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November 30
- Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson releases first new solo song in 18 years, Afterglow Of Ragnarok
- "I’m not one to be marching in the streets with a sign or holding a gun or a knife, but my words are my tools and my weapons": Dolly Parton on why her heavy metal protest song World On Fire needed to be written
- Mandalaband's first two albums remastered and reissued
- Sharon Osbourne once pooped in Ozzy’s weed: “When he found out, he went nuts and chased us down the hallway!”
- "A shared musical magic is rekindled." Julianne Regan and Tim Bricheno release teaser for new single
- Pogues singer Shane MacGowan has died aged 65
- Voyager reschedule Australian tour dates for June
November 29
- Judas Priest take to the woods for Trial By Fire video
- "Gee I’m sorry I ruined your night": John Lennon's killer issued a weird apology straight after shooting him, witness recalls in new true crime documentary
- The Pineapple Thief announce brand new album It Leads To This
- Kiko Loureiro explains Megadeth absence: I’m someone who “needs freedom”
- "Probably the most precious intimate capture ever of Mr. Mercury at his full awesome power": Brian May salutes the majesty of Freddie Mercury as Queen Rock Montreal gets 2024 IMAX screenings
- Rush's Geddy Lee scores top five placing on the Sunday Times Bestseller List with My Effin' Life memoir
- "We have a lot of fun on stage!" Lindisfarne announce spring UK tour dates
- Soundgarden dispute with Chris Cornell's estate is not over after all – and late frontman's last batch of songs remain shelved
November 28
- Slipknot’s Corey Taylor is making a film score: “It’s something I’ve wanted to do for a long time”
- Evanescence’s Amy Lee: “50 Cent hates my guts”
- Avenged Sevenfold announce North American tour dates for 2024
- 35 of the hottest Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals still going - headphones, vinyl, speakers, turntables and more
- Richard Wileman unveils new prog and folk horror concept album
- "Evanescence breaking out proved everybody wrong. It gave me hope, it was a huge middle finger.” Halestorm's Lzzy Hale on why Evanescence's Fallen was such an important, empowering album for 21st century rock, and the advice Amy Lee once gave her
- Kyros announce brand new album Mannequin
- Corey Taylor has brutally shot down those new Slipknot drummer rumours: "He’s not even on the list."
- "He was a huge influence on me." Metallica's Kirk Hammett pays tribute to Killing Joke's Geordie Walker
- Swedish proggers Beardfish are back!
- Hellfest release insanely huge 2024 lineup announcement: Metallica, Avenged Sevenfold, Machine Head, The Prodigy, Corey Taylor, Tom Morello and dozens more now confirmed
- Paul McCartney, Elton John and Garth Brooks will appear in the upcoming Spinal Tap movie
November 27
- Wrestling fans! If you're quick, you can still grab WWE and AEW shirts for up to 60% off in Hot Topic's Cyber Monday sale - and yes, it includes a CM Punk one
- I’m on a self-imposed bottle-buying ban, but I just can’t resist this Cyber Monday Wild Turkey deal
- Amp up your stereo set-up with these massive Cyber Monday savings from World Wide Stereo
- This great JBL Charge 5 speaker is waterproof, dustproof, super-portable and, best of all, up to 33% off for Cyber Monday
- 10 awesome Cyber Monday deals under £50 that I'm all in on: Cut-price headphones, speakers and more
- "Circus magazine said, 'If Lee's voice was any higher and raspier, his audience would consist exclusively of dogs and extraterrestrials": Watch Geddy Lee read from his memoir My Effin' Life onstage in Seattle with Nirvana's Krist Novoselic
- Marshall products are selling out fast in their Cyber Monday sale... get in quick before the deals are gone for good
