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- December 31
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- Live Review: Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, The Rutles
- Thank you for everything, Lemmy
- Classic Rock's Tracks of 2015: 10-1
- Critics' Choice 2015 - Anekdoten
- The world according to Lemmy
- Classic Rock's most popular news stories of 2015
- The 10 most-read features on Metal Hammer in 2015
- Alabama Shakes play Don't Wanna Fight
- The 100 best albums of 2015: 10-1
- Enter Shikari launch 2-track live video
- 'Honky Chateau' studio reopens
- Sum 41 tease Pledge tracks
- Joanne Shaw Taylor: Lemmy had life figured out
- Live preview: Davy O'List
- Welcome Back: Tedeschi Trucks Band
- Live Preview: Saxon
- High Hopes: Dirty Streets
- Buried Treasure: Elonkorjuu
- Classic Rock 219: New Albums A-Z
- Classic Rock 219: Reissues
- Classic Rock 219: Stuff
- Live Preview: Patty Griffin
- Classic Rock 219: New Albums
- Classic Rock 219: Lives
- The Irish Rover: The best of Phil Lynott, 1971-74
- 2016: The Ultimate Preview
- 2016 Preview: Yes
- Classic Rock 219: News & Regulars
- 2016 Preview: Joe Bonamassa
- 2016 Preview: Metallica
- 2016 Preview: Rival Sons
- 2016 Preview: Deep Purple
- Baroness: How To Cheat Death And Influence People
- 2016 Preview: Chris Robinson
- 2016 Preview: The Cadillac Three
- 2016 Preview: Muse
- 2016 Preview: Last In Line
- Phil Lynott: The Ultimate Tribute
- 2016 Preview: Jethro Tull
- Live Review: Simple Minds
- Rammstein: XXI
- Ronnie Spector: The Very Best Of Ronnie Spector
- Steven Wilson: 4 1⁄2
- Dave Brock: Brockworld
- Baron: Torpor
- Devo: Social Fools: The Virgin Singles 1978-1982
- Flying Joes: Let It Out
- Drive-By Truckers: It’s Great To Be Alive!
- Prog Round-up: February 2016
- Cream: The Singles 1967-1970
- Melodic Rock Round-up: February 2016
- The Motors: The Virgin Years
- Streetwalkers: I’m Walking – Complete Streetwalkers 1974-1977
- Live Review: Giuda
- Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard: Noeth Ac Anoeth
- The Temperance Movement: White Bear
- Penetration: The Virgin Years
- Live Review: The Darkness
- Placebo: MTV Unplugged
- The Chemistry Set: The Endless More And More
- Status Quo: Accept No Substitute – The Definitive Hits & More!
- Billy Sherwood: Citizen
- Heavy Load: Geddy Lee
- 2016 Preview: The Temperance Movement
- 2016 Preview: Guns N' Roses
- Todgers, Jukeboxes and Greedy Bastards: Friends Of Phil Spill! #2
- Classic Rock 219: Features
- 2016 Preview: Dream Theater
- 2016 Preview: Black Stone Cherry
- 2016 Preview: Meat Loaf
- 2016 Preview: Monster Truck
- 2016 Preview: Wolfmother
- 2016 Preview: The Eagles
- Todgers, Jukeboxes and Greedy Bastards: Friends Of Phil Spill! #1
- High Hopes: Hudson
- Q&A: Ronnie Spector
- TR+ Extended Version – Welcome Back: John Cale
- Sabbath: The Final Lap Begins
- Raw Power: ED-PHON3S
- Classic Rock 219: Reissues A-Z
- Classic Rock 219: Reviews
- 2016 Preview: Also coming this year...
- 2016 Preview: Santana
- 2016 Preview: Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
- Ronnie Lane's Escape To The Country
- Live Review: Deep Purple, Rival Sons
- Live Review: Ash
- Bill Nelson’s Orchestra Arcana: Optimism
- Paul Du Noyer: Conversations With McCartney
- Manfred Mann: The Greatest Hits + More
- Nicky Weller: Growing Up With... The Jam
- Love: Reel To Real
- Scarlet Page: Resonators
- Ritchie Blackmore: The Ritchie Blackmore Story
- 77: Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us
- Roger Waters: The Wall
- All About Eve: All About Eve/Scarlet And Other Stories
- The Who: Live In Hyde Park
- Jethro Tull: Too Old To Rock’n’Roll: Too Young To Die!
- Live Review: Cherie Currie
- John Carder Bush: Kate: Inside The Rainbow
- The Carburetors: Laughing In The Face Of Death
- Live Review: The Prodigy, Public Enemy
- Dirtbag Republic: Dirtbag Republic
- Bruce Soord: Bruce Soord
- Psychopunch: Sweet Baby Octane
- Skunk Anansie: Anarchytecture
- Angelic Upstarts: Bullingdon Bastards
- The Alan Parsons Project: The Turn Of A Friendly Card: Deluxe Edition
- Matt Berry And The Maypoles: Live
- Grateful Dead: The Best Of: Fare Thee Well
- Opeth: Deliverance & Damnation
- Bruce Springsteen: The Ties That Bind: The River Collection
- Todgers, Jukeboxes and Greedy Bastards: Friends Of Phil Spill! #3
- Live Review: Status Quo
- Uriah Heep: Vinyl Reissues
- The Top 10 Best Bob Dylan Covers
- Welcome Back: Skunk Anansie
- Were Buffalo the original Aussie heavy metal band?
