LOUDER news
de Bel7 · 30 juillet 2021
LOUDER
2023
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10 pop stars who’ve championed heavy metal bands
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Ed Sheeran, Billie Eilish and Megan Thee Stallion have proven that metal and pop needn’t be polar opposites
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| The 50 best rock albums of 2023 |
| The past 12 months may go down in history as a period of tumult and turmoil, but on the positive side, rock’n’roll is very much alive and well – as the best 50 albums of 2023 reflect |
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| “Those were crazy times. I wouldn’t change it for the world”: how Goodbye Yellow Brick Road reinforced Elton John’s status as a global superstar |
| Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is the second-biggest-selling album released in 1973, with more than 32 million sales worldwide |
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| Revisiting the night that ‘Sirvana’ – Sir Paul McCartney and the surviving members of Nirvana – rocked Madison Square Garden for charity |
| On this day in 2012, a Nirvana reunion of sorts took place in New York City. Courtney Love was not amused |
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| “Honestly, I don’t care if I lose my voice. It’s just life, isn’t it?”: Justin Hawkins on The Darkness, life as a successful YouTuber, and predicting the pandemic |
| Fronting The Darkness gave Justin Hawkins fame and a collection of catsuits, but after some dark days his band are flying high again |
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Five bands keeping the spirit of Riot Grrrl alive
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The spirit of ’90s riot grrrl punk is alive and well in artists on both sides of the Atlantic
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| The 10 greatest zombie movies ever, ranked |
| From Night Of The Living Dead to Rec, these are the times the undead scared the life out of us |
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| 10 rock anthems only played live once |
| Wanna know which Nirvana, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Soundgarden, Foo Fighters and Faith No More songs have made it on to gig setlists once and once only? We have the answers |
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| Everything you need to know about Sleep Token |
| Masked enigmas Sleep Token are the fastest-rising band in modern metal. If you’re just jumping onto the bandwagon, here’s your essential breakdown of their lore, members and musical history. |
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| Meet cinematically minded alt.rock Brit stars Black Honey: one eye on Courtney Love and another on Tarantino movies |
| Brighton four-piece Black Honey are injecting alt.rock and indie with camp glamour and cult cinema vibes, creating a spin on rock that’s all their own |
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10 nu metal bands who should have been massive
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The nu metal explosion took heavy music into the mainstream like never before, but some of its most promising names sadly fell by the wayside
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| The night Jane’s Addiction and Red Hot Chili Peppers played a freaky private Halloween party for a high roller called ‘The Colonel’ |
| “The Colonel had all the money, the big mansion, the cocaine, the champagne… and now he’s King Of Cool Hill with Jane’s Addiction playing his birthday party” |
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| From council estates to festival stages, Skindred are still on the rise |
| In their 25 years, by their own admission Skindred have “never been massively commercially successful or super-cool”. But with new album Smile they reckon it’s time |
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| Watch Corey Taylor react to hilarious trash talk from fans |
| Corey Taylor asked fans to send him mean comments in celebration of his new single Talk Sick |
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| Lemmy’s favourite bar is being sued for allegedly creating a “dangerous, sexualized, and hostile environment” for women customers |
| Two women have filed a lawsuit against Los Angeles’ iconic Rainbow Bar & Grill alleging that it enabled predatory behaviour |
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Every The Darkness album ranked from worst to best
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Few bands do OTT rock’n’roll quite like The Darkness – and here’s where to start with their back catalogue
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| Tom Morello on the night that he teamed up with Bruce Springsteen and Eddie Vedder to perform an AC/DC cover |
| The trio got together to perform Highway To Hell in Melbourne in 2014, and the Rage Against The Machine was the man who made it happen |
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| “We’re fried”: Thom Yorke on keeping it together as OK Computer blew up big |
| Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke was having a rough time of things in 1998, as this MTV interview footage makes clear |
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| Luxury fashion brand Saint Laurent is selling second-hand Nirvana T-shirts for thousands of pounds |
| Psst! Wanna buy a grunge T-shirt? That’ll be ONE MILLION POUNDS please sucker |
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| Hayley Williams calls out “incel internet bros” after Paramore postpone tour dates due to sickness |
| Following Paramore’s recent postponement of shows due to illness, Hayley Williams has received criticism from men online who think that veteran rock bands would never let sickness force them to pull live dates |
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A beginner’s guide to Britpop in five essential albums
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It was an indie phenomenon that changed everything: here’s five classic records that defined Britpop
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| These are the rock and metal songs that have achieved a billion or more streams on Spotify |
| Queen, AC/DC, Nirvana, Journey, and who else? The rock tracks that have achieved over one billion streams on Spotify |
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| Meet Scene Queen: innovator of ‘bimbocore’ and the artist calling out predators in the metal scene |
| Pink, sparkly and packing sugar-sweet hooks and slamming riffs in equal measure, Scene Queen is unlike anything else in metal right now |
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| Skindred’s Benji Webbe talks love, nu metal and that TikTok craze |
| We find out what makes irrepressible Skindred frontman Benji Webbe tick |
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| 10 terrible grunge albums with one classic song |
| Grunge brought us some classic albums, but a lot of stinkers, too. Luckily, these poor efforts were all saved by one brilliant song |
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A beginner’s guide to 90s UK indie in five essential albums
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There was more to 90s indie than just Britpop, but it’s a pretty good place to start… Here, the story of how one decade saw a genre morph beyond all recognition, told by the albums that made it happen
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| Remembering the crazy time 50 Cent got bottled off stage in 20 minutes at Reading Festival |
| That moment 50 Cent and G Unit were sent packing thanks to an onslaught of bottles, cups and…er…camping chairs |
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| Watch Liam Gallagher explain how Noel changed Oasis in this lost 1994 interview |
| Once upon a time, a little brother let a big brother join his band, and British rock’n’roll was never the same again |
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| Taylor Swift announces Paramore as support on her 2024 Eras Tour |
| Paramore have been announced as the special guests on Taylor Swift’s 2024 Eras Tour across the UK and Europe |
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| Two owl chicks rescued from beneath Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage after Guns N’ Roses set have been named Axl and Slash |
| Young owls abandoned by their parents were apparently “terrified” on hearing Guns N’ Roses set from underneath Glastonbury’s Pyramid stage, but have now thankfully been rescued |
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| This special magazine is a 148-page celebration of all things Yes. Inside you’ll find the very best articles and interviews from the pages of Prog and Classic Rock magazines. From the making of such landmark albums as Fragile, Close To The Edge, Tales From Topographic Oceans and 90125, to up-close-and-personal interviews with Jon Anderson, Steve Howe, Rick Wakeman and the late, great Chris Squire, it’s a suitably epic tribute to one of the most influential prog bands of all time. Throw in the 40 Greatest Yes Songs Ever, and this is everything a Yes fan could want. So go on, crank up Close To The Edge and immerse yourself in the career of a band like no other.
