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- April 30
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- Winter's End Festival moves to May 2021
- Lamb Of God's Randy Blythe: The metal community owes punk a great debt
- Dave Grohl: David Bowie told me to f*** off
- Slipknot’s Jim Root is planning a solo project
- Within Temptation announce new single Entertain You
- My Lockdown with Adrian Goleby of Caligula's Horse
- Ian Anderson guests on new Louise Patricia Crane single
- Watch Lars Ulrich’s sons tear through “insane” cover of Beatles classic
- King Crimson’s Jakko Jakszyk announces new solo album Secrets & Lies
- Korn give fans a treat by sharing extended version of The Nothing launch show
- Young Australian prog metallers Reliqa release video for Mr. Magic
- April 29
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- Kyros and Jordan Rudess streams this evening
- Hedvig Mollestad announces new album Ekhidna
- Static-X and Dope robbed of $200,000 worth of gear
- Marilyn Manson’s new album is “finished” and is a “masterpiece”
- Robert Fripp's Music For Quiet Moments series to be released
- Five Finger Death Punch donate $150,000 to charity
- Linkin Park working on new music ideas during lockdown
- All-star Marc Bolan tribute album announced - watch Nick Cave's Cosmic Dancer
- The Fierce And The Dead to release trailer video for new live album
- Scorpions launch surprise single Sign Of Hope
- Acts Of Resistance: New film on Latin American heavy metal revealed
- Watch classical guitarist transform Iron Maiden's The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
- Fundraiser set up to cover Quiet Riot drummer Frankie Banali’s cancer medical expenses
- Protest The Hero return with video for new single The Canary
- Steve Howe confirms release date for Love Is album
- Metallica mull possibility of recording quarantine album
- April 28
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- Tom DeLonge's UFO videos officially released by The Pentagon
- Watch the story of AC/DC's Back in Black in 5 minutes
- Live streams from Coma Rossi, Jordan Rudess, Marc Atkinson and more
- My Lockdown with Kyros mainman Adam Warne
- Talk Talk producer Tim Friese-Green unveils new music project Short-Haired Domestic
- How the Blues exploded and why it's back again: only in the new issue of Classic Rock
- Giver: the raging hardcore crew changing the world one bodyslam at a time
- Watch Metallica travel back in time with epic Black Album performance
- Corey Taylor auctions signed guitars for charity
- Bandcamp to waive revenue share on first Friday of next three months
- April 27
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- Major Parkinson release reimagined version of Solitary Home
- Live streams from Hats Off Gentlemen It's Adequate, Jordan Rudess, Hannah from Moulettes and more
- Grassroots venues unite to launch #saveourvenues campaign
- Are Puscifer teasing a new album for 2020?
- Watch Miley Cyrus' spooky version of Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here
- Flying Colors announce online Backstage Summit
- April 26
- April 25
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- Mint Field return with brand new video for single Natural
- Live streams today from Devin Townsend, That Joe Payne, Genesis, Eivor, Ray Wilson and more...
- Long Distance Calling release video for new single Hazard
- Genesis stream The Mama Tour today at 8pm
- Samsung deal! Save 15% on Samsung phones, tablets, smart watches and headphones this weekend
- April 24
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- Larkin Poe launch new single Keep Diggin' and lockdown Lynyrd Skynyrd cover
- Listen to Ministry’s flame-throwing new single Alert Level
- Alex Henry Foster joins Prog for live session in May
- Live streams from Fish, Pink Floyd, Jordan Rudess, Periphery and more this evening
- The Metal Hammer podcast: the resurrection of Trivium
- Brian May and Kings Daughters to host Instagram lockdown launch party
- Radar Festival reschedules for October
- The Quiet Room prog on demand subscription service launches
- Pink Floyd to stream Live At Pompeii this evening at 5pm
- Orange Goblin launch video for frenetic live version of Devil's Whip
- Listen to Evanescence’s epic new single Wasted On You
- Rick Wakeman releases latest The Red Planet trailer
- April 23
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- Watch the new The Rolling Stones video for Living In A Ghost Town
- Live streams this evening from Jordan Rudess, The Cyberiam and Mother Black Cap's Martin NIcholls
- Pearl Jam to launch Gigaton 4K Apple TV experience
- Trivium’s Matt Heafy: We’ve finally found a way to make this band work
- Sigur Rós frontman Jónsi releases first song for a decade
- ASIWYFA's Rory Friers launches Beach Comber project with Two Set Sail single
- Devin Townsend makes first Stage It live studio stream officially available
- The Beatles’ Yellow Submarine set for online singalong party
- Poison’s Bret Michaels revealed as The Masked Singer’s giant banana
- Watch Lamb Of God’s animated video for savage new track New Colossal Hate
- April 22
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- Watch Mike Portnoy cover Ramones
- Streams and events this evening from Roger Dean, Jordan Rudess and Birdeatsbaby
- Trivium release new single Bleed Into Me and reveal online album launch events
- Godsticks release video for new single Victim
- Listen to Katatonia’s brand new single The Winter Of Our Passing
- Rising stars The Texas Gentlemen announce second album, Floor It!
