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- July 31
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- What's the deal with Courtney Love's Smashing Pumpkins cameo?
- Smashing Pumpkins announce massive, star-studded 30th anniversary show
- Matt Heafy has covered N*Sync and Celine Dion
- The 10 best punk albums to own on vinyl
- Arch Enemy: Alissa White-Gluz's Guide To Life
- There were three questions about Iron Maiden on University Challenge last night
- Rolling Stones to curate new blues compilation
- The 10 Best Guns N' Roses songs, by Sleaford Mods' Jason Williamson
- Sleaford Mods announce new self-titled EP
- Alice In Chains: Jerry Cantrell recalls “incredible and terrifying” rise of grunge
- Janis Joplin: hedonism, heroin, and a life of no half measures
- The 10 most metal Harry Potter characters
- First new Yes feat. Anderson Rabin Wakeman music appears online...
- Soen will revisit 3rd album Lykaia in September
- The 10 best thrash songs from 2000-2020
- Vodun announce run of UK tour dates
- Stephen Colbert buys Flaw a $15,000 van
- Sammy Hagar previews new material from The Circle
- You Me At Six add dates to UK winter tour
- Koyo announce 11-date UK tour
- Joe Perry launches live video for solo track Aye Aye Aye
- Recite a prayer to listen to new Behemoth material
- Who did the best version of Baby Please Don't Go?
- Police apologise for Marilyn Manson ‘arrest’ stunt
- July 30
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- Eagles - The Long Run: Album Of The Week Club Review
- Def Leppard launch range of limited edition trainers
- 10 times metal bands improved Top Of The Pops
- Steven Wilson announces To The Bone North American tour
- Devin Townsend reveals ERAS box set Part 2
- Graham Bonnet Band launch video for Livin’ In Suspicion
- Tom Morello reflects on Rage Against The Machine split
- Why Iron Maiden refused to mime on Top Of The Pops
- What do old people think of Korn?
- New Band Of The Week: Reprisal
- Anti-Flag to release acoustic album American Reckoning
- Manic Street Preachers premiere live video for People Give In
- Blackfield best-of set for September release
- Marilyn Manson explains reason behind Toronto no-show
- Toto confirm cover of Weezer’s Hash Pipe
- July 29
- July 27
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- The Top 11 best Metal Blade albums
- Talons stream whole of new album We All Know
- Get the lowdown on Iron Maiden’s new Legacy Of The Beast pinball table
- The Amity Affliction premiere NSFW video for Feels Like I’m Dying
- Tracks Of The Week: new music and videos from Halestorm, Clutch and more...
- Clutch share crab cake recipe in tasty Hot Bottom Feeder video
- Sumer support Deity's Muse next week
- Doro teams up with Amon Amarth’s Johan Hegg for new single
- Crossfaith see the light in new video for Catastrophe
- Halestorm's Vicious: Joe Hottinger's track-by-track guide
- Talons – We All Know album review
- Halestorm – Vicious album reviewed
- Metallica use streaming data to plan live setlists, claims Spotify boss
- OHHMS’ stellar new album Close is the bastard offspring of Black Sabbath and Pink Floyd
- Elvis Costello & The Imposters announce new album Look Now
- Marilyn Manson cancels Toronto show "due to an unforeseen illness”
- Heavy Metal Truants Announce Monster Rock Charity Raffle
- The 10 best anime, as chosen by Rise Of The Northstar
- Watch Greta Van Fleet light up The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon
- Listen to Riverside’s stunning new single Vale Of Tears
- Listen to Alice Cooper’s live version of Ballad Of Dwight Fry
- July 26
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- Monster Truck release video for inspirational single Evolution
- Peter Murphy to celebrate 40 years of Bauhaus with UK and European tour
- Lamb Of God’s Chris Adler out of upcoming tour dates
- Ian Neal teases new album with release of Holst's Hollows...
- The 10 best composers, by Tarja Turunen
- Listen to new Dead Letter Circus track The Real You
- Phideaux returns with first new album in seven years!