And if you ever find out what on earth Siberian Khatru is about, let us know… |
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Enter code LOUD40 at checkout to save 40%!
(code expires end Monday 19th June and is valid on print editions of Yes & Marillion only.)
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| In this blockbusting 148-page Marillion special, we’ve brought together articles drawn from the archives of Prog and Classic Rock magazines, alongside brand new interviews, unseen photos and a rundown of the 50 greatest Marillion songs as voted for by their fans.
From classic albums to the stories behind their iconic artwork, it’s all in here. |
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Enter code LOUD40 at checkout to save 40%!
(code expires end Monday 19th June and is valid on print editions of Yes & Marillion only.)
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10 alternative artists you need to watch at Glastonbury 2023
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There are some brilliant heavy artists playing Glastonbury this year. Here are ten of them
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| How Blur boldly reinvented themselves, and saved their souls, with 1997’s self-titled album |
| Blur appeared to be headed for a dead-end in the mid ’90s until a big creative overhaul re-ignited their career |
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| A beginner’s guide to US indie in five essential records |
| From its punk-rock roots to its genre-bending modern wave, we trace the story of US indie in five key albums |
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| The history of Oasis in 12 songs |
| That Oasis remain a subject of heated arguments, not least for Liam and Noel Gallagher, is a testimony to the imprint they made on British culture. Here’s their story told via 12 songs |
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| Every Pulp album ranked from worst to best |
| Jarvis Cocker and co. are national treasures, but which album is their crowning glory? |
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Five new bands you need to hear if you love Pulp
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Pulp have had one of the most fascinating careers in British music, so it figures they’ve inspired a legion of fans to create their own take on the Sheffield legends’ legacy. Here, five of the best new bands to do it
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| PJ Harvey announces extensive UK and Europe tour, shares title track of new album I Inside The Old I Dying |
| Polly Jean Harvey lines up autumn tour dates across the UK and Europe, shares new single I Inside The Old I Dying |
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| Watch Fleetwood Mac’s Christine McVie and Stevie Nicks shut down a sexist journalist in this 1977 interview |
| Christine McVie and Stevie Nicks weren’t having it when a journalist pondered whether having female musicians in Fleetwood Mac gave the band a credibility problem |
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| Five new bands you need to hear if you love Joy Division |
| Joy Division have become one of the most influential alternative bands of the last 40 years, and these five new bands are bringing that sound bang up to date |
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| Fall Out Boy and Paramore’s Hayley Williams have collaborated with Taylor Swift on her updated version of her 2010 album Speak Now |
| Taylor Swift reveals that emo/pop-punk stars Fall Out Boy and Hayley Williams guest on her upcoming Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) album |
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Your essential guide to every Hole album
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Courtney Love’s finest work re-assessed
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| Lenny Kravitz once asked Dave Grohl to play drums on an unfinished Michael Jackson song, but it didn’t quite go to plan |
| US rocker Lenny Kravitz enlisted Dave Grohl’s help when finishing off his contribution to the posthumous album Michael in 2010, but Grohl was somewhat surprised when he heard the end result |
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| Five new bands you need to hear if you love Blur |
| Blur may be making a comeback, but these five young bands have been keeping their seats warm in their absence |
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| Watch David Bowie create Tina Turner in a laboratory in this Pepsi commercial |
| In 1987, the late Tina Turner appeared in a Pepsi ad with David Bowie, duetting on his 1983 song Modern Love |
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| Five new bands you need to hear if you love Radiohead |
| Radiohead delight in pushing boundaries and shrugging off labels – and these five new bands do just the same |
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The top 20 best Tenacious D songs ever
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The 20 best songs by the greatest band on earth – these are Tenacious D’s most epic anthems
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| A beginner’s guide to shoegaze in five essential albums |
| Music industry in-joke or one of the most influential sub-genres in alternative history? Here’s the story of shoegaze in five must-hear albums |
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| Elton John’s 1975 appearance on Cher’s TV show is spectacular proof that they really don’t make ’em like they used to |
| Elton John, Cher, Bennie And The Jets, a dazzling finale featuring Bette Midler, thousand of balloons, and enough glitter to fill a shipping container |
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| How Radiohead revolutionised rock music in the ‘00s |
| Radiohead bassist Colin Greenwood once reflected on the trailblazing run of records that turned rock music on its head in the 2000s |
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| Courtney Love shares Kurt Cobain’s unpublished scrapped lyrics for Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit |
| Courtney Love reveals unused lyrics written in Kurt Cobain’s journal that were originally intended for Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit |
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The 50 most hilariously ugly rock and metal album covers ever
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Forensically examining a cursed selection of artwork which are heinous crimes against the eye
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| The Girlschool albums you should definitely own |
| Celebrated as ‘the female Motörhead’, Girlschool became stars of the NWOBHM scene. But what were their best albums? |
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| How PJ Harvey’s raw, violent, vengeful masterpiece Rid Of Me inspired Nirvana and set hearts ablaze among a new generation of fearless female musicians |
| PJ Harvey’s savage, soul-baring second album Rid Of Me is 30 years old. Its howls of pain, rage and revenge now sound more vital than ever |
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| Dolly Parton has released the first single from her rock album and it most definitely rocks |
| World On Fire comes from Dolly Parton’s upcoming album Rockstar – live video now online |
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| Listen to this haunting AI Freddie Mercury cover of The Beatles’ Yesterday |
| Someone has crafted an AI-generated cover of The Beatles’ Yesterday as if it were sung by Freddie Mercury, and we’re not sure how we feel about it |
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10 unexpectedly brilliant metal covers of 2000s pop songs
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From Children Of Bodom covering Britney to Dillinger Escape Plan covering Justin Timberlake, these are ten surprising times metal did noughties pop and pulled it off
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| Let’s Dance: How Nile Rodgers transformed David Bowie from arty outsider to global superstar |
| For David Bowie in 1983, art-rock and clown suits were in the past. He wanted to become a bona fide superstar. So he recruited the man nicknamed The Hitmaker |
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| Every Mudhoney album ranked from worst to best |
| The collected works of grunge’s definitive band, analysed and arranged in order of merit |
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| Upcoming Stephen King film The Boogeyman had to be recut after audiences at test screenings screamed too much |
| Audiences in test screenings for the new adaption of Stephen King’s Boogeyman found the film’s monster a little too scary |
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| “I can’t stop crying!”: Will Smith filming his daughter Willow’s Coachella set is the cutest thing you’ll see online today |
| “WILLOWCHELLA!” Will Smith had a lovely, lovely time last weekend |
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10 unexpectedly brilliant metal covers of 90s pop songs
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This might be the only article where you see Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys and Celine Dion mentioned in the same space as Ghost, Deftones and, er, Fleshgod Apocalypse
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| What happened when Rage Against The Machine were banned by Saturday Night Live |
| It was a battle for the ages: the Marxist-friendly RATM versus ultra-conservative billionaire host Steve Forbes: What could possibly go right? |
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| Ukrainian hardcore band Death Pill were working on their debut album. Then Russia invaded and their worlds turned upside down |
| “We woke up in a nightmare”: meet Death Pill, the Ukrainian hardcore band who refuse to let the war define them |
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| Every Death Cab for Cutie album ranked from worst to best |
| Since their formation in 1997, Death Cab for Cutie have released 10 studio albums. Here’s how they rank in order of greatness |
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| Cradle Of Filth’s Dani Filth on his collaboration with Ed Sheeran: “it’s got acoustic guitars…but also a blast beat” |