- How Bob Dylan And The Holy Trinity Changed Music Forever
- Steve Clark: Def Leppard's lost guitar icon
- Suicide: The terrifying world of NYC's outsider punks
- The tragic life and unavoidable death of Scott Weiland
- Skid Row rule out Bach reunion
- Rush tour was no farewell says Geddy
- Sixx: I hope I don’t cry tonight
- Maiden: Lemmy, you played a great set
- Lemmy never compromised on style or volume - Corey
- Campbell: Turn it up to 11, celebrate Lemmy’s life
- The best new bands of 2015
- December 30
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- Critics' Choice 2015 - David Gilmour
- The 10 most-read news stories in 2015
- Classic Rock's Tracks of 2015: 20-11
- Skid Row split with Harnell
- The 100 best albums of 2015: 20-11
- Reader's Poll: What is the best Motörhead song?
- Motorhead focus of UK No.1 bid
- Hawkwind's Brock recalls firing jokes with Lemmy
- Biff Byford: Wherever you are, mate, give 'em hell
- Iommi: Remember Lemmy as a nice kind man
- The Lemmy Effect: How he touched artists’ lives
- Ulrich: I met Motorhead, then started Metallica
- Mikkey Dee: Let’s make Lemmy proud
- Lemmy took cancer news better than all of us - manager
- December 29
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- Keith Emerson leads further prog tributes to Lemmy
- Critics' Choice 2015 - Nad Sylvan
- Hellraiser, rogue, father - Lemmy remembered
- Motörhead: Everything Louder than Everyone Else
- Classic Rock's Tracks of 2015: 30-21
- He was Lemmy and he played rock’n’roll...
- Dave Brock on Lemmy: We had magical bond
- Metal Hammer's songs of the year
- Glenn Hughes: Lemmy set the bar ...he was the bar
- The 100 best albums of 2015: 30-21
- Slipknot: Your name was Lemmy and you played rock’n’roll
- Metallica: Lemmy was our hero
- Matt Sorum: We lost the greatest badass in history
- Fast Eddie: World seems a really empty place
- Lemmy: In His Own Words
- Lemmy Kilmister, Motorhead frontman, dead at 70
- December 28
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- Critics' Choice 2015 - Wire
- Classic Rock's Tracks of 2015: 40-31
- Flash Metal Suicide: Adam Bomb
- Vote for your favourite Metal Hammer cover of the year
- The 100 best albums of 2015: 40-31
- Scott Ian: S.O.D. became like a job
- Jackie Wilson to return as hologram
- Flaming Lips in new Miley Cyrus collaboration
- Behemoth album could come sooner than expected
- Easybeats singer Wright dead
- December 27
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- VIDEO: Watch Vintage Trouble perform 'Run Like The River' acoustically
- Classic Rock's Tracks of 2015: 50-41
- 13 albums we're looking forward to in 2016
- Metal Hammer's guilty pleasures of the year
- The 100 best albums of 2015: 50-41
- 'Black Sabbath of Asia' risk future for democracy
- Pips singer Guest dies at 74
- BMTH play Drown with string section
- Whitford wants another go at Aerosmith album
- The 12 greatest TeamRock Radio sessions of 2015
- December 26
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- Classic Rock's Tracks of 2015: 60-51
- What Mountain Taught Me About Moby Dick
- Corey Taylor is filing legal action against Santa Claus
- The 100 best albums of 2015: 60-51
- Jesse Hughes feared he’d never play live again
- Avantasia tease 5 Ghostlights tracks
- Papa Roach launch Falling Apart video
- Panic! launch Death video
- Sixx: Crue has been my guilty pleasure
- December 25
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- Classic Rock's Tracks of 2015: 70-61
- Radiohead stream unused Bond theme
- Metal Hammer's music videos of the year
- The 100 best albums of 2015: 70-61
- Asking Alexandria name first Stoff album
- Green Day issue seasonal song
- How Viv Campbell made up with Coverdale
- Lamb Of God got sued for listening to demo
- King Crimson offer Peace message
- Megadeth’s Loureiro shares Silent Night
- December 24
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- Classic Rock's Tracks of 2015: 80-71
- The 100 best albums of 2015: 80-71
- Bumblefoot opens UK rock school for kids
- Voivod detail Post Society EP
- Boy Jumps Ship release Burn video
- Issues singer covers Adele's Hello
- BTBAM talk easy Coma Ecliptic sessions
- Blaze destroys mansion once owned by Jimmy Page
- Big Fat Quiz Of The Year 2015
- Weiland vowed to ‘get it together’ says widow
- Palmeri has new Emmure lineup
- Coverdale planned retirement.. but changed his mind
- My 2015: Frank Carter
- Warren Haynes covers Gold Dust Woman
- ELO launch One Step At A Time video
- Kerry King ready for future farewell
- December 23
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- The 100 best albums of 2015: 90-81
- Classic Rock's Tracks Of 2015: 90-81
- The Rods re-record Crank It Up
