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- April 30
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- Periphery announce UK and European tour
- Horns up! Heavy metal was the fastest-growing genre in 2018
- Sepultura slam authorities after they're banned from performing in Lebanon
- Uncertainty reigns as Woodstock 50 is cancelled… then uncancelled
- Dead Letter Circus, VOLA, Twelve Foot Ninja and more added to Euroblast
- UFO tour will continue this summer despite the death of Paul Raymond
- Dark Sky Choir launch video for new single Static Death
- Rush’s Geddy Lee announces book tour
- Lynyrd Skynyrd's last stand: only in Classic Rock, out now
- Family of Molly Hatchet’s Phil McCormack pay tribute to late singer
- Roxy Music’s Phil Manzanera and Andy Mackay reunite for UK tour
- Northlane are back with new album and single
- Peter Frampton announces covers album All Blues
- Slipknot tease album no.6 in new video
- April 29
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- Randy McStine releases new single with Marco Minnemann
- Check out this insane A.I. that plays continuous technical death metal!
- Watch trailer clips from The Queen & Adam Lambert Story
- Lzzy Hale: It blows my mind at how far Halestorm has come
- Opeth announce European tour in support of new studio album
- Watch Motionless In White reveal their Disguise in new video
- New York Dolls’ Sylvain Sylvain reveals cancer battle
- Genesis live album Seconds Out to get new vinyl reissue
- AC/DC legend Bon Scott celebrated at Scotland’s oldest sweet shop in Kirriemuir
- Martin Scorsese’s Bob Dylan film set for Netflix
- Big Big Train release trailer for 'grand' online interview
- Watch Metallica celebrate another night with the San Francisco Giants
- Death's manager needs a new kidney. Could you save his life?
- The Struts announce UK and European tour
- Queen: Classic Rock Special Edition mag is on sale now
- Tesseract’s Daniel Tompkins shares video for his new solo single Limitless
- Ozzy Osbourne announces rescheduled UK and European tour dates
- Thunder duo plot Unplugged & Unscripted UK tour
- April 28
- April 26
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- Rammstein vs. Wild Cherry is the funkiest, greatest thing on the internet today
- Listen to Serj Tankian's monster-sized cover of Blue Oyster Cult’s Godzilla
- Mastodon’s Troy Sanders joins Thin Lizzy
- Listen to Eluveitie’s collaboration with Lamb Of God’s Randy Blythe
- Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow launch new version of classic Black Sheep Of The Family
- Alice Cooper: I’m the voice of Johnny Depp’s anger on new Hollywood Vampires album
- Major Parkinson headline The Dome next month
- Black Metal Barbie is so fun and so trve – with a v!
- The Omnific release promo video for chilled out Moonstruck
- Def Leppard detail part two of their career-spanning box set series
- Thy Art Is Murder roar back with video for brutal new track Human Target
- Metal Hammer Podcast: Vikings and Chocolate
- Pink Floyd’s Their Mortal Remains exhibition is heading to Madrid
- Aerosmith issue statement to explain Joey Kramer’s recent Las Vegas absence
- Kyros, Landmarq and HeKz headline Danfest 9
- Rammstein launch video for their new single Radio
- The Wildhearts confirmed for 2000trees Festival
- Bruce Springsteen shares lyric video for his new single Hello Sunshine
- April 25
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- Ne Oblivicaris share live clip of Libera (Pt I)/Urn (PtII)
- Watch Motley Crue sizzle in new video for The Dirt
- Watch Black Label Society in gloriously goofy video for Bored To Tears
- Bruce Springsteen announces Western Stars - his first album in 5 years
- Rendezvous Point premiere their new video for Universal Chaos with Prog
- Could you be 2019’s Guitarist Of The Year?
- Bohemian Rhapsody star Rami Malek lands James Bond role
- Is this the greatest heavy metal playlist on Spotify?