- Unbeatable Cyber Monday $2.99 Disney+ and Hulu deal: 6 music films and shows that justify signing up
- I'm using Cyber Monday to find an alternative Christmas jumper, and I'm struggling to choose between these hilarious options from EMP
- When you get the call to come play at Disney World, you don't want to play any weird old Smashing Pumpkins songs": Watch "Disney mark" Billy Corgan cover Bing Crosby with Smashing Pumpkins
- Quick! You can still save almost £150 on the Lego Millennium Falcon, one of the most legendary Lego sets of all time, for Cyber Monday
- "I never realised how funky Dave was!": Watch a jazz professor at elite music school Juilliard try to play Dave Grohl's drum parts on Nirvana classic In Bloom without having ever heard the song
- "These will be incredibly special shows": Nickelback announce UK/Europe Get Rollin' dates across 8 countries in 2024
- Hallowed be thy flame: Etsy has massive Cyber Monday savings on these infernally brilliant hand-made Iron Maiden fire pits and BBQs
- These Cyber Monday deals on a range of Dr Martens shoes might convince you it's finally time to invest in a pair - or add to your collection
- Fancy a new guitar? Check out my guide on what to buy at Fender's huge Cyber Monday sale
- Manic Street Preachers remix Steven Wilson's Economies of Scale
- "They smelled like L.A. and I smelled like San Francisco": Former Megadeth guitar hero Marty Friedman explains why he "failed miserably" auditioning for Ozzy Osbourne in the '80s
- "In the mid-1970s, Berlin was a terrifying place to be. At Hansa Studio, you looked out the window and there was an East German machine gun turret": King Crimson's Robert Fripp looks back on recording "Heroes" with David Bowie and Brian Eno
- Peter Gabriel releases Live And Let Live, the final single from i/o
- Geezer Butler disputes Ozzy Osbourne's claim that he didn't reach out during Ozzy's illness: "Sharon responded but I didn’t hear back from Ozzy."
November 26
- Killing Joke guitarist Geordie Walker dead at 64
- There's so much music merchandise on sale right now this Cyber Monday at Hot Topic - check out what's in my basket
- We trawled Etsy to find Cyber Monday deals for the funniest, strangest and straight-up coolest heavy metal gifts so you don't have to
- If you've somehow not played Stray yet (where have you been?!), you can bag it right now for less than £17 for the Playstation 5
November 25
- Save $190 on the Marshall Uxbridge and Kilbun II
- There are still some great Lego Black Friday deals to be found - here are some of our favourites
- I didn't take ear buds seriously until I started wearing Sony's WF range, and now that you can get the WF-C500s for up to 51% off, you'll wanna start taking them seriously too
- Dire Straits, Metallica, The Beatles, Iron Maiden and more: get massive savings on these 10 classic - and future-classic - albums with EMP
- Here's the 10 Amazon deals I'm considering this Black Friday weekend - books, games, t-shirts and more
- I just bought this tiny Bluetooth amp for less than £50 in the Black Friday sale and it’s already changed the way I listen to music
- Kiss cancel string of shows on farewell tour as Paul Stanley struggles with flu
- Sharon Osbourne: Ozzy should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist
November 24
- Save on the best metal albums 2023 has to offer with Amazon UK
- If I didn’t already have one, I would buy the Positive Grid Spark Go this Black Friday. Yeah, it’s a serious bit of kit – but it’s also perfect for beginners and rubbish guitarists like me
- Spruce up the crypt with this pick of gothic home decor and gifts on Etsy, now available with up to 60% off in the US and UK
- AC/DC, Pearl Jam and Iron Maiden: 10 brilliant but oft-overlooked albums you can save on with Amazon's Black Friday deals
- Mike Portnoy explains Dream Theater return: “We’ve been reconnecting through the last few years.”
