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October 31
- Steve Harris's British Lion announce second album The Burning
- RISE premiere's her new video for Temples with Prog
- Let’s Get Rocked… with Funko’s new Def Leppard Pop! Rocks figures
- Iron Maiden thank fans as Legacy Of The Beast tour wraps up
- Static-X set to launch Evil Disco Hell beer
- Slipknot's Corey Taylor has created a Halloween playlist - and it’s just perfect
- Wilderun release symphonic new single O Resolution!
- Sharon Osbourne’s glad The Osbournes stopped before the rise of social media
- Metal Hammer Podcast: The Horror! The Horror!
- Judas Priest’s Glenn Tipton thanks fans for their support after "tough" year
October 30
- Watch Airbourne light up the stage in Backseat Boogie video
- Wedding couple walking out to Babymetal is the best thing you'll see today
- Keep your feet warm and cosy with Metallica’s new range of socks
- Pendragon announce new album for early 2020
- Slayer’s Tom Araya and Kerry King talk The Repentless Killogy in new video trailer
- Watch Gentle Giant unbox Unburied Treasure
- How do you make Slipknot even better? Mash them up with N*Sync, of course
- Blackpool is apparently the UK's best place for metalheads
- Bruce Dickinson's aviation company changes its name and opens new facilities
- IO Earth announce last show of 2019
- Watch Motley Crue’s animated lyric video for Ride With The Devil
October 29
- Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine is selling 40 years worth of equipment
- Charlie Benante: Anthrax deserve Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame recognition
- Micky Dolenz on the time Jimi Hendrix opened for The Monkees
- Heather Findlay announces full band tour for 2020
- HRH Prog X reveals 10th anniversary lineup
- Metal Hammer Podcast: Steel Panther vs Motley Crue
- Evanescence and Within Temptation add extra dates to the Worlds Collide tour
- The Darkness’ Justin Hawkins apologises for Easter Is Cancelled cover
- Tame Impala return with new single and album
- Ozzy Osbourne to release new album in January
- Slipknot are “trying something new” as work begins on Nero Forte video
October 28
- Kurt Cobain's MTV Unplugged cardigan sells for $334,000
- Jeff Lynne’s ELO release video for new single Time Of Our Life
- Walls Of Jericho drummer arrested in connection with 632 lb marijuana haul
- Korn and Breaking Benjamin announce joint 2020 tour
- Former Thin Lizzy guitarist Eric Bell: Metallica are a pack of b*******
- Yes add 24 European dates to 2020 Relayer tour
- Musician Dr Funk makes a splash by playing bass while surfing
- Bloodstock Open Air names the final two headliners for 2020 festival
- Nightwish announce winter 2020 European tour
- Tool almost burned down the studio during Fear Inoculum sessions
October 27
- Little Feat guitarist Paul Barrere dead at 71
October 25
- The Cadillac Three return with new album Country Fuzz
- Rush’s Geddy Lee adds more dates to his Big Beautiful Book Of Bass tour
- Yes revisit 2010 recordings for new album From A Page
- De Staat win International Rock Video Of The Year award
- John Lydon announces 54-date UK spoken word tour
- Brian May rules out the possibility of Queen playing Glastonbury
- Hawkwind are on the cover on the new issue of Prog, on sale today!
- The Blackheart Orchestra premiere new video for Violet with Prog
- Lacuna Coil launch new single Bad Things exclusively on Amazon
- Jan Akkerman talks us through his new album Close Beauty
- Spinal Tap documentary was a hatchet job, says a furious Derek Smalls
- Get an Echo Dot for just $0.99 with one month of Amazon Music Unlimited
- Ozzy launches Halloween costume contest
- Motorhead ex Phil Campbell teams up with Judas Priest’s Rob Halford for new single
October 24
- Zakk Wylde had no involvement on new Ozzy Osbourne album
- Corey Taylor and Alicia Dove share photos from their wedding
- Saxon’s Biff Byford launches lyric video for solo track Welcome To The Show
- Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross plot trilogy of Watchmen albums
- Queen share new fan-filmed videos for three classic tracks
- John Hackett Band announce new live dates
- Michael Monroe launches lyric video for barnstorming new track Junk Planet
- Hawkwind and five more artists confirmed for Ramblin’ Man Fair 2020
- Chris Adler breaks silence over Lamb Of God departure
October 23
- Haggard Cat entombed in concrete in 24-hour Brexit protest
- Phil Collins’ …But Seriously set for 30th anniversary reissue
- Black Sabbath, Radiohead, Nick Cave and more set for Peaky Blinders soundtrack
- Get the limited edition signed Alter Bridge Bundle issue of Classic Rock - on sale now!