- Watch teaser trailer for upcoming documentary about the metal scene in Latin America
- California's Haunt tune in to the golden age of heavy metal
- Dee Snider: Take a first look at what's inside the For The Love Of Metal box set
- Delve into dark designs with new black metal colouring book
- The past 12 months have been amazing for metal – and yet we still don’t get a Mercury Prize nomination
- Behemoth tease fans with controversial crucifixion artwork
- The top 10 best metalcore songs
- Roger Daltrey's autobiography set for October release
- Watch Trivium go Beyond Oblivion in new multi-cam video
- Tarja – Act II album review
- Skyharbor share video for their intense new track Dissent
- Robin Trower: From Pale Rider To Blues Brother
- Dee Snider - For The Love Of Metal album reviewed
- Hollywood Vampires share behind the scenes tour wrap-up video
- July 25
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- Jamey Jasta reveals specials guests for his Jasta And Friends tour
- IDLES launch video for new single Samaritans
- Jon Spencer announces debut solo album
- Halestorm - Vicious album review
- Bulletbelt release new video for Faster Than Death
- ELO singles collection set for September release
- Listen to thundering new Slash track Driving Rain
- Watch Tarja unbox her new live album Act II
- Prog meets Carl Palmer!
- Petrol Girls announce UK and European tour dates
- Here's a swing version of Korn's Freak On A Leash
- Estrons announce new album You Say I'm Too Much, I Say You're Not Enough
- Frost* re-sign with InsideOut for new albums and a reissue series
- Redemption – Long Night's Journey Into Day album review
- Iron Maiden’s Steve Harris: Metal needs to push boundaries
- Early Bob Seger singles collected on album for the first time
- A tour through End Christian’s mind-bending record collection
- Listen to Matt Berry's cover of the Are You Being Served? theme
- Dee Snider – For The Love Of Metal album review
- Watch Fozzy get the party started in Burn Me Out video
- Slash teases video for new track Driving Rain
- July 24
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- Metal Hammer Podcast: What is the future for Kvelertak?
- Get your world exclusive Iron Maiden Legacy bundle from Metal Hammer
- Kristin Hersh announces new album Possible Dust Clouds
- Black Stone Cherry: the secret ingredients that spice up their southern-fried sounds
- Meet the man who's re-recording the history of Heavy Rock
- Steve Hackett to release the collection Broken Skies: Outspread Wings (1984 - 2006)
- We dissect Iron Maiden's most epic show ever
- Listen to reworked version of David Bowie’s 1987 track Zeroes
- Voices take a journey into the dark heart of London
- Meshuggah apologise for Djent - say it was a “drunk misunderstanding”
- Halestorm to tour US with In This Moment and New Years Day
- Soundgarden: From Superunknowns to Superstars - their story, in Classic Rock, on sale now
- Monuments return with new album Phronesis
- Hellyeah call out Vinnie Paul replacement rumour
- Dave Harris teases possible Zee album reissue
- Martin Barre details new album Roads Less Travelled
- Skeletonwitch – Devouring Radiant Light album review
- The music of 80s TV was dominated by War Of The Worlds guy Jeff Wayne and hearing it now is a total timewarp...