- Lenny Kravitz free dental clinic raided by police
- Soul Enema issue Sassi clip
- Cetera won’t play with Chicago at Rock Hall
- Zero chance of S.O.D reunion says Scott Ian
- Downfall Of Gaia to split with Wolff
- Electric Boys man Bloom in video release
- Papa Roach’s Shaddix takes quick-fire questions
- Beatles music to hit streaming services
- Grab a drink and get comfy, the Classic Rock Awards are now online
- Drowning Pool issue By The Blood lyric video
- Crue biopic set for summer launch
- Art Of Anarchy in free album tribute to Weiland
- Converge call up Crippled Black Phoenix for tour
- Bun E Carlos will 'make nice' at Rock Hall induction
- A7X take over Guitar Hero Live
- Pierce The Veil album set for 2016
- Wylde’s Shadows II complete in weeks
- The 21 best videos of 2015
- Popovic kept friends away from blues
- Neal Morse launches music school
- Emmure quit around Palmeri
- Metallica tease track from studio
- December 22
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- My 2015: Queen Kwong's Carré Callaway
- Classic Rock's Tracks Of 2015: 100-91
- This is Charles Manson's letter to Marilyn Manson
- Rob Reed in last-minute Christmas track
- Mercutio premiere Reasons To Erase video
- Jane Getter Premonition confirm UK dates
- Halford voices story of Frosty's idiot cousin
- Uli Jon Roth unveils touring project
- Chicago set for Cetera reunion at Rock Hall
- Harley to play free Hull gig for Mick Ronson fund
- The 100 best albums of 2015: 100-91
- Why Nergal rejoining Fields Of The Nephilim is such a big deal
- Fred Durst banned from Ukraine
- Veil of Maya release Aeris video
- Schenker’s Temple release Communion video
- Puscifer add Money Shot dates
- Hundreds attend funeral of EODM merch man Nick
- Metal Hammer: Roadkill is having a festive giveaway
- Jeff Lynne's ELO launch One Step At A Time
- Rob Zombie teases 2016 album
- Jablonski Band issue documentary
- Andy Jackson trails 73 Days At Sea
- Stone Temple Pilots in musical Weiland tribute
- Thy Art Is Murder frontman CJ quits
- December 21
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- The 10 best books of 2015
- 5SOS release Jet Black Heart video
- Set It Off issue The Haunting promo
- New Band Of The Week: The Young Hearts
- Luca Turilli offers free download single
- Black Peaks delay debut album launch
- New Device line up 6 English dates
- Nightwish have no plans to celebrate 20 years
- Steven Wilson takes aim at prog metal
- Cheap Trick give away single No Direction Home
- Soundwave fans will get ticket refunds
- Shaman's Harvest launch In Chains
- Keenan says COC reunion has been ‘head trip’
- Vote for your favourite album of 2015
- Blues Traveler's Popper confirms autobiography
- Rollins stars as immortal in film role
- Blythe's Roger Brilliant to release album
- Kerslake gives cancer update
- Twenty One Pilots in Heavydirtysoul live promo
- Vote for your favourite album of 2015
- The Cult showcase radio sessions
- Steve Vai stolen guitar returned
- Ihsahn issues Mass Darkness lyric video
- Everything that happened in metal last week
- Roger Waters: "David Gilmour's got a terrible sense of humour..."
- The Most-Read Stories On Hammer Last Week
- Iommi appears in charity video
- Gillan slams ‘silly’ Rock Hall
- Kinks brothers reunion was fun - Dave
- Galahad mark 30th anniversary with re-recordings
- Weiland bassist won’t be charged
- December 20
- December 19
- December 18
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- Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week
- The night almost 5,000 Slaves fans paid tribute to a dead goldfish
- Have A Cigar: Saluting The Scene's Supporting Crew
- Locus Focus
- All Around The World: Our Far-Out Trip To Far-Flung Prog
- It's Prog Jim But Not As We Know It
- Billy Sheehan on King Crimson: "I’d love to play with Robert Fripp"
- Steve Davis' Interesting Alternative
- Weiland died from accidental overdose
- Rick Wakeman's Caped Crusades
- Stormwatch! Prog goes on Cruise To The Edge.
- Fad Gadgets
- The Prog Interview - Andy Summers
- In This Moment postpone Euro tour
- Prog Me: Geoff Tate
- Being Human
- Hammerfall plan 2016 album
- Circus Maximus to release Havoc
- 2015 Prog Critics' Top 20S: Part Two
- Drowning Pool return with new track Snake Charmer
- If you buy one album out this week, make it...
- Milk Teeth issue Kabuki video
- Scorpions unveil Arizona video
- Black Stone Cherry stream The Way Of The Future
- Neck Deep take on Bowden full-time
- Chicago hope for Cetera Rock Hall reunion
- The Outer Limits: Fields Of The Nephilim
- Lost Society in I Am The Antidote promo
- Protest The Hero drop Cold Water single
- 11 Top Tunes For A Prog-tastic Christmas!
- That's Not Prog!