- I wear earplugs at live events - and a pair of my favourites are down 20% for Black Friday
- “Tony Iommi has been so supportive of me since my illness. Geezer Butler hasn’t given me one phone call": Ozzy Osbourne is gutted that his ex-Black Sabbath bandmate Geezer Butler doesn't want to know him anymore
- There's a huge Black Friday sale at Converse right now, with 40% off in UK and 30% off in US - here's what I'm buying
- Squeeze announce huge 50th anniversary tour
- "There was so much emotional static and fear and paranoia": Geddy Lee on the Rush album that was the most difficult to make
- Looking for a vinyl bargain this Black Friday? Let me help you part with the best £12 you’ll ever spend on vinyl: Silver Sun’s debut album
- EMP has some amazing Black Friday deals on t-shirts, jackets, jeans, shoes, beanies, Pop! Vinyl and just about everything else - but you may have to be quick to get the specific deal you're after
- You don't have to be a wizard, Harry, to be excited that this immense Lego Hogwarts set is 24% off for Black Friday
- "Don’t tell him I said this, but Sting is a genius": Stewart Copeland on the hateful tensions within The Police, and the therapy which allowed them to stage their hugely-profitable reunion tour
- Midas Fall to release first new album for six years
- Schuh are basically begging you to get a whole new Vans wardrobe with these great Black Friday deals - up to 70% off shoes, backpacks, jackets and more
- Von Hertzen Brothers announce new live album and on-demand concert
- Yes grace the cover of the new gift-packed issue of Prog, on sale now!
- This year Dolly Parton celebrated thanksgiving by dressing as a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader and performing Queen covers for 80,000 football fans
November 23
- Reading and Leeds Festival 2024 lineup announced: Blink-182, Liam Gallagher, Lana Del Rey, Fred Again, Catfish And The Bottlemen and Gerry Cinnamon to headline, Spiritbox, Skrillex and more also confirmed
- Order your limited edition Evanescence bundle – featuring a exclusive Fallen patch and print
- Galahad and IO Earth announced as headline acts for Prog For Peart
- "People who want to tell you what to do?They should shut the f**k up": Josh Homme on Queens Of The Stone Age providing a "safe space" for personal expression
- Leicester's DanFest announces stage times
- Goosebumps alert: Watch Thomas Gabriel conjure up the ghost of his grandfather Johnny Cash with an eerily familiar cover of Folsom Prison Blues
- Brian Jonestown Massacre show in Australia ends in chaos after a vicious onstage brawl
November 22
- Axl Rose accused of violent sexual assault in lawsuit by former Penthouse model
- "In five years the music industry will be viewed the same way as the Catholic Church or the Boy Scouts - a powerful force that also enabled and shielded sexual predators for decades": Anti-Flag’s Justin Sane sued for sexual assault
- Daryl Hall obtains temporary restraining order against bandmate John Oates
- "They're Led Zeppelin - and I got the balloons!": It turns out Dolly Parton has wanted to go into the studio with Jimmy Page for decades
- Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi remembers writing Paranoid riff: “The producer said, ‘Can you put another song together?’ I went, ‘Well, no.’”
- "I love you Foos": Watch Scott Ian's 12-year-old son Revel play Everlong with Foo Fighters at Dave Grohl's studio
- "I'm ready to go. Let's do this": David Lee Roth says he's up for joining Sammy Hagar on tour next summer to honour Van Halen
- “We speak out together in solidarity with the Palestinian people’s struggle for freedom, justice and equal rights": Rage Against The Machine, Mogwai, Pulp among 4000 artists calling for a ceasefire in Gaza
- Magenta replace Lifesigns for Fusion 2024
- “I think that this record is sort of the best of everything that Green Day has." Billie Joe Armstrong says forthcoming Green Day album "bridges the gap" between American Idiot and Dookie
- "Ultimately, the whales would catch on." Sailors have been using extreme metal to try and scare away aggressive orcas - except they may actually be attracting them instead
- "I wanted a safe room where I could go and pick my nose and squeeze a zit if I want to without being on camera:" Ozzy Osbourne explains why The Osbournes TV show will never be rebooted
- Master & Dynamic’s superb premium headphones are within reach for mere mortals with up to 40% off for Black Friday
- Watch Alex Lifeson join Tool on stage in Toronto
- Level up your gig wardrobe with up to 77% off Levi's jeans for Black Friday
- "Yep, it smells like me." Watch Metallica's James Hetfield take part in the most wholesome heavy metal unboxing video you'll see this year as he lifts the lid on his new guitar book
- You can always get what you want, as Nixon have 25% off their range of Rolling Stone watches and accessories
- London mayor rejects plans to build Las Vegas-stye Sphere venue in Stratford
November 21
- Axl Rose goes viral after attending the Las Vegas Grand Prix, hanging about with Red Bull Racing and Robert Trujillo, and giving a rare interview
