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Dimmu Borgir went from arming themselves against potential murderers to the biggest band in black metal. "We heard people were starting to wear knives and weapons, so we did the same."

Dimmu Borgir were decried as sell outs from their first single, but they broadened the scope of black metal to impossible new heights

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“The basement where we rehearsed got flooded and some of our equipment we just had to throw away”: How Meshuggah foresaw the future of extreme metal with 1995’s Destroy Erase Improve

Despite floods and two horrific hand accidents, the Swedes drew the blueprint for what heavy music would become in the 21st century

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“The guitar tone ripped my face off!” When Machine Head's Robb Flynn met Meshuggah

Machine Head frontman Robb Flynn is a Meshuggah mega-fan – so we asked him to interview metal’s most complex band

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“I had to put dirt and filth in the microphone to make it sound grim enough”: Black metal giants Dimmu Borgir have announced their first album in eight years, and they reunited with their classic producer to make it sound old-school

Grand Serpent Rising will come out on May 22 – listen to lead single Ulvgjeld & Blodsodel now

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“Armour-plated anthems about guns, battles and dudes shooting other dudes”: Every Sabaton album ranked from worst to best

What’s the most bulletproof entry in the Swedish wardogs’ back-catalogue?

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“I’ve been in bands that really felt like you were creating something new – but you were just another band doing what had already been done”: Blending Tool, Bjork and Black Sabbath helped Swedish psych-proggers stand out from the start

The five-piece group surpassed their own expectations at their first-ever rehearsal. Now, as a four-piece with their fourth record out, they’re more impressive than ever

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Watch video for new Rob Zombie single Punks and Demons taken from upcoming album The Great Satan

Rob Zombie's 8th album will be released in February 2026. Watch video for new single Punks and Demons

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“We were side of stage every night, salivating and looking at their pedalboards”: Paradise Lost's Greg Mackintosh on channelling Radiohead, covering the Smiths, Trouble’s elusive tone tricks – plus the '80s Ibanez pickup behind his epic sound

The Paradise Lost guitarist on how '80s nightclubs shaped his style, writing guitar as a vocals, and how an old overwound Ibanez Iceman pickup was the holy grail tone on new album Ascension

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Eivør signs new deal with Nuclear Blast Records and announces European tour

Faroese art rocker Eivør will tour throughout Europe in Autumn 2025 and will release a new album in 2026

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“It still doesn’t feel real that we’re supporting Slayer”: Neckbreakker released one of 2024’s most exciting metal debut albums. Now they’re about to live their biggest dream.

Neckbreakker are making serious waves in the European metal scene – and with good reason

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Nightwish offshoot Auri to return with third album III - Candles And Beginnings in August

Folk prog trio Auri will undertake their first ever live tour through Europe in August, September and October

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Beast mode: how Beast In Black, Diablo IV and Berserk have created 2025's ultimate metal-gaming-manga team-up

As the universes of Diablo and Berserk cross over, Blizzard have partnered with Beast In Black to reveal brand new song Enter The Behelit

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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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The busiest band in metal? One day before Slipknot support tour, Bleed From Within announce next album Zenith, release single In Place Of Your Halo

The prolific aggressors have also remixed recent track Hands Of Sin, now featuring Sylosis frontman Josh Middleton

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Death metal up-and-comers Neckbreakker (formerly Nakkeknaekker) announce debut album Within The Viscera

Get your neck broken by Neckbreakker when they release their first album on December 6

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Listen to ultra-symphonic surprise new Nightwish song The Day Of…

The orchestral metal sensations have just released the second preview of upcoming album Yesterwynde

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Marilyn Manson is back. His return highlights how little the music industry cares about protecting women

New Marilyn Manson single As Sick As The Secrets Within has been released, officially marking his comeback following the wave of abuse allegations that arrived in 2021. It all sets a grim precedent

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“There were bad vibes with local Oslo bands saying it was crap”: how Dimmu Borgir’s controversial symphonic classic Enthrone Darkness Triumphant dragged black metal out of the shadows

The story of Dimmu Borgir’s Enthrone Darkness Triumphant, the album which drew up the blueprint for symphonic black metal

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Epica singer Simone Simons announces debut solo album Vermillion, lead single Aeterna now streaming

Epica’s lead vocalist is going it alone, with help from Ayreon mainstay Arjen Lucassen

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Nightwish’s Tuomas Holopainen says upcoming single Perfume Of The Timeless is “eight-and-a-half minutes long”: “The chorus comes in at 3:30”

The keyboardist has also talked about the touring hiatus the symphonic metal outfit will take after September’s Yesterwynde album

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Great new prog music you have to hear this week from North Sea Echoes, Voivod, Einar Solberg and more...

Cool new prog sounds to check out from Vicinity, Barrus, Reliqa and more...

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My Dying Bride announce new album A Mortal Binding, release first single Thornwyck Hymn

Yorkshire doom legends My Dying Bride will release their first studio album in four years in April – listen to A Mortal Binding’s lead single here

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"It’s everything from super-organic to super-symphonic, to super-poppy, to super-harsh." We get in the studio with Amaranthe to find out why the Swedish pop-metallers have gone "a little bit crazy" for new album The Catalyst

Amaranthe are pushing their sound further than ever for their next chapter

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A beginner’s guide to Nuclear Blast records in five essential albums

Nuclear Blast has risen from an underground German label to one of metal’s most powerful institutions. Here’s how it did it – boiled down to just five albums.

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