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"In the spirit of the Olympics, Team Tomahawk has decided to rise up and go for the gold once again." Mike Patton's alt. rock supergroup Tomahawk announce first tour since 2013

The "worst kept secret in show business" is now official as Tomahawk share A Huge Waste of Your Time and Money Tour plans

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Iron Maiden, My Chemical Romance, Limp Bizkit, Tool, Babymetal, Alice Cooper, Halestorm and almost 200 more bands to play huge Louder Than Life 2026 lineup

One of America's biggest rock and metal festivals has unveiled its full lineup for 2026

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One of the most celebrated metal bands of the last decade have just announced their biggest headline shows ever, including a stop-off at London's iconic Wembley Arena

Canadian metalcore heavyweights Spiritbox will hit arenas across the UK and Europe this autumn

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Metal, pop punk, Final Fantasy and Miss World Chile: the list of new bands joining Limp Bizkit, Guns N' Roses, Linkin Park and more at Download this year has a lot going on

The UK's biggest rock festival just got bigger as day splits are officially announced

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"We can’t wait to get back to all these cities we haven’t played in so long." Prog legends Rush announce first European and UK live dates for 13 years

Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson have announced the UK and EU leg of the band's Fifty Something tour - but you'll have to wait a while

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"He wanted to do it so bad. And he did. He went like a rock star." Sharon Osbourne on dying Ozzy's determination to perform one last time

Ozzy Osbourne and his family knew he didn't have long to live – yet he insisted on performing at epic farewell show

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Iron Maiden guitarist Adrian Smith brought a mega-famous friend to guest on a classic Maiden anthem at a gig in London last night

Watch Bruce DIckinson join Smith/Kotzen for a live version of Iron Maiden’s Wasted Years

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"Honestly, I didn’t want it on the record. It was unfinished." The surprising story behind the Deftones song the band hate, the fans weren't sure about and yet became one of their biggest hits

Its video is iconic and its impact undeniable, but this Deftones classic has a slightly confused legacy

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"He's singing and screaming his guts out in the middle of the field. I can't understand a word he's saying but I feel every syllable of it." This is what it's like at Thailand's biggest metal festival, Rock Alarm

From mosh-driven dust clouds and 36 degree heat to frighteningly cheap buckets of rum, here's what went down at Thailand's premier rock and metal event

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"This album is his legacy." Following the devastating death of their frontman, friend and beloved figurehead of extreme metal, Tomas Lindberg, At The Gates have released an emotional new video and details of new album The Ghost of a Future Dead

Watch the moving video for new At The Gates single The Fever Mask now

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"The whole thing was such a shock...everything was shaking and we were crying for two weeks." The inspiring, sad and triumphant story of the 'girl next door' opera singer who'd become a heavy metal icon

Tarja Turunen didn't just kick the door down for women in metal in the 90s: she made opera cool as hell

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"The fans want to hear it, so we still play it every night. For myself, I've had enough of that song." Recorded while intoxicated, lyrics written in the back of a van - the story of one of the all-time heavy rock classics

It’s one of the instantly recognisable songs in rock'n'roll. But how did Ace Of Spades come about?

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"Make no mistake - this song is a reckoning." After much anticipation (and some bogus rumours), the new singer for metal veterans Arch Enemy has been revealed - alongside pulverising new single To The Last Breath

Lauren Hart is officially Arch Enemy's new vocalist!

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"I am so inspired by Amy Lee’s vocals and we all wanted to channel Scream." Watch Scream star Mckenna Grace go metal in the video for killer new Ice Nine Kills single Twisting The Knife - with a cool bonus cameo

Twisting The Knife features Scream star Mckenna Grace and is the first in a number of cinematic ventures the metalcore band have in the pipeline

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Star Trek actor William Shatner is releasing an all-star heavy metal album featuring Zakk Wylde, Ritchie Blackmore and more, because you try and tell him not to

Captain Kirk is set to cover Black Sabbath, Judas Priest and Iron Maiden and uncork some hard-hitting originals

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AFI, Mannequin Pussy, Ecca Vandal join Deftones, Deafheaven, Amyl and the Sniffers and more on stacked Outbreak / All Points East bill

AFI to make long-awaited UK return on stacked London festival bill also featuring Idles, Interpol and more

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“A search for spiritual redemption”: Hear new President single Angel Wings – the masked band’s first song after signing with major label Atlantic Records

The fast-rising alt-metalcore outfit are starting “a new chapter” with a new record deal

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“We were bringing in all kinds of influences that other people in metal were scared of”: Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson re-releases his debut solo album – and his most controversial one

Dolby Atmos reissues of 1990’s Tattooed Millionaire and 1996’s divisive Skunkworks are now available to stream

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"There were weapons tests and the windows would shake in school. I wondered, ‘What would happen if that hit here?’” Bombings, depression and Oppenheimer: Sweden's Allt are writing a soundtrack to the end of the world

Turns out growing up near a weapons testing facility will give you a sense of foreboding doom

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"Bon was the kind of person that every guy in rock'n'roll loves." Sammy Hagar, Rob Halford, Lars Ulrich, Josh Homme and more pay tribute to AC/DC's Bon Scott

The tributes come as a "robust event and merchandising plan" is unveiled to celebrate Bon Scott's 80th birthday

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"People falling on top of each other, beer flying everywhere, somebody jumped off the balcony. I get kicked, I fall to the ground, someone picks me up. It was beautiful chaos." Ho99o9 vocalist Yeti Bones picks the albums that changed his life

From the "black metal version of hip hop", to original shock rocker Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Sepultura and the Mr. Bungle track that "gets him horny" these are Yeti Bones' all-time favourites

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Slipknot, Papa Roach, The Offspring and more have been added to the Battlefield 6 videogame soundtrack

The online FPS is entering its second season, after debuting to much hype last October

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Slipknot, Limp Bizkit, Evanescence and more: The 50 metal albums coming in 2026 that you should be excited about

Digging deep on announcements, rumours and pure speculation to find the 50 metal albums you should be keeping an eye out for in 2026

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"When I listen to bands like BMTH and Architects it’s very powerful, but everything is focused on the vocals, like boy bands!" A synthwave pioneer has written a Sci-Fi concept album fighting back against "the boy band-ification" of metal... and Elon Musk

Carpenter Brut has some fighting words about the inspiration for his new album Leather Temple

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“Something groundbreaking for our fans”: Iron Maiden turn only 2026 UK show into its own festival, including acts featuring band’s former members

Stray, Maiden United, Airforce and more will open the metal titans’ newly expanded two-day event

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