- Chris Cornell statue set for Seattle - see first picture
- Alter Bridge share trailer from their spectacular Royal Albert Hall show
- July 23
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- Motorhead - Overkill: Album Of The Week Club Review
- Fucked Up announce new album Dose Your Dreams
- Rob Zombie: Slayer will be back on the road in two years
- Here's a man playing Korn with corn
- Judas Priest premiere video for crushing new single No Surrender
- Freddie, Frank, and The Halo: How Queen’s spectacular arena show rocked the UK
- Arctic Monkeys launch video for new single Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
- Nightwish have written up to 90% of new album
- Meet JoyCut: the sonic innovators shaping prog's electronic future
- The Struts return with electrifying new single Body Talks
- Green Carnation unveil the heartbreaking story behind their progressive masterpiece
- Kvelertak bring in vocalist Ivar Nikolaisen
- Deep Purple classics set for purple vinyl release
- David Bowie’s very first demo found in old bread basket
- Watch Led Zeppelin, Green Day, Blue Oyster Cult and more performed in the style of Ghost
- Avenged Sevenfold forced to cancel North American tour
- Claudio Simonetti's Goblin change Dawn Of The Dead performances
- Watch Matt Heafy cover Kiss From A Rose by Seal
- Watch Lzzy Hale join Smashing Pumpkins for cover of Led Zeppelin classic
- New Band Of The Week: Pagan
- YouTube sensation Justin Sandercoe to lead UK Guitar Show workshops
- Prophets Of Rage launch video for hard-hitting track Who Owns Who
- July 21
- July 20
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- The best deals on headphones in HMV's summer tech sale
- Twisted Sister ex Dee Snider kicks up a storm in new lyric video
- An open letter to Matt Tuck: metal's not stale, you've just stopped listening
- Saxon announce Thunderbolt tour edition
- Liam Gallagher tells Noel to “stop f****** about” in bid to reform Oasis
- Tracks of the Week: new music and videos from Greta Van Fleet, Palaye Royale and more
- Ayreon’s Into The Electric Castle to receive anniversary reissue
- ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons announces new solo album The Big Bad Blues
- Producer Chris Kimsey to reveal the secrets of Marillion's Clutching At Straws
- King 810 on lineup changes: No one is missed. The fat has been trimmed
- Halestorm share video for raunchy new single Do Not Disturb
- Mars Bonfire: 10 Records That Changed My Life
- Linkin Park pay tribute to Chester on first anniversary of his death
- Voivod return with stunning new track Obsolete Beings
- Daron Malakian And Scars On Broadway – Dictator album review
- The Lion's Daughter – Future Cult album review
- A light goes out: Chester Bennington, 1976-2017
- David Bowie’s work from the 80s celebrated in new Loving The Alien box set
- July 19
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- Alkaline Trio announce new album Is This Thing Cursed?
- Blackberry Smoke launch unplugged Southern Ground Sessions
- Opus Of A Machine premiere new video for Strength In Stone with Prog
- Muse hit the fast lane in spectacular video for new single Something Human
- Chelsea Grin – Eternal Nightmare album review
- Jonathan Davis is sitting on a “heavy black metal jungle” project
- Jonathan Davis on the new Korn album, his solo record, trap metal and world music
- Dream Theater share studio update video
- Why did Rage Against The Machine stand naked onstage at Lollapalooza in 1993?
- Rod Stewart announces new album Blood Red Roses
- Michael Romeo unleashes blistering new single Fear The Unknown
- Distorted Harmony premiere video for Room11 with Prog
- Master of horror John Carpenter announces UK and European tour
- Rob Zombie completes work on his “weirdest” album to date
- It's Peter Gabriel on the cover of the new issue of Prog, on sale today!
- Inside Iron Maiden's greatest ever tour – only in the new issue of Metal Hammer
- The Agony Scene – Tormentor album review
- Nazareth are back with a new album and the single Pole To Pole
- Guns N’ Roses go acoustic on alternative version of Move To The City
- July 18
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- Birds In Row – We Already Lost The World album review
- Between The Buried And Me – Automata II album review
- The Mission’s Simon Hinkler announces new solo EP
- Save up to 50% on rock and metal band merch at EMP
- CKY premiere video for their pounding new single Wiping Off The Dead
- Listen to Def Leppard cover Depeche Mode's Personal Jesus
- A Foot In The Door: The Very Best Of Pink Floyd set for vinyl release
- Bullet For My Valentine’s Matt Tuck: Metal has gone stale
- Inside Pearl Jam's astonishing end-of-tour blow out
- Discover the sound of "Dark witch doom" with Japan's BlackLab
- Eppyfest announces stage times
- The Ramones, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and Beatles memorabilia up for auction
- Yes to be honoured with Blue Plaque in London
- See Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury in new Bohemian Rhapsody trailer
- Cannibal Corpse announce 29-date US tour
- Epica – Epica Vs Attack On Titan EP review
- The Decemberists launch emotionally charged video for Once In My Life
- Guitar virtuoso Plini streams sparkling new track Kind
- Skynd release super-trippy video for Gary Heidnik featuring Jonathan Davis
- Foo Fighters’ Chris Shiflett to sell guitar collection
- July 17
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- Imagine Dragons release anthemic new single Natural
- James McFadden releases video for The Maker Made
- Why Heavy Montreal is Canada's best music festival
- What happened when Ronnie James Dio joined Black Sabbath
- Behemoth announce North America tour
- Primus extend their Ambushing The Storm tour
- Savannah swamp metallers Black Tusk premiere a blistering new track
- Dimebag’s ex Rita Haney pays emotional tribute to Vinnie Paul
- In the studio with In Flames as they work on their new album
- John Mayall & The Story of the Lost & Legendary Bluesbreakers Lineup
- Listen to Asking Alexandria’s acoustic take on Alone In A Room
- Riverside detail new album Wasteland
- Blur bassist slams Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones
- Watch Frank Carter sing Killing In The Name with Prophets Of Rage
- The Black Crowes - The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion: Album Of The Week Club Review
- Pussy Riot members jailed after World Cup pitch protest
- Mogwai announce UK November tour
- Kvelertak vow to carry on as vocalist Erlend Hjelvik quits
- Can you guess the band from these emojis?
