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“Trent Reznor started out as a roadie for us, next thing I know he’s on the cover of Rolling Stone.” Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan interviewed Ministry legend Al Jourgensen and the results are as brilliant as you’d expect

From trading Ministry songs for drugs and production lessons to inspiring Nine Inch Nails and accidentally spiking Tool with LSD, no stone is left unturned

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Photo gallery: we threw a big party for Metal Hammer's 400th issue

This month saw the launch of Metal Hammer's 400th issue - so we released our own beer and threw a party to celebrate

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"System Of A Down made me feel like I belonged in the metal scene." Lowen's Nina Saeidi: 10 records that changed my life

Lowen vocalist Nina Saeidi picks the 10 records that changed her life

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If you're after some catchy as hell nu metal brimming with angst, you need the new Tetrarch album in your life

Atlanta nu metal revivalists Tetrarch stick to the fundamentals

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Hear Quicksand/Rival Schools frontman Walter Schreifels cover Pink Floyd for forthcoming animal welfare benefit album featuring exclusive tracks from Killswitch Engage, Snapcase, Orange 9mm, Testament's Alex Skolnick and more

Quicksand's Walter Schreifels has covered two songs from Pink Floyd's Animals album

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“I don’t know how anyone can be in that band for more than a couple hours”: The story of Slayer guitarist Kerry King’s short but whirlwind stint in Megadeth

King played guitar for Megadeth’s first five shows in 1984 – but the partnership was never going to last

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Judas Priest’s Rob Halford is “gutted” to not be playing Black Sabbath’s final show: “I had no idea it was happening!”

Judas Priest are one of the only veteran metal bands to not be playing Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne’s farewell concert this summer. Rob Halford explains why.

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"Biafra got caught with his hands in the till and wants to blame us." Despite offers, Dead Kennedys won't be reuniting with estranged vocalist Jello Biafra anytime soon says guitarist East Bay Ray

Don't hold your breath for a Dead Kennedys reunion

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"I had an idea for an album about people bottling Jesus's vomit." Rivers Of Nihil's Adam Biggs on concept records, working with Cannibal Corpse and not buying the hype for Metallica and Rush

Rivers Of Nihil might be modern prog metal masters, but that doesn't mean they sign from the same hymn sheet as everyone else

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"The director was like, ‘Hey, you guys want a porn star in your video?’" How Atreyu's Right Side Of The Bed helped create modern metalcore

From Bullet For My Valentine to Knocked Loose, modern hardcore and metalcore owes a debt to Atreyu

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“By the power of music and death metal, I pronounce you husband and wife!” Watch this extreme metal band marry two of their fans onstage during a concert

Symphonic/death metal maximalists Fleshgod Apocalypse paused a show on their current North American tour to officiate a wedding

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"There was a lot of rejection, because I was a skinny Black girl trying to be the singer of a rock band." How Skunk Anansie's Skin went from Bob Marley-attended basement parties to a Glastonbury-headlining Britrock icon

From Oasis attending their early gigs to hanging out with David Bowie and Lemmy, Skin became a true rock icon in the 90s

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"Even In Arcadia might divide longtime Sleep Token fans, but it will almost certainly expose metal to its biggest audience yet." Sleep Token's new album is ambitious, intense and painfully honest

Sleep Token's fourth album takes a stark look at Vessel's fame while dabbling in the kind of genre-mashing that will delight some fans and shock others

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“I have pride for what I did and I want to see that come out”: Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil wants to release final recordings featuring Chris Cornell

The band and the estate of late frontman Cornell have had legal disputes over the potential release of posthumous music

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7 bands that defined Incineration Festival 2025

London's premier extreme metal festival descended on Camden Town on Saturday night. These are the bands that ruled most

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"We’re the last ones standing from the scene." Employed To Serve are fostering the next generation of British metal talent

From starting their own label and running a PR firm to teaming up with Jesse Leach and Will Ramos, Employed To Serve represent the true spirit of DIY

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WWE wrestler Penta has a new entrance theme featuring Tool’s Adam Jones on guitar

The juggernaut pro-wrestling company has also collaborated with metal legends Machine Head, Slayer’s Kerry King and Living Colour in recent weeks

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“I remember wondering how many people could get into this progressive, extreme violin metal”: How Ne Obliviscaris became the first band to successfully crowdfund a world tour

Committed to a unique musical approach they’d developed over a decade, they feared they’d spend their careers trapped in the underground. And they expected a backlash when they asked for fan support – but they needn’t have worried

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"On arrival Izzy had to be loaded into a baggage cart to be wheeled through Customs and Immigration": Behind the scenes on Guns N' Roses' first trip to Japan

Classic Rock presents the first in an exclusive series of excerpts from former Guns N' Roses manager Alan Niven’s forthcoming book Sound N’ Fury

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"I chased him down the hall with my d**k in my hand." How an epic fistfight with racist skinheads turned hip-hop superstar Ice Cube and Ministry's Al Jourgensen into unlikely allies

Relations between the Ministry and Ice Cube camps on 1992's Lollapalooza tour were somewhat strained, until racists showed up spoiling for a fight

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"This is a monster of a line up!" Killswitch Engage announce 25-date tour of the UK and Europe, with Hatebreed, Fit For An Autopsy, and Employed To Serve among supporting cast

Killswitch Engage's first UK/European headline tour in six years includes massive Wembley Arena date

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Soundgarden's Kim Thayil names the rock and metal bands he believes should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the legendary prog band he can't believe hasn't been inducted already

"I don’t think realistically I would see myself in the same club as the Beatles or the Stones or Zeppelin!"

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Meet Gore.: the metalcore group featuring a NASA space walk engineer and aiming for the stars

Initially formed from a place of defeat, Gore. have become a breakout success for singer Haley Roughton

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“I dreamed everything went wrong on stage and we all turned to dust.” Geezer Butler is having nightmares ahead of Black Sabbath's final show

Anticipation for Black Sabbath's farewell bow is making even the most experienced musicians nervous

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Ghost become first hard rock act in four years to top US album chart but miss out in the UK

Skeletá has also had the biggest vinyl sales week for a hard rock album in more than three decades

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