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"You could very easily die in there." Slaughter To Prevail, bare-knuckle boxing and brain injuries: Inside the bloodiest, most brutal metal gig ever.

Slaughter To Prevail's Blood4Blood is the first event of its kind: metal bands, bare-knuckle fights and buckets of blood

Metal Hammer

“When the head of the record company fell asleep during your set, you’re probably not impressing him much. That’s why we didn’t get signed to Roadrunner”: How cult heroes Acid Bath rose from the ashes to open stadium shows for System Of A Down

Sammy Duet on the chaos of the sludge metal pioneers' early days and how the unlikely triumph of their second act is a fitting tribute to late bassist and co-founder Audie Pitre

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"It looked like somebody had been sliced to bits with a chainsaw." Beavis And Butt-Head, Pantera and TiKTok - how sludge metal legends Crowbar have suddenly become bigger than ever

Crowbar's story is full of tragedy, dedication and triumphing over the odds - as their late-career bloom proves

Metal Hammer

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"Is it crazy? It is crazy. And I'm a crazy ****ing guy. Let's go!" An insane looking new event will mix a metal concert with bare knuckle fighting - with the frontman of deathcore heavyweights Slaughter To Prevail set to take part in both

The first Blood4Blood event will take place in Daytona in May

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Who are Acid Bath? The chaotic, tragic story of the cult metal band supporting System Of A Down and Queens Of The Stone Age next summer

Despite having their career cut brutally short, Acid Bath remain one of the 90s' most influential metal bands. And now they're back

Metal Hammer

"They completely destroyed the bar we were playing and broke a waitress’s leg. It was a trainwreck." Inside the chaos and carnage of Acid Bath - the great lost Louisiana sludge metal band.

Tragedy might have cut Acid Bath's career short in the 90s, but now they're back and bigger than ever

Metal Hammer

Music venue The Zoo to reopen with new name - Crowbar

Much-loved Brisbane live music venue The Zoo is set to reopen under new management.

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Beloved Brisbane venue The Zoo saved as buyer steps in ‘to keep music within its walls’

Fortitude Valley institution will reopen under the name Crowbar in November, just months after it closed amid the cost-of-living crisis

The Guardian - AU

Napalm Death announce the rowdiest EU/UK tour of 2025 with Crowbar, Full Of Hell and Brat

In the words of modern prophet Jennifer Lopez, let’s get loud!

Metal Hammer

“The original prototype took a good beating all over the US. If a guitar can pass the test of touring you've got a winner”: Solar Guitars honors heavy metal stalwart Kirk Windstein with a super-spiky signature that pays tribute to New Orleans

The Down and Crowbar riffsmith's newest no-nonsense Solar signature was designed with “simplicity is power” in mind

Guitar World

A beginner's guide to sludge metal in five essential albums

From the Louisiana swamps to Washington State and beyond, these five albums defined sludge metal's history

Metal Hammer

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