| Cradle Of Filth frontman Dani Filth offers update on his collab with Ed Sheeran, says their team-up is a “marriage made in heaven” |
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The 10 songs that have defined Paramore’s career
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Through their storied career, these are the songs that have defined Paramore the most
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| Here’s why Fleetwood Mac’s Stevie Nicks turned down working on Purple Rain with Prince |
| Prince helped out Stevie Nicks on her track Stand Back, and wanted her to return the favour for Purple Rain, but the Fleetwood Mac singer sadly rejected the idea |
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| Trunk Rock: The White Stripes, Elephant, and the seven note riff that shook the world |
| Released on April 1, 2003, The White Stripes’ fourth album Elephant confirmed the little band with the big sound as one of the world’s most vital and thrilling rock acts |
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| Josh Klinghoffer says Red Hot Chili Peppers made “cooler music” when he was playing guitar in the band |
| “I honestly think we were doing cooler music…I was shocked when I heard their new record”: Josh Klinghoffer casually throws shade at his former band, Red Hot Chili Peppers |
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| Jack Black’s Mandalorian debut with Lizzo has the internet losing its mind |
| “The craziest TV episode ever made” |
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It’s official: AC/DC, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Guns N’ Roses, Ozzy Osbourne and Tool confirmed for first ever Power Trip Festival
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The much-rumoured Power Trip Festival lineup has been confirmed, and it’s packing the biggest set of rock and metal festival headliners ever
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| This is Hardcore: these dark depictions of the damaging, corrosive effects of fame illustrate why Pulp bailed on Britpop |
| A re-examination of Pulp’s superb This Is Hardcore album as it turns 25 |
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| Every track on Bring Me The Horizon’s Sempiternal album ranked from worst to best |
| With Bring Me The Horizon’s landmark fourth album Sempiternal turning 10 this week, we’ve cheekily rearranged its tracklisting to rank it in order of greatness |
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| “I had been running, numbing and self-medicating”: How The Interrupters turned abuse, trauma and depression into triumph on Into The Wild |
| The Interrupters’ Aimee Allen and Kevin Bivona reveal how laying some life-long demons to rest resulted in the most essential, emotional ska punk album of recent times |
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| Simon Neil from Biffy Clyro has a new extreme metal project, and it just tore London to shreds |
| Biffy Clyro frontman Simon Neil’s extreme metal side-band Empire State Bastard unleash hell at debut London gig, their third show ever |
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Every Rage Against The Machine album ranked from worst to best
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From their industry-shaking debut album to covers LP Renegades, here’s how all four Rage Against The Machine albums stack up
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| A new docu-series celebrating Britpop is going be to premiering this weekend |
| Channel 5 is to air Britpop: The Music That Changed Britain, a docu-series celebrating the 30th anniversary of the genre, on March 12 |
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| Jamie Lee Curtis thinks bands should start playing matinee concerts: “What about it, Bruce Springsteen?” |
| Legendary actor Jamie Lee Curtis thinks bands should put on shows earlier in the day for the people that like going to bed early |
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| Ex-Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger was asked to sing Celine Dion’s Titanic ballad in the style of Led Zeppelin and she did not hold back |
| Thanks to US TV host Jimmy Fallon, we now know the answer to that eternal question, ‘What would My Heart Will Go On sound like if sung by a former Pussycat Doll in the style of Led Zeppelin?’ |
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| Enter Shikari drop new single Bloodshot about social media’s power to “hypnotise” people towards hatred |
| Enter Shikari return with the brand new single, Bloodshot, lifted from their upcoming album A Kiss For The Whole World |
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Kate Bush: 40 greatest songs of all time
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Kate Bush’s finest songs, as chosen by Marillion, King Crimson, Nightwish, Big Big Train and more – from Wuthering Heights to Running Up That Hill and beyond
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| Lizzo’s covered Rammstein again – this time complete with a full live band, headbangs and booty shakes |
| Watch Lizzo perform a fully beefed-up version of her viral Rammstein Du Hast cover at a show in Berlin last night |
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| Guns N’ Roses to headline Glastonbury 2023: Arctic Monkeys, Blondie, Royal Blood, Måneskin, Nova Twins and many more also announced |
| Glastonbury Festival has announced its huge 2023 lineup, featuring headliners Guns N’ Roses and Arctic Monkeys joining the previously announced Elton John |
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| 10 times pop stars went metal |
| From Lizzo channelling Rammstein to the likes of Lady Gaga and Miley Cyrus collaborating with Metallica, pop stars have embraced metal more often than you might think |
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| The world might not be ready for this sassy Beatles vs Beyonce mash-up |
| Who ordered the Come Together meets Crazy In Love with sprinkles of Aerosmith and James Brown? It’s ready for collection |
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The 10 best Maneskin songs
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Italian rockers Maneskin have become one of Europe’s biggest modern music exports. Here are the songs you need to know
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| Tommy Lee is trending because he has, once again, posted his genitals on social media |
| For the second time in six months, Tommy Lee has revealed all on his social media, and it’s still as surprisingly baffling as the first time. |
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| Vital, urgent and utterly fearless, Paramore’s This Is Why is the sound of a grown band boldly defining their own path |
| Paramore return with their first record since 2017’s After Laughter. Spoiler alert: it’s worth the wait |
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| The 10 bands saving deathcore |
| From Lorna Shore and Slaughter To Prevail to Distant and Suicide Silence, these are the 10 bands leading the deathcore renaissance |
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| Ugly Kid Joe’s Everything About You: a story of MTV, beer drinking and escaped sex dolls |
| Written in protest at the popularity of sickly ballads, there was much to love about Ugly Kid Joe’s 1992 smash hit Everything About You |
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“When I’m onstage, it’s my world”: what happened when we joined Ozzy Osbourne on his final ever tour in 2018
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In 2018, Ozzy Osbourne kicked off No More Tours 2. We headed to South America to witness the Prince Of Darkness on form and as determined as ever
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| A Skindred song from 20 years ago is suddenly going viral and it’s making everyone, including frontman Benji Webbe, bust out their best moves |
| A new “reggae metal” dance craze is taking TikTok by storm, and it’s all thanks to younger fans on the app discovering Skindred’s 2002 anthem Nobody for the first time |
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| Pamela Anderson reveals that Borat caused the break-up of her marriage to Kid Rock |
| An anecdote in Pamela Anderson’s new autobiography pinpoints the exact moment that the actress’ marriage to rapper Kid Rock went sour |
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| Ozzy Osbourne has retired from touring |
| “Never would I have imagined that my touring days would have ended this way” – Ozzy Osbourne |
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| Fall Out Boy announce US arena tour with Bring Me The Horizon |
| Emo icons Fall Out Boy will hit the road this summer with Bring Me The Horizon, with Alkaline Trio, New Found Glory and more in tow |
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Did Duff McKagan just confirm Guns N’ Roses for Glastonbury? “Glastonbury’s going to be iconic for us”
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It looks like those ‘Guns N’ Roses to play Glastonbury 2023′ rumours are on the money
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| Pink Floyd fans are amused that the anti-woke mob are cancelling the band over the Dark Side Of The Moon ‘rainbow’ |
| A new Pink Floyd logo celebrating the 50th anniversary of The Dark Side Of The Moon has confused some less enlightened fans |
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| Korn have released a Follow The Leader make-up palette, because this is what nu metal does in 2023 |
| Give yourself a glow up with Korn’s Follow The Leader-inspired make-up range |
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| Run DMC thought Walk This Way would ruin them: instead, it saved Aerosmith |
| “We didn’t think it was going to be a big hit, but people were loving it” – when producer Rick Rubin talked Run DMC into recording Aerosmith’s Walk This Way, rap-rock was born |
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| The 10 greatest moments in WWE Raw history |
| From Stone Cold causing mayhem to Kurt Angle’s milk-o-mania, these are the moments that defined WWE’s flagship show ahead of its 30th anniversary |
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Are Guns N’ Roses headlining Glastonbury 2023?
