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“I was in the mountains during a thunderstorm. It was so heavy I had to pull aside and park. That’s when ‘heavy metal thunder’ came to me”: The biker rock anthem th…

But Bonfire’s relationship with the band didn’t end there. He had demoed Born To Be Wild, and after it had been turned down ...
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"I could feel the power behind me and it was like being in front of a locomotive." The Swedish metal icons whose biggest hit was so confusing even Metallica's Kirk Hammett ...

It's safe to day that even the most patient music teacher struggle to explain the polyrhythms that provide the backbone of this Meshuggah classic ...
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“He was seeing the devil in everything. To him, his whole life had been in service to Satan...” This LA band had the world at their feet. Then their guitarist joined a ...

How a "feral" Ozzy Osbourne crowd, an onstage meltdown, and nudity on live TV sparked a police manhunt in South America What happened when a SWAT team swooped on ex-Queens of the Stone Age bassist ...
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The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now!

Sepultura, Lamb Of God and Arch Enemy are among the best new metal songs this week. Is it us, or did the music world suddenly ...
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Sleep Token, Wet Leg, Wolf Alice, Pulp & Turnstile among this year's Brit nominees - here's how you can watch the 2026 Brit Awards... no matter where you are

This weekend's ceremony from Manchester's Co-op Arena will be broadcast live - here's everything you need to know ahead of the big night ...
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“They say time heals all wounds, but not completely. Even 40 years later, I often find myself thinking about him”: The electrifying life and dark times of iconic Thin Lizzy ...

“As I got into the light, I heard: “Are you Scott?” There was this black guy. For a moment, I thought: ‘That’s really cool, ...
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"Ozzy has been a mighty force in modern music." The BRIT Awards are to honour the late Black Sabbath's contribution to music with Lifetime Achievement accolade and all-star ...

The BRIT Awards 2026 have announced Ozzy Osbourne will be honoured with a posthumous Lifetime Achievement award at the annual ceremony, which is set to take place this weekend. An all-star line-up ...
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“Mike got back with Dream Theater and I started praying about what I should do”: Neal Morse Band’s L.I.F.T. is steeped in mystery – as he says all concept albums should be

Neal Morse Band were worried that Mike Portnoy wouldn’t find time to take part in fifth album L.I.F.T. – but he did, and the result is virtuosic victory ...
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"The guys from Guns N’ Roses split down the middle politically." Melania Trump documentary producer names the artists who refused to give permission for their m…

While Beckman does not disclose which band member refused permission, Axl Rose has previously gone on record with his ...
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"We’ve actually worked together on a bunch of stuff over the years that hasn’t even come out." Why Willow Smith is the only guest vocalist on Sean Lennon and Les Cla…

Primus frontman Les Claypool and Sean Lennon have announced the third album from their collaborative project The Claypool ...
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"I'm like, 'Guys, help me!' And my first day sober, I played in front of 14,000 people, weeping my eyes out." How Metallica helped modern metal icon and Lamb Of God frontman ...

Lamb Of God frontman Randy Blythe says he'd be "dead" if he hadn't quit drinking in 2010 - and the biggest band in metal helped him do it ...
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"I was very narrow-minded. I thought they were just an annoying pop band!" One of America's greatest punk rock frontmen has come out as a huge fan of Oasis after ye…

Ness went to see the reunited indie-rock superstars play the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California on September 6 last year, and ...