- A 'Guess The Album Title' Quiz To Celebrate World Emoji Day
- Greta Van Fleet release stunning new single When The Curtain Falls
- July 16
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- Evan Carson announces Kickstarter for new solo album...
- Nine Inch Nails team up with Gary Numan for Metal cover
- The Reasoning return for farewell shows
- Tengger Cavalry reform and launch storming new single Heart
- Get up close and personal with Queen classic Bohemian Rhapsody
- Steve Howe to be honoured as Prog God at this year's Progressive Music Awards
- Watch the Rolling Stones perform Honky Tonk Women live in San Jose
- Opeth have 12 songs written for next album
- Deicide release lyric video for their stunning new track Excommunicated
- Pussy Riot charged after World Cup pitch invasion
- Skeletonwitch stream new album Devouring Radiant Light in full
- Listen to Alice Cooper deliver a Paranormal version of Poison
- Stevie Ray Vaughan: The triumph and tragedy of In Step and Family Style
- Good Charlotte premiere video for new track Shadowboxer
- Are Papa Roach working on album no.10?
- New Band Of The Week: King Witch
- Guns N’ Roses break YouTube record with November Rain video
- July 15
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- July 13
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- Daron Malakian’s Scars On Broadway premiere Guns Are Loaded
- Downes Braide Association announce very first live show
- Caligula’s Horse to release first two albums on vinyl for very first time
- The Apocalypse Blues Revue return with new single Nobody Rides For Free
- Alter Bridge celebrate Royal Albert Hall show with live release
- Tracks of the Week: new music and videos from The Amorettes, The Babe Rainbow and more
- UK's strangest new stoner band skewer Donald Trump
- Listen to Northlane’s brutal new single Vultures
- Circles launch video for stunning new track Tether
- Jonathan Davis: New Korn material has “really cool grooves”
- Listen to Hunter And The Bear’s Electric new single
- Watch Tarja deliver thrilling live version of Victim Of Ritual
- Obscura – Diluvium album review
- 13 songs to celebrate Friday 13th
- Bury Tomorrow – Black Flame album review
- The Amorettes share lyric video for new single Whatever Gets You Through The Night
- Serj Tankian weighs in on reasons behind lack of new System Of A Down material
- July 12
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- The Ultimate Checklist For Having The Best Ever Time At A Festival
- Paul Simon announces new album In The Blue Light
- Let There Be Cock: Meet the all-gay tribute to AC/DC
- Council scared off by devilish £666 cremation cost
- Enter the weird and frankly worrying world of Imperial Triumphant
- Talons premiere new song On Levels with Prog
- Michael Romeo launches trailer for new album War of The Worlds Pt. 1
- Slipknot’s Sid Wilson launches video for his new solo single
- Be Prog! My Friend, Stone Free, Ramblin' Man and more...
- Tom Petty’s posthumous album An American Treasure detailed
- Twenty One Pilots return with two new tracks and world tour
- Metal Hammer Podcast: More Cowbell? Metal Needs More Melodica!
