U2 announce intimate BBC gig to take place in London: here's how you could get tickets
U2 will play a special show in London for the BBC next week: here's how you could get tickets
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Get in the Halloween spirit by having Kirk Hammett read you Edgar Allen Poe, soundtracked by a Metallica song
The metal giants’ horror hound presents The Raven, as his band continue their residency at the Sphere
Artists
“My wife can send me to get milk and I’ll come back with a handbag! My brain is just too full”: Adam Wakeman on working with his dad Rick, playing Black Sabbath jazz style, War Of The Worlds, and loads of bands
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Tony Iommi looks back on Black Sabbath's stormy history and forward to his latest solo adventure
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"I think of notes as being expensive. You don't just throw them around"
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Music
Machine Head, Floor Jansen and Delain are among the best new metal songs this week
Floor Jansen, Machine Head and Delain are among this week's best new metal songs
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Watch the video for Dracula, Lita Ford's first new music in a decade
Former Runaways guitarist Lita Ford is back with a Halloween-friendly single – and there's more to come
The dreamscapes and space trips behind the Flaming Lips’ American Head
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Tech
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British blues rocker Joanne Shaw Taylor is still climbing
Tony Iommi keeps the Black Sabbath flame burining on From The Dark
The Riff Master General returns: Praise the loud
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