- Downes Braide Association: Ghosts In The Machine
- Star Wars metal band Galactic Empire play the Star Wars theme in full
- ETID fan sneaks into dressing room to critique show
- Perfect Beings release Cryogenia video
- Hypno5e stream In Our Deaf Lands
- Monster Magnet classic albums set for reissue
- 2015 Prog Critics' Top 20: Part One
- Team Sleep in Blvd Nights live video
- Europe consider blues vibe for album no.11
- Crippled Black Phoenix: Rising From The Ashes
- Radiohead man plays Star Wars stormtrooper
- Sherwood: Chris Squire said I was the only the guy for the Yes job
- 2015 Prog Critics' Choice
- Reviews Column 62: Psychedelic Prog
- Limelight: The Mighty Bard
- The Best Of Irmin Schmidt's Solo Work
- The 100 Greatest Prog Artists Of All Time: 60-41
- The 100 Greatest Prog Artists Of All Time: 40-21
- The 100 Greatest Prog Artists Of All Time: 20-1
- Your favourite rock and metal memes of the year
- Virgin Records: Essential Prog Listening
- The100 Greatest Prog Artists Of All Time: 80-61
- Roger Waters: The Wall
- Sky: Toccata: An Anthology
- David Laurie: Dare
- Effa Lente: The Effa Lente Configuration: Parts 1-4
- Live: Toundra In London
- Knight Area: Hyperlive
- Isurus: Logocharya
- Baron: Torpor
- Colin Bass: At Wild End
- REVIEWS COLUMN 62: Art Rock
- Live: Ihsahn In London
- Lifesigns: Live In London – Under The Bridge
- The Room: Beyond The Gates Of Bedlam
- Live: The Gentle Storm In Manchester
- The Tirith: Tales From The Tower
- Sir Thijs Van Leer: Live At Trading Boundaries
- Live: Periphery In Manchester
- John Carder Bush: Kate: Inside The Rainbow
- Weather Report: The Legendary Live Tapes 1978-1981
- Swallow The Sun: Songs From The North I, II & III
- Live: Tool In Arizona
- Niall Mathewson: Eclectic Electric Volume 1
- Nick Harper: The Wilderness Years Volume 2
- Antimatter: The Judas Table
- Andy Summers: Metal Dog
- Live: Gazpacho In London
- The Chemistry Set: The Endless More And More
- Sikth: Opacities
- Gong: Radio Gnome Invisible Trilogy
- The Alan Parsons Project: The Turn Of A Friendly Card
- Limelight: Anna Von Hausswolf
- The 100 Greatest Prog Artists Of All Time: 100-81
- A Brief History Of Virgin Records
- The 100 Greatest Prog Artists Of All Time: 80-61
- Can's Irmin Schmidt: "I needed to prove I could do it on my own.."
- These Slayer Christmas cards are amazing
- Mestis: Polysemy
- Panzerballett: Breaking Brain
- Live: Jenny Hval In Bristol
- Live: PFM In London
- Pomegranate Tiger: Boundless
- Tangerine Circus: The Conspiracy Chronicles
- Slivovitz: All You Can Eat
- Conrad Keeley: Original Machines
- Osibisa: As Bs & 12 Inches
- Live: Jeff Lynne's ELO In London
- Live: Steve Rothery In Milton Keynes
- Tortoise: The Catastrophist
- Our Oceans: Our Oceans
- Dave Brock: Brockworld
- Anna Von Hausswolff: The Miraculous
- Live: Shining In Manchester
- Rush: R40 Live
- Matt Berry and the Maypoles: Live
- Krokofant: Krokofant II
- Intronaut: The Direction Of Last Things
- Crippled Black Phoenix: New Dark Age Tour EP 2015 A.D.
- Arcade Messiah : Arcade Messiah II
- Live: Touchstone In London
- Flying Colors: Second Flight: Live At The Z7
- Live: Nordic Giants In London
- Wubworld: The Chronicles Of Ruuun
- My Record Collection: Steve Oram
- Billy Sherwood: The Time Traveller's Life
- New Issue Of Prog On Sale Now
- Poison man Michaels reveals Rockett support
- 5FDP albums get vinyl reissues
- AIDS drug mogul Shkreli arrested on fraud charges
- 11 very last-minute Christmas gift ideas
- Devil You Know aim to replace Soundwave
- Bowie streams Lazarus single
- Robert Johnson pic no.4 is genuine, expert insists
- Dream Theater confirm North American tour
- Megadeth go VR for Dystopia
- December 17
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- This Is Hardcore: Subhumans – The Day The Country Died
- Frost* add 3 UK dates to 2016 summer run
- Vince Neil being sued over failed football team
- Thunder trail All You Can Eat
- Creeper detail lineup change and EP release
- Dream Theater’s Rudess launches GeoShred app
- The Virginmarys launch two Into Dust videos
- The 10 best Bay Area thrash albums
- Coheed man Sanchez in Adele cover
- Twenty One Pilots Blurryface live to air on US TV
- The Old Wind premiere new song Wooden Scythe
- Melechesh frontman under house arrest
- Hacktivist release tour mixtape
- ZZ Top co-writer Wilks readies first album in 10 years
- Nine Inch Nails unveil Cargo In The Blood art book
- "We want to challenge people’s assumptions." Earthside On Debut Plans
- "We want to challenge people’s assumptions." Earthside On Debut Plans
- Craig Goldy and David Glen Eisley go back to the 80s
- Heck detail headline UK tour
- Refused confirm 2016 Euro tour
- Grateful Dead TV series in the works
- Deep Purple, Cheap Trick chosen for Rock Hall
- The Temperance Movement uncage The White Bear
- Baroness announce European tour
- Q&A: Nick Mason
- Jethro Tull: Too Old To Rock ’n’Roll: Too Young To Die
- Live: The Zombies In London
- Monster Truck announce Euro tour
- Soundwave 2016 pulled due to 'poor' sales
- The Cult issue Chaos lyric video
- Enter Shikari launch live Radiate video
- Nikki Sixx: I’m boring
- Paul Nelson Band stream Freddie King cover
- Yes future was in doubt when Squire died - Sherwood
- Killswitch Engage name 7th album
- December 16
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- Eagles Of Death Metal line up Paris gig
- Motorhead launch video featuring scary biker dude
- Halestorm in Apocalyptic studio video
- Dani Filth thankful for 22 years in industry
- Devil You Know in Your Last Breath lyric video
- Rainbow man's Lords Of Black detail II
- Colt 45 release single to aid flood appeal
- Winery Dogs in Fire promo
- BMTH issue Happy Song live in New York
- The Dear Hunter detail 2016 UK tour
- Act of Defiance in acoustic Birth And The Burial clip
- The Contortionist release live Language clip
- ZZ Top confirm North American tour
- Deep Purple Rock Hall show would end in punch-up
- Hetfield highlights his best of 2015
- Syd Barrett memorial planned for Cambridge
- Vardis man Horbury dead at 65
- The 10 best albums to soundtrack a revolution
- Live: Fish In Liverpool
- 13 Prog Box Sets You Need This Christmas
- Von Hertzen Brothers, Frost* for Ramblin’ Man
- Black Stone Cherry to headline Ramblin’ Man
- Pantera complete album set unboxed
- Faith No More release Separation Anxiety video
- John McLaughlin Chooses His Favourite Prog Artist...
