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- Blut Aus Nord members return with a new, mind-melting vision
- Spotify settle $1.6 billion legal case over songwriters’ credits
- Swifan Eolh & The Mudrah Choir premiere new video for The Key with Prog
- Steve Hackett recruits Durga and Lorelei McBroom for new single Underground Railroad
- The 50 best albums of 2018
- What happened when Cheap Trick played The Cavern
- Korn: We’ve got some amazing tricks up our sleeves for new album
- Go behind-the-scenes with Five Finger Death Punch on Blue On Black video
- Vangelis fans can unlock new music using the power of the moon
- Slayer’s Gary Holt pays tribute to his late father
- Prog's Advent Calendar - Day Twenty One with Chris Squire and Alan White
- Ghost wrap up A Pale Tour Named Death with live Faith video
- Pantera: how an ex-glam band from Texas redefined metal
- Cannibal Corpse: Pat O’Brien is getting the help he needs
- December 20
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- Prog's Advent Calendar - Day Twenty with Mike Oldfield
- Watch Dave Grohl play the devil in late-night TV comedy sketch
- Kiss to release their Kissworld compilation in North America
- Kansas recruit The Sea Within keyboardist Tom Brislin
- Chuck Schuldiner: the blazing life and tragic death of the godfather of extremity
- The story behind Disease by Beartooth
- King Crimson will play three sets at the Doctor Music Festival in 2019
- John 5 And The Creatures tease new animated video starring Nikki Sixx
- David Lee Roth launches skincare range for people with tattoos
- Arch Enemy detail new album Covered In Blood
- December 19
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- Metal Hammer Podcast: The Big Review
- The Recording Academy to honour Black Sabbath with Lifetime Achievement Grammy
- The Neal Morse Band share video for The Great Adventure
- How one band built a real fan base from viral video success
- Machine Head ex Dave McClain returns to Sacred Reich
- Queen’s Brian May teams up with NASA for solo single New Horizons
- That Joe Payne and Doris Brendel unite for 2019 UK mini-tour
- Wolves In The Throne Room are working on album no.7
- Cannibal Corpse guitarist had huge weapons cache stored at his Florida home
- The 30 best metal albums of 2018 as voted for by Metal Hammer readers
- Mark Morton: “Chester Bennington and I talked about personal stuff – real-life shit.”
- Prog's Advent Calendar - Day Nineteen with Kate Bush
- Neil Peart hasn't just retired from Rush - he's retired from drumming
- Jimmy Page loses pool plan battle with Robbie Williams
- December 18
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- Drummer Jeremy Spencer quits Five Finger Death Punch
- Enter Shikari's New Year's Eve Party Playlist
- The history of King’s X to be explored in new book
- Megadeth albums from the early 2000s set for 2019 reissue
- Prog's Advent Calendar - Day Eighteen with Can
- Pub where Iron Maiden cut their teeth shuts down after brutal attack
- Motörhead: A guide to the best albums
- Steve Perry thanks fans for their support with cover of a Christmas classic
- The 10 best Motörhead songs that aren't Ace Of Spades
- Solstafir announce 2019 European tour
- Clutch's Book Of Bad Decisions named Classic Rock's best album of 2018
- Rami Malek on performing with Freddie Mercury’s “pretty difficult” teeth
- The story behind Within Temptation's new album Resist
- The Darkness: Justin Hawkins' amazing Christmas playlist
- Rammstein look to April to launch long-awaited new album
- Def Leppard celebrate Christmas with fans in new festive video
- Cannibal Corpse guitarist Pat O’Brien released from jail
- December 17
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- Genesis: Abacab - Album Of The Week Club Review
- If Ace Frehley is asked to join Kiss on the road, he has one request…
- Prog's Advent Calendar - Day Seventeen with Jethro Tull
- Take a closer look at Led Zeppelin’s 50th anniversary photo book
- Phil ‘Philthy Animal’ Taylor’s 2007 Little Villains album gets release date
- Korn’s Brian ‘Head’ Welch is “stoked” about band’s new material
- Halestorm talk early influences and goals in new Ernie Ball video
- Watch episode three of Metal Hammer TV now!