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Rumours continue to build that Guns N’ Roses and Arctic Monkeys are the two final headliners for this year’s Glastonbury Festival
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| Ville Valo is back, and he’s on the cover of the brand new issue of Metal Hammer |
| Ville Valo, Kerry King, Robb Flynn, Polyphia and the ultimate 2023 preview – only in the brand new issue of Metal Hammer |
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| Robert Plant salutes Phil Collins for helping him kiss Led Zeppelin goodbye: “Zeppelin was a lot to live up to” |
| Robert Plant credits Phil Collins for helping him launch his post-Zeppelin solo career: “He was taking no prisoners” |
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| The true story of Thin Lizzy’s classic Live And Dangerous – only in the new Classic Rock |
| Also in this issue: Christine McVie, Dr Feelgood, Rush, Iggy Pop, The Darkness, Black Stone Cherry, Ugly Kid Joe, The Band, Ville Valo, Sam Ryder and more |
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| Iggy Pop has made the best album he could have made: a stone-cold classic |
| Former Stooges firebrand Iggy Pop finds dazzling late-career form on 19th solo album Every Loser |
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Every Smashing Pumpkins album ranked worst to best
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The best Smashing Pumpkins albums are at times sublime, at times challenging. This is your guide to all all them, from workmanlike worst to breathtaking best
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| Evanescence’s Amy Lee on dealing with childhood grief: “When you’re hurting, you grab on to anything that helps” |
| Amy Lee talks rising above tragedy, why money should never dictate art and Evanescence’s unexpected longevity |
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| “Simon Cowell asked if I’d ever seen The Exorcist”: How Harper went from America’s Got Talent to next-gen metal star |
| 10-year-old Harper became metal’s next generation superstar after her cover of Spiritbox’s Holy Roller went viral |
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| The rock world reacts to the death of Fleetwood Mac’s Christine McVie |
| Tributes to Christine McVie have come from Mick Fleetwood, Stevie Nicks, Bill Clinton, Ann Wilson, Carole King and many more |
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| One fan has streamed an Architects song 32,000 times this year and pretty much won Spotify Wrapped |
| Spotify Wrapped is here, and it shows how one Architects fan took their love for the band to whole new extremes by listening to one song 90-100 times a day |
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Every The Strokes album ranked from worst to best
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They may have been one of the most hyped bands ever, but The Strokes also have style, substance and songs to burn. Here are their studio albums ranked from worst to best
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| Witch Fever: Manchester doom-punks’ dark magic holds London spellbound |
| Fast-rising cult heroines Witch Fever deliver captivating performance at intimate London show |
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| Every Tim Burton filmed ranked from worst to best |
| Goths, assemble! With Beetlejuice 2 in development and Netflix’s Addams Family spin-off just around the corner, we’ve ranked every Tim Burton film so far |
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| The night Jimi Hendrix dropped acid for the first time and the girl who changed his life |
| It’s New York, it’s 1966, and Jimi Hendrix’s life is about to be turned around by Keith Richards’ girlfriend |
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| Willow salutes Korn, Deftones and System Of A Down, explains why she’s “not a pop star” |
| Willow once again underlines why she’s left pop music behind as she shares the love for her most inspiring metal heroes |
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How Rage Against The Machine’s explosive debut album changed everything
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Rage Against The Machine released their landmark debut album on November 3 in 1992
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| The 10 heaviest metal riffs of all time |
| Candlemass doom-master Leif Edling picks the 10 heaviest riffs of all time. All of which happen to be by one band… |
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| Watch Willow jam Deftones’ My Own Summer (Shove It) at a recent show |
| Willow once again expresses her love for alt metal heavyweights Deftones with a live mini-cover of My Own Summer (Shove It) |
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| The greatest Alice In Chains songs ever, picked by members of Slayer, Soulfly, Halestorm, Incubus, Napalm Death and more |
| The grunge icons’ best songs, chosen by 22 of today‘s biggest musicians |
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| Måneskin announce new album RUSH |
| Måneskin’s follow-up to Teatro D’ira: Vol. I will be released in January |
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How David Bowie’s authoritarian Thin White Duke persona inspired Scott Weiland
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Late Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver frontman Scott Weiland once talked in detail about why David Bowie was his biggest inspiration
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| Watch Måneskin debut their new punk song Kool Kids live in Mexico City |
| Italian rockers Måneskin surprised fans with the new song Kool Kids at a show in Mexico City earlier this week |
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| Hellbender: meet the family metal band who made one of 2022’s coolest horror movies on a shoestring budget in lockdown |
| Their music is inspired by Sabbath and Queens and they made an award-winning horror from their own doorstep. Are Hellbender’s officially metal’s coolest new family? |
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| How My Chemical Romance battled ghosts, addiction and more to take over the world with The Black Parade |
| The story behind My Chemical Romance’s transformation from cult punks to global superstars with the gloriously ambitious The Black Parade |
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| The emo/pop-punk revival continues as Blink-182 and Paramore are booked for another monster US festival |
| Blink-182, Paramore, Jimmy Eat World, Thursday, The Starting Line, Turnstile for new Adjacent festival in 2023 |
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Watch Metallica react to their audience booing St. Anger
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Metallica frontman James Hetfield takes St. Anger bashing in his stride, because he is James Hetfield
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| The 8 things we learned from the new David Bowie film Moonage Daydream |
| Brett Morgen’s Moonage Daydream is a dizzying, kaleidoscopic whirlwind that will leave you feeling closer to Bowie then ever before; here are our eight main takeaways |
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| From The Inside: How Alice Cooper went cold turkey and made his most personal album |
| The booze was starting to kill Alice Cooper, so his wife and manager checked him into an asylum – little knowing it would inspire his most personal work |
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| Willow drops beautifully reflective new track curious/furious |
| Willow has returned with a new single, curious/furious, lifted from her forthcoming album |
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| Listen to Wargasm’s chaotic Slipknot-inspired new single Super Fiend |
| Wargasm share new single Super Fiend, taken from their recently-released project EXPLICIT: The MIXXXTAPE |
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The 30 greatest Nirvana songs ever – and the stories behind them
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We asked you to vote for the 30 best Nirvana songs ever. Here’s how they ranked, and the story behind each one
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| Nita Strauss: “Demi Lovato is a huge rock and metal fan” |
| Guitar hero Nita Strauss opens up on leaving Alice Cooper’s band (and potentially returning), what it’s like playing for Demi Lovato and why Taylor Swift playing guitar is “exciting” |
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| Stereophonics’ Word Gets Around at 25: gritty, evocative tales of small town life, love and loss, shared with rare sensitivity |