- Amorphis confirm 2016 European tour
- A Metalhead's Guide To... PlayStation 1 Games
- Iconic Dio chat released in full
- Guy, Copeland, Harman among BMA nominees
- ELO play Evil Woman on TV
- Poison's Rockett fighting cancer
- Abbath guitarist Valla quits
- December 15
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- Metal Hammer staff's top 20 albums of 2015 - the full list!
- Your three song introduction to Amorphis
- Wilko Johnson and Joanne Shaw Taylor to tour UK
- Supersonic Blues Machine tease debut album
- The Temperance Movement unveil live acoustic video
- Sanguine Hum 'lost' album gets deluxe treatment
- Roam release Hopeless Case video
- Royal Republic detail Weekend Man
- The Hell premiere new video for The Fever
- Heights offer free download of Carol Of The Bells cover
- Shearwater reveal Jet Plane And Oxbow
- Steve Vai: The 10 Records That Changed My Life
- Guantanamo man Aamer consoled by Whitesnake
- Disturbed, Rob Zombie and more for Northern Invasion
- Journey singer Arnel Pineda signs solo deal
- Shinedown reveal 2016 US tour dates
- Secrets stream album no.3
- DBA launch Vanity promo
- Primal Fear issue Bullets & Tears
- 5FDP Spencer in quick-fire interview
- And Derek Shulman's Favourite Prog Artist Is...
- Oceans of Slumber's Winter is coming
- Huntress Jill: Don't be ashamed to seek help
- Seether premiere Save Today
- Sparks: The Island Years
- Fear Factory, Symphony X and Acid Reign for Bloodstock 2016
- Last In Line stream Martyr
- AC/DC add Euro shows
- Paramore in 'painful' split with Davis
- AC/DC reveal US dates
- Beth Hart confirms UK tour
- Zappa's Lost Broadcast coming to DVD
- Ghost Inside label donates album money
- Blackmore could play more Rainbow shows
- December 14
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- Stuff yer Bing Crosby up yer arse
- The Best Christmas Songs of 2015
- Coz we luv you: The Slade Archive
- 20 Ways To Make Your Xmas Rock
- Brent Smith: "This album is about Life and Death"
- Josh Homme 'humbled' by QOTSA fans video
- Charlie Barnes unveils live acoustic video
- Chelsea Grin in Skin Deep promo
- Roth Eat 'Em And Smile reunion will happen
- Filter's Patrick sorry for Weiland drug comments
- Liverpool given Unesco City Of Music status
- A farewell to the Sunset Strip
- Bowling For Soup Erik at work on solo album
- Mothertongue debut Unsongs due in early 2016
- Tiny Thai kids smash Smoke On The Water
- Monstrance unleash Karma After the Storm video
- Cheap Trick has '3 great guys and 4 great chords'
- The Resistance confirm album due in January
- Them box set goes on sale
- Hagar to front Rock Road Trip TV show
- IO Earth in promo for Insomnia
- You Me At Six host special Ghost Inside charity gig
- Beatles Abbey Road sessions go on tour
- Korpiklaani announce European tour with Moonsorrow
- This week in metal (7/12/15 - 13/12/15)
- Cozy Powell memorial to be unveiled
- And Steven Wilson's Favourite Prog Artist Is...
- Bleeding Through won't be reuniting
- New Band Of The week: Hail The Sun
- Limelight: Octopie
- Vai's guitar stolen at McAlpine cancer benefit gig
- Abbath drummer Foley quits
- Stone Sour stream 2nd Burbank EP
- Last week's most-read stories on TeamRock
- The Most-Read Stories On Metal Hammer Last Week
- AC/DC Thunderstruck by NZ storm
- Flash Metal Suicide: King Kobra
- Steve Perry: I’ll finish solo album soon
- B.B. gravestone laid in ceremony
- Mantra Vega reveal debut album art
- Paris horror stopped me drinking - 5FDP bassist Kael
- December 13
- December 12
- December 11
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- Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week
- Prog's Tracks Of The Week
- If you buy one album out this week, make it...
