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If you love clickbait, then you’re going to love this cover of Meshuggah’s Bleed
Watch someone destroy their PC mouse by tapping away to this notoriously difficult Meshuggah drum pattern
Slipknot announce details of Knotfest 2023 show in Italy
Architects, Amon Amarth and I Prevail will join the Iowa metallers in Bologna
Ne Obliviscaris share video for epic 12-minute new song Equus
Australian prog metallers Ne Obliviscaris will release new album Exul in March
Watch Sid Wilson visit the House Of Masks, the largest collection of Slipknot masks and memorabilia
Slipknot DJ Sid Wilson receives a walkthrough on his visit to the House of Masks and reflects on stories relating to memorabilia and the band
Someone’s added that Peanut Butter Jelly song to Turnstile’s Holiday and we can’t get it out of our head
Enjoy this Buckwheat Boyz novelty single mashed up with the Baltimore hardcore band’s bouncy single
According to DATA, Mötley Crüe were rock's biggest success story in 2022
The success of Mötley Crüe's huge stadium tour has seen them crowned rock music's Artist Of The Year in a new, data-driven report
Metallica issue official warning as fans fall for crypto scams
Metallica have taken to social media to warn fans against scams that have appeared online since they announced new album 72 Seasons
We asked Artificial Intelligence to review Master Of Puppets and now we may be out of a job
The future is here and we don't like it one bit
Watch this YouTuber switch Metallica and Pink Floyd guitar solos with jaw-dropping results
Bradley Hall plays Metallica’s Fade To Black and Pink Floyd’s Comfortably Numb solos like some sort of alchemist
Disturbed's Down With The Sickness mixed with The Spice Girls' Wannabe is the most cursed mash-up of the year
'I really, really, really wanna zigazig, OH WAH AH AH AH' We've all been there
Charlie Benante reflects on first Pantera reunion show: "I think I was metal meditating, don't laugh…I'm serious"
Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante opens up about his experience of playing Pantera's first show in twenty years
Nickelback aren't losing sleep over haters: "Even the a**holes can be really funny"
You'd be wasting your time if you think making fun of Nickelback bothers Mike Kroeger, as he actually thinks some of the haters are pretty hilarious
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Chris Cornell and the most cringeworthy interview ever: "But it’s so loud!"
Watch Chris Cornell remain unflustered during an awkward interview about the weather, Soundgarden's "noise", and Jimi Hendrix
By the time Motörhead made Iron Fist they hated each other, and it showed
Iron Fist was the final album the Three Amigos line-up of Motörhead, and even Lemmy said it was "inferior to anything else we’ve ever done"
In Flames' Anders Fridén: "We were missing that guitar attack"
Anders Friden says In Flames' new album Foregone is "a mix between the past, the present and wherever we’re going"
"We’re finding something completely new": why Africa is the future of metal
Author Edward Banchs' new book introduces the metal bands reshaping the genre and giving it a brighter future
"I felt like an alien in my own music": Why Blind Guardian returned to their heavy metal roots on The God Machine
How Blind Guardian overcame personal tragedy to return to bombastic heavy metal on The God Machine
Cannibalism, The Cramps and THAT Wednesday dance scene: the weird story of Goo Goo Muck
The Cramps' Goo Goo Muck has gone viral thanks to Netflix's Wednesday show - but the song's history is as murky as the music itself
Satanic Panic is back but metal music has nothing to do with it
Metalheads might have been the poster children of Satanic Panic in the '80s, but these days it's popstars and fashion labels that are coming under fire for supposed devilish deeds
The weird but true story of Ministry's unlikely friendship with Steven Spielberg: "He thought we'd be baby-eating, satanic goat herders!"
A deep dive into Ministry’s unlikely cameo in A.I.: Artificial Intelligence and their unlikely 'bromance' with film legend Steven Spielberg
Pain, perversity and Pinhead: the twisted story of cult horror classic Hellraiser
Twisted, nightmarish and transgressive, Hellraiser is a horror movie like no other
The 10 best new metal songs you need to hear this week
Metallica, Motorhead and Bury Tomorrow are among the best new metal songs this week - plus vote for your favourite!
The New Wave Of American Heavy Metal: where are they now?
From Shadows Fall and God Forbid to Bleeding Through and Unearth, we track down the NWOAHM’s Class Of 2002
Fat Mike won't bullshit you on why he's killing off NOFX: "I don't enjoy it like I used to... I don’t need to be onstage hearing people applaud"
NOFX's Fat Mike is breaking up his band after 40 years, but he's not walking away from punk rock. He tells Ian Winwood why
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Bones And All: The must-see romantic cannibal road movie of the year featuring music by Trent Reznor and Kiss
Blood, guts and heartache as Timothée Chalamet noms on human flesh in, like, a sensitive way
As pummelling as 12 rounds with Tyson Fury: our first reaction to new Metallica single Lux Æterna
Metallica have surprised the world with a fast blast of speed metal that sounds straight from the Kill 'Em All era
Netflix's Wednesday review: Tim Burton captures the macabre magic of The Addams Family
Tim Burton's take on The Addams Family revels in murder mysteries, conjuring up dark laughs along the way
Lasers, flames and giant robot heads: Evanescence and Within Temptation team up to deliver one of this year's most spectacular metal shows
Within Temptation and Evanescence's Birmingham Utilita Arena show was truly something special
Nickelback's Get Rollin’: it sizzles, it pumps, it's more of the same
Nickelback's 10th album Get Rollin' is the sound of a band playing to their strengths, again
Witch Fever: Manchester doom-punks' dark magic holds London spellbound
Fast-rising cult heroines Witch Fever deliver captivating performance at intimate London show
Candlemass' Sweet Evil Sun: down-to-earth doom for the diehards
Candlemass' new album Sweet Evil Sun sees the Swedes stay the course for Sabbath worship - but their luck may have run out
Biffy Clyro at the London O2: a cathartic, euphoric triumph for British rock's national treasures
Biffy Clyro remind everyone why they're one of modern rock music's most vital and emotionally compelling bands
Twin Temple's show at the Wiltern in Los Angeles was so good it gave people orgasms (no, really)
From doo-wop bangers to people in the crowd enjoying themselves a little, ahem, TOO much, Twin Temple brought fun and frolics to LA
Batman, Beetlejuice, The Simpsons and Wes Borland: Danny Elfman just put on one of the most mind-bending live shows of 2022
Danny Elfman's show at the Hollywood Bowl is a dizzying, career-spanning triumph
Devin Townsend’s Lightwork album: arena rock eccentricity with a prog metal heart
Album review: Devin Townsend dials back the musical mania of Empath without losing what makes him so unique on new album Lightwork
