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The 10 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

unpeople, Bring Me The Horizon and Ho99o9 are just some of the bands who are vying for your vote in this week's new song round-up

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"She looks happy, but you see a little fear and uncertainty behind her eyes." How a wedding, a shocked Simon Cowell and an iconic horror movie helped a viral pandemic metal video become a modern classic

Spiritbox were already on the way to becoming modern metal stars, but their brilliant Holy Roller video sealed the deal

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One of the most celebrated metal bands of the last decade have just announced their biggest headline shows ever, including a stop-off at London's iconic Wembley Arena

Canadian metalcore heavyweights Spiritbox will hit arenas across the UK and Europe this autumn

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"I'm packing all my stuff and Courtney's like, 'Amy Lee wants to meet you.' We never expected any of this to happen." From getting arrested at BLM protests to hanging with Evanescence and Limp Bizkit icons, the story of rising metalcore stars Dying Wish

Dying Wish are one of the hottest bands in metalcore right now - and if you disagree, take it up with Courtney LaPlante, Amy Lee and Fred Durst

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From Sleep Token breaking records to Xenomorphs rocking out to Tool, these are the 11 metal songs that defined 2025

Whether topping charts or going viral, metal made a big impact in 2025 - here's the proof

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“Collaborating with K. Flay, Poppy and Courtney LaPlante made me want to create a world where we could share stages together”: Evanescence announce extensive world tour for 2026, with support from Spiritbox, Poppy and others

Amy Lee and co. will return in a grand way next year

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Hear Spiritbox’s Courtney LaPlante sing electro-metal banger Ties That Bind, from the soundtrack of new fighting game 2XKO

The song follows developer Riot Games’ recent collaborations with Polyphia and Linkin Park

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

From the mega Amy Lee/Poppy/Courtney LaPlante collab to Alter Bridge and President, these are the new metal songs you need to hear this week.

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“It’s about challenging the norms and showing how strong we are when unified as women”: Poppy, Amy Lee and Courtney LaPlante explain how their generational team-up End Of You came together

The three singers tell all about their new collaboration – including whether or not more music is on the horizon

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Watch the video for the metal collab of the year as Amy Lee, Courtney LaPlante and Poppy team up for new single End Of You

One of the most hyped heavy metal collaborations of the year is finally here!

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Evanescence’s Amy Lee, Spiritbox’s Courtney LaPlante and Poppy will release a collaborative single soon, and we could not be more hyped

The greatest metal mash-up since the discovery of the alloy

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Poppy, Evanescence's Amy Lee and Spiritbox's Courtney LaPlante hint at collaboration

Poppy, Amy Lee and Courtney LaPlante are teasing a mystery project.

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Megan Thee Stallion returns with fiery new single, Whenever

Megan Thee Stallion has released her first solo song of 2025.

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Watch Spiritbox’s Courtney LaPlante join Megan Thee Stallion onstage at Coachella to sing their team-up track, TYG

LaPlante was one of a number of guests who performed with Megan Thee Stallion during her Coachella set this weekend

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Megan Thee Stallion joined by Queen Latifah, Ciara, Victoria Monet and Courtney LaPlante in empowering Coachella set

Megan Thee Stallion had many surprises in store for fans on her first night at Coachella.

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“People think we were manufactured by the music industry to make them loads of money. That would be one of the worst investments ever”: How Spiritbox’s Mike Stringer went from reluctant hometown hero to metal’s new seven-string phenomenon

Spiritbox guitarist Mike Stringer dispels the illusion of the band’s “overnight success”, detailing their 12-year struggle just to pay rent – and why James Hetfield and John Mayer are both guitar GOATs in his eyes

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Courtney LaPlante on the sense of "existential dread" that fuelled new Spiritbox album Tsunami Sea

Hailing from a sea-level Canadian island, Spiritbox singer wakes up every day hoping it won't be swallowed up by the ocean

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"I hate so many people!" Spiritbox give us a track-by-track guide to Tsunami Sea

Spiritbox's immense new album Tsunami Sea is finally here - so we got Mike Stringer and Courtney LaPlante to talk us through every track on the record

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Spiritbox: Tsunami Sea review – cataclysmic throat-shredding with a side serving of soul

The Canadian metal band’s second album is an adventure in songcraft, from boulders of invective to ruminative, poppy grooves

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"I was emotionally moved watching Megan Thee Stallion interact with her fans." From surprise collabs with rap superstars to playing with Bring Me The Horizon and explosive new album Tsunami Sea, inside Spiritbox's incredible year

How Spiritbox have taken steps to world domination

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"A band who could contend with Bring Me The Horizon and Sleep Token as the next zeitgeist-setting metal act." Spiritbox have unleashed another absolute stunner with Tsunami Sea

Spiritbox's second album doesn't just match the instant-classic status of their debut: it surpasses it

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Listen to Spiritbox’s Courtney LaPlante guest on re-recording of Pvris’ My House

The team-up comes as Spiritbox build up to the release of their much-anticipated second album, Tsunami Sea, next month

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"I feel like crying, that was beautiful." Spiritbox's Alexandra Palace show is the end of an era: where they go from rising stars to metal's next big thing

With live debuts, old favourites and stunning visuals, Spiritbox's headline show at Alexandra Palace is nothing short of magic

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“It reminded me of Charli XCX”: Spiritbox’s Courtney LaPlante responds to THAT red carpet Poppy mix-up

Spiritbox’s singer has revealed what went through her head when an interviewer confused her for Poppy at the Grammy Awards

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Even Spotify is getting in on the Spiritbox jokes, calling Courtney LaPlante ‘Poppy’ on its Kickass Metal playlist

Spiritbox’s singer got confused for Poppy on the Grammys red carpet, and the streaming giant seems to be poking fun

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