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"Touring Australia with the Sex Pistols was horrendous. Seeing the audience doing Nazi salutes really wore me down, and Johnny Rotten didn’t say anything." Skunk Anansie's Skin recalls "violent" 1996 tour with the Sex Pistols

For Britrock stars Skunk Anansie, joining the Sex Pistols Filthy Lucre reunion tour was one of the worst experiences of their lives

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4 brilliant new metal bands you need to hear this month

Meet Knocked Loose spin-off spinkickers Church Tongue, Siberian black metallers Grima, Texan metalcore mob Catch Your Breath and Melbourne deathcore brutes Mélancolia

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Mixing Sepultura groove with Gojira stomp, Alien Weaponry step up into the metal A-league with Te Rā

New Zealand's Alien Weaponry step up to the big leagues on stunning third album

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"So much happened during those 12 months that it's hard to pack the impact into mere words": The greatest year in heavy metal history, revisited

A look back at 12 memorable months for loud music

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“If it wasn’t for those four guys, we might still be wandering around in the dark”: While Kirk Hammett hails Black Sabbath as metal’s founders, Ghost’s Tobias Forge names the “neglected” aspect of their sound

As the build-up to Black Sabbath’s farewell show continues, Metallica’s guitarist and Ghost’s mastermind explain why the Birmingham four-piece are so special

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"There's not a doubt in my mind that when I'm gone that song will live on forever": Dee Snider on the Twisted Sister song that transcended its era

We're Not Gonna Take It had a long and difficult birth, but the song Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider predicted would become a “monster” is reportedly now the most licensed song in heavy metal history

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"We have a very, very simple goal, to make this the greatest day in the history of heavy metal." Tom Morello reveals what we can expect from Black Sabbath's Back To The Beginning mega-gig, teases added surprise from "huge superstars"

As if we weren't already excited enough for Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne's final show

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Babymetal announce new album Metal Forth, featuring collaborations with Poppy, Spiritbox, Tom Morello, Polyphia, and more

The Fox God has big plans for Babymetal's 15th anniversary year

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"Discover the lasting influence of a band that changed the face of rock music." Kurt Cobain Unplugged exhibition to open in London

Nirvana exhibition to open in London this summer

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"Refused are f**king dead, and this time they really mean it." Swedish hardcore legends Refused announce last ever UK and European tour

"We want to come and sweat and dance with you one last time" says Dennis Lyxzen, as Refused share final tour details

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Bleed From Within's new album Zenith doesn't just raise their own bar, but dares everyone else in the modern metal scene to match it

Bleed From Within's seventh studio album confirms their status as one of the UK's most vital and consistent metal bands

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"I had Nails, Oathbreaker, Power Trip, Billie Eilish and Labrinth on my writing playlist.” From being chummy with members of Slipknot to the worst show ever, here's what we learned in five minutes with Heriot's Debbie Gough

We have a quick catch up with the frontwoman of one of UK metal's most exciting bands

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“She was looking at her pill bottles. I knew she was going to die so I was like, ‘Put it down. Live right now’”: Mastodon’s Bill Kelliher wrote songs for Emperor Of Sand at his mum’s deathbed

A cancer tragedy and other real-life dramas inspired Mastodon’s seventh album Emperor Of Sand, which they believe was 17 years in the making

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Listen to Sum 41's ferocious cover of Rage Against The Machine hit Sleep Now In The Fire

Canadian punk heroes Sum 41 bid farewell with Rage Against The Machine cover for Spotify Singles series

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“She was literally getting onto the plane. I felt awkward about it, but I’ve got a bad enough reputation and so has she”: The classic Megadeth song that was originally supposed to feature Lisa Marie Presley

This Megadeth anthem could have sounded very different

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“I was living a couch, with no food and no money, just hoping the band would come through this”: The epic story of Meshuggah’s rise from thrash metal wannabes to tech metal giants

How Meshuggah inspired a generation of tech metal bands

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"I thanked Corey Taylor for existing!" From collabing with Babymetal to hanging out with Bollywood stars, Bloodywood are breaking down barriers

Bloodywood weren't India's first metal band, but they've become the country's loudest champions

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“We were a bit drunk, and I slurred to Ronnie, ‘Do you fancy doing an album?’ It was as simple as that”: How Heaven & Hell resurrected Black Sabbath’s other classic line-up with The Devil You Know

Heaven & Hell’s The Devil You Know was a Dio-era Sabbath record under any other name

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"Lemmy was the real deal, right to the end." Metallica's Kirk Hammett on his love for Motorhead

It's no secret the members of Metallica love Motorhead. But Kirk Hammett shares just what the rock'n'roll legends mean to him

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“You’ve no idea how cold it was – totally freezing. I know we’re a doom band, but this was suffering way beyond the call of duty”: How Candlemass changed metal forever with doom landmark Epicus Doomicus Metallicus

Doom metal never sounded so huge as it did on Candlemass’ game-changing 1986 debut album Epicus Doomicus Metallicus

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"Everybody needs this band right now. America is screaming out for a band like the Sex Pistols." Sex Pistols, with Frank Carter, announce first North American tour in over two decades, starting at a venue where they had pig hooves thrown at them in 1978

America, prepare yourselves for the return of the world's greatest punk band

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"I consulted with high-end industry pros, undertaking a meticulous dismemberment process to ensure this is built to last." Ice Nine Kills' singer Spencer Charnas launches Pretty Evil cosmetics range, "for those who live for the limelight or the moonlight"

"Would I be caught dead in Pretty Evil? Absolutely. And so should you."

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The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

From big-hitters Evanescence and Linkin Park to underground heroes Imha Tarikat, Employed To Serve and Esprit D'Air, these are the best new metal songs you need to hear this week

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Ministry announce summer headline shows in the UK and Europe

If you had hoped to see Ministry outside of a festival next summer, you're in luck

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Deafheaven transcended black metal and the elitists hated them for it - now they've embraced it again with their heaviest album yet

After straying from their black metal roots in recent years, Deafheaven come screeching back on Lonely People With Power

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