- Yashin's Renegades due in February
- Angels & Airwaves, Parkway Drive on 'Boobies' record
- Avatar enter studio with Sylvia Massy
- Ricky Warwick issues Damascus Street lyric promo
- Pomegranate Tiger streams Boundless
- 80 Machine Head songs covered in 8 minutes
- Good Charlotte opened door for peers
- King's X man Tabor teases Alien Beans solo effort
- New Damage Records release sampler
- Paul Carrack unveils Soul Shadows
- The Treatment detail Generation Me
- Hindsights confirm split and final show
- American Head Charge detail Tango Umbrella
- Avantasia issue Blood Red Rose lyric video
- Public Service Broadcasting detail science show
- Halestorm post What Sober Couldn't Say acoustic video
- Mastodon Brann gives old man a drum lesson
- Amaranthe 'invented' their own genre
- Devilskin announce debut UK tour
- Why Nightwish Are Now The Best Band They've Ever Been
- All Time Low Gaskarth in Christmas track
- Sixx: Weiland died on my tour bus
- Steeleye Span, Gryphon, Hayseed Dixie for Cropredy
- Chris Adler to tour US with Megadeth
- Paul Nelson Band confirm debut album
- Metallica wanted Geddy Lee for Master Of Puppets
- December 10
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- The Metal Hammer Critics' Poll: The Albums Of 2015
- The 12 Playlists of Xmas: Aussie Beach Party BBQ
- This is a 360º view of Five Finger Death Punch on stage at Wembley
- Triple H: NXT Could Come To UK Rock Festivals
- Delain announce Lunar Prelude EP
- Radkey in 'super violent' clay promo for Glore
- Killswitch Engage unleash video for Strength Of The Mind
- Iommi to discuss life and career at Birmingham event
- Procol Harum to headline Ramblin’ Man 2016
- Mushroomhead to tour UK with American Head Charge
- Sabaton detail Heroes On Tour DVD
- Portnoy showed no bias on son’s work
- Mascot label to launch blues newspaper
- Springsteen reveals solo album plans
- Rush release YYZ clip from R40 DVD
- Taiwanese Democracy: Why Chthonic's frontman is running for office
- Lacuna Coil in studio for Delirium sessions
- Motionless In White reschedule dates
- Weiland tour bus drugs haul
- Behemoth: "Satan is the most misunderstood figure in the world"
- Tremonti writing Alter Bridge tunes on the road
- Behemoth to play The Satanist in full on Euro tour
- Fearless Vampire Killers announce headline UK tour
- Marillion unveil North America tour dates
- All 31 parts to the full orchestra Star Wars theme played on guitar
- This Is Hardcore: Against Me! – Reinventing Axl Rose
- Defiled to play 9 UK headline shows
- Black Stone Cherry tease Kentucky
- Blink album coming in 2016
- Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Stones top rock earning list
- Phil Collins role was on Bonham bucket list
- Ozzy: No one wants new Sabbath music
- December 9
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- Jimi Hendrix goes to War with Edwin Starr
- Metal Hammer: Roadkill update turns game up to 11
- Jello Biafra: Rant-Man
- Defeater set for 2016 Euro tour
- Twisted Sister documentary out in january
- Will Ritchie's Rainbow rise... or plummet down to Earth?
- Greek metal gods Rotting Christ reveal a glorious new track
- Luna Rossa issue 'wistful' Christmas song
- Cult Of Luna announce European Tour
- Kevin Godley on his bike for Hog Fever 'ear movie'
- All That Remains in Victory Lap promo
- Whitesnake to headline Ramblin' Man Fair
- The Room announce London show
- Deep Purple detail Vinyl Collection
- Baroness: How we made the Purple riffs
- Fighting talk with Def Leppard's Phil Collen
- Room 94 announce single and tour
- Beatles Indian retreat open to the public
- Harpers Ferry stream debut single
- Coal Chamber man's ink says don't be a 'dickhead'
- Corey Taylor, Dave Navarro cover STP to honour Weiland
- Metallica release Antarctica documentary
- Lost Mitch Malloy Van Halen demo unveiled
- Trivium officially introduce drummer Wandtke
- Soulfly bring We Sold Our Souls tour to UK & Eire
- BMTH release live Throne video
- Ginger Wildheart diagnosed with acute depression
- Robin Trower streams Christmas track
- Dave Kerzner launches Nothing video
- EODM: Love, joy and music will always overcome
- Robert Plant records song to highlight refugee plight
- December 8
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- The 12 Playlists Of Christmas: The Cover Version List
- Charles Bradley takes on Black Sabbath
- Thinking Out Loud: Skunk Anansie's Skin
- Purson announce 2016 UK tour
- Simo issue I’ll Always Be Around lyric video
- Corabi to release live Crue set
- Jimmy Page to return with new band in 2016
- John Lennon: "He had honesty and power" – 10 of the best Lennon covers
- Manics announce Everything Must Go tour
- Yorke asks Santa for ‘hope for the future’
- Disturbed release Sound Of Silence promo
- Bury Tomorrow stream Memories
- Geddy Lee clarifies Peart retirement rumours
- Crowbar 4 ‘killer’ tracks into album
- Summer’s End book marks 10th anniversary
- Steve Vai on art, sparkle paint and penguins
- Belladonna could have sung 'easy' Bush-era songs
- Bret Michaels hints at Poison 30th anniversary summer tour
- Hetfield still proud of Lulu
- Gabriel in monkey chat experiment
- The 10 best My Bloody Valentine songs, by Failure's Ken Andrews
- Megadeth confirm North American tour dates
- Shepherd’s Bush Empire in safety shut-down
- "My brain was leaking into my spine." Austin Carlile's year of hell
- Bruce Dickinson working on solo album
- Weiland’s ex: This will happen again
- Fallbrawl: Chaos Reigns
- 2015: A Year In Metal - The Show-Stoppers
- Discs Of Doom: Trevor Strnad, The Black Dahlia Murder
- 2015: A Year In Metal - The Warrior
- 2015: A Year In Metal - The Critics' Poll Albums 5-1
- 2015: A Year In Metal - The Multi-Tasker to The Rocker
- 2015: A Year In Metal - The Preacher and The Straight-Shooter
- 2015: A Year In Metal - The Critics' Poll Albums 15-6
- Roadtrippin': Tesseract
- Who the fuck are Ladybaby?
