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“I just wanted to punch that dude in the face." How Linkin Park pushed themselves to the limit on Hybrid Theory and changed the face of metal

In October 2000, as the nu metal revolution rolled ever onward, one band released an album that changed the game, and their lives, forever...

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“I liked Master Of Puppets, but I’d definitely change the channel when Dave Mustaine got in the car”: Ex-Megadeth bassist David Ellefson remembers his first impression of Metallica’s 1986 game-changer

Playing in Metallica’s rival band didn’t stop him from loving their landmark third album same as everyone else

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"There'd be guys in full Kiss make-up just standing there flipping us off for the whole set." After the release of Adrenaline, Deftones faced hostile audiences and were forced to hone their chops the hard way

This Sacramento band were clearly destined for greatness in 1996 –even if some people didn't quite understand what they were doing

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Former Iron Maiden singer Blaze Bayley to perform at band’s blockbuster Knebworth festival in July, playing songs from The X Factor, Virtual XI and The Best Of The Beast

The vocalist, who fronted the heavy metal titans from 1994 to 1999, will headline the Friday night of the two-day event

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"Appropriate action will be taken." Kid Rock is being investigated by the US Army after posting a video of military helicopter flyby

The self-styled American Bad Ass is seen applauding two Apache helicopters outside his Nashville home on social media post

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"Parents come up to me and instead of going, ‘Oh you’re not a good role model because you talk about sex’, they say the opposite!" How Halestorm's breakthrough anthem smashed some silly taboos in rock 'n' roll

Believe it or not, a lot of modern mainstream rock had become a little prudish by around 2009. Halestorm helped change that

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"She's skipping, spinning, hollering and slapping the hell out of her frame drum when she’s not riling the crowd up." Mysterious Viking war trance duo Eihwar bring a party like no other to London

Eihwar bring the bangers to the UK capital

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“Makes Hieronymus Bosch’s visions of Hell look like a nursery school”: Thrash veterans Kreator bring demons, wicker men and the most fire this side of Parkway Drive to stunning London show

Supported by Nails, Exodus and Carcass, the German luminaries reach a new level of pageantry

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Watch close-up footage of the brand new singer of extreme metal legends Arch Enemy crushing it at the band's return show in Beijing, China on Friday night

Lauren Hart looks like a perfect fit for the Swedish metal machines!

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Guns N' Roses keyboardist Melissa Reese bows out of World Tour due to "personal reasons"

Melissa Reese became the first female member of Guns N' Roses when she joined the band a decade ago

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"He was screaming about being in Vietnam and running in front of cars." How a childhood encounter with an absconded psychiatric inpatient inspired a song that would change the face of metal

The Dillinger Escape Plan recorded the genre-defining Calculating Infinity in 1999. Jim Fear is one such highlight.

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Watch Zakk Wylde in emotional video for Black Label Society's Ozzy Osbourne tribute

Zakk Wylde and Black Label Society release video for Ozzy's Song – their touching tribute to the late Prince of Darkness

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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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"There’s been a constant tension that’s been an enormous challenge for us all over the years –he did what he had to do.” Did a televised protest against Limp Bizkit really force Zack de la Rocha to quit Rage Against The Machine?

In this archive interview, Tom Morello reveals the truth behind his bandmate's MTV Awards stunt, riots in the street and the original rage-quit

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Ross 'The Boss' Friedman, founding guitarist with Manowar and The Dictators, dead at 72

News of Friedman's death comes just weeks after he was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's Disease

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The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear this week

Dimmu Borgir make a long-awaited return, Frozen Soul team up with Machine Head and a former Ghost guitarist launches his 'cartoon metal' band: these are Metal Hammer's tracks of the week

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Get the new Metal Hammer with an exclusive Lamb Of God cover and lyrics t-shirt, only through the Louder webstore

This perfect package for diehard fans includes a cover and t-shirt you won’t find in the shops

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“Nothing happened in Metallica unless Cliff Burton nodded ‘yes’”: Producer recalls how metal’s biggest band “leaned on” their beloved late bassist

80s producer Flemming Rasmussen remembers Cliff Burton being the heavy metal titans’ unofficial musical leader

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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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Judas Priest have started recording their next album: “I don't know if I’m allowed to say that, but I’ve said it”

Guitarist Richie Faulkner says the British metal veterans were in the studio for a month earlier this year

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“It's unbelievable we survived.” How a gang of OC punks changed the face of metalcore - and ultimately became one of 21st Century metal's true stadium acts

Waking The Fallen took metalcore to the next level - only for Avenged Sevenfold to ditch it on their next album

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"Guaranteed to turn any club, field or arena into a writhing mass of sweating, crashing bodies." Every Lamb Of God album ranked from worst to best

Ranking the back catalogue of one of America’s greatest modern metal bands, from New American Gospel to Into Oblivion

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“You’re doing all the work, selling your own merch, but they’ll still come at the end of the night and take 25 percent. For what?!” UK metal band on the cusp of breaking up detail the ludicrous costs of touring in the 2020s

From carnets to bus hire and visa applications that may be declined anyway, Svalbard’s Serena Cherry sounds off on the mounting costs that are making touring unsustainable

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"Queen, Muse, black metal…I want to be able to be eclectic with it." Former Arch Enemy singer Alissa White-Gluz reveals her surprising influences, clarifies the situation about the next phase of her career

Alissa White-Gluz is working on two new albums with very different focuses

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One of metal’s biggest bands soundtrack a fist-fight featuring Bruce Campbell as Satan in the new episode of Invincible, and TV doesn’t get much cooler than that

SPOILER ALERT: watch a snippet of the blood-soaked battle here

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