- A Formal Horse to release debut album in November
- Musicians "unlikely" to receive any money from PledgeMusic liquidation
- Mayhem's Necrobutcher: Euronymous was "a big f*cking a**hole"
- Slam Dunk 2020 announce Sum 41 as co-headliner
- Led Zeppelin celebrate Led Zep II in latest history video
- Blag FREE Marshall Bluetooth headphones worth £129.99 with any Marshall speaker
- Rob Halford wants to be a judge on Ru Paul's Drag Race
October 22
- New Kevin Ayers book out in November
- Sikth and Periphery members star in hit video game Disco Elysium
- Kayak cancel tour with The Flower Kings after Ton Scherpenzeel has heart attack
- Auction of items owned by Steely Dan’s Walter Becker raises $3.3 million
- Slipknot share alternative cover for .5: The Gray Chapter to mark its 5th anniversary
- Wire announce new album Mind Hive - watch video for Cactused
- Tribute to AC/DC's Bon Scott will blaze a real Highway To Hell across Australia
- Watch a clip from new Brainiac documentary Transmission After Zero
- The Paradox Twin premiere new video for Gravity Time Dilation
- Bring Me The Horizon team up actor Forest Whitaker for In The Dark video
- Rick Wakeman to release Official Bootleg Series box set
- Bloodstock Open Air reveals the names of four more artists for 2020 main stage
- Judas Priest will dig deep into their archives for 50th anniversary celebration
October 21
- Quiet Riot’s Frankie Banali diagnosed with pancreatic cancer
- Listen to Foo Fighters’ Taylor Hawkins team up with Duff McKagan and Chrissie Hynde
- Nick Mason on the car that brought Pink Floyd together
- Prognosis Festival announces more names for 2020
- Brazilian biologist names four new spider species after rockers including Iron Maiden
- Esoterica premiere new video for In Dreams with Prog
- The Mission announce The United European Party Tour
- Steven Wilson announces 2020 tour dates
- Exclusive Airbourne bundle of Metal Hammer magazine, out now!
- The Pineapple Thief's Bruce Soord shares video for All This Will Be Yours
- Steel Panther on Nikki Sixx: “Sounds like someone needs some f****** attention"
- Police are still investigating the death of All That Remains’ Oli Herbert
- Mikkey Dee and Phil Campbell added to Motorhead's Rock Hall ballot
October 18
- Metallica unveil new additions to their Nixon watch collection
- Motley Crue’s Nikki Sixx: Steel Panther’s Michael Starr can go f*** himself
- Behind the scenes look at Voyager's Entropy video
- Rob Halford: It’ll be hard for Judas Priest to top Firepower
- Long Distance Calling share live video for Metulsky Curse Revisited
- Listen to pounding new Lindemann track Ich weiß es nicht
- Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds announce UK and European tour
- Def Leppard to release On Through The Night live album
- Watch Steve Hackett perform Afterglow at the Royal Festival Hall
- King’s X cancel all 2019 shows due to heart issues affecting Jerry Gaskill
- Watch Marilyn Manson face the grave in video for God’s Gonna Cut You Down
October 17
- Mono release single Halo from upcoming EP Before The Past
- Mortiis returns with new album Spirit Of Rebellion
- Iron Maiden reveal the final part of their Studio Collection Remastered series
- The Darkness: Some rockers just aren’t pulling their weight
- Wilderun share lyric video for sprawling new single The Tyranny Of Imagination
- Slipknot bassist V-Man: My role was to fill a great man’s shoes and do him justice
- Idles announce live album and share video for Mother
- Steve Lukather says current Toto lineup is approaching "the end"
October 16
- Irmin Schmidt announces rare live shows
- Watch Cellar Darling’s beautifully animated lyric video for Hang
- The Beatles' singles collection celebrated in new box set
- Motorhead ex Mikkey Dee reacts to Rock Hall snub
- Manic Street Preachers: The Holy Bible live film set for UK cinemas
- Lemmy, Slash, Kiss & Ozzy star in The Rainbow documentary
- Here's the setlist from Tool's first show since the release of Fear Inoculum
- Mayhem's Necrobutcher was "on his way to kill Euronymous" – Varg just got there first
- Lars Ulrich joins Mumford & Sons (relax, it's only for one song)
- Machine Head and Dope spat takes an unexpected turn
- Brian May announces "Adventures in Hell" exhibition for Halloween
- Jan Akkerman releases new video for Don Giovani
- Telepath release teaser video for new album
- Guns N’ Roses’ video for Sweet Child O’ Mine creates history
October 15
- Rob Halford reacts to Judas Priest’s 2nd Rock Hall nomination
- Killing Joke’s Jaz Coleman: I could have saved Heath Ledger
- Mamiffer release brand new video for All That Is Beautiful
- The Black Crowes: Could a reunion be on the cards?
