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- August 30
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- Metal Hammer Podcast: Tool, Tool and more Tool
- Devin Townsend: "I can't overstate how The Dark Crystal affected me"
- King’s X cancel UK and European tour due to family emergency
- Mayhem unleash ferocious new track Worthless Abominations Destroyed
- Tool announce Fear Inoculum North American tour
- Corey Taylor on Trump: It's going to take us 20 years to undo half the s*** he's done
- Green Carnation to begin work on first new album in 14 years
- Norway's prog metal masters Green Carnation return to the studio
- Tool: Fear Inoculum album review
- J-metal fans rejoice! The first ever all-Japanese metal festival outside of Japan is coming to London!
- Go behind the scenes on Volbeat’s Cheapside Sloggers video shoot
- Fish puts European touring plans on hold amid ‘no deal’ Brexit concerns
- Gryphon celebrate classic albums at Liverpool gig next month
- Watch Leprous in video for sprawling new track Below
- Slash ft Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators tear through Ghost live in London
- Sunn O))) announce new album Pyroclasts
- Tool's Fear Inoculum: Your definitive track-by-track guide
- Tool's Fear Inoculum: intricate, immersive, and thrillingly warped
- The Holy Bible at 25: an anomaly, an education and a warning from history
- Tool: We didn’t know if we would still be accepted
- August 29
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- Check out this incredible cover of Metallica's Nothing Else Matters by Polish folk group
- Brian Johnson on the tropical storm that inspired AC/DC classic Hells Bells
- Ginger Baker meets Herman Rarebell: pain, playing and marijuana
- Metallica wrap-up their European tour with pair of live videos
- Watch InMe's captivating video for new single Blood Orange Lake
- Marillion announce Afraid Of Sunlight deluxe edition
- Watch Beth Hart in video for new single Bad Woman Blues
- The Stray Cats: nine lives and still running wild
- Pink Floyd: The Later Years 16-disc collection announced
- Watch how The Darkness created hair-raising video for Rock And Roll Deserves To Die
- Anathema sign with Mascot Label Group and plan 2020 album
- At The Gates plot December European tour
- Gazpacho finish writing new album
- Glenn Hughes replaces John Corabi and Marco Mendoza in The Dead Daisies
- August 28
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- The ultimate BBQ menu and playlist, by Texas Hippie Coalition's Big Dad Ritch
- Ms Amy Birks premieres video for brand new single Jamaica Inn
- The 10 most difficult guitar solos to play
- The Cure's new album will be “on the darker side of the spectrum”
- The Fierce And The Dead premiere new video for Part 7/8
- How Slipknot's Iowa changed the face of metal forever
- Joe Bonamassa returns with new album Live At The Sydney Opera House
- Flying Colors launch video for new single You Are Not Alone
- Motorhead ex Phil Campbell: I’ve been planning my solo album since 1999
- 10 Essential Garage Rock Albums
- Voyager announce new album Colours In The Sun
- Watch teenage girl's incredible drum cover of Slipknot's Unsainted
- How Rival Schools' United By Fate ushered post-hardcore into a new millennium
- Jon Bon Jovi reveals title of band’s new album
- Watch Roger Waters perform Pink Floyd’s Us And Them live in Amsterdam
- Behemoth announce new four-track EP
- Ozzy Osbourne: 2019 has been one of the most f*****-up years of my life
- August 27
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- Poison’s Bret Michaels to tour with Night Ranger and Lita Ford
- Down by The Jesus Lizard: Celebrating 25 years of sonic mania
- Stray From The Path return with new album and single
- Adam Holzman announces European tour dates for November
- Chris Robinson Brotherhood guitarist Neal Casal dead at 50
- Rock venues in London and Oldham to close
- Leprous return with new studio album Pitfalls
- Robin Trower: Twice Removed From Yesterday - Album Of The Week Club review
- Boxer trained by Godsmack’s Sully Erna lands knockout blow in just 18 seconds
- O.R.k. launch Signals Erased remix EP
- Watch Dragonforce's explosive retro video game-inspired promo for Heart Demolition
- Listen to snippets of all 10 tracks from Tarja’s new album In The Raw
- Van Morrison announces five nights at the London Palladium
- Corey Taylor on solo album: “I’m going to dabble in a little bit of everything”
- August 26
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- Bad Wolves say new studio album shows their evolution
- Renaissance featuring Annie Haslam announce 50th anniversary tour
- Sacred Reich launch lyric video for ferocious new single Divide And Conquer
- Bauhaus icon Peter Murphy gives health update after suffering heart attack
- Fate's Warning singer Ray Alder shares first solo single
- Tracks of the Week: new music from Alter Bridge, Airbourne, The Hu and more
- Jadis announce November tour dates
- Slipknot’s unreleased music from All Hope Is Gone sessions has a “Radiohead vibe”
- Orange Goblin drummer Chris Turner to miss US tour due to visa issue
- Long Distance Calling announce debut live album
- Ozzy Osbourne reveals why The Ultimate Sin is his least favourite solo album
- Tool - Fear Inoculum review: an enigma inside Pandora’s box
- Watch Foo Fighters and Rick Astley rickroll Reading Festival during epic setlist
- August 25
- August 24
- August 23
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- Metal Hammer Podcast: Midgardsblot, Metallica and more
- Ozzy Osbourne reveals solo career-spanning vinyl box set
- Watch Dani Filth throw axes at Bloodstock Open Air!