| Released on August 25, 1997, Stereophonics’ debut album, Word Gets Around, found Kelly Jones shining a light on a community filled with both characters and character |
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| How a Tony Iommi riff written in a castle rescued Black Sabbath from despair |
| “It was the end of our musical drought, the beginning of our new direction, an affirmation of life. It meant the band had a present – and a future – again” – Geezer Butler |
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| Muse’s spooky You Make Me Feel Like It’s Halloween video is a horror movie geek’s wet dream |
| See how many references to classic horror films you can spot in Muse’s new video for You Make Me Feel Like It’s Halloween |
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The 10 weirdest festival bookings ever
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From Katy Perry at Warped to Wombles at Glastonbury, these bookings ranged from the surprising to the downright bizarre
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| This footage of the teenage Beastie Boys playing punk rock on public access TV is just too cute |
| Watch the four-piece Beastie Boys perform on The Scott And Gary Show back in January 1984, almost three years before the release of Licensed to Ill |
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| Reliving the insane moment someone actually booked pop duo Daphne and Celeste for Reading Festival and they got bottled to hell |
| “Slipknot and Rage Against the Machine were coming up to us and telling us how hardcore we were” |
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| 11 rock anthems we can’t believe weren’t written by rock bands |
| From Lady Gaga to Robbie Williams, we reckon these songs would be hailed as rock classics if they were released by, y’know, a rock band |
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| Black Honey drop strange, bodybuilder-filled video for defiant new single Charlie Bronson |
| Black Honey have shared their new fuzzy single Charlie Bronson, promoted by a peculiar video |
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10 alternative artists you won’t want to miss at Glastonbury 2022
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From Bob Vylan to Skunk Anansie, there are plenty of artists bringing heavier music to Glasto this year
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| Kate Bush says she never listens to her old music |
| Kate Bush gives a rare interview and reveals that, unlike the rest of the world right now, she doesn’t actually listen to any of her old music |
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| Watch Muse jam Slipknot’s Duality at epic Isle of Wight festival show |
| Muse pay tribute to Slipknot with a heavyweight jam on The Nine’s 2004 single Duality during their Isle of Wight festival headline set |
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| Biffy Clyro announce UK and Ireland arena tour, with Architects in support |
| Download 2022 headliners Biffy Clyro announce UK/Ireland arena tour, and promise “You will not want to miss it.” |
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| Every Jimmy Eat World album ranked from worst to best |
| Emo kingpins Jimmy Eat World have a stellar catalogue, but to spare your tears, we’ve done the hard work of ranking them from worst to best for you |
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Foo Fighters, Brian May, Geddy Lee, Liam Gallagher and more to play Taylor Hawkins tribute concert in London
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A star-studded line up has been recruited to play alongside Foo Fighters at the Taylor Hawkins London tribute concert
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| Here’s what happened when UK drag superstar Bimini rocked Download Festival |
| Bimini’s set at Download 2022 felt like an important moment for LGBTQ+ representation in the UK rock scene |
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| “I’m unapologetically bisexual”: Lzzy Hale shares powerful message for Pride Month |
| “Be your true self” Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale celebrates her bisexuality in Instagram post for Pride Month |
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| A nine year old girl just covered Spiritbox’s Holy Roller on America’s Got Talent and totally crushed it |
| Nine year old Harper blew away the judges and the crowd with her screamy cover of a Spiritbox anthem |
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| Every Bad Religion album ranked from worst to best |
| Still burning brightly more than four decades into their career, Bad Religion remain one of US punk’s most respected bands. Which isn’t to say that everything they’ve recorded is golden |
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10 nu gen songs you need to hear right now
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From Cassyette to Mothica and even scene precursor Poppy, these are the songs that have defined nu gen so far
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| Every Bad Religion album ranked from worst to best |
| Still burning brightly more than four decades into their career, Bad Religion remain one of US punk’s most respected bands. Which isn’t to say that everything they’ve recorded is golden |
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| Red Hot Chili Peppers’ John Frusciante friendship with former guitarist Josh Klinghoffer is “non-existent” |
| Former RHCP guitarist Josh Klinghoffer explains how his once close friendship with John Frusciante turned sour following his recruitment into the band |
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| Watch the first teaser for Tim Burton’s new Addams Family series, Wednesday |
| The series will concentrate on Wednesday Addams, played by Jenna Ortega, with Catherine Zeta-Jones, Christina Ricci and more also starring |
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| Like Dua Lipa backed up by the Black Keys: The rise of JJ Wilde |
| She’s friends with The Glorious Sons, supported the Scorpions and she made Canada’s Rock Album Of The Year 2021. Meet JJ Wilde, where classic rock meets Gen Z |
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5 new bands you need to hear this month
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From nu-metal partystarters to Chinese prog-metal mavericks, this is the best new noise around right now
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| Cassyette: the nu gen breakout star lighting a fire under alt-metal |
| TikTok sensation and My Chemical Romance-approved electro-metal provocateur Cassyette is bringing club bangers to the mosh-pit |
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| Radiohead’s OK Computer at 25: The last rock album that truly mattered |
| Inside Radiohead’s OK Computer: darkness, isolation, paranoia, and songs so far ahead of their time that the world is still catching up |
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| “There are no boundaries”: introducing nu gen, the futuristic alternative movement reinventing rock |
| A new, genre-splicing generation of singer-songwriters is taking over the rock scene. Meet the rising stars of nu gen |
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| Starbenders acclaim the dignity of pain on euphoric new single If You Need It |
| If You Need It is “a metallic clash between feathers and switchblades” says Starbenders singer Kimi Shelter |
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The night Limp Bizkit, Avril Lavigne and Snoop Dogg and more bowed down before Metallica
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Metallica’s 2003 MTV Icon event featured guest performances from Avril Lavigne, Snoop Dogg, Korn, Limp Bizkit and more
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| 10 things we learned from Metal Hammer’s candid conversation with Halestorm in this month’s issue |
| Lzzy Hale opens up on the demons and anxieties that she had to overcome for Halestorm’s Back From The Dead |
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| 10 non-rock artists who could totally play Download Festival |
| Download may be the UK’s home of rock, but we think these bands and artists would fit in there just fine, too |
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| Every R.E.M. album ranked from worst to best |
| Cult underground heroes turned national treasures, R.E.M. negotiated their career with their integrity and core values intact. But which album is their finest hour? |
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| Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness Review: the MCU goes full Sam Raimi |