- “I’ll be sad to see them go but we’ve had wonderful times together and I can’t play them all”: Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler is selling off his guitar collection
- This cover of Alice In Chains' It Ain't Like That performed by Jerry Cantrell and Nickelback in 2002 packs more meat than a butcher's shop
- Hot Topic’s sizzling Black Friday sale has up to 50% off band merch, stocking fillers... and Christmas jumpers that rock
- The Rolling Stones announce Hackney Diamonds stadium shows in North America
- "We were never fascists. To suggest that 2112 was suckering kids into a right-wing mantra with fascistic overtones was wrong-headed and irresponsible": Geddy Lee shuts down the idea that Rush were promoting "proto fascism" on 2112
- Marshall just turned the volume up on Black Friday – get up to 48% off our favourite speakers and headphones
- "Be careful what you wish for!" Rat Scabies returns to The Damned, as the punk legends announce UK tour with their early '80s line-up
- "When you look at touring acts in heavy metal, you don’t see crews rolling in with all women." In This Moment's Maria Brink on why she uses her platform to help empower women in the metal scene
- Watch Metallica remind everyone of the power of The Black Album courtesy of this pro-shot footage of them battering Detroit with Through The Never earlier this month
- "That little bastard had chops!" The Police's Stewart Copeland explains why Slipknot's Joey Jordison was one of the greatest drummers of his generation
- Watch Robert Fripp and Daryl Hall play King Crimson's classic Red without rehearsing together first
- "He came and sat and drank with us. We all got plastered together": it turns out Paul McCartney has instructed Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson to get back out on tour
- Dave Mustaine reveals Megadeth will move forward without Kiko Loureiro
- A German politician just leaked news of the first confirmed AC/DC show in Europe in eight years, sparking hopes of a 2024 tour
November 20
- Block out the Black Friday noise and protect your ears at gigs with 36% off our favourite earplugs
- It looks like The Rolling Stones are about to announce their first batch of Hackney Diamonds tour dates
- Ozzy Osbourne: “I’ve got no fear of going to Hell – I’ve been going there and back for the past five years"
- "Someone said that I sounded like the damned howling in Hades": Geddy Lee on why Rush shunned their record label and management's wishes that they'd become the next Led Zeppelin or Bad Company
- “We are turning the amps on... This will be Songs For Fighting!" U2 on the “unreasonable” guitar-heavy record they want to make next
- “'Cocaine buffet?' they would say. 'Just help yourself'”: Gene Simmons, Dave Grohl and The Darkness make surreal cameo appearances in singer/songwriter James Blunt's outrageous 'non-memoir' Loosely Based On A Made-Up Story
- Deck your hall with metal posters this Christmas with up to 41% off epic music designs in the Displate Black Friday sale
- "For one whole year, me and some of the other guys decided to take heroin to see if it inspired us creatively": JJ Burnel on The Stranglers' unorthodox heroin experiment
- "In the beginning it was a little rattling until I found out his face expressions." This is what it's like being Lars Ulrich's drum tech
- "It’s been a long time coming." In Flames, Arch Enemy and Soilwork are teaming up for the ultimate melodeath tour across Europe
November 19
- Dolly Parton releases surprise new version of Jolene featuring Måneskin
- “Life began to imitate art, for better or for worse…”: how The Struts came back from the brink on their ambitious new record
- “Through the years I thought one day I’d do a rock record”: Dolly Parton on why she’s made an album with Paul McCartney, Rob Halford, Stevie Nicks and more
- Campaign targets AC/DC's Thunderstruck for UK Christmas Number One
- AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd selling off rare memorabilia in honour of friend who is dying of cancer
November 18
- Geddy Lee names the Rush album that he hopes to see turned into a film
- “I don’t want to live my life closeted”: US country-rock siblings Brothers Osborne on sexuality and overcoming personal turmoil
- "He called Chad Smith 'drummer'. Like, 'Drummer, can you hit that on the up beat?' And this is Chad Smith!" Duff McKagan on what it’s like being in a band with punk rock don, Iggy Pop
- “I walked away feeling we had done justice to Taylor and justice to Neil”: Geddy Lee on how playing the Taylor Hawkins tribute concerts helped bring Rush closure
- Napalm Death extend their Campaign For Musical Destruction Tour into the UK and mainland Europe with new dates for 2024
November 17
- "It's done": The final, last ever, over-and-out dates of NOFX's 40 Years, 40 Cities, 40 Songs farewell tour are in
- “As many times as I've heard this song this is the first time it made me tear up”: Listen to Dolly Parton's epic 10 minute 50 seconds version of Lynyrd Skynyrd's Free Bird, featuring Ronnie Van Zant and one of Gary Rossington's final guitar solos
- "We figured, if we make this record some of our heroes can get some royalties": Guns N' Roses' Duff McKagan on the making of "The Spaghetti Incident?"