- The Gift announce new album, Antenna
- Download UK announces the Mind The Dog mindfulness initiative
- Status Quo’s Francis Rossi details 2020 spoken word tour
- Amon Amarth conquer the new issue of Metal Hammer
- In Flames share documentary looking back at 2018's Borgholm Brinner festival
- Sum 41 return with heavy new single Out For Blood
- Rammstein are about to launch a new video - take a look at trailer for Radio
- April 24
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- Steven Wilson launches stunning new video for Song Of Unborn
- Pink Fairies Polydor albums to be reissued in box set
- Watch Machine Head lay down the heavy live in the studio
- John Lennon biopic Nowhere Boy set to become a stage musical
- C: Live Collective cancel London show
- Aerosmith’s Joey Kramer misses Las Vegas show
- Teramaze announce new album with video for Weight Of Humanity
- Watch 3Teeth’s NSFW video for explosive new track Exxxit
- Listen to the new track from black metal legends Darkthrone
- Rodney Matthews and Oliver Wakeman lined up for Trinity 4
- Slipknot, Rob Zombie, Tool, Korn, Babymetal and more set for Aftershock 2019
- Buckcherry plan return to the UK in November
- Mark Morton gives update on the new Lamb Of God album
- Listen to Neal Morse's new rock opera track There’s A Highway
- The Alarm return with new album and video for the single Blood Red Viral Black
- Cheap Trick, Wayward Sons, FM and more confirmed for Ramblin’ Man Fair 2019
- Ozzy Osbourne “doing really well” after recent injury
- April 23
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- High Voltage and HMS Prog promoter Steve Forster passes away
- Watch Sabaton set sail in video for new single Bismarck
- Slash gives his take on those AC/DC reunion rumours
- Watch Dave Grohl thrill fans with Foo Fighters classic as he busks in Seattle
- Nikki Sixx slams Jake E.Lee after guitarist claims Motley Crue tried to recruit him
- Lonely Robot share video for new single Authorship Of Our Lives
- Corey Taylor teases new Slipknot mask in cryptic Instagram post
- More bands confirmed for Bloodstock Open Air 2019
- Dweezil Zappa announces Hot Rats UK tour
- Babymetal announce new single Elevator Girl and reveal UK and US shows
- Guns N’ Roses’ Duff McKagan to tour Europe later this year
- Rammstein share album trailer and tease 5 more tracks
- April 22
- April 19
- April 18
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- Metal Hammer Podcast: The Hammer House Band!
- Jason Bonham apologises to Jimmy Page over cocaine comments
- Soen announce Latin American tour for 2020
- Watch extreme metal pioneers Cadaver back in action with brutal new track
- Simon Phillips Celebrates 30th Anniversary of Protocol With 6-CD Box Set
- Thenighttimeproject premiere brand new single Embers with Prog
- Nad Sylvan announces new album The Regal Bastard
- Matt Cohen unveils new Omega Point project
- Jon Bon Jovi announces the Runaway To Paradise Cruise
- Eagles Of Death Metal's Jesse Hughes launches Mary J. Blige cover
- ZIO premiere new video for Wings Inside with Prog...
- Uriah Heep’s Phil Lanzon releases fantasy novel
- Beastwars return with new crushing new single Omens
- Watch trailer for Birmingham's Black Sabbath 50 Years exhibition
- Geddy Lee would love to see Rush’s music become a theatrical production
- Rammstein tease a trio of brand new tracks
- Led Zeppelin’s history celebrated in short story YouTube series
- April 17
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- Hollywood Vampires are back with a new album and single
- Queen’s Roger Taylor shares alternative version of solo single Gangsters Are Running This World
- World Guitar Day is back for 2019
- Singapore-based black metal band forced to cancel Easter Sunday show
- The Flaming Lips share new single All For The Life Of The City
- Motionless In White return with new album and reveal two tracks
- Tom Morello gets behind petition to name black hole after Chris Cornell
- Rival Sons star in video for groove-filled track Too Bad
- Watch Corey Taylor in video for Kid Bookie’s Stuck In My Ways
- Rush announce A Farewell To Kings graphic novel
- Amon Amarth launch video for foot-stomping new track Crack The Sky
- Rammstein tease two new tracks: Radio and Zeig Dich
- April 16
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- Journey announce Las Vegas residency
- Does your wallpaper rock as much as these rolls?