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- RISE releases new album Strangers this Friday
- Motorhead, Judas Priest, Thin Lizzy & Soundgarden lead 2020 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame nominations
- Sons Of Apollo complete work on album no.2
- The Music! The Madness! The Majesty! How Queen ruled the 1970s, on sale now
- Watch Black Stone Cherry pay tribute to Otis Rush in All Your Love video
- Corey Taylor ties the knot with Alicia Dove
- Iron Maiden honoured by Argentina’s government
October 14
- Bent Knee release new video for Catch A Light
- Foo Fighters cover The Psychedelic Furs and B-52s on new four-track EP
- Machine Head’s Robb Flynn slams Do Or Die haters in swear-filled Instagram post
- Thom Yorke announces Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes UK and European tour
- Check out the setlist and final song from the last night of Peter Frampton's farewell tour
- Thin Lizzy's Phil Lynott to be honoured with limited edition €15 coin
- Watch Conjurer kick up a storm in live Thankless video
- Watch lyric video for stereo mix of Freddie Mercury’s Love Kills
- Lindemann tease new track Blut from upcoming album F & M
- Rick Wakeman: The Yes name should have been retired when Chris Squire died
- Saxon’s Biff Byford to release two solo singles this year
- Edsel Dope addresses claims he’s been fronting Static-X at live shows
October 12
- The Flower Kings release new single Miracles For America
October 11
- Lars Ulrich on Metallica's festival shows: It’ll be challenging, but we thrive on this s**t
- Prince’s estate scolds Donald Trump for playing Purple Rain at rally
- Nightwish announce Decades: Live In Buenos Aires
- Metal Hammer Podcast: Christmas Albums are metal!
- Sharon den Adel and Amy Lee on facing sexism in the music industry
- Airbourne kick it into gear with new single Backseat Boogie
- Leprous release mournful new single Distant Bells
- Listen to ferocious new Machine Head track Do Or Die
- Nektar release new single SkyWriter
- Talk Talk’s Mark Hollis to be honoured at London tribute show
- New Ghost album will have “more riffage” says Tobias Forge
- Sharon Osbourne: Ozzy can’t wait to get the green light from doctor to tour again
October 10
- Metallica plot two headline sets at five 2020 festivals
- Hawkwind launch maniacal space rock anthem Flesh Fondue
- Watch exclusive clip from Rob Zombie’s new horror flick 3 From Hell
- Watch Flying Colors’ trailer for new album Third Degree
- Green Day hit the ice in video for new single Fire, Ready, Aim
- Watch Lars Ulrich talk Metallica’s musical roots with AC/DC’s Brian Johnson
- Pair of new Frank Zappa books to be published later this year
- Saxon’s Biff Byford gives health update after heart surgery
- Ozzy Osbourne postpones UK and European tour for a second time
October 9
- Blackberry Smoke launch One Horse Town video from Homecoming album
- Watch new trailer for Slayer’s The Repentless Killogy
- Terry Pratchett’s Discworld comes to vinyl for the first time
- These Nightmare Before Christmas x Vans shoes are the best things you'll see today
- Marillion’s Steve Rothery reflects on “difficult” Clutching At Straws sessions
- Watch this web nutter play AC/DC's Back In Black using a pair of glistening dildos
- New Zealand prog rockers City Of Souls premiere new video for Ferryman with Prog
- Listen to Black Stone Cherry’s swaggering take on Son House’s Death Letter Blues
- Yes announce 2020 Relayer UK tour
- New Model Army share video for Where I Am
- New study indicates listening to music can boost your mental wellbeing
- Has the identity of Static-X’s mask-wearing frontman finally been confirmed?
- Prognosis Festival announces next wave of bands
- Watch The Struts live their best life in Tatler Magazine video
- Guns N’ Roses perform Locomotive for the first time in 27 years
October 8
- First bands announced for Midsummer Prog 2020
- Eagles announce the 2020 Hotel California tour
- Alice In Chains frontman William DuVall announces UK and European tour
- Steve Perry says new music is coming this year
- Behemoth’s Nergal sparks controversy with “black metal against Antifa” t-shirt
- Watch son of Metallica’s Robert Trujillo hit the stage with Suicidal Tendencies
- Phil Campbell And The Bastard Sons to headline Call Of The Wild festival
- Motley Crue release new video for Dr. Feelgood classic Same Ol' Situation (S.O.S.)
