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The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

From big-hitters Evanescence and Linkin Park to underground heroes Imha Tarikat, Employed To Serve and Esprit D'Air, these are the best new metal songs you need to hear this week

Metal Hammer

Ariana Grande sings about leaving her heart in a Hampstead pub in short film

The Wicked star released a deluxe version of her album Eternal Sunshine and a short film titled Brighter Days Ahead on Friday.

Evening Standard

“Ozzy drove us all nuts with that Moog thing. But the song was great”: How Black Sabbath took a surprise left turn on the classic album Sabotage

And how Ozzy ‘played’ a cider jug like a tuba!

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‘This is for grassroots music’: The Lottery Winners celebrate number one album

Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham congratulated them and said he was a ‘big fan’.

Evening Standard

Ministry announce summer headline shows in the UK and Europe

If you had hoped to see Ministry outside of a festival next summer, you're in luck

Metal Hammer

“It was originally called Everybody Wants To Go To War, which I knew didn’t work. When you’re a songwriter who doesn’t like the lyric, the song dies”: How Tears For Fears created an ’80s mega-hit

It all started with two simple, chimey chords...

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Want to play Master of Puppets the right way? Here's how to get faster at downpicking so you can chug like James Hetfield

Downpicking is a fundamental and powerful pick stroke, and one of the mainstay techniques in metal and punk

Guitar World

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“Some of the biggest artists who are performing have not been announced": Tom Morello teases "surprises" at Black Sabbath's farewell gig, and advises fans to "get there early"

He says more names will be added to the already incredible line-up

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“Would you believe that an artist is actually singing on stage if you hear them behind you? No, it would sound like a joke”: The challenges of live immersive audio with Nitin Sawhney and Polygon Live

In the studio as the Ivor Novello awarded producer prepares for the UK's biggest spatial audio festival

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“Those arpeggios... That was the sickest thing I ever heard”: Yngwie Malmsteen on why guitarists should take inspiration from players of other instruments if they want to develop their own style

Plenty of players have impressed Malmsteen, but it was a solo violin performance that would have the biggest influence on his lead style

MusicRadar

Will Smith’s album Based on a True Story isn’t the mask-off moment we were hoping for

2/5 It seems fair for Smith to want to exorcise the past few years. It’s just a shame that he’s chosen to do it with quasi-inspirational songs that don’t bang

The Independent UK

“This is the only tremolo pedal in the world that lets you plot your own waveform shapes using controls you first got to grips with as a child”: SoundLad Sketchy review

Don’t let the fun Etch A Sketch-inspired retro design fool you, this is a serious tremolo with serious capabilities

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“It’s a game-changer for me”: Laney and Nathan East team up for a versatile signature bass head that ends a 40-year wait for the session legend

East, one of the most celebrated bass players in history, knows a thing or two about tone – and he’s put practicality at the forefront of his new signature model

Guitar World

‘I heard he won the Oscar but he had to give it back’: Will Smith gets jiggy with the Slap

Three years after the infamous incident at the Academy Awards, Smith is continuing to rap about his attack on Chris Rock on a new album

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“It had to capture that vintage clarity – the clean, expressive tone that lives in Ry Cooder’s slide work”: Manson unveils a Matt Bellamy Verona signature after an exhaustive pickup design process

The build offers the “exact and detailed specification” of the guitar that the Muse frontman has been playing on tour in recent years

Louder

"We wanted something raw." The Young Gods announce imminent arrival of their 14th studio album, Appear Disappear, share its hard-hitting title track, and reveal UK/Europe tour dates

Switzerland's premier post-punk/industrial heroes are back

Guitar World

“It’s a whole new generation in sound. There’s nothing lacking”: Alex Lifeson reveals the gear that has finally converted him to digital modeling

The Rush guitarist used digital sounds on his new album with Envy of None

Guitar World

“The Strat is the most versatile electric guitar that there is; but the Les Paul is a perfect instrument”: Sting guitarist Dominic Miller weighs in on the Strat vs. Les Paul debate – says the Strat loses despite being a more versatile instrument

It’s a debate that has raged for decades, and Sting’s six-string foil has some interesting arguments

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Tori's muses get pragmatic

How the realities of aging as a performer became a "battle worth fighting" and brought Amos back to her childhood

Guitar World

“I’m extremely honored. It reminded me that it’s important to stick to my own playing style”: Her fans include Dave Grohl, Jack White and Eddie Vedder, and she’s the face of Fender’s Hello Kitty campaign. Why Yoyoyoshie is Japan’s next great guitar hero

The Otoboke Beaver guitarist is known for her intense live performances and frenetic playing style – and guitar icons have taken note

MusicRadar

“A musical style, defined by plaintiffs as ‘pop with a disco feel’, cannot possibly be protectable”: Dua Lipa wins victory in Levitating court case as judge rules that there is no copyright infringement

A precedent set in a previous Ed Sheeran copyright case helped her cause

Guitar World

"The BTO sound is BACK!!" Bachman-Turner Overdrive release first new material in over 25 years – and it features a Neil Young guitar solo

Young takes care of business with a pounding solo on 60 Years Ago, while the band announces a Canada/US tour

The Independent UK

The Sex Pistols announce first North American tour in 2 decades

The Sex Pistols will tour North America for the first time since 2003 this fall

Louder

Watch Bruce Springsteen unleash his inner guitar hero, and jam with Flea, Johnny Depp and R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe, in powerful tribute to Patti Smith at New York's iconic Carnegie Hall

"If I had sung this song, it would not have been a hit" Springsteen says, before passionate performance of Because The Night at Patti Smith tribute gig in NYC

MusicRadar

“I used a flange on the main riff and a wah-wah on the solo. I just said, ‘Hit the record button and I’ll let it rip!’”: Kiss legend Ace Frehley on his greatest cult classic song

"Paul and Gene weren’t the only lead singers in the band"

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