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Gelsenkirchen ain't a bad place to be
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Alien Weaponry: Kua Tupu Te Ara documents the rise of the New Zealand groove metal champions and features members of Lamb Of God, Gojira and Testament
The former Megadeth guitarist performed with the thrash metal favourites in his new home country of Japan last year
The Metal God has some stern words for the US government committee that named Judas Priest’s Eat Me Alive as one of its “filthy 15” songs
Benji Webbe and the boys will hit the road again from October to November
Slayer guitarist Kerry King has said that the late Jeff Hanneman would have wanted the metal legends to stay together
Grab 'em while you can
Tool’s former bassist has explained how the prog metal icons’ “frustrating” songwriting led to him leaving the band
Armchair detectives have raided the ASCAP songwriting directory and potentially found details of a new Ghost track
Metallica frontman Papa Het continues to earn his stripes as the nicest man in metal
Slayer’s guitarist also reveals that the thrash metal giants turned down offers to come back “probably every month” for five years
In his decades fronting Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio and more, the little man with the huge voice made a great many friends – and more than a few enemies
Terry Slesser, singer with Paul Kossoff’s Back Street Crawler, recalls the days when AC/DC were a humble support act
In 2002, The Prince Of Darkness cleaned up his act for one night only, performing a Black Sabbath classic to help mark Elizabeth II’s Golden Jubilee
From Lamb Of God’s Randy Blythe and Suicidal Tendencies’ Mike Muir to an unknown Katy Perry, P.O.D are the kings of the collaboration – and here are the most memorable
From Slash and Dave Grohl to glamour models and 80s girl groups, Lemmy worked with ’em all
In 2013, Jason Newsted released Heavy Metal Music, the debut album by his band Newsted – proof that he was at ease with his own past
How cult stoner rock visionaries Kyuss made 1992’s classic Blues For The Red Sun
Linkin Park’s 2014 album The Hunting Party was their hardest-hitting album in years – and Metal Hammer found Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda up for the fight
As Weezer's 'Blue' album turns 30 we revisit the story of a true cult classic with Rivers Cuomo
Game designer John Romero shares how a love for metal inspired one of the most legendary shoot-em-ups of all time: 1993's Doom
AC/DC kicked off their first tour in eight years with a show in Germany. We were there
To All Trains, Shellac's first album in 10 years, is a worthy tribute to the force-of-nature that was Steve Albini
The first-ever headphones designed with metal fans in mind pack a punch and deliver beautiful slabs of sonic mayhem
Hypocrisy frontman Peter Tägtgren takes a break from singing about aliens and conspiracies to indulge electro-goth dancefloor fillers with side project Pain
After dipping their toes in the prog pool with 2020's Forgotten Days, Arkansas doom-mongers Pallbearer embrace experimental sounds with new album Mind Burns Alive
Slayer might have called it quits in 2019, but From Hell I Rise proves Kerry King still has a lot to say
The former Him lynchpin brings his VV project to a graceful close at London’s most prestigious music venue
Eye's debut album Dark Light sees the Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard vocalist experiment with dreampop, shoegaze and electronica
Hailing from Beijing and sounding like they come from outer space, China's OU are pushing boundaries with new album II: Frailty
Six years since their last album, Floridian death metal legends Deicide offer an infernal comeback on album no. 13
Alien Ant Farm produce an enjoyable, nostalgic comeback