Ozzy Osbourne and original Black Sabbath lineup to play their final shows at blockbuster Birmingham event this summer
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Even Spotify is getting in on the Spiritbox jokes, calling Courtney LaPlante ‘Poppy’ on its Kickass Metal playlist
Spiritbox’s singer got confused for Poppy on the Grammys red carpet, and the streaming giant seems to be poking fun
Arctangent 2025 announces headliners Wardruna and Tesseract, adds over 50 bands to the lineup
Arctangent Festival 2025 is stacking up their bill with over 50 names, including Clown Core, Leprous, Mew, Slift, Green Lung and many more
Watch Gojira accept the 2025 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance
The French metal stars beat Metallica, Judas Priest, Spiritbox and Knocked Loose x Poppy to take home the prize
Watch Spiritbox singer’s classy response after interviewer mistakes her for Poppy on Grammys red carpet
Come for the incredibly awkward interview, stay because LaPlante handled it like a champ
AC/DC announce return to Europe with Power Up ⚡️ 2025 dates
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Gojira, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and St. Vincent win the rock and metal prizes at the Grammys
Let the arguments commence
New Delhi nu metallers Bloodywood just released a brilliant new video celebrating Indian cuisine
The Indian viral sensations will release new album Nu Delhi in March - just in time for their UK tour.
Watch Dave Grohl's daughter Violet front a surprise Nirvana reunion, and Billie Eilish join Green Day, at LA FireAid concert
Joan Jett, Kim Gordon and St. Vincent also joined Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear onstage at the charity fundraiser in Los Angeles
Metallica, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and more react to the death of Marianne Faithfull
Musicians across the globe have paid tribute to Marianne Faithfull, who has passed away in London
Remember Threatin, the 'fake' band who embarked on a UK tour playing to no one and went viral in 2018? Now Jered Threatin is back, but it's looking grim
Jered Threatin has released a new single, Die Young, with a video that chronicles his fight against life-threatening illness
What was underrated about Eddie Van Halen, according to Testament guitarist Alex Skolnick
Eddie Van Halen was the master of shredding, but he was capable of so much more as well, says Testament’s longtime guitarist
Bring Me The Horizon have covered Oasis megahit Wonderwall
Listen to Bring Me The Horizon put a Liam Gallagher-approved metal spin on a Britpop classic
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"It was crazed, almost Charles Manson–like." Before he started Def Jam, and produced everyone from Slayer to Johnny Cash, Rick Rubin played guitar in a noise-rock band called Hose, and recorded one of the worst Led Zeppelin covers ever committed to vinyl
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Was Trivium and Bullet For My Valentine’s Poisoned Ascendancy really “the metal tour of 2025”?
Playing their classic 2005 albums at the O2 in London, the metalcore icons indulge everyone’s nostalgia while proving themselves as arena headliners
Heilung might've played Glastonbury, but Birna shows Wardruna are still the grand daddies of Nordic folk
As one of the leading figures behind the Nordic folk renaissance, Einar Selvik returns to claim the crown with Birna
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"If this album had been released 25 years ago, it would have been a revelation." New Tremonti record The End Will Show Us How is just about what you'd expect, but it's pretty damn good all the same
Tremonti's latest album mixes his well documented love of metal with the post-grunge and balladry he made his name with
While She Sleeps reiterate their place among the metalcore elite with dazzling London show
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Therapy?'s dark, twisted misfit anthems sound as fabulously fierce as ever on their Troublegum 30 anniversary tour
Therapy? roll back the decades in joyous communal celebration of their best-loved album, 1994's Troublegum
Sylosis and Fit For An Autopsy lead four hours of moshpit mayhem in London
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Opeth go Miss Marple via Edgar Allen Poe on the prog-death-jazz metal odyssey that is The Last Will And Testament
Armed with 40 years of anthems and some stellar support acts, Sepultura’s final UK show is an unmitigated triumph
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