| The visionary director has cooked up an entry to the Marvel Cinematic Universe unlike any other |
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Ozzy Osbourne has Covid, wife Sharon confirms
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| “I am very worried about Ozzy right now,” Sharon tearfully stated as she revealed the news on TV. |
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| Watch Rina Sawayama bring some nu metal energy to Coachella |
| The alt-pop artist has spoken at length about the influence of metal on her music. |
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| 10 obscure but brilliant 2010s bands that deserved more |
| The internet might bring us more music than ever, but these 10 bands never got the massive audiences they deserved. |
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| Nirvana’s horrified reactions to 1993 ticket prices are a sweet reminder of more innocent days |
| Watch Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain’s brain melt when he learns what other musical artists in 1993 charge for gig tickets. |
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| Machine Gun Kelly says he is “done with rock” now |
| Machine Gun Kelly reflects on his time in the rock world and suggests that his next album will see him return to his hip-hop roots. |
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Every Muse album ranked from worst to best
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Muse’s bombastic sonic symphonies have propelled the trio from Teignmouth pubs to the world’s biggest stadia: here is their catalogue ranked from worst to best
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| 10 metal bands that could play Glastonbury 2022 |
| Which metal bands could we see play Glasto’s big comeback? |
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| How Heart rescued a song from obscurity and created an 80s power ballad monster |
| Alone was filed away and forgotten about by its writers, but it became a huge hit for Heart and one of the biggest power ballads of the 80s |
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| We wanted Taylor Hawkins to review a movie, and the loveliest thing happened |
| Proof that Taylor Hawkins was not like other rock stars |
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| Will Smith’s Oscars beef with Chris Rock gets a metal makeover, and it slaps |
| You might be tired of hearing about that Will Smith vs Chris Rock Oscars bust-up, but nothing is ever truly put to bed until Andre Antunes gets his fret-dancing fingers on it |
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Every Radiohead album ranked from worst to best
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Few artists possess a body of work to rival Radiohead’s audacious catalogue. Here it is, ranked from the solid to the sublime
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| Bruce Dickinson explains his decision to leave Iron Maiden |
| Bruce Dickinson shares his reasoning for quitting Iron Maiden after 1992’s Fear Of The Dark album during spoken word show Q&A |
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| The unhinged Alice Cooper performance that led to the death of a chicken and years of questions |
| Alice Cooper gave the most chaotic live performance the world had ever seen at Toronto’s Rock & Roll Revival Festival in 1969, and it involved ill-fated chickens, on-stage fights and wild debauchery |
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| “Rock needed a defibrillator” says Machine Gun Kelly. “Who cares who gives it?” |
| Machine Gun Kelly says he’s earned his dues in the rock world, fails to address questions about crass, sexist historical comments |
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| Watch beabadoobee pay homage to Papa Roach’s Last Resort video with new single Talk |
| If you think beabadoobee’s video for new single Talk looks rather familiar, we think that’s kinda the point |
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10 things we learned about the new Ghost album from Tobias Forge
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The Roman Empire? Def Leppard? Flat-Earth “stupidity”? We get the lowdown on Ghost’s Impera from Tobias Forge himself
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| The Story Behind The Song: Gojira’s Flying Whales |
| Gojira’s Flying Whales may have made them sound like environmentally-conscious “hippies” but it remains a firm fan favourite |
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| How Beth Hart made the Led Zeppelin album she didn’t want to make |
| Heart-on-sleeve singer-songwriter Beth Hart on her new album of Led Zeppelin covers, and how lockdown helped her mental health |
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| Stevie Nicks curses Vladimir Putin in diary letter: “I hope you turn to dust” |
| Fleetwood Mac’s Stevie Nicks writes open letter cursing Vladimir Putin, and condemning him for the “killing of children and young people” |
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| That time Korn played a gig on a plane because nu metal was wild |
| From playing on a plane to performing on SNL and losing Brian ‘Head’ Welch, 2005 was a weird year to be in Korn |
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The Mark Lanegan albums you should definitely own
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Mark Lanegan’s best albums marked him out as one of rock’s great voices. Here are the very best, from the Screaming Trees to Queens Of The Stone Age and beyond, via an extraordinary solo career
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| Remember that crazy night Avenged Sevenfold’s The Rev got arrested in London? |
| In early 2004, an infamous Avenged Sevenfold stop-off in London led to Jimmy ‘The Rev’ Sullivan getting chucked in a cell |
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| Gen And The Degenerates flip off the patriarchy with effortlessly cool post-punk on new single Girl God Gun |
| The new track arrives alongside their announcement of the brand new EP Only Alive When In Motion |
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| The music world pays tribute to the late Mark Lanegan: “I hope the angels are taking good care of you today” |
| Iggy Pop, Duff McKagan, Greg Dulli, Mogwai, Lamb Of God and more hail the life and legacy of Mark Lanegan, dead at 57 |
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| Lemmy’s golden rule of drinking is wisdom to live by |
| In the 80s The Damned’s Captain Sensible was collared by Lemmy Kilmister who wanted to have a word about his drinking. The advice he gave him is a rule for life |
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Lockdown stole Halestorm’s identity: now they’re on the road to get it back
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Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale on getting back on the road, new album Back From The Dead, and keeping in shape mentally
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| Spiritbox are metal’s most hyped young band – and they’re just getting started |
| Inside the unstoppable rise of Spiritbox and what 2022 may hold for metal’s hottest new band post-Eternal Blue |
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| Ozzy Osbourne shares totally batsh*t video for new NFT variant MutantBatz |
| Ozzy launches a new customisation tool for his Cryptobatz range which allows owners to mutate their NFTs by biting other NFTs…or something? |
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| Watch Ghost recreate the ‘horny pottery’ scene from Ghost for Valentine’s Day |
| Papa Nihil roleplays Patrick Swayze in hilarious recreation of ‘that’ pottery scene from 1990 romantic fantasy Ghost |
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| 12 albums that prove 1982 was actually punk’s best year ever |
| Forget 1977: 1982 was the year where punk truly came into its own and these 12 albums pointed the way for its future |
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Every Alice In Chains album (and EP) ranked from worst to best
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Ranking every album (and EP) by grunge titans Alice In Chains in order of greatness
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| Ed Sheeran and Bring Me The Horizon are going to collaborate on new music |
| Following their surprise collaboration at the BRITS, unlikely pals Ed Sheeran and Bring Me The Horizon want to write a song together |
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| Zakk Wylde would like to open a dildo boutique |
| Interview: Guitarist/vocalist Zakk Wylde on loving lockdown, Ozzy, ‘Jesus Christ’ playing his Les Paul, and his unusual plans for retail |
