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From watching Hatebreed cover Slayer in the rain to spectacular sets from King Diamond, Witch Club Satan, Sepultura and more, this is what it was like at Mystic Festival 2025 ...

Despite their popularity, Metallica is not a band exempt from this reputation, as they have had plenty of heavy or scary ...

Water From Your Eyes have announced a new album: It’s a Beautiful Place is set for release on August 22 via Matador. Today, the New York duo have previewed it with the nu-metal-inflected ‘Life Signs’, ...

Rock legend Iggy Pop surprised fans at a London concert as he made an exit to remember. After the 78-year-old's performance ...

Fresh off the heels of their latest EP release, the energy surrounding PPOP Kings SB19 shows no signs of slowing down. Just a week before they were set to ignite the stage for a two-night kickoff ...

establishing them as global ambassadors for Australian metal. The band’s latest single “Architects of Extinction” serves as a preview of their forthcoming album – watch the accompanying music video ...

If you want to feel like you’ve entered an enchanted, trance-like realm, then Within Temptation’s brand-new music video for their latest single, “Sing Like A Siren”, is assured to get you there. Out ...

Ranking All-You-Can-Eat Chain Buffets From Worst To First Is It Time to Say Goodbye to the Kitchen Island? Harvard grads cheer commencement speakers who urge the school to stand strong How Jack ...

Freddy Lim, the frontman of metal band Chthonic ... “Working with my partners in the Finnish music industry for a long time has made me have a special feeling for this country,” Lim wrote ...

Linkin Park’s debut album, 2000’s Hybrid Theory, catapulted the LA band to superstardom and helped shape 21st century metal. In 2001, Metal Hammer sat down with vocalist Chester Bennington and rapper ...

Metal fencing has been installed cordoning off ... There are an impressive 36 nights of music planned at The Piece Hall between June and the end of August. This year’s series kicks off with ...