- Original Dream Theater singer Charlie Dominici dead at 72
- "It's been wayyy too long!" Spock's Beard announce UK tour for January
- "He said there were two things I needed to be aware of: first of all, it would be a lot of touring. The other thing was, 'You’re not going to have many guitar solos!'" A former Nameless Ghoul reveals what it's like to play with Ghost
- "Why would this make a good set? Here are two reasons: Lego and Lars Ulrich." A Metallica Lego set has been entered into Lego's official ideas portal - and it needs your help to be brought to life
November 16
- "As the tour wound down, the mood started to change and it split into two camps... we were quite divided by the end": Geddy Lee recalls the internal tensions on Rush's final tour, R40
- The Beatles' final song Now And Then is the fastest-selling vinyl single of the century so far in the UK
- "It’s just the way it sounds when you read the lyrics." Amy Lee on the Evanescence song that she's "grown out of"
- Minor Threat to release Out Of Step Outtakes to mark the 40th anniversary of the original EP
- Louder’s favourite five-star Sony headphones are back to their lowest-ever price for Black Friday
- Louise Patricia Crane releases 'love letter' cover of King Crimson's Ladies Of The Road
- Meshuggah and Animals As Leaders announced for ArcTanGent
- Steve Hackett to release first new concept album for 48 years
- Ihsahn to release self-titled concept album presented in two versions
- "We've got loads of songs there in pieces": Ray Davies reveals he's recorded "about 20" new Kinks songs with brother Dave, and he plans to finish them
- On the night David Bowie said goodbye to glam rock he was accompanied by The Troggs and a stoned Marianne Faithfull dressed as a nun
November 15
- Iron Maiden merch alert: the 40th anniversary Piece Of Mind graphic novel includes a story by Bruce Dickinson
- Watch Corey Taylor perform Slipknot song Before I Forget with solo band during recent UK tour
- Metallica release new live footage of Harvester Of Sorrow from 72 Seasons tour
- Gene Simmons says that he's "totally open" to the idea of a future version of Kiss existing without any members of Kiss: "Why not pass the baton, pass the crown to four new, young people who are deserving?"
- The guitar Kurt Cobain played at Nirvana's last show is up for auction, with an estimated price-tag of two million dollars
- Jack Osbourne doesn’t think his dad Ozzy will ever tour again – but doesn’t rule out “one-off shows”
- There's 55% off this budget-friendly House Of Marley turntable, but the sub-£100 price won't hang around for long
- "I can still remember the three of us sitting there on the bed in utter awe": Geddy Lee recalls the day that Rush listened to Led Zeppelin for the first time
- "Then, we heard, 'Okay, Megan's heard it. And she wants to put it out tomorrow.'" Spiritbox's Courtney LaPlante reveals the chaotic turnaround that led to their surprise collaboration with Megan Thee Stallion
- Get 100 million songs for free with this bonkers Amazon Music Unlimited 3 month trial
- Opeth share previously 'lost' video for Windowpane
November 14
- Slipknot fans think they already know who the band’s next drummer is
- Ex-Megadeth bassist David Ellefson celebrated his birthday by seeing Metallica
- Motörhead leader Lemmy Kilmister could be honoured with statue in Stoke-On-Trent birthplace
- Judas Priest announce more Invincible Shield tour dates
- “It’s crazy to think that it’ll be 20 years since Mikey and I played these songs with Van Halen": Sammy Hagar announces The Best of All Worlds Tour with Michael Anthony, Joe Satriani and Jason Bonham
- "I went up to Dave and said, I don’t understand what the problem is": Bush's Gavin Rossdale on how he and Dave Grohl buried the hatchet on their '90s feud
- I’ve poured dozens of pints from my Philips PerfectDraft and saved loads on beer - now you can get 45% off this Black Friday
- Dream Theater’s James LaBrie comments on Mike Portnoy return: “Gonna be one hell of a ride for all.”