- Avant-Garde proggers HOIA stream debut album Savengers with Prog
- Black metal fan accused of church burnings now charged with hate crimes
- Watch Corey Taylor tear through Guns N’ Roses and Van Halen covers at solo show
- John Hackett Band announce 2019 live dates
- Black Stone Cherry share video for new single My Last Breath
- Jordan Rudess’ KeyFest returns for its 4th year
- Heather Findlay to release her new album Wild White Horses this summer
- Montreal is now officially a “heavy metal city”
- Milton Keynes venue The Stables gets protection against noise complaints
- Man plays Metallica's For Whom The Bell Tolls on actual church bells
- Megadeth look to 2020 for new album release
- Listen to Mastodon’s cover of Led Zeppelin’s Stairway To Heaven
- April 15
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- Haken, Pendragon and Goblin added to Cruise To The Edge
- At The Gates share video for ferocious new single The Colours Of The Beast
- King’s X to record first album since 2008’s XV
- My Dying Bride’s history to be celebrated in new deluxe package
- Tangerine Dream’s Virgin albums set for box set release
- Former Creed frontman Scott Stapp returns with new single Purpose For Pain
- Within Temptation share lyric video for anthemic new single Mad World
- Spock’s Beard spinoff Pattern-Seeking Animals announce debut album
- Rick Wakeman and Bruce Woolley sign up for new Lawrence Of Arabia film soundtrack
- Nihil and Dodecahedron vocalist Michiel Eikenaar dead at 42
- Go behind the scenes with Steve Perry on his first video shoot in 25 years
- Kirk Hammett has “a ton of material” for a new Metallica album
- AC/DC are “absolutely going to tour” again with Brian Johnson
- April 13
- April 12
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- The Cadillac Three celebrate beer with Crackin' Cold Ones With The Boys video
- Listen to new single from Belzebubs: black metal's enigmatic answer to Gorillaz
- Greta Van Fleet wow Toronto crowd with blistering live version of Highway Tune
- Alan Parsons teams up with Lou Gramm for new track Sometimes
- Dream Theater’s Jordan Rudess peers into the future in lyric video for Why I Dream
- Thank You Scientist premiere video for new song FXMLDR with Prog
- Of Mice & Men cancel more dates as Aaron Pauley undergoes surgery
- Banco del Mutuo Soccorso release video for L'assalto dei lupi
- Fans want black hole named after Chris Cornell
- Black metal fan arrested in connection with Louisiana church fires
- Listen to Tame Impala's upbeat new single Borderline
- FM, Gun and Dan Reed Network announce joint UK winter tour
- Watch Geddy Lee join The Claypool Lennon Delirium for Beatles cover
- On sale now! Exclusive KISS bundle including art prints and fridge magnets
- Five Finger Death Punch team up with Brian May, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Brantley Gilbert for new single
- April 11
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- Europe unleash dramatic animated video for Turn To Dust
- Lines in The Sky premiere new single Thalassophobia with Prog
- Jason Bonham: Jimmy Page gave me cocaine when I was 16
- Neil Young is back in the studio with Crazy Horse
- Asking Alexandria's Danny Worsnop gets busy in the kitchen in Best Bad Habit video
- Jimi Hendrix: Electric Church is coming to UK cinemas in May
- Joe Payne replaces Birks & Kroon at Trinity 4
- Pink Floyd’s The Division Bell will be reissued on blue vinyl to mark 25th anniversary
- Metal Hammer Podcast: Meet Alice!
- Flutatious announce tour dates
- Rush’s Time Machine 2011: Live In Cleveland set for vinyl release
- Oli Herbert’s widow disputes release of one of the guitarist’s last recordings
- Watch Abbath light up the night in video for crushing new track Harvest Pyre
- Baroness share video for atmospheric new single Seasons
- April 10
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- Marillion, Flying Colors, Anathema join Yes for Cruise To The Edge 2020
- Former Queensryche frontman Geoff Tate unveils new project Sweet Oblivion
- Watch Machine Head play Davidian in the studio with Burn My Eyes members
- Ronnie James Dio hologram tour dates announced
- Alcest confirm work is under way on album no.6
- David Longdon to guest at Magenta's 20th Anniversary Show
- Godsmack’s Sully Erna sets up foundation to raise mental health awareness
- David Hasselhoff is going heavy on his new album… and we can’t wait to hear it
- Metallica once again call on fans to volunteer at their local food bank
- Mastodon explain the emotional impact of Crack The Skye in new video
- Diddly ding-dong! Ned Flanders-themed metal band Okilly Dokilly appear on The Simpsons
- Chaos Divine premiere animated video for Unspoken with Prog
- AC/DC have been in the studio “doing something” says engineer Mike Fraser
- Let Halestorm walk you through their Vicious video shoot
- April 9
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- Devildriver announce 2019 European tour
- Join Jimmy Page as he explores the mystical journey of his 1959 Telecaster
- Nordic neo-folk band Heilung release ethereal new track Norupo
- ZZ Top celebrate 50th anniversary with 34-date US tour
- Venom unleash lyric video for ferocious new single Bring Out Your Dead
- Bloodstock 2019 line up Easter treats as 7 more artists are revealed
- Fleetwood Mac forced to postpone remainder of North American tour
- Susanna launches animated video for new single Wilderness
- The Darkness announce 2019 UK and Ireland headline tour
- Of Mice & Men cancel live shows due to urgent “medical situation”
- Sharon Osbourne describes extent of Ozzy’s injuries after recent fall
- April 8
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- Falling In Reverse release new single Drugs featuring Corey Taylor
- Cave In announce new album Final Transmission
- Queen and Adam Lambert announce 2020 Australian tour
- Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson made honorary citizen of Sarajevo
- King Crimson’s studio albums are coming to streaming services
- Slash: I liked The Dirt but don't think a film about Guns N’ Roses will happen
- Film exploring Latin America’s metal scene is now available exclusively with Metal Hammer
- Judas Priest confirm place on Ozzy’s 2020 UK and European tour
- Watch Fleshgod Apocalypse's lyric video for new single Carnivorous Lamb
- Corey Taylor announces engagement to Alicia Dove
- Lucy In Blue stream In Flight with Prog
- Watch Aerosmith kick off their Las Vegas residency in style
- Tedeschi Trucks Band announce Wembley Arena show
- Go behind the scenes with Voyager as they turn up the heat on Brightstar shoot
- Watch Papa Roach's live video for Not The Only One ahead of UK tour
- Mick Jagger says he’s “on the mend” after heart surgery
- April 7
- April 6
- April 5
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- Go behind the scenes with Aerosmith as they prepare for Deuces Are Wild shows
- Klone sign to Kscope and announce new album
- Static-X explain reasons behind mystery mask-wearing vocalist
- Lonely Robot share lyric video for How Bright Is The Sun?