- Carl Palmer’s ELP Legacy announce final leg of their 2019 tour
- Static-X share video clip of their new track Hollow
- Lynyrd Skynyrd and .38 Special bassist Larry Junstrom dead at 70
October 7
- Listen to Judas Priest’s Rob Halford give Christmas carols a metal makeover
- Sepultura reveal their new record Quadra will be a concept album
- The Beatles’ Abbey Road breaks chart record as it hits no.1 once again
- Nickelback enjoy huge spike in sales and streams following Trump tweet
- Rush hail Ginger Baker’s “incredible legacy”
- Chelsea Wolfe announces UK and European acoustic tour
- Cradle Of Filth cancel shows to concentrate on new album
- Watch Bruce Springsteen’s stirring live version of Sundown
- Antimatter and Pallas to headline Summer's End 2020
- Volbeat blame technical issues for scrapping Belfast show after one song
- Metallica tease announcement with online countdown
October 6
- Ginger Baker: the world of music pays tribute
- Cream drummer Ginger Baker dead at 80
October 4
- Carpathian Forest and Dodheimsgard confirmed for Imperium black metal festival 2020
- Alice Cooper documentary to premiere in London next week
- Lacuna Coil issue an SOS call on new single Save Me
- Touchstone announce London show and new single Stolen Moments
- The Cadillac Three share video for All The Makin’s Of A Saturday Night
- The Hu release new version of Yuve Yuve Yu with English vocal from Danny Case
- Watch Freddie Mercury’s legendary 39th birthday party unfold in Living On My Own video
- Ray Davies checks in with update on how “Project Kinks” is progressing
- Watch Metallica’s soaring orchestral version of The Memory Remains
- Joe Elliott tells AC/DC’s Brian Johnson why Def Leppard will always play the hits live
- Damanek to release new album in 2020
- Five Finger Death Punch's Ivan Moody launches cannabis-infused wellness range
- Downes Braide Association announce Live In England album
- Cradle Of Filth launch Lustmord And Wargasm (The Lick Of Carnivorous Winds) lyric video
- Nirvana's Krist Novoselic: "POTUS, please leave grunge bands alone"
- Kiss set to conquer the ocean with live show for great white sharks
- Sharon Osbourne blasts tabloid rumours regarding Ozzy’s health
October 3
- Jimi Hendrix returns to the Royal Albert Hall
- Donald Trump runs foul of copyright law after sharing Nickelback meme on Twitter
- Opeth will tour across North America in 2020
- Perihelion premiere new video for Erdő with Prog
- Rainburn premiere new live video of Suicide Note with Prog
- Watch Alter Bridge in video for anthemic new single Dying Light
- Suzi Quatro and Lzzy Hale to be honoured at the 2020 She Rocks Awards
- Watch Marillion perform Estonia in the studio with In Praise Of Folly
- That Joe Payne announces the By Name, By Nature UK tour
- The Wildhearts premiere lyric video for Diagnosis
- Watch Slipknot’s Corey Taylor talk 80s horror in new In Search Of Darkness clip
- Gene Simmons undergoes surgery to remove kidney stones
- Judas Priest’s Rob Halford: My memoir is going to shock you
- The Who launch furious new single All This Music Must Fade
October 2
- Floor Jansen on new Nightwish video: It’s unlike anything we have ever done before
- Former Foreigner frontman Lou Gramm hospitalised in New York
- Slayer’s The Repentless Killogy set for one-night only cinema release
- Anathema announce We’re Here Because We’re Here European tour
- David Lee Roth: Van Halen is finished
- Iron Maiden launch Trooper bottle cap collection
- Hypno5e release video for 18-minute long A Distant (Dark) Source
- Eddie And The Hot Rods’ vocalist Barrie Masters has died
- Tony Iommi sends message of support to Metallica’s James Hetfield
October 1
- Queensryche release lyric video for Propaganda Fashion
- District 97 release new video for Sheep
- It's official, Greta Thunberg's speech is now a death metal single and all profits go to Greenpeace
- Complete Jimi Hendrix Band Of Gypsys shows get Songs For Groovy Children release
- You could own Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love's old house for a cool $7.5 mil
- Exploring Birdsong premiere new video for The River with Prog
- Robert Plant to release Digging Deep with Robert Plant singles box set
- Greta Thunberg will be doing death metal only from now on and we are all for it!
- Mott The Hoople '74 cancel US tour after Ian Hunter is diagnosed with tinnitus