- Asian Death Crustacean release new video for Baikal Part II
- Steven Wilson's new album The Future Bites delayed until 2021
- Metal Hammer and Classic Rock to launch radio takeovers
- Roger Dean to create new Yes album cover live on Facebook
- Falling In Reverse guitarist Derek Jones dead at 35
- April 21
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- Online events this evening from Steven Wilson, Jordan Rudess, Dave Bainbridge and more
- Steve Hackett on the Genesis classics Supper's Ready and Ripples
- Iona release trailer video for epic new box set
- Bon Jovi cancel tour so fans can use refunds for essential bills and shopping
- Watch Slipknot’s BBC documentary Unmasked: All Out Life in full
- Watch Metallica rock Germany in 2015 with “one of the best setlists ever”
- Could Tool begin work on a new EP during lockdown?
- Watch a Buddhist monk play The Ramones' Teenage Lobotomy
- Iron Maiden send message to fans as more shows are postponed
- Watch Queen and Adam Lambert perform lockdown version of We Are The Champions
- April 20
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- Blue Pills postpone upcoming album Holy Moly 'indefinitely'
- The Used and Alkaline Trio confirmed for rescheduled Slam Dunk 2020
- Slipknot confirm Knotfest Japan 2021 lineup
- Nixon watch sale: Save 30% on Metallica range and 50% on Star Wars series
- Camel bassist Colin Bass announces new album for June
- Lamb Of God push back new album release
- Poison’s Rikki Rockett: Rock music needs to be a little more creative
- Live streams from Moulettes, Jordan Rudess, Hats Off Gentlemen and more...
- Watch Chris Cornell’s daughter Toni cover Temple Of The Dog’s Hunger Strike
- Evanescence announce new album The Bitter Truth
- Orange Goblin celebrate 25th anniversary with Rough & Ready, Live & Loud
- April 19
- April 18
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- Voyager reschedule Australian dates
- Ebonivory release video for new single Introvection
- Ray Wilson, Eivor, Devin Townsend, Genesis, Jordan Rudess and more streams tonight
- Heilung release new video for Norupo
- Lesoir release video for new single Somebody Like You
- Genesis announce their own lockdown film festival
- April 17
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- Watch The Cadillac Three's stripped-down version of Post Malone smash Circles
- Watch video of Europe's tender lockdown version of Walk The Earth
- Fish, Pink Floyd and Jordan Rudess events and streams tonight
- Kansas launch video for their new single Throwing Mountains
- Roger Waters on a Pink Floyd reunion: It would be f****** awful
- Trevor Rabin airs version of Yes' Make It Easy in new trailer video
- Metal Hammer Podcast: Celebrating the 40th anniversary of Iron Maiden and Judas Priest classics
- Pink Floyd to begin streaming full concerts during lockdown
- Ross Valory countersues Journey’s Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain after sacking
- The Dead Daisies are back with video for their brand new single Unspoken
- Tony Iommi raises more than £19,000 for NHS charity
- Rick Wakeman releases new The Red Planet video trailer
- Bob Dylan launches gentle acoustic ballad I Contain Multitudes
- April 16
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- City Of Souls release video for new single Cruelty
- You can own Jason Becker's guitar, signed by all the kings of shred
- David Gilmour, Jordan Rudess, The Cyberiam, Darsombra and more stream this evening
- Listen to Trivium's crushing new single Amongst The Shadows And The Stones
- Jeff Beck and Johnny Depp team up to reimagine John Lennon’s Isolation
- Lonely Robot stream Under Stars film in full
- The best Babymetal merch 2023: Fox God masks, t-shirts, Blu-rays and more
- The Atomic Beau Project release video for Time
- Tal Wilkenfeld releases video for Killing Me
- Watch Def Leppard's epic live version of classic Billy's Got A Gun
- Watch Sammy Hagar and The Circle play Van Halen's Good Enough during lockdown
- The Lickerish Quartet release lyric video for Fadoodle
- Journey’s Don’t Stop Believin’ played in US hospitals as “a sign of hope” for COVID-19 patients
- Ozzy Osbourne: I must be the luckiest man in the world
- April 15
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- Death Angel’s Will Carroll relives hell of coronavirus coma
- Save up to 50% on band merch, vinyl and more in EMP’s massive spring sale
- Premiere: Larkin Poe release lockdown video for exultant single Holy Ghost Fire
- Lonely Robot, Anathema, Mystery and more stream this evening
- Yes European tour dates rescheduled for 2021
- Watch Rammstein's classic Sonne performed on Stylophone (with added pyro!)