- Jered Threatin: I manufactured my own destruction
- Tracks of the Week: new music and videos from Rival Sons, Monster Truck and more
- This short movie about a Satanic guitar is gory as hell and we love it
- Vote for the best album of 2018
- Metal Hammer writers pick their top 20 albums of 2018
- The Cure are planning first studio album in more than a decade
- Megadeth and Anthrax men to release Altitudes & Attitude album in January
- RPWL announce new album and European tour
- Asking Alexandria release animated promo for the stirring single Vultures
- Win a signed copy of Nightwish’s We Were Here book
- Overkill unleash lyric video for their menacing new single Last Man Standing
- Richard Fortus: Guns N’ Roses album coming “faster than you think”
- Papa Roach hit new heights with new single Elevate
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- Rival Sons share haunting new track Feral Roots
- Gandalf's Fist release new single
- Gerard Way launches catchy Christmas single Dasher
- Crowdfunding campaign set up to support Cannibal Corpse’s Pat O’Brien
- Prog's Advent Calendar - Day Fourteen with King Crimson
- Bauhaus icon Peter Murphy taken down by security after disastrous Swedish show
- Trans-Siberian Metallica plus Santa equals bloodthirsty Christmas mayhem
- The story behind Behemoth's latest album I Loved You At Your Darkest
- Lamb Of God guitarist Mark Morton's solo album will feature Chester Bennington
- Creedence Clearwater Revival: The Complete Studio Albums review
- FM and The Quireboys announce co-headline UK tour
- David Sylvian's solo work between 1984-1987 set for vinyl reissues
- The 10 best metal music videos of 2018
- Bruce Springsteen: Springsteen On Broadway Official Soundtrack review
- Alice In Chains reveal Rainier Fog sci-fi film project
- Bring Me The Horizon share stunning live performance of Wonderful Life
- Inglorious frontman Nathan James posts video apology
- December 13
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- The Steve Hillage Band confirmed for Night Of The Prog XIV
- Metallica's Master Of Puppets voted best album of the 80s
- Def Leppard: It's an "absolute honour" to be inducted into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
- The 50 best albums of the 80s
- Watch Greta Van Fleet's incredible set from the KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas show
- Watch Dave Navarro join Heart for Bébé Le Strange
- Mayhem: Grand Declaration Of War (2018) album review
- Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody set for double vinyl and picture disc release
- Could Linkin Park record new material in the future?
- Here's Donald Trump singing Raining Blood by Slayer
- Ian Anderson’s Jethro Tull announce 2019 European and US tour dates
- Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame 2019: Def Leppard, Radiohead, The Cure & more are in
- Prog's Advent Calendar - Day Thirteen with Alex Lifeson
- Delain announce Hunter’s Moon - album will feature new tracks and live cuts
- Raging Speedhorn to release 'official bootleg' of their London reunion show
- Lose your mind to Iceland's latest extreme metal masters, Kaleikr
- Vote for your favourite metal album of 2018
- Metal Church: Damned If You Do album review
- Ozzy meeting Mac Sabbath for the first time is as ridiculous as you'd imagine
- Neil Young’s summer Hyde Park performance gets the green light
- December 12
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- Papa Roach announce Who Do You Trust? US tour
- The Claypool Lennon Delirium share spaced-out new track Easily Charmed By Fools
- Nick Cave calls artists’ boycott of Israel "cowardly and shameful"
- Win a Rolling Stones Confessin' The Blues album plus a Ronnie Wood cover print
- Win an Elvis Presley's '68 Comeback Special 50th Anniversary box set
- Anthrax: State Of Euphoria 30th Anniversary Edition album review
- Members of The Defiled and Meta-Stasis form new band Red Method
- Prog's Advent Calendar - Day Twelve with Rick Wakeman
- Metallica donate $1 million in grants to US community colleges
- Revisit Slipknot’s horrific Slaughterhouse Haunted Attraction in new NSFW video
- Clutch reveal the stories behind the songs on Book Of Bad Decisions
- Eric Gales announces new album The Bookends
- Teeth of The Sea to release Wraith in February
