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“Metallica were still a local band. It made no sense for me to say, ‘I’m out of here, I’m going to join them”: The man who was asked to replace James Hetfield as singer in Metallica – and turned it down

In 1983, Metallica almost got a new singer

Metal Hammer

Thailand reports anthrax death as public health alert issued for outbreak

Hundreds have been exposed to anthrax

The Independent UK

"We had a deal one day and it was gone the next, but we still had the money in the bank": The dashed hopes and early trauma of White Lion

White Lion's second album Pride went double platinum, but debut Fight To Survive was a different story altogether

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“Everyone in our circle was listening to a lot of West Coast hip hop, and it was minor key and dark. If you could take that to the next level, you could make it heavy metal”: How hip hop changed metal forever

Anthrax, Rage Against The Machine and Korn all owe a debt to hip hop

Metal Hammer

The return of smash-hit show, The Girlfriends: best podcasts of the week

It’s a third outing for the dark, feminist true-crime series that takes on abusive partners, plus a gripping investigation into how the US was rocked by a post 9/11 anthrax scare

The Guardian - UK

Fears over mystery death of 50 hippos in national park

At least 50 hippos have died from anthrax poisoning in Virunga National Park, eastern Congo, according to park authorities. The animals were discovered floating in a major river that feeds one of Africa’s great lakes.

The Independent UK

I got Metal Hammer’s writers to name the ‘bad’ metal albums they can’t get enough of

From Metallica and Lou Reed’s Lulu to Iron Maiden’s No Prayer For The Dying, the Metal Hammer team band together to defend their favourite clangers

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“What did I know at the ripe old age of 22? I knew comics, horror and sci-fi. I couldn’t really write about heartbreak or a horrible upbringing”: How an iconic comic book character inspired Anthrax to write a thrash metal classic

The story behind a comics-inspired thrash anthem

Metal Hammer

“I could try and recreate his vibrato for the rest of my life. It’s never going to happen. If I got to play his guitar through his rig, it’s not gonna sound like him”: Tony Iommi changed his life – now Scott Ian is playing Sabbath’s last stand

The Anthrax guitarist was initially asked to take part on his own, but a chat with Tom Morello got the whole band on board. Now he hints at what to expect from July’s never-to-be-repeated heavy metal extravaganza

Guitar World

“I saw other bands but no Anthrax… I said, ‘How about getting Anthrax on this? I’m not the only Sabbath fan in the band’”: Scott Ian on going from a lifelong Black Sabbath fan to playing their final show thanks to Tom Morello

The Anthrax co-founder teases what we can expect from this July's heavy metal extravaganza

Guitar World

Tool, Guns N' Roses and Rival Sons added to Black Sabbath's Back To The Beginning final show line-up

New bands have been added to Black Sabbath's all-day festival in July

Metal Hammer

Ozzy Osbourne will only do 'little bits and pieces' with Black Sabbath at farewell concert

Ozzy Osbourne will just be doing "little bits and pieces" with Black Sabbath during his final gig in Birmingham this summer.

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"My parents were academics and not thrilled about me joining a thrash metal band." Testament's Alex Skolnick talks thrash, Clash Of The Titans and what it was like joining Ozzy Osbourne's band

Testament’s six-string superstar reflects on the chaos of the Bay Area, guesting with Lamb Of God and studying with jazz legends

Metal Hammer

“I used to walk in a venue with a beer in each hand, with a hard-on and looking for a fight”: Overkill’s Bobby ‘Blitz’ Ellsworth is the thrash survivor that cancer and a stroke couldn’t kill

Overkill’s Bobby ‘Blitz’ Ellsworth has spent a life on thrash’s frontlines

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Ozzy Osbourne admits he 'can’t walk' as he prepares for final Black Sabbath performance

On Wednesday, the legendary rock band announced that their farewell show with Osbourne as frontman will take place this summer

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Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath announce final ever gig

Ozzy Osbourne is reuniting with the original Black Sabbath lineup for a one-off stadium show this summer.

Guitar World

“This will be the greatest heavy metal show ever”: Ozzy Osbourne announces his final-ever live performance – featuring an original Black Sabbath lineup reunion and some of the biggest names in heavy music

Osbourne will be returning this summer for his final show, and is sharing the history-making bill with Metallica, Pantera, Slayer, Anthrax and many, many more

Metal Hammer

Black Sabbath to reunite to play final show at blockbuster Birmingham event this summer, with Metallica, Slayer, Gojira, Anthrax and many other metal icons supporting

Black Sabbath’s Back To The Beginning extravaganza will take place at Villa Park on July 5

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Evening Standard

Black Sabbath are back! Ozzy Osbourne to reunite with original line-up for his final show

The singer will play his own short set before the veteran heavy metal band play together for the first time in 20 years

Guitar World

“The loss overall is awful and unspeakable”: Iron Maiden’s Adrian Smith and Primus guitarist Larry ‘Ler’ LaLonde among thousands who have lost homes in L.A. wildfires

Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan and Anthrax’s Scott Ian share their first-hand experience of the devastating impact of one of the biggest natural disasters in Los Angeles’ history

Metal Hammer

Primus guitarist Ler LaLonde's home decimated by California fires

Primus man just one rock star impacted by devastating fires – with Anthrax, Rage Against the Machine and Smashing Pumpkins members affected

Metal Hammer

“They politely said, ‘We will never air this. You are banned from MTV.’” Scott Ian reveals which song got Anthrax banned in the 80s

Didn’t see much of Anthrax on MTV during the mid-1980s? Their founding guitarist explains why

Metal Hammer

"I cut grass all day long." What Joey Belladonna did when he was fired by Anthrax

After being let go by Anthrax in 1992, Joey Belladonna made a living working at a horse barn

Guitar World

“I went to Lars’ house, and he played me the tape of Hit the Lights. I said, ‘This song sucks. You need more guitar solos’”: They forged a new sound, and in 10 years, they were the biggest band in the world

The story of Metallica's meteoric rise – as told by the people who were there, including Dave Mustaine, Scott Ian, Kerry King, Gary Holt, and, of course, Metallica themselves

MusicRadar

"They were absolutely right about it. You see where it went. They were protecting their art, their intellectual property so that some asshole does not come along and take your art”: Anthrax’s Charlie Benante on why Metallica were right

He describes Spotify as “where music goes to die”

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