- Listen to Marilyn Manson & Rob Zombie cover Beatles classic
- Myrkur announces European tour dates
- Haken finish album no.5 and announce co-headline tour with Leprous
- Deafheaven – Ordinary Corrupt Human Love album review
- Rage Against The Machine slam Nigel Farage in cease and desist letter
- July 11
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- Vote for the best Foo Fighters song of all time
- Soft Machine announce new album Hidden Details
- Black Sabbath’s Symptom Of The Universe named the greatest riff of all time
- Gulp release new single Claudia
- Estrons share video for new single Lilac
- Thrice announce their return with new album and single
- Steely Dan’s Walter Becker to have New York street named in his honour
- Plini premieres new video for Salt + Charcoal with Prog
- Listen to ferocious new Crossfaith track Catastrophe
- The top 10 best 1990s thrash songs
- Paul Weller is back with new album True Meanings
- Fourteen Genesis albums set for vinyl reissue
- Kyuss: the essential playlist according to John Garcia
- Curved Air announced as support to Caravan for ULU show
- Sevendust announce first UK shows in 7 years
- Here's a metal cover of Three Lions (Football's Coming Home)
- Tom Petty collection of unreleased music set for September
- Enter Shikari announce massive 28-date UK tour
- Voivod detail new album The Wake
- July 10
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- The Twilight Sad return with new single and reveal tour dates
- Rush - A Farewell To Kings: Album Of The Week Club Review
- Slipknot: Everything you need to know
- The Lemon Twigs announce new album Go To School
- Machine Head announce second leg of North American tour
- Green Day's American Idiot could be #1 for Trump's UK visit
- Mudhoney return with roaring new track Paranoid Core
- Lacuna Coil announce new album The 119 Show: Live In London
- Playlist: The best of MC5 and The Stooges
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds share live Distant Sky video
- Trio of Throbbing Gristle albums set for reissue
- Roger Waters: it's not just about politics, it's about giving a f*ck
- Bloodstock reveals final New Blood stage additions
- Are Belzebubs the new Dethklok?
- Mushroomhead pay tribute to The Evil Dead in gruesome NSFW video
- Watch rare Pink Floyd video for Apples And Oranges
- The 5 best distortion pedals for metal
- Benji Webbe: Old fans think we've lost our buzz
- Roy Harper to tour in March 2019
- Spooky Tooth: So Much Talent, So Little To Show For It
- Gene Simmons settles sexual misconduct lawsuit
- Watch Dee Snider Become The Storm in new video
- July 9
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- The Cure's London setlist was the greatest The Cure setlist of all time
- Dave Grohl opens up on why he didn't write any Nirvana songs
- Solstafir announce European winter tour for 2018
- Ego, tempers, affairs: The tumultuous story of BBM
- Rock'N'Soul: 20 Soul Classics Rock Fans Will Love
- New Band Of The Week: Follow The Cipher
- Members of System Of A Down are in the studio together
- Here's Matt Heafy covering ...Baby One More Time by Britney Spears
- Babymetal win the Heavy Metal World Cup 2018
- Listen to Bullet For My Valentine cover Radioactive by Imagine Dragons
- Hellyeah post tribute video to Vinnie Paul
- July 8
- July 7
- July 6
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- The Magpie Salute release uplifting song For The Wind
- Tracks of the Week: new music and videos from The Magpie Salute, The Dust Coda and more
- Prophets Of Rage release new song Heart Afire
- David Crosby adds Manchester date to European tour
- Nosound release new single Don't You Dare
- Hawkwind announce new album Road To Utopia
- Here's Matt Heafy covering Africa by Toto
- Heavy Metal World Cup Final: Babymetal vs Underside
- Meat Loaf's comeback tour may go ahead without Meat Loaf actually singing
- Magenta announce live dates for October and November
- Elvis Costello cancels tour on "medical grounds"
- Rex Brown writes heartfelt tribute to Vinnie Paul
- Kontinuum – No Need To Reason album review