- Black Stone Cherry announce new blues EP with a Robert Johnson classic
- Damian Wilson to release new EP on his birthday
- King Crimson ex Ian McDonald to reissue Honey West’s debut album on vinyl
- Klone release new single Hidden Passenger
- Mongolian sensations The Hu launch video for The Great Chinggis Khaan
- Watch lyric video for Bruce Springsteen’s I’ll Stand By You
- Airbourne return with blistering new single Boneshaker
- Watch Elbow’s lyric video for new single Empires
- Slipknot’s Corey Taylor reveals plans for a solo album
- Listen to Lemmy’s long-lost duet with Lynda Kay
- An evening of Anthony Phillips and Mike Rutherford solo albums comes to Trading Boundaries
- August 22
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- Seattle pay tribute to Alice in Chains' frontman with 'Layne Staley Day'
- 7 Reasons to fall in love with Midgardsblot metal festival
- Rocketman star Taron Egerton to narrate Elton John audiobook
- Alter Bridge share lyric video for rousing new single Take The Crown
- Could Sitar Metal be the next stars of global metal?
- Watch Dream Theater’s striking animated video for Barstool Warrior
- The Cadillac Three release new single All The Makin’s Of A Saturday Night
- Crobot: still stoned, but heavier and darker
- New Model Army: a hypnotic swirl of captivating darkness
- Jane Weaver’s new Fenella project share video for Bright Curse
- Die Antwoord dropped from festivals amid claims of homophobic abuse
- Rammstein vs Beyonce is a whole new level of crazy right now
- Megadeth to tour across Europe with Five Finger Death Punch
- Get up to 25% off Vans shoes in the Amazon End Of Summer Sale
- Roger Waters teases Us + Them concert film with live Pigs (Three Different Ones) clip
- Amazon End Of Summer Sale: up to 50% off Eastpak backpacks and luggage
- Slipknot’s 2020 UK and European tour: Full details revealed
- Amazon End Of Summer Sale: bag Bose QuietComfort 35 noise-cancelling headphones for just £259
- August 21
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- Machine Head's Burn My Eyes: riots, religious cults and the album that rebooted metal
- Trinity Prog Festival goes on hiatus for 2020
- Jimmy Page: how I brought my Dragon Telecaster back to life
- Sons Of Apollo announce North American tour
- Could Foo Fighters debut a new song at Reading & Leeds?
- Why I love George Harrison and The Beatles, by Randy Bachman
- Iron Maiden give update on “electric” Legacy Of The Beast tour
- Jethro Tull: how loneliness and cold war spy thrillers shaped Minstrel In The Gallery
- Jane's Addiction: "The first alternative band to break - not Nirvana"
- Radar Festival announces first bands for 2020
- Plague concerns disrupt Phish fans’ plans
- Hellyeah and In This Moment’s Maria Brink set for ShipRocked 2020
- Danny Gatton: the tragic story of the "the best guitar player that ever lived"
- The Flower Kings reveal new double album Waiting For Miracles
- Canned Heat bassist Larry Taylor dead at 77
- Have Slipknot fans finally unmasked Tortilla Man?
