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Electric Callboy announce biggest-ever UK headline show at London’s Alexandra Palace
The date is part of a monster tour that will stretch across Europe from 2025 to 2026
Savatage announce European festival appearances for summer
US prog metal legends Savatage will play their first live shows in over a decade with singer Zak Stevens next year
More of Lemmy's ashes have found a final home, at a famous strip club in London
Lemmy's afterlife continues to be more lively than many peoples' actual lives
Marty Friedman remembers intense panic attack he suffered during final Megadeth days
In an excerpt from memoir Dreaming Japanese, Friedman looks back on the “unusually strong” panic attack he suffered on Christmas morning, 1999
Whitechapel cancel tour dates as frontman addresses mental health issues
Phil Bozeman explains in a video statement that he’s trying to come off antidepressants which he’s used his teenage years
Iggy Pop has played one of the heaviest death metal bands in the world on his BBC radio show. Seriously.
A song so long and so brutal it had to be split into two parts
Turnstile to headline newly launched Outbreak Festival London in 2025
The Manchester festival will be starting an offshoot in the UK capital as of next year, with Knocked Loose, Alex G and others also populating the bill
Watch Knocked Loose and Poppy destroy Jimmy Kimmel Live! with the heaviest talk show performance in history
The Knocked Loose and Poppy team-up was recently nominated for a Grammy Award For Best Metal Performance
Marilyn Manson drops lawsuit against Evan Rachel Wood, handed hefty legal bill
Evan Rachel Wood's legal team say Marilyn Manson's "attempt to silence and intimidate" their client has failed
Universal Music Group hopes to dismiss $200 million lawsuit from Limp Bizkit singer Fred Durst
Durst’s suit claims the multinational behemoth tried to short Limp Bizkit and possibly “hundreds” of other artists out of owed royalties
Hear Jinjer get ultra melodic on new single Green Serpent
The build-up to 2025 album Duél continues!
Knocked Loose, Alex G, Slowdive to headline Outbreak 2025, with Denzel Curry, Danny Brown, Julie among supporting bill
Outbreak festival announces typically bold and eclectic 2025 line-up
Hot Topic turn up the heat with massive Black Friday savings on rock and metal t-shirts
Hot Topic's wide-ranging sale has t-shirts available from as little as $15 from some of the biggest names in music - stock up while you can
Gojira’s Joe Duplantier stars in new ad for animal welfare charity PETA
The singer/guitarist claims he’s had more energy during live performances since going vegan in 2014
UK alt-metal up-and-comers Vower return with new single Satellites
The collective of former Palm Reader, Black Peaks and Toska members have released their first song since this summer’s lauded Apricity EP
Sleep Token played their first UK show of 2024 last night – see the setlist and watch videos here
The masked metal sensations are doing their own Eras Tour, playing tracks from their three albums in chronological order
Watch Pearl Jam's emotional cover of Temple Of The Dog classic Hunger Strike, performed for the first time since Chris Cornell’s death
Pearl Jam share rare outing of Temple Of The Dog masterpiece Hunger Strike in Sydney, Australia
Arch Enemy will tour the UK and Europe next year and they're bringing a stacked support bill with them
Folk metal heavy hitters and one of America's most exciting young death metal bands will join Arch Enemy on tour in 2025
Watch Metallica's James Hetfield playfully do his best Rob Halford impression with the help of a helium balloon during the making of St. Anger
Papa Het can't quite reach the Judas Priest frontman's high notes without a little assistance, but nevertheless he gives it his best shot in this behind the scenes clip from Metallica's 2003 St. Anger sessions
