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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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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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Tom Morello slams 'hypocritical' music fans after controversial Download set

Tom Morello, who is also the guitar player for Audioslave, hit headlines when he wrote “F*** TOMMY ROBINSON” on the back of his instrument for his set at Download Festival earlier this year - taking aim at the far-right activist while doing so.

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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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The 10 bands who won Download festival 2026

From historic headliners to exciting new bands, Download 2026 was one for the books. Here are the 10 best sets from this year's festival

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“Screens and fake news and artificial intelligence… we don’t need that in the way of our connections”: How Sepultura made their technophobic final statement, The Cloud Of Unknowing

As Brazil’s groove metal heroes prepare to call it quits, we speak to guitarist Andreas Kisser about their swansong EP

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“Another band said they were going to shave all our hair off and beat us up”: Bring Me The Horizon cancelled a 2006 festival appearance for fear of being attacked

The ‘MySpace metal’ poster boys were one of the most controversial bands of their generation

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"It was a beautiful scar on the metal world." How Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Korn and the rest took nu metal from hated subgenre to the biggest thing on Planet Earth

Nu metal may have been shunned by metal elitists, but it took heavy music to the masses like never before, or since

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“The word goth is stupid. I hate that word”: Evanescence’s Amy Lee has strong feelings about being called ‘goth’ – and they’re not positive

Don’t mention the ‘g’ word

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

Pussy Riot, Evanescence, DevilDriver and more feature in this week's best new metal song round-up

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“I laid that song down in four takes, but I was hammered when I recorded it”: How a deteriorating DevilDriver made immortal New Wave Of American Heavy Metal hit Clouds Over California

Even as Dez Fafara’s melodeath riff-slingers were falling apart, they masterminded one of their era’s most enduring singles

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"People heard it and found it deeply offensive because they didn’t have the brain capacity to realise what it’s about." The story behind Ghost's most famous song - and what it really means

The story behind Ghost's viral mega-hit, and what its lyrics mean, in Tobias Forge's own words

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“I was giving it everything I had to keep up with the song's intensity, and just making it through to the end was already a challenge:” Babymetal reveal the story behind one of their earliest fan favourites

Babymetal tell us about 15 of their most important songs in the brand new issue of Metal Hammer

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“Things are spiralling out of control!” Evanescence are on the cover of the latest issue of Metal Hammer, which comes with two exclusive gifts

Evanescence fans, you're gonna wanna get all over this one

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"The house was absolutely demolished by the time we finished playing." The story behind the wildest gig Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Zakk Wylde ever played

"It was every parent’s nightmare"

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"I was 21 years old. I don’t think it matters how old you are – there’s no way to be prepared for it." The story of the one simple but devastating question that led to Evanescence writing their biggest hit, Bring Me To Life

It was a simple conversation with her future husband that helped Amy Lee write the anthem of a generation

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“It’s stupid to label anyone a saviour of a gigantic rock world that still exists”: Black Veil Brides’ Andy Biersack is a Yungblud supporter, but doesn’t think that rock needs a “saviour”

The singer takes issue with the mainstream positioning Yungblud as the man “saving” heavy music

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"Jesus is moshing with a blue wizard and a giant dancing banana." Metal legends, rising stars and chaotic crowds - Sonic Temple 2026 finishes with a bang

The final day of Sonic Temple Festival was one for the books!

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Big inflatable willies, nu metal and 80s pop covers - here's what went down on day two of Sonic Temple 2026

From Dope bringing the 80s vibes to Sublime bringing chaos, here's some of the best bits from Friday at Sonic Temple

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Feral goblins, Satanic declarations and hometown heroes: inside day one at Sonic Temple Festival 2026

Nekrogoblikon, Flyleaf, Whitechapel and more: our review of day one of Sonic Temple 2026

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Thrash legends Anthrax announce their first album in a decade - order an exclusive red vinyl variant of Cursum Perficio only via Metal Hammer

Get a lush transparent red vinyl edition of the new Anthrax album right here

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“They just do what they feel is right for them. They don’t take into account what people think”: How Metallica rewrote their script (and irritated countless metalheads) with Load and Reload

When the former thrashers cut their hair and took influence from the blues, they didn’t emerge unscathed, but they remained heavy music’s biggest band all the same

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“He had a cast of a human skull, because he was interested in the occult in his early days”: At The Gates members recall the first time they met late singer Tomas Lindberg

Jonas Björler, Anders Björler and Adrian Erlandsson remember their first encounters with their beloved frontman

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"When I went to rehab, they forced me to do the serenity prayer...I told them I’d say, ‘Ozzy grant me the serenity.'" Heartbreak, partying with Playboy bunnies and relapsing with Slayer: Every HIM (and VV) album in Ville Valo's own words

Ville Valo reflects on 30 years of HIM and horny, doomed gothic romance

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“It was our first clandestine operation, gathered in a larder listening to church bells tolling”: Get the new issue of Metal Hammer with an exclusive HIM cover, t-shirt and signed art card

Celebrate 30 years of goth metal’s finest in style

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