- Ozzy: “I was in agony beyond anything I ever experienced before in my life”
- August 20
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- Opeth’s Akerfeldt on Yngwie Malmsteen: His records have been pretty s*** for a long time
- Gwar and Voivod announce UK and European tour
- Ginger Wildheart reveals new album Headzapoppin
- Kim Gordon announces debut solo album No Home Record
- Watch Killswitch Engage hook up with Howard Jones in video for The Signal Fire
- Metallica’s James Hetfield donates classic car collection to exhibition
- Emma Ruth Rundle and James Kent (aka Perturbator) to curate Roadburn 2020
- Watch trailer for Bruce Springsteen film Western Stars
- The Hu launch trailer for new single The Great Chingiss Khan, out Friday
- Iamthemorning share video for spellbinding new track Six Feet
- The 10 best Lightning Bolt songs, as chosen by Wizard Rifle
- Iron Maiden to release pair of collectible Legacy Of The Beast Eddie figures
- On sale now: celebrating 50 years of The Beatles' iconic masterpiece Abbey Road
- Young fan dancing onstage with Foo Fighters is the best thing you’ll see all day
- Slipknot on Tortilla Man: The guy is next level - he's just out of his mind
- Rush’s Clockwork Angels Tour set for 5LP vinyl set
- Watch Slash ft Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators deliver Shadow Life live
- August 19
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- Queensryche: Rage For Order - Album Of The Week Club review
- Def Leppard invite you behind the scenes of their Las Vegas residency
- 4AD: a guide to the best albums
- Neil Young and Crazy Horse prepare new single Rainbow Of Colors
- Hootie & The Blowfish announce first album since 2005's Looking For Lucky
- Duane Allman’s 'Layla' guitar goes under the hammer for $1 million
- Tracks of the Week: new music and videos from Kris Barras Band, Opeth and more
- Korn slip into another dimension for virtual video game concert
- Sons Of Apollo share Labyrinth live clip
- David Hasselhoff recruits Todd Rundgren, Ministry and Tracii Guns for new album
- Bent Knee announce new album You Know What They Mean
- Nick Mason announced as the 2019 Prog God!
- Trump administration backs Led Zeppelin in Stairway To Heaven legal case
- Slipknot celebrate further chart success as We Are Not Your Kind conquers the US
- August 17
- August 16
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- Slipknot score first number one album in 18 years
- King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have released... an old-skool thrash album?
- Babymetal unleash live video for Elevator Girl, reveal Metal Galaxy tracklist
- Magma to release gold vinyl version of Zëss
- The Darkness launch joyous single Heart Explodes
- Tool: We received death threats over album delay
- Joe Elliott's Down 'n' Outz announce new album, This Is How We Roll
- Opeth release video for new song Svekets Prins
- Dream Theater are on the cover of the new issue of Prog, on sale today
- August 15
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- Ten bands who owe it all to The Beatles
- The Pineapple Thief’s Bruce Soord announces new solo album
- Here’s the setlist from the opening night of Def Leppard’s Las Vegas residency
- Steve Hackett to release live orchestral album
- After 13 years, they’re finally breaking their silence. Tool are on the new cover of Metal Hammer – out now!
- Fan dies after falling ill at Slipknot show in Illinois
- Win the Woodstock: Back To The Garden 5LP box set
- Iggy Pop launches video for his single James Bond
- Watch Foo Fighters invite fan in a wheelchair onstage during festival set
- Metal Hammer Podcast: The Big Bloodstock Review
- Bauhaus vocalist Peter Murphy suffers heart attack in New York
- Tool reveal Fear Inoculum tracklist
- Get retro and necro with Norway's 8-bit occultists Darkhan
- August 14
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- The Ultimate Midgardsblot metal playlist!
- Cynic announce Adam Getgood remaster of Traced In Air
- Ghost launch limited edition Prequelle Exalted box set
- 10 of the best Steve Howe tracks
- Steve Howe: Prog God 2018
- The Clash's London Calling exhibition will open its doors in November
- Beer and loathing at Rock In Rio: the sordid story of a festival
- SST Records: a guide to the best albums
- What Camel really thought about John Field’s cover art for Moonmadness
- Metallica to tour in 2020 with Greta Van Fleet
- Peter Gabriel photo book will explore singer's career from Genesis to present day
- The story behind Camel's Moonmadness
- Paradise Lost's Aaron Aedy on his prog heroes Voivod
- Mr Bungle reunite for first live shows in 20 years
- Tool’s Fear Inoculum breaks Billboard chart record
- The miraculous story of Queen in the 1980s
- Lynyrd Skynyrd postpone shows as Gary Rossington recuperates from heart surgery
- Guns N’ Roses settle lawsuit over brewery's Guns ‘N’ Rosé beer
- Reading and Leeds Festival 2019: Your ultimate guide, by the bands who will be there
- Fields Of The Nephilim, My Dying Bride and more set for HRH Goth 2020
- Flying Colors return with new album Third Degree and reveal new single
- DNA research claims Ozzy is a "genetic mutant"
- August 13
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- We saw Rammstein play two shows in the most metal city on the planet, and f**k!
