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A beginner’s guide to doom metal in five essential albums

From Saint Vitus to Paradise Lost, this is the story of metal’s gloomiest genre distilled into just five albums

Metal Hammer

I don't love live shows & neither do you

I used to think I was the only one who detested attending concerts, but your actions show I'm not alone

Salon

Limp Bizkit review – nu-metal elders can still rock the party like it’s 1999

Fred Durst and co – whose notoriety was recently restoked by a Netflix series about Woodstock ’99 – pound out their irresistibly aggro rebel anthems with cheerful abandon

The Guardian - UK

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Father of Omagh bomb victim tells of sadness over Sinead O’Connor’s death

Michael Gallagher said he had not been aware that O’Connor had recorded a version of Abba’s Chiquitita to support the victims’ families.

The Independent UK

Pink fan who went into labour during concert names newborn son after pop star

Mother names newborn son ‘Aycen Hart’ after the ‘Raise Your Glass’ singer

The Independent UK

Lucinda Chua: ‘I felt ready to make music without needing to ask permission’

The classically trained cellist and composer dreams up other worlds with her vast ambient pop. Following the release of her critically acclaimed debut, she speaks to Annabel Nugent about delving into her heritage, learning something new, and her “hardcore” Chinese cello teacher

The Independent UK

Jockstrap on keeping secrets and opening for Blur: ‘The audience is on our side and I’m not used to that’

The shapeshifting sensations cover everything from classical to techno, and were just shortlisted for the Mercury Prize. Duo Georgia Ellery and Taylor Skye speak to Megan Graye about their idols, their process, and ‘surrendering’ to tour life

The Independent UK

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The Summer I Turned Pretty's Author Went Viral On TikTok For Taking Conrad And Jeremiah To Taylor Swift's Eras Tour, And I Can't Stop Laughing

Jenny Han, the author of The Summer I Turned Pretty, took Conrad and Jeremiah to Taylor Swift's Eras Tour, and it went viral on TikTok.

Cinemablend

How Sugar Man singer Sixto Rodriguez shot to unexpected fame in South Africa

The American singer-songwriter Sixto Rodriguez went from oblivion to a career renaissance after his music developed a cult following in South Africa. He passed away on Tuesday at the age of 81.

Radio France Internationale

Liam Gallagher review – when he does eventually smile, it’s perfect

The reliably aloof ex-Oasis frontman mixes old favourites and (Oasis-y-sounding) solo anthems – and fuels speculation about a reunion

The Guardian - UK

You’ve seen him on The Eras Tour, now watch Taylor Swift bassist Amos Heller get Justice for Jason Newsted in a fierce playthrough of Metallica’s Blackened

In an alternate timeline, maybe Heller swaps one blue-chip stadium act for another and is playing bass for the biggest of the Big Four. On this evidence, he sure has the chops

MusicRadar

10 brilliant Kiss deep cuts we’re begging them to play one last time before they retire

Detroit Rock City and Rock And Roll All Nite are great, but these are the lost gems we want to hear on their farewell tour

Louder

10 classic metal songs we can't believe don't get played live

Iron Maiden's only number 1 single, an AC/DC classic and title-tracks aplenty - we're amazed these songs haven't been played more

Metal Hammer

Bob Dylan remembers ‘lifelong friend’ and former bandmate Robbie Robertson

Canadian-born Robertson toured with the veteran singer as the lead guitarist for his backing band in the mid-1960s.

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The 1975 ordered to pay £2m after band ‘breaks contract’ with same-sex kiss at Malaysia show

Frontman Matty Healy kissed bandmate on stage in protest against country’s anti-LGBT+ laws

Metal Hammer

The time Blaze Bayley and Bruce Dickinson sang together at an Iron Maiden show in 1990

Blaze Bayley replaced Bruce Dickinson in Iron Maiden in 1994 - but the two men had sung Bring Your Daughter To the Slaughter together four years earlier

The Independent UK

Fan who went into labour at Pink concert names newborn son after her

Mother names newborn son ‘Aycen Hart’ after the ‘Raise Your Glass’ singer

Evening Standard

The 1975 ordered to pay £2million in damages over Malaysian festival protest

Future Sound Asia (FSA), organisers of the Good Vibes festival, said the band had breached its contract with the festival

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‘They were incandescent’: Died Pretty’s Ron S Peno mourned as magnetic heart of a beautiful band

Ron S Peno, frontman for alternative rock band Died Pretty, died on Friday evening after a long illness

Metal Hammer

Watch pro-shot footage of Metallica performing Seek & Destroy in New Jersey

Metallica release high quality video of Seek & Destroy performance captured in New Jersey this month

Guitar World

Palm-muted gut-punches and Strandberg shred that sounds like Plini meets Mario Kart: This week’s essential guitar tracks

Fresh, guitar-driven cuts from Bleed From Within, The Joy Formidable, Ottto, Angra, James Bay, Eliza McLamb, and loads more

The Independent UK

The Weeknd announces the ‘final feature’ of his career

That is ‘unless Daft Punk ever get back together’, the ‘Blinding Lights’ singer teased

Cinemablend

After Announcing 1989 (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift Walked Out Of The Eras Tour Sipping A Glass Of Wine While Waving To Fans, And It's A Mood

Taylor Swift announced 1989 (Taylor's Version) at the Eras Tour's last show in LA. To celebrate, she left the stadium sipping a glass of wine.

Guitar World

“An incredible piece of history”: Peter Green’s 1962 Silvertone Speed Demon has just been listed on Reverb

The semi-hollow single-cut was first snapped up by Chris Tapp of The Cold Stares – whose impressive Peter Green guitar haul also included a very notable National resonator

USA Today Sports Media Group

The 10 all-time best rap songs from athletes including Shaq (FIRE!) and LeBron James (Yikes!)

Here are the best rap songs from athletes, including a Biggie feature with Shaquille O'Neal.

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