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| 10 great modern classic rock songs for people who aren’t convinced by modern classic rock |
| The new wave of classic rock? The new rock’n’roll? Whatever you call it, here are brilliant 10 songs that put a modern spin on a classic sound |
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| Heart’s Ann Wilson releases video for Greed from upcoming solo album Fierce Bliss |
| Ann Wilson’s third solo album Fierce Bliss will arrive in April – watch video for first single Greed now |
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10 obscure but brilliant 90s bands that deserved better
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The 90s might have been a golden age for alternative rock and metal, but these 10 bands never got the dues they deserved
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| Bruce Dickinson on Iron Maiden: real music played by a bunch of old geezers |
| Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson writes about the band’s all-conquering latest album Senjutsu, taking inspiration from Rammstein, and looking forward to playing live |
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| Best gifts for music fans 2022: Great Valentine’s Day gift ideas with a rock’n’roll twist |
| If you’re looking for a great Valentine’s gift for someone who loves music (and who you love) then you’ve come to the right place |
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| Nova Twins share revenge fantasies in the savage video for K.M.B (Kill My Boyfriend) |
| “K.M.B. will stitch-up the hearts of the heartbroken” say Nova Twins, as they share new video, announce Supernova album |
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| Pupil Slicer share music video for abrasive new single Thermal Runaway |
| Pupil Slicer have shared the video for ferocious new track Thermal Runaway, featuring Cara Drolshagen of The Armed |
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22 killer albums turning 20 in 2022
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Never mind When We Were Young, these 22 scene-defining, game-changing albums turn 20 in 2022 and we are Officially Old
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| Every Meat Loaf album, ranked from worst to best |
| The six-decade career of Meat Loaf was a carnival of excess, full of theatre, motorcycles, teen lust, and soaring, roaring guitars. Here’s Meat’s albums from disappointing worst to dizzying best |
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| If you thought Disney’s Encanto soundtrack was catchy, wait ’til you hear this viral pop punk version |
| We Don’t Talk About Bruno has been given a pop punk makeover by the Punk Rock Factory and it goes harder than you’d expect |
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| 10 bands that wouldn’t exist without Faith No More |
| Faith No More spearheaded the alt-metal movement and inadvertently gave rise to nu metal – but these 10 bands show their biggest impact was in changing metal’s attitude to sonic anarchy |
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| This viral drummer has seriously chaotic energy and we’re fully here for it |
| Expect renditions of songs by Rush, Slipknot, Metallica and more while dressed as Mario’s Toad, wearing dinosaur costumes, plastered in UV paint and supplying outrageous dance moves |
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Every Ozzy Osbourne solo album, ranked from worst to best
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An album-by-album appraisal of the rollercoaster career of former Black Sabbath frontman and official Prince of Darkness Ozzy Osbourne
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| Is 2022 the year metal finally takes over Eurovision? |
| With Måneskin serving as reigning champs, 2022’s Eurovision contest is set to bring the heavy |
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| Bong! The inside story of AC/DC’s Hell’s Bell |
| The story of the AC/DC’s famous Hell’s Bell, a replica of which was made for the inside of Malcolm Young’s house |
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| Venom Prison drop ferocious new single Nemesis |
| Venom Prison share Nemesis, their third single off forthcoming new album, Erebos |
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| Watch demonic Dave Grohl in the trailer for Foo Fighters horror flick Studio 666 |
| What do you get when you put Foo Fighters, Lionel Richie and Kerry King in the same haunted mansion? |
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12 new metal bands to watch in 2022
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From Gothenburg revivalists The Halo Effect to Bhangra-inspired folk metal fusion from Bloodywood, these are the 12 most promising up-and-coming bands in metal
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| Rage Against The Machine’s Killing In The Name voted UK’s favourite Christmas number one of all time |
| Stick that in your pipe and smoke it Simon Cowell |
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| 10 bands we want to see reunite in 2022 |
| Everybody loves a comeback – and these are the 10 bands we want to see reunite in 2022 |
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| Listen to Evanescence’s breathtaking cover of The Beatles’ Across The Universe |
| Hear Amy Lee and co. tackle Lennon and McCartney’s Across The Universe from The Beatles’ final studio album, Let It Be |
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| Top 10 alt-metal albums of 2021 |
| The top 10 alt-metal albums of 2021 that helped push metal’s boundaries and provide an anthemic bedrock to the heavy metal sound |
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The 50 best metal albums of 2021
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We asked you to handpick the finest metal releases of 2021, and the results are in
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| How Måneskin embraced Reality TV, Eurovision and TikTok to become rock’s hottest property |
| The extraordinary rise of Italian glam rockers Måneskin is evidence of a new kind of rock star career trajectory |
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| Avril Lavigne plans Sk8er Boi film to “take it to the next level”, whatever that means |
| Avril Lavigne is making a film based on her 2002 mega-hit Sk8er Boi |
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| Slayer’s Kerry King: “Dave Mustaine helped Metallica become what Metallica is” |
| Legendary Slayer axeman Kerry King talks 40 years of thrash history with fellow Big Four alumni Metallica |
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| Why London’s The Underworld is the place for rock and metal fans to be in 2022 |
| The Underworld is rocking all through February 2022, welcoming big names and hot tips to London’s most atmospheric live music venue. Here are six dates to be down the front. |
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The 50 best Ozzy Osbourne songs of all time
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The finest songs in Ozzy Osbourne’s solo catalogue, as chosen by you
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| Venom Prison talk cathartic new single Pain Of Oizys |
| Venom Prison ditch death metal for emotionally resonant new single Pain Of Oizys, using their inner-demons to find empowerment and catharsis |
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| The best Christmas gifts for music fans: Great gifts with a rock’n’roll twist |
| If you’re looking for a great Christmas gift for someone who loves music then you’ve come to the right place, as we’ve got just what they need |
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| “My surname is a blessing and a curse” admits Wolfgang Van Halen |
| Wolfgang Van Halen looks back on a hugely successful, though bitter-sweet, 2021 in the new issue of Classic Rock magazine |
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| The top 10 death metal albums of 2021 |
| The most furious, brutal and extreme albums that offered an assault on the senses: these are the 10 best death metal albums of 2021 |
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| Body bags and big riffs? Nova Twins’ wild new video for Antagonist has arrived |
| Nova Twins share the unruly music video for latest single Antagonist |
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| How Queen made Sheer Heart Attack and laid the foundations of their future |
| With Brian May in his sickbed, an under pressure Queen recorded the album that laid the foundation for all the success that followed: Sheer Heart Attack |
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| Slipknot’s The Chapeltown Rag: the metal world reacts |
