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The best new metal bands you need to hear this month

From history-obsessed power metallers to sonically devastating singer-songwriters, here are the new artists you need to know about

Metal Hammer

10 bands who peaked with the first song on their first album

Some bands just get it right first time

Louder

Pharrell Williams says he’s been working on new NERD music: “I wanted great chords. I want to use chords I never used before”

“I’ll just come out of nowhere with the three-bar, crazy-nuts chords that go three-bar to four-bar to eight-bar”

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Totally Wired by Paul Gorman is a deft potted history of the music press – but it doesn't tell the whole story

Musicians have long had their careers captured for posterity by the music press. Yet, the spotlight has rarely been turned around to the journalists who write these stories. Totally Wired is a vivid oral history of music journalists in the UK and US.

The Conversation

Ariana Grande and Demi Lovato latest to split from manager Scooter Braun

The pop stars follow Colombian reggaeton star J Balvin’s departure in May, while representatives for Justin Bieber have denied rumours that he is also parting ways with SB Projects

The Guardian - UK

‘Hip-hop is rooted in rebellion’ - as the genre turns 50, UK artists hail our own unique and powerful scene

Stars from Kojey Radical to So Solid Crew’s Lisa Maffia bang the drum for Britain’s contribution to the form

Evening Standard

Kramer Dave Mustaine Vanguard review – if shredding is your business... then business is good

The Megadeth main man's signature Kramer V might just be the most metal MegaDave model yet

Guitar World

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"It’s my songs with the sound and vision of Steven Wilson”. Aviv Geffen on the making of Blackfield IV

Despite announcing he was stepping back, Steven Wilson was alongside Aviv Geffen for 2013's fourth Blackfield album, along with some new faces too!

Louder

Roland TD-02KV review

This compact and affordable kit proves that ‘budget’ doesn’t exclude you from the big-name brands

MusicRadar

This year’s most unexpected guitar solo? Lil Wayne wields an Eddie Van Halen Frankenstein for a crossover collaboration you probably never expected to see

Jon Batiste's new single Uneasy, which hosts Weezy's solo, seems to tip its cap to Van Halen and Michael Jackson's watershed song, Beat It

Guitar World

Calvin Harris reveals his early love of Jamiroquai and the Spin Doctors: “I became obsessed with basslines… they had an amazing bass player”

The producer also says he tried to learn the “intricate and cool” bassline from Nirvana’s Lithium

MusicRadar

Watch Van Halen’s incendiary 1984 Monsters Of Rock set – and Eddie’s 10-minute guitar solo – at Castle Donington as pro-shot footage emerges online

A band and their trailblazing guitarist at the height of their powers blaze through an hour-long set of Van Halen classics

MusicRadar

Use the CAGED system to play guitar chords across the fretboard quickly and easily

Unleash the beast and unlock your guitar neck with this well-established system

MusicRadar

“Ladies and gentlemen: Edward... Van... Halen!” EVH’s full nine-minute guitar solo at Van Halen’s legendary 1984 Monsters Of Rock show surfaces online for the first time ever

Pro-shot footage of the band’s iconic Monsters of Rock performance – one of their last with David Lee Roth – has appeared on YouTube

Guitar World

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Metal Hammer

10 hard rock and heavy metal music videos that got banned for the dumbest reasons

Classic songs by Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Slipknot have all been taken off the airwaves with the most frivolous excuses

The Guardian - UK

Oliver Anthony’s divisive song claiming solidarity with workers only benefits the rich who exploit them

The YouTube singer’s US No 1 hit Rich Men North of Richmond rails against billionaires but punches down on the poor. So I decided to write a song in reply

The Times of India

Singer Raju Punjabi passes away due to jaundice; know the disease and its signs

The Independent UK

Ariana Grande ‘parts ways with longtime manager Scooter Braun’

Reports come after Demi Lovato split from Braun’s management company

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The Independent UK

Security guard who went viral at Taylor Swift’s show ‘was later fired’

The security guard went viral for singing along to Swift’s ‘Cruel Summer’ at one of her shows

The Independent UK

Inside KCON LA 2023, an extravagant microcosm of K-pop's macro influence

This past weekend, an estimated 140,000 diehard K-pop fans took over the Los Angeles Convention Center and adjacent Crypto

The Independent UK

Oliver Anthony’s divisive ‘Rich Men North of Richmond’ becomes No 1 song in America

Country singer has become the first artist to top the chart with no prior entries

The Independent UK

Demi Lovato splits from manager Scooter Braun amid Justin Bieber rumours

‘Heart Attack’ singer signed with Justin Bieber’s manager in 2019

The Independent UK

Billy Bragg rewrites lyrics to Oliver Anthony’s viral ‘right-wing anthem’

English singer and activist put a pro-union spin on country artist’s lyrics

The Guardian - US

Controversial country song Rich Men North of Richmond makes US chart history

Oliver Anthony becomes first artist to debut at top of Billboard Hot 100 despite having no prior chart history, with a song that has drawn backlash for its stereotypes of welfare recipients

The Independent UK

Music Review: Alice Cooper hits the 'Road' again with touring-themed concept album

Seventy-five-year-old Alice Cooper has more miles on him than a 1968 Volkswagen, and in any given year, he’s probably on tour somewhere near you

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