- 10 greatest power metal albums as chosen by Northtale
- Woodstock ’94: inside the craziest festival of the 90s
- Duff McKagan launches live video for his single Don’t Look Behind You
- Watch Metallica’s Kirk Hammett play War Pigs with The Wedding Band
- Late British music mogul Bryan Morrison's memoir set for release
- Listen to new Jenny Hval single High Alice
- The Magpie Salute return with new album and lyric video
- Meet the women redefining what it is to be metal
- Kiss star Gene Simmons reacts to his new Pokemon lookalike
- Hollis Brown: making a blood-spattered journey from the garage to the stars
- The 10 best Eagles songs, as chosen by Walrus
- Slipknot are on course for their first UK no.1 in 18 years
- Slayer unveil their very own branded NASCAR Chevrolet
- Paul Gilbert interview: I’m happy that anybody’s paying attention
- The Butterfly Effect are back with their first material in more than 10 years
- Judas Priest’s Glenn Tipton Foundation raises more than $150,000
- Cairo announce new singer Sarah Blayley
- August 12
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- High-security prison, interrogation and solitary confinement: The harsh reality of being a metalhead in Iran
- Dimmu Borgir and Amorphis announce co-headline European tour
- James Hetfield on …And Justice For All’s final mix: We were burnt, we were fried
- How Scorpions ended Bloodstock 2019 on a high
- Rob Zombie joins the Funko Pop! Rocks lineup
- Mayhem detail new album Daemon
- Tracks of the Week: new music and videos from Phil Campbell, The Cold Stares and more...
- Coldbones announced as support for Voyager tour
- Watch trailer for new Suzi Quatro documentary
- Corey Taylor: There are too many f****** guns in America
- Cradle Of Filth announce October Cruelty And The Beast show
- Bruce Springsteen releases 1986 Bridge School acoustic album
- Watch Rush perform Distant Early Warning from Cinema Strangiato
- August 11
- August 10
- August 9
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- Bloodstock 2020 announces first wave of artists for next year's festival
- aswekeepsearching premiere video for Rooh with Prog
- Bloodstock Open Air 2019: The Ultimate Review
- Hellyeah release stream of their Perfect new single
- Oasis’ debut album Definitely Maybe to receive 25th anniversary vinyl reissue
- This Winter Machine replace Lesoir for Summer's End
- Former Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins found guilty of possessing phone in prison
- Slipknot’s Jim Root is surprised ‘Tortilla Man’ hasn’t been unmasked yet
- Lazuli announce UK tour dates for March 2020
- Watch video for Tarja’s soaring new single Tears In Rain
- Slipknot's We Are Not Your Kind: Your ultimate track-by-track guide
- Phil Campbell teams up with Dee Snider, Mick Mars and Chris Fehn for new single
- Listen to Slipknot's new album We Are Not Your Kind now
- Thunder announce 30th anniversary greatest hits package
- Babymetal reveal Metal Galaxy tracklist and announce guest artists
- August 8
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- Amon Amarth: Could they be the next Iron Maiden?
- Madder Mortem celebrate two decades with a transformative new track
- Corey Taylor says Slipknot’s masks are here to stay
- Metal Hammer Podcast: The Ultimate Bloodstock 2019 Preview!
- The Beatles’ Abbey Road to be released as a 50th anniversary deluxe box set
- Why aren't Rotting Christ the biggest band in extreme metal?
- "It seemed like a joke": How Peaceville Records almost turned down Darkthrone's A Blaze In The Northern Sky
- Avant-black metal pioneers Blut Aus Nord embark on a thrilling new chapter
- Led Zeppelin's history series continues with episode no.5
- Halestorm look to 2020 to begin Vicious follow-up
- James Hetfield calls woman who scared off cougar by blasting out Metallica
- The Wildhearts to release mini-album featuring 5 new tracks
- King Crimson artist Francesca Sundsten has died
- August 7
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- The Ultimate Bloodstock 2019 playlist
- Godsmack’s Sully Erna to be boxing corner coach at charity event
- Bloodstock's New Blood: Up-and-coming metal bands you need to check out!