- Holy Vision: A Nation Mourns
- Hot New Band: Earthside
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- Sunn 0))) on their most conceptual album yet
- 2015: A Year In Metal - The Risk-Taker
- Keep Of Kalessin / Vreid / Vredehammer
- Workin' Man Noise Unit: Play Loud
- Killing Joke / Invaders Of The Heart
- Images At Twilight: Kings
- Deathcrusher Tour 2015
- Vastum: Hole Below
- Wednesday 13 / Evil Scarecrow
- Sons Of Texas: Baptized In The Rio Grande
- De Profundis: Kingdom Of The Blind
- Damnation Festival 2015
- Megadeth / Lamb Of God / Children Of Bodom / Sylosis
- Impericon Never Day Die! Tour
- Ur Draugr: With Hunger Undying
- The Body & Krieg: The Body & Krieg
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- The Fifth Alliance: Death Poems
- Pomegranate Tiger: Boundless
- Monolithe: Epsilon Aurigae
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- T.A.O.S.: Passion Sodomy Terror
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- 1349
- Atena: Shades Of Black Won't Bring Her Back
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- 2015: A Year In Metal - The Fox Priestess to The Survivor
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- Epic / Eluveitie / Scar Symmetry
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- Extreme Noise Terror: Extreme Noise Terror
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- Rolo Tomassi
- Throneless: Throneless
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- Terzij de Horde: Self
- Let's Talk Daggers: A Beautiful Life
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- Graveyard / Imperial State Electric
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- Baroness: Purple
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- One Machine: The Final Cull
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- Pantera: The Complete Studio Albums: 1990 - 2000
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- Kind: Rocket Science
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- Foos, Ghost and Alabama Shakes up for Grammys
- Slipknot, Lamb Of God, Ghost on Grammy shortlist
- Alabama Shakes get 4 Grammy nominations
- Roll up! Roll up! Nightwish star in the Metal Hammer Xmas extravaganza
- Waters, Muse, Tame Impala on Grammy list
- Paradise Lost: A Symphony For The Lost
- Eagles Of Death Metal return to Paris
- December 7
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- Scorpions, Rob Zombie, Disturbed join Carolina Rebellion
- The Cult announce UK tour
- Beardfish singer announces solo album
- Taylor: Heavy metal an outlet for anger
- Axel Rudi Pell issues King Of Fools lyric video
- 10 Things We Learned From The New Issue Of Classic Rock
- Worsnop opens up on pain that led to solo album
- Moose Blood finish album no.2
- Black Veil Brides hit studio to make 5th album
- Manowar release Heart Of Steel live clip
- Uriah Heep launch Driven anthology
- RATM classic gets banjo treatment
- Coheed Josh proud of 'brave' shift from concepts
- Sir Lord Baltimore’s John Garner dies
- Every Time I Die Keith gives update on baby girl
- Big Boy Bloater releases Robot Girlfriend
- Blythe: Success is no safeguard against depression
- This Week In Metal (30/11/15 - 6/12/15)
- Dream Theater unveil Astonishing deluxe box set
- Rob Zombie & Disturbed sign up for Fort Rock and Rockville
- Sammy Hagar: The 10 Records That Changed My Life
- Bob Dylan launches rare Tom Thumb clip
- Viv Campbell 'never gelled' with Whitesnake
- New Band Of The Week: Weatherstate
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- Flash Metal Suicide: The 69 Eyes
- You Me At Six in The Ghost Inside benefit show
- Opeth launch limited edition brew
- The Darkness added to Stone Free Festival lineup
- Crimson men guest on N.y.X. album
- Trivium reveal touring drummer
- Gibbons album is tribute to dad
- Geddy considers 2nd solo album
- Weiland years were highlight of my career - Sorum
- December 6
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- Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week
- KSE, Lawnmower Deth, Disturbed for Download 2016
- Scott Weiland: 1967 – 2015
- Ringo Starr's drum kit sells for £1.4million
- The 10 best Black Sabbath songs, by Kvelertak's Erlend Hjelvik
- Lemmy: I'm sick of being asked when I'm gonna die
- The 12 Playlists Of Xmas: The Baa-Humbug List
- December 5
- December 4
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- Weiland 'was a man who needed help'
- Harp Twins in Kansas cover
- Periphery release 4k Ultra HD promo for Psychosphere
- Scott Ian: If I can play a show, I'm gonna play
- Manowar issue Dawn Of Battle clip
- Halestorm release New Modern Love acoustic
- Leon Alvarado details Persistence
- Ice Nine Kills stream latest album
- Tributes pour in for Scott Weiland
- King Diamond forced to cancel Houston show
- If You Buy One Album Out This Week, Make It…
- Von Hertzen Brothers announce UK tour
- Skunk Anansie issue Love Someone Else promo
- Anna von Hausswolff issues Stranger clip
- The Blues Magazine issue 26 out now
- RHCP: "Music and sex is the same to me, I mix them up all the time"
- Maiden's £199 headphones on sale from today
- Blackhole are back and still doing it for themselves
- The 20 Greatest Hair Metal Anthems Of All Time
- A7X to dial up the 'aggro' on album no.7
