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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 11 - The Untold Story

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Metal Hammer · Jul 7

"I purposely ignored this record for a long time. I didn’t really fully understand the band because I never gave it a chance." Converge vocalist Jacob Bannon on the '80s alt. rock album that changed his life, and his band, forever

"It changed everything"

Metal Hammer · Jul 7

"When we were playing like 100 capacity rooms, as soon as it kicked in, people were in danger, like people could die." How Knocked Loose wrote Counting Worms as a terrifying set interlude and scored a viral hit

If vocalist Bryan Garris hadn't decided to bark like a dog on this 2016 song, their career path could have turned out very differently

Metal Hammer · Jul 7

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"My biggest fear was that we were gonna be a one-hit wonder." Amy Lee reveals doubts after Evanescence single Bring Me to Life became a massive hit

"It definitely flew higher than anybody expected it to."

Metal Hammer · Jul 7

"As a kid, you think rock music is full of angry blokes in baggy trousers, but actually it’s so hot." From the Rob Zombie banger that made her realise music can be "sexy" to how Queen changed her life, A. A. Williams' life story in ten songs

Alt singer-songwriter A. A. Williams makes us a playlist and tells us the story behind it

Metal Hammer · Jul 7

"It made me sound like Clint Eastwood from A Fistful Of Dollars, clutching a condom." Keep Rob Halford up at night and you end up with a Judas Priest classic

Living After Midnight was pivotal in breaking Judas Priest in the US – and it all came about because Rob Halford couldn't sleep

Metal Hammer · Jul 7

"My bandmates saved my life. Without question. They never judged me." Shinedown frontman Brent Smith opens up about the loss, addiction and rebirth that led to new album EI8HT

Shinedown’s charmed career belies a band that has rolled with the punches

Metal Hammer · Jul 7

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"Ozzy signed the book plates months before the final show." Black Sabbath announce first ever official book, featuring rare photographs and memorabilia, plus in-depth interviews with all four original band members

The Masters of Reality - Why Black Sabbath Matter is now available to pre-order

Metal Hammer · Jul 6

"All of our stuff was stolen from our van, but you've got to keep going. We found a big plastic sword and use that as protection." In 2008, cult Canadian punk rock lifers Cancer Bats got in the van for a perilous DIY tour. This is what happened

An archive interview with Cancer Bats following the release of their second full-length album, Hail Destroyer

Metal Hammer · Jul 6

"Who else on this planet could get away with a 10-minute instrumental and not prompt a mass exodus to the bars?" After 99 shows and three years, Metallica finish the M72 World Tour with one last almighty hurrah

Metallica return to London Stadium to show exactly how they became metal's biggest band

Metal Hammer · Jul 6

"All I wanted is a Pepsi, just one Pepsi, and she wouldn't give it to me." Howcrossover metal heroes Suicidal Tendencies set a dizzying panic attack to music and called it Institutionalized

Fun fact: a can of Pepsi would have cost frontman Mike Muir around 30 cents in 1983

Metal Hammer · Jul 6

"We get off stage and I haven’t seen him like that in 20 years. He was livid." How Metallica's crazy team-up with Lady Gaga started with an A-list dinner party and almost ended in total chaos

One of the most unlikely collaborations in Grammys history was also one of the most cursed, but they pulled it out of the bag

Metal Hammer · Jul 6

"He said something I found really juvenile and offensive. He told me that Jesus was an alien and he could levitate." How Megadeth tapped into UFO conspiracy theories for 1990 thrash classic Hangar 18

Hangar 18 was written by Dave Mustaine before he joined Metallica

Metal Hammer · Jul 6

"So that's why I'm a skinny f***." Motley Crue's Tommy Lee on the physical demands of being a rock drummer

Tommy Lee says he puts in the equivalent of 13 miles of running at every Motley Crue show

Metal Hammer · Jul 4

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Metal Hammer · Jul 4

Megadeth's Dave Mustaine names his guitar heroes and praises Deep Purple and Rainbow's Ritchie Blackmore for "being metal as f*** back when there were no metal guitar players"

Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine's "Last Supper" of guitarists includes special place for Deep Purple and Rainbow icon Ritchie Blackmore

Metal Hammer · Jul 4

"There was so much property damage, family members were missing, communication was really difficult." Hurricanes, hardcore and Hetfield team-ups: the rise, fall and triumphant return of Corrosion of Conformity

80s crossover pioneers, 90s stoner metal icons... and then tragedy derailed them in the 2000s. But after a triumphant return in 2015, CoC are stronger than ever

Metal Hammer · Jul 4

The greatest Alice In Chains songs ever, picked by Kerry King, Max Calavera, Lzzy Hale and more

The grunge icons’ best songs, chosen by 22 of today‘s biggest musicians

Metal Hammer · Jul 4

“When the kings of metal knuckle down, they deserve their crowns”: Metallica bring legendary songs, incredible support acts and big balls to night one of their London takeover

With Knocked Loose and Gojira opening, heavy metal’s measuring stick put on a 360-degree extravaganza featuring a joyful James Hetfield

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Metal Hammer · Jul 4

“Pop diva Damon Albarn of the novelty cartoon act Gorillaz threw a hissy fit while we played”: Damon Albarn forced Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats to stop their Roskilde festival set, and they’re not happy

Psychedelic metal band Uncle Acid aren’t happy with “soft as s**t” Damon Albarn after festival clash

Metal Hammer · Jul 3

The best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Peasant metal, Native American folk by way of black metal and gorgeously symponic power metal all appear in this week's best new metal songs.

Metal Hammer · Jul 3

“There was some mild terrorism going on. They were exploding cars and banks and real estate. There was an ongoing war”: From a climate of violence, Gojira made one of modern metal’s most conscious, powerful anthems

The French crusaders played their early shows in a region battling for independence, and they channelled that political spirit into Flying Whales

Metal Hammer · Jul 3

“When the first riff came together, we locked in and played it for 100 hours”: How Blood And Thunder turned Mastodon from Southern misfits to a 21st-century sensation

Making a snarling concept piece about Moby-Dick doesn’t sound like a move for mainstream appeal, but that’s exactly what Mastodon found

Metal Hammer · Jul 3

Watch ex-Metallica bassist Jason Newsted cover Bob Seger’s Turn The Page at North American tour kickoff this week

Metallica put their stamp on the classic track with 1998’s Garage, Inc. album

Metal Hammer · Jul 3

“The whole album is based around my friend who passed away.” Tragedy, black metal and Linkin Park: Gaerea might be masked and anonymous, but their story is deeply personal

Gaerea began in the realms of black metal, but now the mysterious Portuguese group are pushing boundaries

Metal Hammer · Jul 2

“The rock and metal sisterhood is amazing”: Evanescence’s Amy Lee celebrates women’s “ever-growing” presence in heavy music

The singer thinks it’s “badass” that bands with female members are topping charts in the US

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