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

From Hollywood star Vera Farmiga to Black Label Society, Machine Head and Disturbed, these are the best new metal songs this week

Metal Hammer · Feb 21, 2025

“The joke has always been, ‘Zakk, are you from the South?’ And I say, ‘Yeah, South Jersey! Down near the shore, bro!’”: Why Zakk Wylde swapped Black Label Society and metal for southern rock on Book Of Shadows 2

Zakk Wylde’s love of Lynyrd Skynyrd and Neil Young knows no bounds

Metal Hammer · Feb 1, 2025

10 brilliant but overlooked rock and metal albums you need to hear from 2000

The year 2000 gave us massive releases from Deftones, Linkin Park and Limp Bizkit, but these 10 albums flew under the radar

Metal Hammer · Jan 29, 2025

“The doctor told me if I carried on drinking at the same pace I’d start bleeding out of every orifice”: How Zakk Wylde kicked the booze and saved his own life

Zakk Wylde was one of rock’s great wildmen – until he was told to kick the booze or die

Metal Hammer · Oct 5, 2024

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

Mastodon, Within Temptation and Nightwish are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

Metal Hammer · Sep 13, 2024

“I got a letter from Ozzy telling me my services weren’t needed and Axl had gotten rid of me”: How Zakk Wylde launched Black Label Society with the booze-fuelled chaos of Sonic Brew

In the late 1990s, Zakk Wylde formed Black Label Society during time away from Ozzy’s band. Cue lawsuits and a lot of alcohol

Metal Hammer · Aug 13, 2024

NAMM 2024: “A core component of Zakk's sound since 1988”: Dunlop has reissued Zakk Wylde’s go-to Rotovibe pedal to celebrate 20 years of partnership – and it’s got a sleek new look

The $399 unit follows in the foosteps of the original limited-edition Rotovibe revival, which has been a pedalboard mainstay for the Black Label Society guitarist

Guitar World · Jan 28, 2024

"There's kids in our T-shirts, flying our banners, and they know every word": The Dust Coda are ready to take on the world, and they love it

Taking cues from the big rock of the 60s, 70s and 80s (with a particular nod to GN’R), The Dust Coda are hoping third album Loco Paradise will excite you listening to it as much as it excited them making it

Louder · Aug 28, 2023

John Petrucci and Zakk Wylde just shared the stage for the first time ever – and they shredded Black Label Society

The two wizards of metal finally locked fretboards – and epic beards – during Trooch's Guitar Universe camp

Guitar World · Aug 7, 2023

“Dime was still upset about Pantera”: Zakk Wylde recalls inspiring Dimebag Darrell to carry on in the early 2000s

The Black Label Society frontman says it was the only time late Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell “wasn’t a force of positivity”

Metal Hammer · Jul 22, 2023