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Bloodstock announces 13 bands - including an ultra-rare performance from Max Cavalera's Nailbomb - for 2025 and weekend tickets sell out

August's Bloodstock line-up just got even bigger with the likes of Ministry, Nailbomb and Fear Factory joining the bill

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"I was freaking out and bawling in the studio." Korn's classic debut album at 30: the weirdness, the trauma and the birth of nu metal

On October 11 1994, five misfits from Bakersfield, California would release an album that would change metal forever

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"A true believer, sharp as a knife, heart of gold." A tribute to Michelle Kerr, the ass-kicking, passionate PR legend who helped shape modern metal as we know it

Michelle Kerr, PR for Slipknot, Machine Head, Slayer, Megadeth and many more, died on Saturday. She leaves behind a legacy as one of the metal industry's most beloved figureheads

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Brujeria frontman Juan Brujo dead at 61

Brujeria vocalist Juan Brujo (aka John Lepe) passed away on September 16, following a heart attack

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“The director lost control of the crowd and chaos ensued.” Ex-Fear Factory vocalist Burton C. Bell shares his memories of 'starring' in Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit video

There were around 40 'extras' on the Smells Like Teen Spirit video shoot. Burton C. Bell was one of them

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Black Sabbath’s Geezer Butler declares love for nu metal, Slipknot and Fear Factory: “It was amazing to see what new bands were coming out”

The legendary bassist thought “it was great” how diverse metal sounded in the mid-to-late 1990s

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“There I was standing right in front, stoned in amazement.” Ex-Fear Factory frontman Burton C. Bell explains why his face is on the sleeve of Nirvana's final Sub Pop single

If you study the sleeve artwork for Nirvana's 1990 single Sliver closely, you'll spot a young Burton C. Bell

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"We need to make this happen again." Cypress Hill make hip hop history with the London Symphony Orchestra (and a former member of Fear Factory) at the Royal Albert Hall

What started as a gag on The Simpsons becomes a part of music history as hip hop legends Cypress Hill celebrate their 1993 breakthrough Black Saunday with a full orchestra

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The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear this week

From masters of melodeath to a bimbocore queen, it's all here

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How Wind Creek Event Center Takes It to 'The Next Level of Sound'

An L-Acoustics L2 and L2D professional audio system amps things up at the concert venue.

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The 50 metal albums you need to hear in 2024

From returning icons to underground heroes and metal's next generation, these are the albums you should be excited about this year

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The 10 best cover songs by nu metal bands

Nu metal loves a cover song. From Limp Bizkit to Alien Ant Farm, here are the 10 finest examples

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10 heavy metal supergroups that actually turned out super

Murderdolls, Audioslave and Roadrunner United have proven that the supergroup can sometimes yield amazing results

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A WCW wrestling match taking place on a beach, while Fear Factory played live in the background, with Kid Rock on commentary, all broadcast on MTV, is about as 90s as life ever got

The 90s was truly where all subcultures collided in spectacular style

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11 legendary heavy metal bands with only one original member left

Superstars from Iron Maiden to Slipknot are still thriving, despite having just one founding member among their ranks

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An Ozzy Osbourne documentary featuring Slipknot, Slayer and System Of A Down is finally coming out “after 20 years”

We Sold Our Souls For Rock ’N’ Roll, directed by Wayne’s World’s Penelope Spheeris, has been given the green light by Sharon Osbourne after two decades on the shelf

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10 drummers who could replace Jay Weinberg in Slipknot

From Adrian Erlandsson to Gene Hoglan, these drumming dynamos all have the skills needed to join The Nine

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"It was a beautiful scar on the metal world." How Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Korn and the rest took nu metal from hated subgenre to the biggest thing on Planet Earth

Nu metal may have been shunned by metal elitists, but it took heavy music to the masses like never before, or since

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"I just carried all this anger and horror." From his grandmother's experiences in Nazi Germany scarring his childhood to Godflesh being labelled the 'new Nirvana', Justin Broadrick is an extreme music icon like no other

Justin Broadrick's work has influenced everyone from Faith No More to Metallica, yet a recent diagnosis has finally helped him find himself.

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“It would have been career suicide”: Fear Factory’s Dino Cazares on why he refused to audition for Limp Bizkit

The Fear Factory guitarist turned down an audition for Fred Durst’s nu metal giants in 2001, saying that “Limp Bizkit’s [sound] was already on its way down”

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"We got stones thrown at us". Sahil ‘Demonstealer’ Makhija helped India finally embrace heavy metal - but the scene is facing more challenges than ever

The Godfather Of Indian Metal, Sahil ‘Demonstealer’ Makhija has overcome many obstacles to get the music he loves appreciated in his homeland. Sadly, plenty more remain

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The full story of metal's greatest supergroup, Roadrunner United: "We even opened it up to Nickelback"

How members of Slipknot, Machine Head, Fear Factory and Trivium came together to celebrate metal's most legendary label

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