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We talked to love metal icon Ville Valo to find out what makes him tick

Slash has waxed lyrical on some of the misconceptions that many people have commonly had about him over the years

Kurt Cobain’s hometown of Aberdeen, Washington is commemorating the Nirvana frontman with an official Kurt Cobain Day

KVEEEELERRRRTAAAAAAAK!

70,000 Tons Of Metal started it, Kiss nurtured it, and now Motörhead might have just perfected it

Cradle Of Filth are re-releasing their infamous 1993 demo Total Fucking Darkness - and they’re doing it in style

Pantera are currently gracing the cover of our new issue, so we thought we’d whack together a badass playlist to mark the occasion

Crossfaith have unveiled the latest video from last year’s whopper of an album, Apocalyze

Korn frontman Jonathan Davis has offered some strong words on the current state of his country’s government.

Avenged Sevenfold have announced a string of North American dates with support from HellYeah

We always knew that Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale had rad taste in music – and now we think we’ve discovered why

Following the recent Megadeth controversy, it looks like Newsted may have cancelled their Soundwave appearance

Rising South Coast thrashers Savage Messiah have a rather splendid new video out

Behold the return of black metal’s most notorious band

Various outlets are reporting that two members of all-female Russian punk band Pussy Riot have been detained in Sochi, Russia

Orange Goblin, Turbowolf and Hacktivist are among the first names for this year’s Camden Rocks

Radkey have released their cover of Faith No More classic, ‘Digging The Grave’

Devil You Know, the new band featuring ex-Killswitch man Howard Jones, made their live debut last week

Exiled Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo feels disdain at the situation that led to his dismissal – and the relationship between he, Kerry and Tom since

Bullet For My Valentine have wasted no time in recording a follow-up to last year’s ill-received Temper Temper

Arch Enemy have begun work on the follow-up to 2011′s Khaos Legions, and Michael Amott reckons it’s shaping up as a very different beast indeed

Washington tech metal heavyweights Animals As Leaders will release their new album this Spring

Lacuna Coil revealed yesterday that guitarist Cristiano “Pizza” Migliore and drummer Cristiano ‘CriZ’ Mozzati have retired from the band

Devil You Know, featuring former Killswitch Engage singer Howard Jones, have unveiled a ton of info about their debut album

Ex-Nightwish singer Anette Olzon has revealed her new video