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

Mayhem, Lord Of The Lost and Skindred are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

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"These typical metalheads, long-haired with their jackets, they’re the ones standing there and singing Backstreet Boys and Cascada." Five minutes with Electric Callboy, the band "making metal accessible"

Electric Callboy have metalheads singing along to 90s pop classics, and they love it

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"It's about seeking infinite possibilities and walking a path no one has travelled before." How Babymetal are embracing the future of metal on new album Metal Forth

15 years in, it's obvious Babymetal were never meant to be just a flash-in-the-pan viral sensation

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The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Electric Callboy, Blackbraid, Malevolence and many others have devastated our eardrums with new tunes this week. Hear them all and vote for your favourite here.

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Tekkno no more! See Electric Callboy get “darker” and “more serious” with twisted new song/video Revery

Germany’s synth-metal party boys have reinvented themselves in dramatic fashion

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Ever wanted to go to an incredible metal festival near the home of Dracula? Rockstadt Extreme Fest is about to change your life

From headliners Powerwolf, Electric Callboy, Gojira, Machine Head and Wardruna to the likes of Within Temptation, Mastodon, Sepultura and more, Rockstadt is the unique, exciting and affordable festival you've been looking for

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"There is a big difference between being funny and being ridiculous." Why Electric Callboy don’t want to be known as metal’s silliest band

How Electric Callboy went from down-and-out metalcore also-rans to rave-starting, arena-filling electronicore heroes with the best music videos in the business

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Order your exclusive Slaughter To Prevail, Jinjer, Electric Callboy, Bloodywood and Bambie Thug bundles, featuring limited edition t-shirts, longsleeves and spellbooks

Metal Hammer has teamed up with the New Heavy Class Of 2025 - Jinjer, Electric Callboy, Slaughter To Prevail, Bambie Thug and Bloodywood - for these special bundles featuring exclusive merch

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The new issue of Metal Hammer features FIVE cover to choose from: Electric Callboy, Jinjer, Slaughter To Prevail, Bambie Thug and Bloodywood!

Meet your New Heavy cover stars for 2025

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10 crazy metal collaborations that took us totally by surprise last year

From ska-punk/metalcore crossovers to industrial threesomes, these team-ups showed metal is more collaborative than ever

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Electric Callboy announce biggest-ever UK headline show at London’s Alexandra Palace

The date is part of a monster tour that will stretch across Europe from 2025 to 2026

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"They’re doing collab songs with Babymetal so we're low on the priority list." Bury Tomorrow's Dani Winter-Bates answers fan questions on meet and greets, going deathcore and the band they'd love to collaborate with

Standalone single Villain Arc suggests a heavy new direction for Bury Tomorrow - but are they really going deathcore?

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“They knew, if they wanted to create something new, they needed to slow down”: Blind Channel name the 2020s metal sensation that inspired their upcoming hiatus

Co-vocalist Joel Hokka reveals the band whose success made Blind Channel realise they can step away from the spotlight

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"We joined our creative forces and, in the end, we brought together the best of both worlds": BABYMETAL and Electric Callboy team up to create their own free videogame

BABYMETAL and Electric Callboy have launched their own video game

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Babymetal and Electric Callboy team up with WWE for Bash In Berlin with Ratatata

One of the year's most ludicrously fun metal anthems will officially soundtrack this month's huge WWE show in Berlin, Germany

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Babymetal have released full, pro-shot video of their set at Hellfest 2024 – watch here

The kawaii metal idols played a hit-stacked set in France last night, and you can watch the whole thing now

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Watch Babymetal and Electric Callboy play infectious new song Ratatata live together

The kawaii metal sensations and the party-metal duo performed at Babymetal’s Fox Fest and are currently playing the European festival circuit

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The 9 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Nightwish, Babymetal with Electric Callboy and Zeal and Ardor are among the best new metal songs this week. Vote for your favourite!

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Watch Babymetal embrace their silly side, do karaoke and team with glitter ball-wearing Electric Callboy in the completely crazy video for Ratatata

The kawaii metal idols have joined forces with Germany’s synth-metal party animals for an outrageous new track

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3000 fans, confetti cannons and a phallic piano: Electric Callboy just put on the wildest metal party in town

German metalcore-meets-eurodance ravers Electric Callboy bring their sold out UK tour to Birmingham

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"We have to bring people together not divide them": Electric Callboy don't mind being tagged a 'novelty' band so long as they can make metalheads smile

German 'dance' metal crew Electric Callboy answer your questions on rebranding, dance anthems and going viral with songs like Pump It and Hypa Hypa

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The 10 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Sevendust, Doro and Cannibal Corpse are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

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