- Dave Kerzner’s In Continuum recruit Marillion’s Steve Rothery for Be The Light
- Cannibal Corpse guitarist appears in court wearing anti-suicide smock
- Guns N’ Roses studio rumours shot down
- Lindsey Buckingham calls Fleetwood Mac's current lineup a “cover band”
- December 11
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- Creedence Clearwater Revival unveil new Have You Ever Seen The Rain video
- NOFX to bring their Punk In Drublic festival to Slam Dunk 2019
- Watch Rolo Tomassi play a blistering Stage Knives live in London
- Nick Mason's Saucerful Of Secrets announced for Night Of The Prog
- The end-of-year, 20th Birthday edition of Classic Rock is out now
- Hells Bells! AC/DC's Angus Young joins Funko's Pop! Rocks range
- UK musicians write second open letter calling for Brexit alternative
- Jason Momoa says Aquaman was inspired by Tool
- Quantum Pig reveal tracklisting and artwork for debut album
- Cannibal Corpse guitarist arrested on charges of assault and burglary
- Tool, Ghost, System Of A Down & more confirmed for Chicago Open Air 2019
- Prog's Advent Calendar - Day Eleven with Nightwish
- Deadpool is sick of people hating on Nickelback
- How To Celebrate Christmas Like A Rock Star
- The Darkness plan festive fun on The Great British Bake Off Christmas special
- It's the Cannibal Corpse Christmas song you never knew you wanted
- Rammstein’s Richard Kruspe reignites the 'rock is dead' debate
- Stereophonics announce landmark Swansea show
- Queen classic Bohemian Rhapsody smashes streaming records
- Def Leppard top Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame fan vote
- What happened when Glen Campbell played football with Elvis Presley
- District 97, Wobbler, Phideaux and more lined up for Summer's End 2019
- December 10
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- Girlschool: Demolition - Album Of The Week Club Review
- Geezer Butler returns with new supergroup Deadland Ritual
- Steve Hillage Band to play UK shows next year
- Children Of Bodom put the pedal down in video for Under Grass And Clover
- Anarchy in the US: Lineup for 3-day punk festival revealed
- Tracks of the Week: new music and videos from Greta Van Fleet, Von Hertzen Brothers and more
- Nick Mason thinks it's about time Pink Floyd stopped fighting
- Slayer add further 2019 dates to their final tour
- It's Prog Magazine's Xmas Box Set Guide
- New Band Of The Week: Azusa
- Inglorious frontman slams former members in startling video rant
- Prog's Advent Calendar - Day Ten with Genesis
- Neil Young calls Hyde Park 2019 show a “massive f*** up”
- Watch the first trailer for Gerard Way's new Netflix series The Umbrella Academy
- How to have yourself a very metal Christmas
- Von Hertzen Brothers champion human rights in new video for Jerusalem
- There's a black metal parody of All I Want For Christmas Is You
- Why Cane Hill have ditched nu metal for their new EP
- Lindsey Buckingham settles Fleetwood Mac lawsuit
- Conjurer review Attan's mindblowing live show in Norway
- Twisted Sister ex Dee Snider declares his love of metal in new video
- AC/DC’s Thunderstruck on a traditional Korean instrument will blow you away
- Head out on tour with Arch Enemy in Reason To Believe video
- December 9
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- December 7
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- Prog's Advent Calendar - Day Seven
- Music world pays tribute to Pete Shelley
- Gene Simmons pays tribute to his mother Flora, who has died at the age of 93
- Soen premiere video for their stunning new track Martyrs
- Head With Wings unveil new five man line-up
- Greta Van Fleet, Ghost and Bring Me The Horizon lead 2019 Grammy nominations
- Guided By Voices return with new album Zeppelin Over China
- Watch Tarja’s final live performance with Nightwish from 2005
- Ozzy Osbourne: F*** Christmas - I hate it
- Anti-music and pro fun: Pete Shelley, the punk who changed the music business
- Incite share video for their explosive new track Built To Destroy
- How Skeletonwitch found the strength to carry on
- Listen to epic new Dream Theater track Untethered Angel
- December 6
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- Buzzcocks' Pete Shelley has died, aged 63
- Why doesn’t your band get played on the radio? Here's the ugly truth...