- Bring Me The Horizon fans riot after show gets cancelled halfway through
- David Jackson re-records Van der Graaf's Pioneers Over C for new album
- "Oh God, it was so embarrassing!" Why watching their support act Jimi Hendrix get booed off stage every night was mortifying for The Monkees
- "I look just like WHO?!" Watch Five Finger Death Punch frontman Ivan Moody get recognised in public...as the singer from Disturbed. Whoops!
- Tool announce UK and Europe tour for 2024
- "I will go to any lengths to protect my family": Nikki Sixx reveals that his wife and child have been threatened by stalkers
November 13
- There's a problem on Planet Rock and only Brian May and Nandi Bushell can help: the future of rock depends on it
- An Ozzy Osbourne documentary featuring Slipknot, Slayer and System Of A Down is finally coming out “after 20 years”
- My Chemical Romance to play The Black Parade in full at When We Were Young Festival 2024, Fall Out Boy, A Day To Remember, Jimmy Eat World, The Distillers, Coheed And Cambria and many more also announced
- "It's never been a phase!" Watch Public Enemy's Flavor Flav casually turn up in the middle of a circle pit at emo club event Emo Nite last month
- It’s not a trap! There’s a huge 42% off the Lego Star Wars AT-AT Walker at Amazon
- Hawkwind reveal title of new album Stories From Time And Space
- Air to perform the whole of Moon Safari live throughout Europe next year
- "Ladies and gentlemen, we'd like to introduce a friend of ours." Watch Trivium's Matt Heafy guest with Bullet For My Valentine for a special version of Tears Don't Fall
- Our favourite festival-friendly Marshall speaker has been slashed by up to 40% at Amazon for a limited time
- Jane Weaver returns with new single Love In Constant Spectacle
- Watch Meshuggah's entire headline set from Bloodstock Open Air 2023
- Drummers offer support for axed Slipknot man Jay Weinberg
- Barbra Streisand confirms she's the unwitting inspiration for Aerosmith's I Don't Want To Miss A Thing
November 12
- The final ever Kiss show is to be streamed as a pay-per-view event
- X Japan release statement about death of bassist Hiroshi "Heath" Morie
- Legendary comedian Bill Bailey wants to do another heavy metal album: "I’d be well up for another!"
