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"I am very much alive and kicking, although angry as a MF!" Scorpions drummer Mikkey Dee takes to social media to refute reports of his death

Facebook continues to be a source of unreliable information

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“A very expressive song with a serious subject”: Watch the music video for brand-new Delain single The Reaping, ahead of this Friday’s Dance With The Devil EP

Delain continue building up to their new EP, which contains new music, live recordings and updated versions of classic tracks

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“Once you hit that first note and get into the groove, and you hear the roar from the crowd, any feelings of tiredness or whatever, I don’t really get”: Jerry Cantrell names the riff that “defines” Alice In Chains

A Metal Hammer reader asked Alice In Chains guitarist/vocalist which riff defines the band. This is what he said.

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"The bondage video was overwhelming. You’re tied up, you can’t free yourself." Oceans Of Slumber singer Cammie Beverly on horror movies, her 'Roman Empire' and THAT music video

We sit down with the Oceans Of Slumber frontwoman for a quick but entertaining catch-up

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"People would vomit when they saw it": Shawn 'Clown' Crahan on the worst injury he ever sustained with Slipknot

Percussionist Shawn 'Clown' Crahan reveals how he lost 25 percent of his arm and opens up about that mysterious Slipknot album from 2008 that's still yet to be released

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"Two decades after shedding their punk and black metal shackles, Sólstafir still have new ideas to explore." Iceland's coolest metal band explore their own legacy on eighth album Hin Helga Kvöl

Every shade of Sólstafir gets a look in on album number eight

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"It is the biggest piece of garbage that ever happened to mankind": What happened when Celtic Frost embraced glam and destroyed their own career

Celtic Frost: From brutality and ethereal beauty to ham-fisted, party-glam travesties

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"Playing for fifteen people can be amazing experience if you make the night of ten of those people": Sepultura are coming to the end of the road and they're getting the crowd involved

Retiring Brazillian metallers Sepultura are about to bring the hammer down on the anvil for the last time

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Watch Zakk Wylde bring some metal to the US national anthem ahead of last night's NFL game between the Seattle Seahawks and LA Rams

Living guitar god Zakk Wylde hammers out The Star-Spangled Banner

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Incubus will perform Morning View in full at 2025 headline London show

Incubus are set to play their iconic 2001 album Morning View in full next year at one very special show at London's 02

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"Defences are still a work in progress, but Shadowlight is a must-listen for metalcore fans." Rising Herts crew Defences are evolving in all the right ways on album number three

Defences haven't quite perfected their formula yet, but if you love yourself a good slice of modern metalcore, you're gonna wanna hear this

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Deftones announce biggest ever UK show with Weezer and High Vis

Next summer is looking increasingly lively

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Best punk band of all time according to The Offspring? Creedence Clearwater Revival...

The Offspring's Dexter Holland picks his G.O.A.T punk band – and it's not the answer anyone expected

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Music Venue Trust warns of "complete collapse of live music" in the UK as government cuts business rate tax relief

Over 350 grassroots music venues, 75,000 events and more than 12,000 jobs are at risk, say the Music Venue Trust

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“I never wanted to be in a band, I just liked playing music. I was never a showman. If I didn’t have my mask on I wouldn’t be at the front of the stage”: An interview with Mick Thomson, Slipknot’s reluctant guitar hero

The pressures of fame, blond mullets, ignoring phone calls from rock stars – up close and personal with Slipknot guitarist Mick Thomson

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Nightwish manager Ewo Pohjola charged in Finland with assaulting two women

Nightwish say they won't comment until assault case against manager Ewo Pohjola is fully resolved

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Tim 'Herb' Alexander opens up on his decision to quit Primus

Former Primus drummer Tim Alexander explains he has been in a "dark place" recently and desperately needed change

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“People gravitate towards success. They say, ‘I want to play with Dio.’ I’ve always been able to surround myself with the top guys”: How Ronnie James Dio escaped Black Sabbath and launched one of metal‘s greatest solo careers

Singer, band leader, icon – this is the story of Ronnie James Dio’s epic solo career

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“There was a very real chance that James wouldn’t be coming back. And all that time we spent waiting was horrible”: The tumultuous inside story of Metallica’s St Anger album

In 2003, Metal Hammer flew to New York to interview Metallica ahead of St Anger. We found a band who were bruised, battered but defiant

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Within Temptation's Sharon Den Adel on sharing her political views in the band's songs: "What kind of world do we want to live in?"

Symphonic metal outfit Within Temptation feel the time is right to speak up on the important things

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"It's always Halloween around here." Forget Wembley; a sold out Halloween show in Manchester proves Creeper are still Britain's best cult band

Wembley might have had pyro and dancers, but a roaring crowd in Manchester proves Creeper don't need big production to put on a massive show

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“He’d been getting out of it, being drunk, unprofessional, unreliable, and all the rest of it. But I had a feeling of: ‘I’ve got to do this.’” Original Ozzy Osbourne bassist Bob Daisley was “warned” against joining The Prince Of Darkness’ band

Becoming the bassist for heavy metal’s godfather should have been a no-brainer – but The Prince Of Darkness didn’t have the best reputation after his Black Sabbath firing

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The 12 best new metal songs this week

Powerflo, The Halo Effect and Raging Speedhorn are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

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Crowdfunding started for Trivium drummer Alex Bent’s baby daughter, now hospitalised for 70 days

The drummer’s baby girl was born weeks prematurely in August, with donations going towards medical fees and other expenses

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Alien Weaponry documentary Kua Tupu Te Ara to get theatrical release in 2025

The film, about the rise of New Zealand’s Māori metal sensations, will start rolling into cinemas in February

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