- Laibach announce Revisited box set and digital release
- Dave Lombardo teams up with the Satanic Temple for new industrial project
- Ozzy to donate cash from merch sales to Michael J. Fox’s Parkinson’s charity
- Asking Alexandria launch lyric video for anthemic new single Down To Hell
- Brian May and Kings Daughters launch video for their feelgood new single Get Up
- April 14
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- Dr Martens show their rebellious spirit with new Sex Pistols collection
- Family in isolation recreates Journey's Separate Ways video and it's awesome
- Watch Def Leppard rock out in new trailer for London To Vegas
- Kansas share video teaser for new single Throwing Mountains
- Anathema's Vincent Cavanagh and Anna Phoebe on tomorrow's Space Rocks Uplink
- Lamb Of God team up with BrewDog for Ghost Walker non-alcoholic beer
- Devin Townsend studio concerts sell out in less than 24 hours, tickets available for May show
- REO Speedwagon drive back into the charts thanks to Ozark appearance
- Health expert claims live shows unlikely to return before autumn 2021
- IO Earth release new album Aura today
- Watch Metallica’s blistering homecoming show from San Francisco in 2017
- April 13
- April 12
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- Listen to Pendragon's Nick Barrett cover Pink Floyd's The Final Cut
- Rosalie Cunningham releases demo of new song Eternitea Time
- Watch Brian May and comedian Matt Lucas perform Thank You Baked Potato
- Heather Findlay offers free care packages for fans
- Fernando Perdomo and Dave Kerzner launch Squids Out To Sea project
- Jordan Rudess, The Glissando Guitar Orchestra and Chris Treebeard streams today
- April 11
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- Attawalpa releases video for Go To The Moon
- Eivor, Dandelion Charm, Darsombra, Jordan Rudess live streams this evening
- Blues Pills launch new single Low Road, announce Holy Moly! album details
- Clive Mitten releases 26-minute The Orchestral Estate
- Ian Anderson and Leslie Mandoki say We Say Thank You
- Slipknot stream 2019 Download set
- April 10
- April 9
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- Download Festival announces Download TV
- Manes premiere their new video for Young Skeleton with Prog
- Ernie Ball swaps guitar strings for face masks
- Ex Runaways singer Cherie Currie recruits Slash, Billy Corgan and more for new solo album
- John Prine’s widow Fiona thanks fans for outpouring of love following his death
- Watch Ray Wilson sing Genesis on his Untour
- Watch Beth Hart connect with fans in heartwarming No Place Like Home video
- David Gilmour, Marjana Semkina, Blackmore's Night and more streams today
- Trivium’s Matt Heafy: I want a metal scene that supports each other
- Tony Iommi: I’m in touch with Ozzy every day
- Tommy Lee on Motley Crue’s summer stadium tour: “Everything is still go”
- Watch Steve Hackett discuss Shadow Of The Hierophant and more
- Watch Kiko Loureiro’s Megadeth audition video from 2015
- Manic Street Preachers announce free show for NHS staff
- April 8
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- District 97 premiere video for Bread & Yarn with Prog
- Megadeth's David Ellefson launches new solo single Simple Truth
- Watch Godsmack take more than 400 students on an Unforgettable journey
- Asylums share video for catchy new single A Perfect Life In A Perfect World
- Enslaved reveal further Utgard details - and stream online show
- This Winter Machine offer free download of debut album
- Machine Head announce rescheduled UK and European tour
- Rick Wakeman releases new video trailer for The Red Planet
- Teeth tackle global lockdown with ferocious new single Deathrace
- Nickelback documentary is “close to being released”
- Songwriter John Prine dead at 73 - music world pays tribute
- April 7
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- Sammy Hagar and The Circle turn their attention to The Who for latest Lockdown Challenge
- Paul Stanley asks fans to wish his father happy 100th birthday