- “Here’s my record. And if you ever want to write a song together…”: Bob Dylan said he loved Duff McKagan’s last album. So Duff McKagan asked him to collaborate
- “Ronnie Van Zant’s widow wouldn’t allow Lynyrd Skynyrd to use his voice, but she said: ‘I’ll do it for Dolly’”: how Dolly Parton ended up covering Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Free Bird on her new album
November 11
- "Know it's been the joy of a lifetime to spend the last 10 years with you": Jay Weinberg releases statement about dismissal from Slipknot
- Architects, Enter Shikari, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard and more sign an open latter asking for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, while Bob Vylan call IDLES and Sleaford Mods "cowardly" for not speaking out on the bombing of Palestine
- Geddy Lee won't rule out future Rush shows with Alex Lifeson
- Green Day cancel London show on short notice with fans lining up at venue
November 10
- Metallica, Paramore, Ghost, Spiritbox and Foo Fighters among the rock and metal bands nominated for next year's Grammy Awards
- "Museums have a constant struggle to find a new audience. Here we go!" Swedish power metal heroes Sabaton are teaming up with museums around the world for special screenings of their epic new history movie, The War To End All Wars
- "Thank you lovely DCC ladies. What a blast!": watch Queen perform Fat Bottomed Girls with the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders
- 5 wireless speakers we rate just got Black-Friday beating discounts
- Gandalf's Fist to release special edition of Songs From The Solway
- Dolly Parton: The Queen Of Country on assembling rock's A-List for her mammoth, hugely anticipated rock album: only in the new issue of Classic Rock
- Caligula's Horse return with new album Charcoal Grace in January
- Linkin Park are being sued by their former bassist, who says he never received a penny for playing on more than 20 songs
- "We are Green Day, and this one's called Welcome To Paradise": Watch Green Day play a surprise secret acoustic show in a London pub
November 9
- “What do they call that thing? Imposter syndrome! I definitely felt like I’d snuck in the back door and somehow got to the Grammys." Amy Lee on why Evanescence's early success led to a lot of insecurity
- Cynic announce The Focus Of Valediction European tour for March
- "The blare of the great horn shall resound once again!" Enslaved announce UK and European tour for March
- Tool are teasing European and UK tour dates for 2024
- Steeleye Span announce Christmas tour and new The Green Man Collection
- "I need to be able to show my true self." Sleep Token return to the cover of Metal Hammer as we head to LA to uncover the secrets of masked frontman Vessel
- Wild crossover klaxon: Spiritbox have remixed Megan Thee Stallion's Cobra, and yes, it's a banger
November 8
- Welcome To Rockville announces Slipknot, Foo Fighters, Mötley Crüe, Limp Bizkit and more for 2024
- If you ever wondered how Rage Against The Machine would sound with Godfather of Soul James Brown on vocals and Eddie Van Halen on guitar, we finally have the answer
- Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson is to star in an Abba tribute band-themed horror film written by his son, ex-Rise To Remain frontman Austin Dickinson
- "Belfast in 1980 was intense. The army were throwing you up against the wall and beating you with batons": The Cult's Ian Astbury on what he learned as a teenage punk squatting in N. Ireland
- Robert Reed pens soundtrack to new horror movie Little Brown Bird
- Steven Wilson shares "gothic horror story" video for Beautiful Scarecrow
- Masters Of Reality and Godflesh among first 25 bands announced for Desertfest 2024
- Black Sabbath and Napoleon are a match made in Heaven (and Hell)
- An original photograph of the mysterious figure on the cover of Led Zeppelin IV has been discovered in an old photo album - and he's been identified
November 7
- Download 2024 lineup announced: Queens Of The Stone Age, Fall Out Boy and Avenged Sevenfold to headline, plus Royal Blood, The Offspring, Corey Taylor, Machine Head, Babymetal, Bad Omens and dozens more bands also confirmed
- "We had an A&R person at Geffen saying, 'You guys can be the Pink Floyd of the underground.' I was, like, No, we can’t." Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore remembers Nirvana and 'The Year That Punk Broke'
- Bruford's One Of A Kind to get vinyl reissue
- Dolly Parton reveals that her duet with Stevie Nicks on Rockstar was originally written for Fleetwood Mac, inspired by an affair Nicks had with someone "famous and rich" in the rock 'n' roll world
- Watch new posthumous Vivian Stanshall video for I’d Rather Cut My Hands
- "It's time to do it": Richie Sambora says that a reunion with Bon Jovi "definitely could happen" as part of the band's 40th anniversary celebrations
November 6
- "We reinvested in the band to the point where we probably shouldn't have. We made a lot of personal sacrifices": Kirk Hammett on how Metallica's "almost delusional" attitude to success ultimately paid off
- And So I Watch You From Afar, Plini, Textures and more announced for ArcTanGent Festival 2024
- Slayer's Kerry King drops major tease that we may finally be seeing his new band soon
- “If you’ve got a boss, join a union. If you’re an anarchist, throw a brick. If you’re a soldier or a cop, follow your conscience not your orders": watch Tom Morello's speech as Rage Against The Machine are inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
- "I listened to Running Up That Hill every morning as I rode to school on my bike. I was that kid from Stranger Things." Watch Outkast legend Big Boi's incredible speech inducting Kate Bush into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
- Machine Head announce 2024 European festival appearances
- "I did see a few tears": Metallica bassist Rob Trujillo discusses reuniting with his former Suicidal Tendencies bandmates in Mexico City recently
- "When we played it to people, some cried, some said, ‘Jesus Christ, it’s a Beatles record!’": Paul McCartney on the reaction to The Beatles' final song, Now And Then
- Porcupine Tree release new live video for Harridan
- Bruce Dickinson announces UK and European tours, reveals details and preview of brand new single Afterglow Of Ragnarok: "it's a heavy song!"
