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After 50 years of pioneering heavy metal, Accept are in the mood to celebrate. "I wouldn't even have thought we would last five years, to be honest, let alone fifty"

Accept's Teutonic Titans 1976-2026 features guest appearances from Rob Halford, Kirk Hammett, Billy Corgan and more

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"Who else on this planet could get away with a 10-minute instrumental and not prompt a mass exodus to the bars?" After 99 shows and three years, Metallica finish the M72 World Tour with one last almighty hurrah

Metallica return to London Stadium to show exactly how they became metal's biggest band

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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

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"I would love to release a live album of this lineup." No plans for new Pantera music, but Charlie Benante wants to document the comeback

Pantera reunion drummer Charlie Benante hopes a live album will be released to document the controversial comeback

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“I was at school supposedly trying to get an education and all I could think about was that album. Black Sabbath are the gods, man!”: How Pantera singer Phil Anselmo fell under Sabbath’s evil spell

And why he thinks that Norwegian black metal ruled in the ’90s

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“Philip might just call and go, ‘Guys, why don’t we get together, and we’ll do something… we’ll do a band.’ So yeah, you never know”: Zakk Wylde says it's possible that the Pantera tribute lineup could record music together

The Black Label Society frontman/guitarist says "never say never" – but if they did it might end up like the Eagles

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“I thought he was on about the new Dime Guitarz, but then I re-read the message…” Ola Englund plays Dimebag Darrell’s actual guitars at Dimebash tribute show

Englund starred alongside Chris Broderick and Nevermore touring guitarist Atilla Vörös, who played another of Dime’s famous axes on the night

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“No Pro Tools, no tricks or whistles. We as a band helped change the production of heavy metal records”: With one song, Pantera reinvented their sound to become one of the most influential metal bands of all time

And the solo from Dimebag gave the world its first taste of a new guitar hero

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“I’m a huge fan – why do you guys get to have all the fun?”: Jason Momoa looks back on joining the moshpit at Black Sabbath’s final show

The Aquaman and Game Of Thrones star, who emceed at Back To The Beginning, couldn’t help but join the melee at one point in the day

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“This, ladies and gentlemen, is Dimebag’s number one guitar”: Dimebag Darrell’s Dean From Hell guitar makes a surprise comeback with Pantera

The iconic Dean ML was presented to Phil Anselmo by surprise during a recent concert

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“Dime’s original riffs and ideas… that would be cool”: Zakk Wylde says the current Pantera line-up may record new music from Dimebag’s old demos

Wylde reveals that Dimebag left behind “tons of cassettes”

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Watch: Pantera and Bruce Dickinson unite to perform Walk in Paris

Texan band arrive in the UK this week

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“Darrell’s solo in Cowboys from Hell hitme like lightning”: Kerry King, Alex Skolnick, Zakk Wylde and more of Dimebag Darrell’s friends and fans pick their favorite solos from the late Pantera guitarist

An all-star panel names the leads that cemented Dimebag’s name in the guitar history books

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“He wasn’t a phoney. He didn’t have to be somebody else – he felt comfortable being himself“: We lost Dimebag Darrell 20 years ago today. His brother Vinnie Paul never let his memory die

Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell died 20 years ago today, on December 8, 2004. In 2007, his brother Vinnie Paul paid tribute to a giant of metal

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“We might put an extra Slayer song into the set and learn a cover song or two”: Kerry King announces North American tour, releases Where I Reign music video

Slayer’s guitarist will bring his solo band across the US and Canada in the New Year

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"I thought maybe Mercyful Fate might come knocking, but no." Inside the rebirth of Slayer legend Kerry King

Five years since Slayer hung up their spikes, Kerry King is roaring back with a new band, a new album - and a newfound sense of enthusiasm

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Vinnie Paul “was never behind” the idea of Pantera reuniting, says former bandmate

Hellyeah and Mudvayne singer Chad Gray says late drummer Vinnie Paul never wanted Pantera to reunite following the death of his brother Dimebag Darrell

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"I’m going to be doing this for the next 10 years at least." Listen to Kerry King's ferocious debut solo single, Idle Hands, as the ex-Slayer man reveals his new band members and debut album From Hell I Rise

Kerry King is officially back, and he's back in style!

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Pantera were one of America’s most important metal bands. Now they’re little more than Phil Anselmo trying to whitewash his own legacy

Following his onstage “white power” outburst in 2016, Phil Anselmo’s resorted to hollow nostalgia to win people back, rather than evidence of genuine personal growth

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She started out posting scary-accurate Pantera covers that saw her hailed as the guitar reincarnation of Dimebag Darrell – then Kayla Kent found herself in the running to be the band’s new guitarist

The YouTuber was invited backstage at a recent Pantera show by Dimebag’s guitar tech Grady Champion, where she received the news from Phil Anselmo – not to mention an in-depth tour of Champion’s intense effects duties

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"Dave was really nervous about talking to these guys": Why Dave Grohl ditched the Foo Fighters to make extreme metal supergroup Probot, featuring members of Venom, Sepultura, Motorhead and more

Tired of playing rock shows with Foo Fighters, Dave Grohl recruited his favourite vocalists for the all-star metal project Probot

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"Plenty of my guitars went down in flames. We smashed ’em and taped fireworks to ’em." How Damageplan gave Dimebag Darrell hope in a post-Pantera world

With Pantera in pieces and their legacy tarnished, Dimebag found himself desperately needing a new outlet for his talents. With brother Vinnie Paul beside him, he found one

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“Dime was still upset about Pantera”: Zakk Wylde recalls inspiring Dimebag Darrell to carry on in the early 2000s

The Black Label Society frontman says it was the only time late Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell “wasn’t a force of positivity”

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Zakk Wylde: “The sound of Pantera comes from Dimebag’s love for Eddie Van Halen and Randy Rhoads. The playing is rooted in precision”

Is it a reunion or a tribute? If you ask Zakk, it’s simply a celebration of the music, spirit and legacy of his fallen brother. In this exclusive interview, he shares his fondest memories of Dimebag Darrell and reveals the challenges of mastering his iconic guitar parts

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Charlie Benante isn't happy with the hate he gets for taking the Pantera gig: "I’ve never seen more of it in my life"

Turns out Charlie was surprised to find a lot of people aren't exactly on board with a Pantera reunion involving Phil Anselmo but no Abbott brothers

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