- Jordan Rudess and Marc Atkinson streams this evening
- Lee Abraham launches new side project Echo Rain with video for Swagger
- Listen to Coldbones' sweeping new single Ruin
- Human Impact release new single Contact
- Elton John, Paul McCartney and Eddie Vedder among names confirmed for TV charity event
- Rocklahoma won't take place in 2020
- Watch Alex Skolnick, Charlie Benante and Ra Diaz play lockdown cover of Rush's YYZ
- Judas Priest’s Rob Halford thanks NHS staff: “You are angels”
- Kyros play isolation gig for World Health Day
- Metallica travel back to 2009 in latest video from the vaults
- April 6
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- Tony Iommi launches charity auction to help Birmingham hospital charity
- Phideaux releases free anthology album
- Listen to Jenny Hval's new single, Bonus Material
- Moulettes, Jordan Rudess and Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate streams this evening
- Queen’s Brian May teams up with Kings Daughters for uplifting new single Get Up
- Goldray announce new album and single for 2020
- Pink Floyd fans under police investigation after holding street party amid lockdown
- Ned’s Atomic Dustbin celebrate debut EP’s 30th anniversary with run of shows
- Testament celebrate album launch with animated video for Children Of The Next Level
- Metallica provide soundtrack for The Undertaker’s WrestleMania return
- April 5
- April 4
- April 3
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- Evanescence and Within Temptation announce rescheduled Worlds Collide tour
- Ghost’s Papa Nihil and two Nameless Ghouls set to join Rock Iconz range
- Fish, Preston Reed, More Human Than Human online streams and events today
- Listen to Serj Tankian’s collaboration with Sebu Simonian and Misho
- Get 50% off The Who x Dr Martens collection
- Jupiter Hollow premiere new single The Rosedale with Prog
- Dave Mustaine talks fighting cancer and what comes next in the new Metal Hammer
- ELP are on the cover of the new issue of Prog, on sale now
- Pure Reason Revolution share video for sprawling new single Ghosts & Typhoons
- Deep Purple push back release of new album Whoosh!
- Pink Floyd bassist Guy Pratt launches Lockdown Licks tutorials
- Green Day surprise everyone by releasing the Otis Big Guitar Mix EP
- Big Big Train release live video for Alive
- Haken announce new album Virus and share video for Prosthetic
- Metallica donate $350,000 to four coronavirus relief funds
- April 2
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- Lynyrd Skynyrd launch defiant new song Last Of The Street Survivors
- French prog rockers Klone release video for Silver Gate
- Watch Alestorm embark on the legendary Treasure Chest Party Quest
- Nightwish's Marko Hietala shares video for solo single Death March For Freedom
- Arabs In Aspic premiere new song I Vow To Thee, My Screen with Prog
- A £5 million hardship fund set up to help struggling musicians has run dry
- Atreyu team up with Avenged Sevenfold and Underoath for Super Hero video
- Lonely The Brave are back with new single Bound
- Fountains Of Wayne’s Adam Schlesinger dead at 52
- April 1
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- Glass Hammer release trailer video for new album Dreaming City
- Watch Wednesday 13 take The Hearse to the graveyard in spook-filled new video
- Rush’s Alex Lifeson: Making Permanent Waves was so positive and fun
- Three Colours Dark release trailer for debut album The Science Of Goodbye
- Foo Fighters announce rescheduled Van Tour dates
- Devin Townsend announces Empath: The Ultimate Edition
- Get three months of free guitar lessons with Fender Play
- Prognosis Festival announce new dates and bands
- Fountains Of Wayne’s Adam Schlesinger “very sick” in hospital with coronavirus
- Angus Young’s old Glasgow school register unearthed online
- Rush: celebrating 40 years of Permanent Waves in the new issue of Classic Rock
- Haken, Rikard Sjoblom, Jordan Rudess and Chimpan A streams today
- Queen and Adam Lambert move European Rhapsody tour to 2021