| Members of Beartooth, Tetrarch, Alien Weaponry, Jinjer, Cane Hill and more give their verdict on Slipknot’s new track, The Chapeltown Rag |
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| Avril Lavigne’s Bite Me is the ultimate diss track you need to finally get over your toxic ex |
| Avril Lavigne is back in the pop punk game and we couldn’t be happier |
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The 50 best Motorhead songs
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Everybody knows Motorhead were louder than everyone else, but these are the top 50 Motorhead songs and the best versions of them
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| Six things we learned from Biffy Clyro’s intimate London show |
| Biffy Clyro brought their rescheduled Fingers Crossed tour to London’s Kentish Town Forum on November 2: here’s what struck us |
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| 10 New York punk albums you should definitely own |
| Crawling from the subways and onto the streets of The Bowery and beyond, these are the best New York punk albums |
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| QAnon believers disappointed that dead John F Kennedy Jr didn’t show up at Rolling Stones concert |
| They’re now speculating that Keith Richards is actually JFK. No, seriously. |
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| Crown Lands to stream an exclusive live concert with Prog |
| Canadian prog rockers Crown Lands will stream an exclusive concert with Prog and Classic Rock on November 18 |
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Eddie Van Halen: one year on, the metal world remembers
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Metal’s celebrated axeslingers pay tribute to the guitar legend that is Eddie Van Halen and pick their favourite songs, one year since his death
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| 10 concept albums that will challenge your concept of the concept album |
| Twelve Foot Ninja frontman Kin Etik bypasses the dragons to reveal the 10 opuses you probably didn’t know were concept albums |
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Why I  My Bloody Valentine’s Loveless, by Vernon Reid |
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Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid explains his partiality to My Bloody Valentine’s Loveless, an album he compares to Jackson Pollock
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| “Mr Faulkner is alive today because the stars aligned” says surgeon who saved Judas Priest guitarist’s life |
| Judas Priest guitarist Richie Faulkner is discharged from hospital following successful 10 hour heart surgery |
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| We asked famous musicians about Metallica’s Black Album – this is what they said |
| Bruce Dickinson, Paul Stanley, Tobias Forge, Biff Byford and more reveal how Metallica’s Black Album changed the game for everyone |
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Skindred’s Benji Webbe picks the top 10 ultimate party starters
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Skindred frontman Benji Webbe talks the 10 songs guaranteed to get a party bouncing
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| Why The Matrix was the perfect movie for the nu metal generation |
| With the new The Matrix Resurrections trailer doing the rounds, we look back at how the original Matrix movie was perfectly placed to help lead a nu metal revolution |
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| Dave Grohl lends throne to bassist who apprehended gunman at a show |
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Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl has let Darin Wall – the bassist who was recently shot trying to apprehend a gun man at a show – borrow his throne for upcoming gigs
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| Machine Gun Kelly throws punch at fan, gets booed by audience and dissed by Trivium’s Matt Heafy |
| When you get called “Squirt Gun Smelly” by Trivium’s Matt Heafy and throw a punch at a fan, you know you’ve probably taken things a bit too far |
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| Meet Me At The Altar are the band giving pop-punk a much-needed makeover |
| After breaking through mid-pandemic, Meet Me @ The Altar are now at the forefront of a pop-punk revolution – here we talk positivity, hard work and how to become “Green Day big” |
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Stargazers: How Chris Cornell and Andrew Wood transformed Seattle rock, then the world
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Andrew Wood and Chris Cornell influenced a generation of rock fans and each other, shaping Seattle grunge in the process. Here, with new interviews, we go inside the legacy they left behind
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| 10 brilliant bands that broke up far too soon |
| Commemorating the metal and hardcore heroes who disbanded with so much more to give |
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| Genesis won’t exist beyond 2021, Phil Collins insists |
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Phil Collins says he’s officially removing the question mark from Genesis’ The Last Domino? tour, because this is the end
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| The metal world weighs in on Iron Maiden’s Senjutsu |
| Iron Maiden’s Senjutsu gets a verdict from members of Powerwolf, Hammerfall, Dragonforce and more |
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| Faith No More cancel US tour as Mike Patton cites mental health issues |
| “We have a family member who needs help” say Faith No More as Mr Bungle shows also cancelled |
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The jaw-dropping story of the Erie Canal Soda Pop Festival, the worst festival in history
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It was meant to be as monumental as Woodstock, but 1972’s Erie Canal Soda Pop Festival went the other way: bands cancelling, out-of-control drug abuse, sanitation problems and death
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| Corey Taylor promises ‘f*cking savage heavy sh*t’ on the new Slipknot album |
| Corey Taylor has to record vocals on three new Slipknot songs before the album sessions wrap: ‘there’s some f*cking savage heavy s*it’ he promises |
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| Napalm Death’s Shane Embury: My Life In 10 Songs |
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Napalm Death’s iconic bassist and man of many musical hats Shane Embury takes us through his 10 most definitive tracks
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| Tigercub: we make music to express the inexpressible |
| After the album session from hell, Brighton alt.rockers Tigercub have earned their stripes on stunning new album As Blue As Indigo |
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| Iron Maiden’s Senjutsu is an electrifying, cinematic masterpiece |
| Metal’s most travelled champions Iron Maiden reach new states of grandeur with Senjutsu |
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Eric Clapton, Van Morrison, and the alarming rise of the Covid conspiracy rock star
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Eric Clapton and Van Morrison are among a number of rock stars who’ve loudly touted Covid-sceptic and anti-vaxx sentiments since the pandemic arrived. Here we ask: does rock have a Covid conspiracy problem?
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| Joey Jordison unmasked: the ultimate interview |
| Joey Jordison sadly died this week aged 46. In 2016, he appeared on the cover of Metal Hammer magazine and opened up about leaving Slipknot, his health problems and more in an emotional interview |
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| 10 music video cameos by people who went on to become super famous |
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We can’t all start at the top, and once upon a time music videos were fertile ground for training up soon-to-be-A-listers – as these 10 cameos prove
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| A deep dive into Cannibal Corpse’s appearance in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective |
| What happened when death metal legends Cannibal Corpse appeared in Jim Carrey’s 1994 film Ace Ventura: Pet Detective |
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| Mdou Moctar: the Hendrix of the Sahara |
| With its West African grooves and Eddie Van Halen-inspired guitar mastery, Mdou Moctar‘s new album looks set to take him out of Africa and on to the world stage |
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