- Queen film Bohemian Rhapsody nominated for 2 Golden Globes
- The history of rock and metal celebrated in new children’s book
- Prog's Advent Calendar - Day Six
- O.R.k. collaborate with SOAD singer Serj Tankian on new album
- Mastodon are back in the studio working on new material
- Monster Truck gallery: on the road with Black Stone Cherry and The Cadillac Three
- Watch Myrkur get back to nature in Bonden og Kragen video
- Nick Mason ponders Pink Floyd Animals box set... and possibly playing Echoes live
- Atlas: Empire stream new album with Prog
- Ghost's Prequelle named best metal album of 2018
- The story behind this year's all-star tribute to Gary Moore album
- Have Guns N’ Roses been back in the studio?
- Metal Hammer unveil Slayer tribute fan cover – on sale now
- Tommy Thayer: Kiss farewell tour is not a gimmick
- Metallica share their acoustic version of Disposable Heroes
- Svalbard are mad as hell and not going to take it any more
- Megadeth hoping to release new album next spring
- December 5
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- The Rockin’ The Blues tour to return to Europe in 2019
- Mike Portnoy will bring rock, metal, prog and fusion together at new music camp
- The best UK cities for music fans revealed
- Duff McKagan is putting the finishing touches on a new solo album
- Revisit the 90s with a pair of live Phil Collins reissues
- Prog's Advent Calendar - Day Five
- Nikki Sixx is planning a 2019 trilogy project
- Welcome to Prog Limelight band Kikagaku Moyo
- Nothing More tackle the horror of mass shootings in Let ‘Em Burn video
- Queens Of The Stone Age get festive with charity Christmas single
- Tim Bowness announces new album Flowers At The Scene
- It turns out the drummer from Witchrot’s epic split post didn’t die after all
- Saxon tease “explosive” 40th anniversary tour in new video
- Bring Me The Horizon to headline All Points East 2019
- December 4
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- Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here: Inside the album that nearly ended it all
- Knotfest joins forces with Hellfest for explosive one-off 2019 event
- Robert Reed and Les Penning premiere full video for In Ducle Jubilo
- Meet Brass Against, the band reinventing protest music in the age of Trump and Brexit
- Watch Korn’s Brian ‘Head’ Welch in trailer for new documentary Loud Krazy Love
- The Neal Morse Band premiere brand new track Welcome To The World
- Judas Priest announce 2019 Firepower tour
- Anthrax and three more confirmed for Bloodstock 2019
- Prog Magazine's Advent Calendar - Day Four
- Todd Rundgren announces 2019 world tour
- Funeral Chic: Superstition album review
- Orange Goblin, Living Colour, Koyo and more set for Ramblin’ Man Fair 2019
- How Century Media Records changed metal forever
- 10 peculiar facts you might not know about Freddie Mercury
- Watch Phil Demmel make his Slayer debut in Copenhagen
- December 3
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- The Who: Tommy - Album Of The Week Club Review
- Anglo Dutch proggers Dilemma return with new video
- Judas Priest, Rob Zombie, Tool, Papa Roach and more set for Welcome To Rockville
- Why the death of genres is bad news for metal
- Midas Fall singer Elizabeth Heaton covers Etta James' At Last
- Metallica's James Hetfield: Music saved my life
- Toto to headline Live At Chelsea 2019
- Queen and Adam Lambert announce 2019 Rhapsody tour
- This is the setlist from the first night of Architects' European tour
- The Blackheart Orchestra announce "adventurous" new album Mesmeranto
- Go behind the scenes with Slipknot on epic All Out Life video shoot
- Tracks of the Week: new music and videos from Thunder, Last In Line and more...
- Motley Crue biopic The Dirt finally gets a release date
- Prog Magazine's Advent Calendar - Day Three
- AFI share lyric video for their new single Trash Bat
- Gary Holt leaves Slayer tour - Machine Head ex Phil Demmel steps in
- New Band Of The Week: The Uncharted
- Bring Me The Horizon fan dies at London show
- Cattle Decapitation: Medium Rarities album review
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