- New Rocketman trailer explores Elton John’s pre-fame days
- The Struts share lyric video for their barnstorming new single In Love With A Camera
- Traffic studio albums vinyl box set on the way
- Listen to New Years Day’s explosive new track Come For Me
- C: Live Collective to debut new songs live at London show
- More success for Motley Crue as The Dirt book returns to the charts
- Mick Jagger recovering after successful heart valve procedure
- April 4
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- Metal Hammer Podcast: Chicken Yodelling and Rammstein
- Ozzy Osbourne postpones all 2019 tour dates
- Listen to Coheed And Cambria’s acoustic take on The Gutter
- World Heavy Metal Knitting Championship to launch in Finland
- From snow globes to skateboards - Slayer look back at 37 years of swag
- Former Katatonia members return with second thenightimeproject album
- All That Remains launch first video since the death of guitarist Oli Herbert
- Def Leppard's Joe Elliott: So what if Greta Van Fleet sound like Led Zeppelin?
- We talk Genesis, Pink Floyd, That Joe Payne and more on the new Prog Magazine Podcast
- The Darkness announce new album Easter Is Cancelled
- Slipknot’s Sid Wilson gives studio update
- Tool update logo with new 2019 image
- April 3
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- House Of Vans to celebrate the legacy of David Bowie
- Eagles will play the Hotel California album in full at two Las Vegas shows
- Punk supergroup OFF! release the craziest film trailer you’ll see today
- Season two of The Umbrella Academy is coming to Netflix
- Richard Thompson announces 70th birthday show at London's Royal Albert Hall
- Mystery announce Live And Butterflies European tour dates
- Mayhem movie Lords Of Chaos set for home release
- Queen’s Brian May: Def Leppard are family to me
- Devildriver's new album will be their “defining moment as a band”
- Ted Bundy thriller starring Metallica’s James Hetfield is heading to Netflix
- Sabaton announce new album The Great War
- April 2
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- Could there be another film about Def Leppard? Joe Elliott has his say
- Jimmy Page’s legendary Stairway To Heaven guitar to go on display
- Yes announce the Royal Affair summer tour
- Travel back in time with Mastodon in episode two of their Crack The Skye film
- Tronos, ft Megadeth and Napalm Death members launch video for Judas Cradle
- Inside Kiss's spectacular farewell tour: only in the new Classic Rock - out now
- Motley Crue grab first top 10 album in more than a decade with The Dirt soundtrack
- Dave Kerzner’s In Continuum share lyric video for new single AlienA
- ABWH grace the front cover of the new issue of Prog, on sale today!
- Ghost announce The Ultimate Tour Named Death
- Coheed And Cambria named as ArcTanGent 2019 headliner
- Mick Jagger to undergo heart surgery later this week
- April 1
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- Head out on the road with John 5 And The Creatures in Midnight Mass video
- Lift off! Lonely Robot team up with Space Rocks for special launch event
- Goldray confirm they'll preview new album on UK tour
- Babymetal are down to a duo as they reveal album no.3 is on its way
- Queen's Roger Taylor launches poignant Gangsters Are Running This World single
- It’s Van Halen’s Jump… but not as you’ve ever heard it before
- Sacred Reich raise the tempo with new single Don’t Do It Donnie
- Stevie Nicks, The Cure, Radiohead and the Zombies celebrate Rock Hall induction
- Rob Cottingham reissues Behind The Orchard Tree
- KnuckleBonz celebrate Ozzy Osbourne's Diary Of A Madman with 3D album art
- Watch Roxy Music reunite at Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
- Skindred launch Loud And Clear lyric video to coincide with Disturbed tour
- Def Leppard celebrate in style at Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame ceremony
