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The 10 best thrash metal albums of 2023

From Overkill to Gama Bomb, Hellripper to Nervosa, these are the best thrash metal albums 2023 had to offer

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“We thought it would be clever to open the show with an instrumental but it sits much better in the middle”: Rob Trujillo on the setlist tweaks Metallica made as they embarked on the M72 World Tour

The metal giants made some alterations as they got to grips with their most ambitious tour yet

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Motley Crue cancel New Year's Eve show citing issues beyond their control

Motley Crue were due to perform in Palm Springs, California, on December 31

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First Kiss avatar shows set to take place in 2027

Kiss fans will have to wait 4 years to see the band in avatar form

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Every Metallica live film ranked from worst to best

Few bands put on a live show like Metallica – and here are their 10 official concert movies ranked in order of greatness

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"It’s more than sales – it inspired an entire generation of young girls to know they had a place in heavy music." Inside Fallen: the album that turned Evanescence into instant 21st century metal superstars

No rock band had an explosive a rise in the 2000s as Evanescence. This is the story of their classic debut album

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"Every viewing of child pornography is a repetition of the victim’s abuse": US court reinstates right of 'Nevermind baby' Spencer Elden to sue Nirvana over iconic album sleeve

The man who tried to sue Nirvana over the iconic image on the cover of Nevermind wins the right to continue his lawsuit

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The 50 best metal songs of 2023 (as voted by Metal Hammer readers)

From Sleep Token and Ghost, Babymetal to Metallica: 2023 has been a year of heavy metal bangers - these were the 50 best of them all, according to you

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Bring Me The Horizon have parted ways with Jordan Fish: "We want to thank him for the musical journey he took with us"

Jordan Fish, who joined Bring Me The Horizon in 2012, is no longer in the band

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"As metal staggered to its feet and limped out of the 80s, it was on the cusp of becoming stronger than ever before": How heavy metal got its mojo back

Big hair and bad spandex almost killed any credibility metal had in the 1980s. But metal not only survived, it also came back bigger and stronger than ever

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Bring Me The Horizon’s Oli Sykes posts portion of hyper-heavy new song Kool Aid online

Bring Me The Horizon singer Oli Sykes has released a snippet of new music and teased the titles of three songs on upcoming release Post-Human: Nex Gen

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“There’s a new era coming”: We interviewed the artist who made Sleep Token’s incredible new masks

21-year-old Lani Hernandez-David is the man responsible for Sleep Token’s striking new look. We talked to him about making the band’s masks and what they’re doing next.

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Metal Hammer writers name their best gigs of 2023

From the monolithic Metallica to rising stars like Green Lung, these are the greatest shows that Team Hammer saw this year

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Enslaved and Shaman Elephant release new live clip of Sequence

New live clip of Sequence was recorded at Enslaved's The Otherworldly Big Band Experience streaming event

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"If you see anyone throwing things, beat them up": Watch Axl Rose berate a crowd in Argentina via his translator in 1992

In late 1992 Guns N' Roses played at the River Plate Stadium in Buenos Aires - against the wishes of Argentina's president

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"He used to do it all the time": Noddy Holder reckons Ozzy Osbourne started the tradition of shaving a sleeping drunk's eyebrows

Slade's Noddy Holder looks back fondly on some Ozzy Osbourne-related shenanigans

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There’s a brewery that gives you free beer if you’re good at guitar: “It’s essentially a souped-up Guitar Hero for adults.”

New Zealand brewery Panhead Custom Ales has a new vending machine that lets customers pay for beer with some top-shelf shredding

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Watch Killswitch Engage’s full headline set at Bloodstock festival 2023

Metalcore leaders Killswitch Engage played 90 minutes stacked with bangers at UK metal fest Bloodstock in August. Watch the show in full here.

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The 10 best alt metal albums of 2023

Between Sleep Token, Skindred and Within Temptation, it's been a massive year for alt metal. So these are the best albums of 2023

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“On this last tour, you can tell that something has happened." Tobias Forge discusses Ghost's impressive levelling-up during their most recent North American tour

It's Ghost's world, we're all just living in it!

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"I've taken a lot of inspiration from the UK dance music scene." Watch Sleep Token drummer II give the band's first ever recorded interview

Sleep Token drummer II talks about his influences and drumming in one of the world's most hyped modern metal bands

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“Everybody thought they were gonna get blown to bits!” The track-by-track guide to Black Sabbath’s Paranoid

From War Pigs to Fairies Wear Boots, this is everything you need to know about each song on Black Sabbath’s chart-topper

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Metallica snuck the Batman theme song into one of their riffs, Kirk Hammett admits

Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett has said that 2023 song Shadows Follow contains a nod to the ’60s Batman theme

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Vended announce extensive UK and European tour schedule for spring/summer '24

Griffin Taylor, Simon Crahan and co. unveil plans to unleash the furies in the UK and Europe

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Watch an Iowa-era Slipknot play a crushing set during the 2001 Ozzfest tour

This hour-long show, filmed in full in June 2001, proves just how unstoppable The Nine were during their heyday

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