Axl Rose settles sexual assault lawsuit, maintains innocence
Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose was accused of assaulting former Penthouse model Sheila Kennedy in 1989
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Slipknot announce shows in Australia and New Zealand
The Nine will play sideshows in Adelaide and Auckland in addition to already-announced Knotfest dates
Slash and Duff McKagan have combined forces on a "huge epic" song for charity
Slash and Duff McKagan appear together on I Can Breathe, a new charity single by Gibson Brand
Spiritbox announce 2025 North American tour with stacked list of support acts
The Grammy-nominated metalcore stars will trek across the States and Canada shortly after the release of new album Tsunami Sea
Dream Theater share hard-hitting video for new single A Broken Man
Dream Theater's first new album with Mike Portnoy for 16 years, Parasomnia, will be released in February
Iron Maiden mobile game Legacy Of The Beast is shutting down after eight years
The role-playing game, which lets players control multiple eras of iconic mascot Eddie, will no longer be playable or downloadable after December 31
The Ocean share new collaboration with darkwave artist Sierra
The Ocean and Sierra release a limited edition 7" single featuring reworked versions of Boreal and Traum
Gene Simmons thinks no-one 20 or under could name a single Nirvana or Pearl Jam song
Gene Simmons: "Ask the first young person you meet, 'Name me anybody in Pearl Jam.' Good luck with that"
Firda Marsya Kurnia of Indonesian metal stars Voice Of Baceprot is one of the BBC’s “100 women” of 2024
The annual list honours “inspiring and influential women from around the world”
A year on from their final show, Kiss have shared a pyro-spectacular 20-minute video recap
Watch 20 minutes of highlights and explosions from Kiss's final blow-out in New York City - as Gene and Paul talk about the future
UK metalhead? This is your last chance to get some deals on tickets to Napalm Death, Bill Bailey, Biohazard/Life Of Agony and more
Ticketmaster have a few metalhead-friendly acts in their 2-4-1 Cyber Weekend offer - but you'll need to be quick to get them!
Make your home more epic with up to 41% off these metal wall art prints from Displate this Cyber Monday
Lord Of The Rings, Star Wars, Sleep Token: Displate have you covered for epic wall art posters this Cyber Monday - but you'll have to be quick
Jeff “Mantas” Dunn leaves Venom Inc. over health and “personal issues”
Dunn has suffered two heart attacks since 2018 but says “personal issues” have also made him step away
Be quick if you want to grab a deal on record players and turntables with Walmart's Cyber Monday offers
With limited stocks and an even more limited time span, you won't want to linger too long before grabbing a record player from Walmart
Days after viewers raged over Knocked Loose’s Jimmy Kimmel performance, Body Count are booked for The Tonight Show
Pearl-clutching Facebook parents haven’t stopped another chat show with a ‘Jimmy’ from booking Ice-T’s outspoken rap metal icons. Or perhaps they’ve encouraged it?
Knocked Loose singer responds to playing on Jimmy Kimmel Live! – and to the haters
“For a long time now our goal has been to see how far we could squeeze this band into places where we don’t fit and I think this may be the biggest one”
Watch Bleed From Within debut mighty unreleased song In Place Of Your Halo live over the weekend
The muscular track will come out later this week as the firebrands prepare to tour Europe with Slipknot
Damnation festival announces first bands for 2025, including Perturbator, The Haunted, Pig Destroyer and Crippling Alcoholism
34 bands, including all of the Manchester weekender’s headliners, are still to be announced
Sick New World festival will return despite 2025 cancellation, says System Of A Down drummer
The co-founder of Sick New World is the CEO of System Of A Down’s management company, making John Dolmayan something of an insider