- Lounge Kittens release Pop Punk Medley promo
- Steven Wilson, Opeth headline Be Prog! My Friend
- Mgła and Belphegor gigs head up a diabolical December
- Clapton features in 8-disc vinyl set
- The Temperance Movement launch Oh Lorraine
- Chili Peppers for Reading and Leeds
- Sabbath early albums for deluxe reissue
- Dream Theater stream The Gift Of Music
- Scott Weiland found dead
- December 3
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- Def Leppard: "Pyromania was selling 100,000 copies a day in the USA"
- Immortal break silence over Abbath split
- This Is Hardcore: Orchid – Chaos Is Me
- Gun release live promo for Hold Your Head Up
- Baroness launch Morningstar stream
- Runrig detail final album and 2016 UK tour
- Mew ask fans to help pick setlist for London gigs
- Status Quo launch live pre-order campaign
- Slayer confirm North American dates
- Scorpions release Robot Man stream
- Clive Nolan given 'all clear' after eye surgery
- David Gilmour to play 4 more London shows
- Nonpoint announce studio and live plans
- Styx and their long fall from grace
- Holy Grail's Time Of Pride And Peril due in February
- The Only Ones: Drugs, Keef, car crashes and an odd Bon Scott connection
- Graham Bonnet book coming in 2016
- New Device release Hollywood Radio promo
- Children Of Bodom’s Hate Crew Deathroll: the story behind the album
- 2015 - 50 Best Albums Of The Year
- Maiden frontman's dilemma over Bruce Chickinson
- Gojira release live Ocean Planet clip
- Van Halen producer reflects on band’s roots
- The best 11 black metal albums, by Borknagar's Øystein Brun
- Eva Cassidy in Take Me To The River video
- Trivium reveal North American dates
- Wylde: Writing is like digging for dinosaur bones
- Korn in Obama video mashup
- Surprise Floyd EP will get wider release
- The 12 Playlists Of Xmas: The Radio Team's List
- December 2
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- Amity Affliction launch Shine On video
- 6 Things We Learnt from Slayer and Anthrax
- Edgar Winter: the man behind the Monster
- Judas Priest: screaming once again
- Voivod plan 2016 EP and album
- Dropkick Murphys unveil 2016 US dates
- The 11 best Girlschool songs, by Rock Goddess' Jody Turner
- Napalm Death and Melvins set for joint tour
- Behemoth's Satanist up for film fest prize
- Ray Shulman Guests On The Prog Magazine Show
- Munroe launches Thunder project
- First Look: Public Service Broadcasting At Brixton
- Viv Campbell's 'tumours at bay'
- Sister Sin's Liv says Burnout led to split
- Alabama Shakes’ Howard admits to concert woes
- Mercury vocal track stream released
- The Black Queen unveil Maybe We Should promo
- Why we have David Cameron to thank for The King Blues reunion
- Anderson recalls acoustic 'attitude' on Aqualung
- Amy Lee covers Led Zep classic Going To California
- Tool add 6 dates to 2016 US tour
- Striker unleash Too Late video
- Page laughs off Keef's 'hollow' Led Zep comments
- Glassjaw stream New White Extremity
- Ghost Inside's Zach endured 26 hours of surgery
- Classic Rock 218: On Sale Now!
- Karda Estra issue Future Sounds EP
- A Metalhead's Guide To... Americana
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- Shinedown release State Of My Head video
- Grohl takes on Animal in drum-off
- Intervals stream The Shape Of Colour in full
- I'll honour Jeff Hanneman guitars says new owner
- Classic Rock 218: The New Issue!
- The Temperance Movement unveil Oh Lorraine
- Sabbath tour with 3 drummers would be cool - Appice
- The Temperance Movement stream Oasis cover
- Buckley leaves ETID tour as pregnant wife falls ill
- Dream Theater unveil Astonishing details
- Motorhead slam Campbell death rumour
- December 1
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- Jess And The Ancient Ones stream their psychedelic new album in full
- Thom Yorke calls out YouTube greed
- 10 reasons why The Walking Dead is metal as fuck
- Zoltan Bathory discusses the Five Finger Death Punch terror threats
- Stereophonics casing Isle Of Wight for fans
- The 69 Eyes announce Universal Monsters
- Eddie Martinez's 5 Essential Guitar Albums
- The Contortionist premiere The Parable video
- The 11 greatest female vocalists, by New Years Day's Ash Costello
- Primal Fear release Metal stream
- Simple Plan name 5th album and confirm 2016 tour
- Steven Wilson announces North American tour
- Marvin Gaye play is thriller, not musical
- Farmikos release Scapegoat video
- Black Peaks detail UK dates
- Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard stream debut album
- Sunn O))) stream 'darker' Kannon
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- As Lions sign deal for debut album
- Fish On Friday team up with Parsons
- Baroness’ Baizley recalls Hetfield hospital call
- Malevolence premiere new video for Turn To Stone
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- Slayer: "We could never do any thing like Some Kind Of Monster..."
- Supertramp: The Brits who outsold The Clash two to one in the USA
- Soft Machine line up 8 UK dates for 2016
- Breaking Benjamin announce 2016 US tour
- Slayer are headlining Bloodstock 2016
- The Ghost Inside face months of rehabilitation
- Sixx:AM albums heavy but diverse says Nikki
- Mose Alison – American Legend: Live In California
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