset and indeed outraged after waking up to the realisation that Green Day are not fans of Donald Trump

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Could we see Ozzfest return one day? According to Sharon Osbourne: "Of course"

Sharon Osbourne says that the legendary Ozzfest could come back, but there are some caveats to be taken into account

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Watch the full video of K.K.’s Priest, featuring ex-Judas Priest guitarist K.K. Downing, at Bloodstock 2023

Ex-Judas Priest members K.K. Downing and Tim “Ripper” Owens played an hour of classics and originals at the Derbyshire metal festival in August

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Ex-Slipknot drummer Jay Weinberg walks for first time since November surgery

Weinberg had hip and femur surgery last year and required crutches until New Year’s Eve

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Every While She Sleeps album (and one EP) ranked from worst to best

In advance of new album Self Hell, we rank the spotless back-catalogue of Sheffield’s metalcore titans, While She Sleeps

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10 metal bands who ‘went soft’ – and were better off for it

Avenged Sevenfold, Bring Me The Horizon and Gojira took their careers to new heights after dialling back the aggro

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"We just wanted to have fun with it." A trailer for a new Mickey Mouse horror movie has been released, less than 24 hours after a Disney copyright for the character has ended

Mickey's Mouse Trap will release later this year. It's safe to say this studio didn't waste a second of time

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"When you bare it all, you’ve got nothing to hide." David Ellefson on the sex scandal that got him fired from Megadeth

Former Megadeth bassist David Ellefson takes a philosophical view of the controversy that saw his tenure with the thrash legends come to an end

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"It’s just a marginally horny karaoke booth." Lord Of The Lost cover everyone from Judas Priest to Lady Gaga on Weapons Of Mass Seduction - but if you're tackling such legends, you just have to do better

Lord Of The Lost's bloated new covers album is harmless fun, but absolutely nothing more than that

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"I am writing... and it's sounding really good": Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi looks back on a "fun" 2023, and promises long-awaited box set release plus new music

You'll be hearing more from heavy metal's greatest ever riff writer this year

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The 10 least popular Slipknot songs (according to Spotify)

Slipknot are the biggest and most controversial name in nu metal history – but not every song of theirs can be a hit

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"It was a very magical time. The right people came together at the right moment": Ronnie James Dio's track-by-track guide to Dio's classic Holy Diver

Many believed Ronnie James Dio was finished when he quit Black Sabbath, but he proved the doubters wrong with an all-time classic

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Riots, breakups and a ghost in the attic: The track-by-track guide to Megadeth’s Rust In Peace

From Holy Wars… The Punishment Due to Rust In Peace… Polaris, this is everything you need to know about Megadeth’s thrashtastic masterpiece

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Arch Enemy split with guitarist Jeff Loomis

Joey Concepcion named as new guitarist for Arch Enemy after they announce amicable split with Jeff Loomis

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"A baptism of fire, fuelled by youthful naivety, stubbornness and folly:" What it was like to witness AC/DC in Australia in 1975... as a 10-year-old

A first-hand account of an early AC/DC show at the Bondi Lifesaver Club in Sydney, Australia

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Lawsuit accuses Slipknot of using Joey Jordison's death for profit

Lawsuit filed by estate for the late Joey Jordison says Slipknot used former drummer's belonging in museum display

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“The phone rang, it was Steve Harris: ‘Are you interested in joining Maiden?’”: this is what it’s like to audition to replace Bruce Dickinson in Iron Maiden, by three singers who went for the job

In 1994, Blaze Bayley became Maiden’s new singer – but he wasn’t the only contender for the job

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"Within five seconds of seeing each other, it was hugs, kisses... the drama and bulls**t just melted away": Mike Portnoy on the meeting which led to his return to Dream Theater after 13 years

How a 2022 meeting in New York paved the way for Mike Portnoy's surprise reunion with Dream Theater

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Controversy, Colbert and a Grammy Award: How Ghost finally broke America with Cirice

Thanks to the lead single of 2015’s Meliora, Tobias Forge’s devil church made their late-night TV debut, won their first Grammy and spread their Satanism throughout the States

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Every Cave In album ranked from worst to best

There’s no such thing as a bad Cave In album, but which of the dynamos’ seven full-lengths stands the tallest?

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B-movie monsters, IQ tests and The Village People: 50 obscure Kiss facts only hardcore Kiss fans know

Kiss played their very first gig on January 30, 1973, in front of 10 people. Half a century on, here are 50 obscure facts about the Hottest Band In The World

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Watch Indian politician Conrad Sangma rip through guitar solo from Iron Maiden's Wasted Years

Heavy metal-loving politician from India is a huge Iron Maiden fan – and he knows his way around a fretboard too

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Metallica release official footage of Master of Puppets performance from Saudi Arabia show

Thrash giants Metallica drop pro-shot video of classic track Master of Puppets from recent show in Riyadh

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Killing Joke’s Jaz Coleman pays tribute to late guitarist Geordie Walker: “When the going got tough and the money ran out, others left – you never.”

Killing Joke singer Jaz Coleman has penned an emotional tribute to his bandmate of 45 years, who died last month

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