- Watch first trailer for Metallica’s S&M2 concert film
- Gong announce 13-disc Virgin Years box set
- The Netherlands' Asagraum reignite the true black metal spirit
- Megadeth bolster Megacruise with the addition of Lamb Of God
- The first reaction to Tool's new single Fear Inoculum
- Listen to epic new Tool track Fear Inoculum
- 50th anniversary of Woodstock celebrated in new book
- Elbow detail new album Giants Of All Sizes
- Judas Priest to play 50th anniversary show at Wacken 2020
- Dimmu Borgir forced to cancel Bloodstock Open Air set
- Watch Wednesday 13’s gruesome trailer for new single Zodiac
- Watch Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson take to the skies in historic Avro Lancaster
- August 6
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- Indian post rockers aswekeepsearching announce album number three
- Survivor: Eye Of The Tiger - Album Of The Week Club review
- James ‘Munky’ Shaffer to miss the next 5 Korn shows
- Jim Root: Corey and I would have killed each other if I stayed in Stone Sour
- ‘Pornogrind’ band Menstrual Munchies distance themselves from Dayton shooter
- Vote for your favourite Lacuna Coil song!
- Court hears that ex Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins hid phone in his anus
- My Dying Bride complete work on album no.13
- The Darkness say that Rock And Roll Deserves To Die
- Lee Abraham announces new concept album Comatose
- 10 bands you must see at Bloodstock 2019 as chosen by Krysthla
- Led Zeppelin receive support from 123 artists in Stairway To Heaven copyright case
- Tool unveil Fear Inoculum cover art and say title track is coming this week
- August 5
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- The first reaction to Slipknot's new single Birth Of The Cruel
- Emperor Norton, The Far Meadow and more for Prog The Forest 2020
- Slipknot release new video for brand new song Birth Of The Cruel
- AC/DC share rejected Highway To Hell album cover
- Bloodstock Open Air will finally be serving mead, and it's the news we've all been waiting for!
- Three Ramones jigsaw puzzles are in the works
- Watch Killswitch Engage's emotive new video for single I Am Broken Too
- Tracks Of The Week: new music and videos from Little Triggers, Iggy Pop and more
- Pattern-Seeking Animals to make live debut at Rosfest
- Pop music doesn't have to be metal's enemy
- Judas Priest collaborate with The Great Frog for new line of jewellery
- Within Temptation cancel Lebanon gig after LGBTQ+ band forced from bill
- Here's Slayer's setlist from their last ever European show
- Red Method and Sikth's Mikee Goodman tackle dementia for a devastating new track
- August 3
- August 2
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- Ozzy Osbourne's 10 craziest moments
- Obsidian Kingdom begin work on album number three
- Watch Cosmic doomers Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard trippy new video for The Spaceships Of Ezekiel
- Marilyn Manson vs Courtney Love: The true story of 1999's Beautiful Monsters Tour
- Jo Quail launches own record label and reissues Exsolve
- Mercyful Fate bring original lineup back to home turf in Copenhell 2020
- Creedence's Woodstock set: 50 years on, still bristling with energy
- Former Kinks keyboardist Ian Gibbons dead at 67
- Korn unleash video for new single Cold
- Russian Circles' track by track guide to new album Blood Year
- 10 Essential Tool tracks to stream right now!
- The Stables in Milton Keynes wins battle against property developers
- Blues legend Walter Trout announces UK tour
- Could the Justin Bieber vs Tool beef be settled by this preposterous mashup?
- Tool back catalogue now available on streaming services
- August 1
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- In Continuum announce Part Two of Acceleration Theory
- Metal Hammer Podcast: The Unholy Trinity
- Guess the famous musician behind Slipknot's masks
- Elbow release seven-minute new single Dexter & Sinister
- Penguin Cafe announce new album for October
- The 10 best music apps to download right now
- Woman uses Metallica music to save herself from cougar attack
- Tool: the ultimate timeline of new album Fear Inoculum
- Slipknot’s We Are Not Your Kind is the sound of band still raging at the world after 20 years
- Def Leppard's Joe Elliott: The 10 Records That Changed My Life
- Hawkwind announce new album and UK tour
