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"Music is a personal journey. Once you make it, it belongs to the world." Geoff Tate on the third instalment of what's now an Operation Mindcrime trilogy

Almost 40 years on, the singer of Queensrÿche’ssignature album releases his own third instalment

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“I’m inspired by his control over his animalistic vocal range, and his poetry, but also how honestly he sings”: Hear Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale pay tribute to Chris Cornell on powerful new cover of Soundgarden’s Loud Love

The singer/guitarist teams with Testament, Metal Allegiance and ex-Pearl Jam members on the latest single by King Ultramega

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Playing mediaeval folk, taking pensioners hostage and blowing up a house: the ridiculous ad campaign for Guitar Hero Metallica

You’ve not seen macho marketing until you’ve seen metal’s biggest band tie old people to a tree and make their home explode

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From underground punk clubs to the world's biggest stadiums, celebrate the rise and rebirth of emo superstars My Chemical Romance in new gift-laden MCR fan pack, on sale now

Prepare for the return of My Chemical Romance by picking up this essential fan-pack!

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10 nu metal bands who should have been massive

The nu metal explosion took heavy music into the mainstream like never before, but some of its most promising names sadly fell by the wayside

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“It’s obviously not Maiden’s fault but, oh, is the frustration high!”: Iron Maiden concert cut short due to local power outage

The band had to stop playing for an hour during a phone-free gig in Paris on Monday

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"It's a national anthem of rock." The story of the Kiss classic inspired by the tragic death of a fan

Producer Bob Ezrin sang the guitar solo to Ace Frehley so he could learn it – and Detroit Rock City went on to become Kiss's second-most-played song

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'Lost' Deftones album Eros has reportedly leaked online after 18 years, and fans are conflicted

The incomplete album which Deftones shelved in 2008 has apparently leaked

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"This extraordinary object is recognisable to fans around the world and represents a powerful final chapter in Ozzy’s career." Ozzy Osbourne's iconic throne from his final ever performance is going on display in Birmingham

The most metal seat of all time will be on display at the Ozzy Osbourne: Working Class Hero exhibition

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"We thought we were on the brink of breaking technology. It seemed like we did something futuristic at the time." Slipknot, zombies and a three year old girl's approval: how horror punk prince Wednesday 13 built a career beyond Murderdolls

I Walked With A Zombie proved Wednesday 13 could go it alone - and the approval of his young daughter sealed the deal

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"It’s fertility, resistance, sensitivity. Something that belongs to men, too." Rising Italian black metallers Bianca are bringing a new vision to the genre

One of the most exciting bands in the European underground are twisting black metal into new shapes without compromising its DNA

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“We weren’t arrogant enough to think we were suddenly the most important band in the world. We just knew we were”: A metal fan’s guide to Rush

Side long epics, mad concepts and unlikely hit singles – how Canadian visionaries Rush laid down the blueprint for prog metal

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Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante to miss multiple European tour dates on doctor's orders

Benante, who will miss some high-profile festival dates, will return to action with Anthrax next month

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"It’s saying, ‘If I could smell you, if I could interact with you, I’d eat you alive.'" How a bizarre and controversial stalker video featuring two Hollywood heavyweights brought an end to Limp Bizkit's golden era

Limp Bizkit were the biggest band on Planet Earth by the end of 2000. Less than three years later, things had gone terribly wrong

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"I had to learn to let go of the bitterness and stop being so one-track minded." They were in one of hardcore's most boundary-pushing modern bands with Code Orange: now Jami Morgan and Eric Balderose reunite to topple the music industry with Nowhere2Run

Code Orange is dead. Long live Nowhere2Run

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"People acted as if Gwar had changed, but Gwar didn't change. The world fricking changed." Blothar the Berserker on the right wing reaction to their gutting of Donald Trump

Gwar sliced up a grotesque caricature of the US President – and some on the right were less than happy

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"You can’t fight against reality, you’ve got to live in it or you never move forward." Vampires, Shoot 'em ups and fantasy worlds: How As Everything Unfolds rebuilt after tragedy

After losing her partner, As Everything Unfolds vocalist Charlie Rolfe retreated into daydreaming to process her trauma

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"I was in Ireland in my little house when I got the call saying, ‘This is Lars from Metallica.'" How metal's biggest band and a confused folk singer wrote a controversial hit that has soundtracked everything from WWE to The Sopranos

When Marianne Faithful got a phone call from Lars Ulrich asking her to collaborate with Metallica, she didn't believe it

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"The line in the sand is whether or not you think for yourself." They dress like cowboys, make insane post-hardcore and might be the best new band you hear this year. Meet Ireland's Uncultivates

Meet the rootin' tootin' cowboys out of, erm, Cork, Ireland who are pioneering 'yee-hardcore'

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

Vindicta put out a clapback at their Dogma past, Motionless In White go gothic metalcore and Sleep "return" (of a sort) in this week's best new metal song round-up

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“They were full of angst and venom”: Iron Maiden reveal the toughest support acts they’ve ever had to follow

Opening for the veteran show-stealers is a difficult job, but Guns N’ Roses and Southern rockers Blackfoot each brought their A-game

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Watch Bring Me The Horizon play Sempiternal cut Antivist with Lorna Shore singer Will Ramos at Hellfest

The Sheffield band headlined day one of the Clisson heavy metal weekender on Thursday (June 18)

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"They were like, ‘Are you going to choose heavy metal? Or are you going to join the police?’" Black market bootlegs, tours with Iron Maiden and rock'n'roll monks: The Hu's Enkush Batjargal on how he became a folk metal icon

From growing up in Communist Mongolia to revolutionising folk metal, The Hu's Enkush Batjargal shares his wisdom (and why swordfighting with a horsehead fiddle is a bad idea)

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"People bringing my father into this saying, 'Oh, Ozzy would not approve. He's rolling over in his grave.' Shut the f**k up. You did not know my father." Jack Osbourne responds to backlash for attending Donald Trump's White House UFC Event

UFC Freedom 250 was held on the White House lawn as part of America's Quarter Millennium celebrations

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“I could walk out of here, go get a drink and within a week I could be dead. But I’m not interested in doing that”: how Trent Reznor pulled back from the abyss to make Nine Inch Nails’ Year Zero

In 2007, Nine Inch Nails released their fifth album, Year Zero, after Trent Reznor threw off his demons

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