- Devildriver – Outlaws ’Til The End, Vol. 1 album review
- July 5
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- Playlist: A guide to modern post-punk
- Mastodon: Music streaming could put bands out of business
- Paul McCartney announces his first UK tour in 3 years
- The 10 best Suicidal Tendencies songs, as chosen by Cope
- BSM's Big Day Out reveals latest lineup
- Overkill announce the Killfest UK and European tour
- Vodun stream new track Ascend
- Hyvmine premiere stunning new single Feather Bed
- Asylums' track by track guide to new album Alien Human Emotions
- Immortal – Northern Chaos Gods album review
- Watch Pearl Jam cover Kiss classic live in Rome
- Dez Fafara's track-by-track guide to Devildriver's outlaw country covers album
- Black Sabbath icon Tony Iommi opens cancer care unit
- Watch Gold Key’s striking video for new single Mechanical World
- Black Country Communion look to January for studio return
- July 4
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- American prog: a July 4th celebration
- Metal Hammer Podcast: Metal's Coming Home
- Hugh Cornwell announces new album Monster
- The 10 songs we want The Cure to play this weekend
- Gloo stream new album A Pathetic Youth in full
- Suicidal Tendencies bring in Dillinger guitarist Ben Weinman for live shows
- Paul McCartney is “pushing the boundaries in his songwriting” on Egypt Station
- Listen to Crippled Black Phoenix’s epic new single To You I Give
- Bring Me The Horizon’s Oli Sykes reveals new venture the Church
- Matt Tuck's track-by-track guide to Bullet For My Valentine's new album Gravity
- Ramblin' Man 2018: all the fun of the Fair, in pictures
- Akercocke associates Voices prepare to launch their mindboggling new album
- Dee Snider teases blistering new single Become The Storm
- Heavy Metal World Cup: Rammstein vs Underside
- World Cup film featuring score by Rick Wakeman set for DVD release
- Raw In Sect – Kitro album review
- Prophets Of Rage complete new 13-track album
- Lucifer – Lucifer II album review
- Watch Iron Maiden’s Eddie kidnap band’s stage manager
- Producer and musician Richard Swift dead at 41
- July 3
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- We spoke to the man behind 2000 Trees about what it's really like to book a rock festival
- The best coloured vinyl box sets you can buy right now (July 2018)
- Me And That Man split with John Porter
- Enter the infinitely immersive world of Ancient Lights
- Classic Japan albums set for vinyl reissue
- Deep Purple’s Ian Gillan: It’s "too late" for Blackmore reunion
- Guns N’ Roses share live Welcome To The Jungle video from Download Madrid
- Rocket Queen voted best song on Appetite For Destruction
- Immortal unleash lyric video for epic new track Mighty Ravendark
- Rick Wakeman details classical album Piano Odyssey
- Devildriver and 36 Crazyfists vocalist Brock Lindow team up for Copperhead Road cover
- Halestorm recruit dance company for new Black Vultures video
- July 2
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- Exclusive: The Andy Fraser Interview
- Our Hollow, Our Home announce special Halloween show
- UFO - Lights Out: Album Of The Week Club Review
- Mick Jones' 11 Favourite Foreigner Songs
- Fish has 4 finished tracks for upcoming album Weltschmerz
- Heavy Metal World Cup: Babymetal vs Immortal
- 2000 Trees festival to pay tribute to Frightened Rabbit’s Scott Hutchison
- Steve Hackett, Spock’s Beard, Kansas, Knifeworld and more on InsideOut Music compilation
- Bokassa release new video for Hellbilly Handfishin'
- 10 Best Acoustic Guitars Under £500/$650
- Ghost – Prequelle voted best metal album of the year so far
- Rivers Of Nihil – Where Owls Know My Name album review
- Joe Strummer compilation featuring rare tracks and remasters out in September
- Corey Taylor reflects on his best and worst Slipknot masks to wear
- New Band Of The Week: Wolftooth
- New band of the week: LIINES
- Dave Grohl couldn’t take Neil Peart’s place in Rush
- Gun release edgy NSFW video for new single Take Me Down
- Phil Anselmo pays tribute to Vinnie Paul at public memorial event