- The Beatles look set to score their first UK number one single in 54 years with Now And Then
- Green Day announce club shows in London and Milan
- An hour of stunning Peter Gabriel-era Genesis footage has received the 4K treatment
- "It had a profound effect on me": Jimmy Page reflects on Link Wray's Rumble and his surprise performance at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
November 5
- Jay Weinberg is no longer in Slipknot: "We wish Jay all the best"
- Sammy Hagar says it's "ugly" that a tribute concert in honour of Eddie Van Halen hasn't taken place
- Lamb of God "deeply saddened" as search called off for man missing from Headbangers Boat cruise
November 4
- Watch Jimmy Page make his first live appearance in 12 years at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame ceremony
- “It’s all done out of straight lines and that is not the mark of a good lettering designer”: the man who created AC/DC’s iconic logo on how it came about
- Search underway for man missing from Headbangers Boat cruise
- Someone made a life-sized Ozzy Osbourne cake
November 3
- Watch Guns N' Roses premiere unreleased Chinese Democracy song The General at the Hollywood Bowl
- “Rock is the cult music of the 21st century, in the same way that jazz became a cult. Maybe that’s not a bad thing”: Steven Wilson says the days of rock bands selling a million records are over
- Bruce Springsteen adds a second show at London's Wembley Stadium to his summer 2024 UK and Ireland tour
- Pallas release video trailer for new album The Messenger
- "My lifelong love of The Beatles collided into a wall of sheer terror at the thought of letting everyone down": Peter Jackson's video for Now And Then is now online
- Watch Spiritbox's one-take video for Ultraviolet, from new EP The Fear Of Fear
November 2
- "We’re all really happy with the way things are": why watching U2 reminded Mike Mills why R.E.M. will never reunite
- Get in the groove with 43% off the Beats Studio Pro headphones before Black Friday
- Dream Phases to tour UK with Syd Arthur's Josh Magill in November
- It's here! Listen to Now And Then, the last ever song from The Beatles
- "Let's thrash!" Green Day announce massive 2024 world tour celebrating 30 years of Dookie and 20 years of American Idiot, release new video Look Ma, No Brains!
- "Absolutely incredible biblical celestial heartbreaking and heartwarming": Liam Gallagher gives 'final' Beatles song Now And Then a glowing review
- "You’ll probably go through a lot of red." Death metal legends Cannibal Corpse are releasing an official colouring book - and it's so graphic it's already been banned in Germany
November 1
- "It was opening people’s minds": Songwriter Desmond Child sees Aerosmith's Dude (Looks Like a Lady) as an early trans anthem
- The Beatles launch 12-minute Now And Then film as anticipation grows ahead of the release of their "last ever" song
- "It's a perfect match. Forest Green Rovers is a team that really follows Grateful Dead values": The world's greenest, most vegan-friendly football club have launched a range of Deadhead merch
- Slipknot just released a pro-shot video of an entire 2023 headline set
- Steve Rothery Band and Karnivool to headline Midsummer Prog Festival
- 2000 Trees announces Manchester Orchestra, Kids In Glass Houses, Boston Manor and more for 2024
- Save up to 50% on JBL headphones and more in Best Buy's early Black Friday sale
- “It was a very weird beast because all the bands were our mates, but the managers were greedy": Sharon Osbourne reveals why we can't have Ozzfest any more
- Watch Alice Cooper perform a heartfelt but extremely abbreviated version of Only Women Bleed on The Midnight Special