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We grab Zoltan Bathory for a catch-up ahead of FFDP’s imminent UK dates

Three killer rock bands unite for a kickass UK tour – and tickets are only a tenner

Linkin Park have been locked in the studio working on a new studio album, and it looks like it’s packing a few surprises

Some big, big names in the latest Bloodstock announcement. Get your tickets inside

Tons more names and day splits for Soni! Get your tickets inside

Judas Priest legend Rob Halford reports that the metal titans’ new album is done and dusted

Orange Goblin’s Ben Ward is currently hanging with the amazing trio of bands on this year’s Lords Of The Riff tour! Here’s how it’s going so far

We caught up with While She Sleeps singer Loz Taylor to see how his throat surgery went and how the new Sleeps album is coming along

We’ve heard Devil You Know’s debut, so we thought we’d give you a cheeky track-by-track guide. Here’s how it breaks down…

Surprising news from the Arch Enemy camp as it’s been revealed that Angela Gossow has left the band. Find out who’s replacing her inside

Black Veil Brides have confirmed one of rock music’s biggest producers for their next studio album

We got Dom Lawson to give us a blow-by-blow walkthrough of the track, from every riff to the number of classic Hetfieldisms (or lack of)

Architects have some serious cause for celebration after epic new album ‘Lost Forever // Lost Together’ landed in the top 20 of the UK album chart

Metal Hammer and Classic Rock present…Lords Of The Riff, featuring Scorpion Child and Monster Truck! Huge!

The 2014 Heavy Metal Truants Charity Bike Ride to Download Festival is happening this June

Metallica have hinted that they’ll be unveiling a brand new track at a show this coming weekend

UABB’s Danny stops by to tell us why his homeland kicks ass

Led Zeppelin’s entire back catalogue of studio albums will be reissued later this year with some never-before-heard extras.

Architects arrived to raise hell in Brighton on Monday night. Here’s what went down

Machine Head will celebrate next month’s Record Store Day with a special release of a brand new track

Tragic news from this year’s South By Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, where what appears to be a hit and run incident has left two dead and more injured.

Gojira frontman Joe Duplantier has opened up on the way his lyrics have evolved for the follow-up to ‘L’Enfant Sauvage’.

A play based on the murder of Sophie Lancaster is set to make its debut performance in a couple of weeks’ time

I’M A WILLLD CHILD! COME AND LUUUURVE MEEEH! AH WANT YOUUUUU-HOOOOO!

Scorpion Child and Monster Truck co-headline Lords Of The Riff 2014