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“The rest of the band saw something there, something real from deep inside”: James Hetfield says that Mama Said was never meant to be a Metallica song

The Load country ballad was supposed to be a personal piece that Metallica’s frontman kept to himself, according to a recently unearthed 1996 interview

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10 classic rock and metal tunes you (probably) forgot were released as movie tie-ins

From U2 in a Batman movie to Korn in Tomb Raider and Slayer in Dracula, these songs have outshone the movies they were first featured in

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“Someone made up something and said, ‘If you believe in this, you’ll be better off when you die’”: Paradise Lost won’t offer any religious enlightenment on new album Ascension

Singer Nick Holmes talks to Metal Hammer about Paradise Lost’s new music, dealing with depression, and why the band aren’t returning to electronica any time soon

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Metal Hammer has teamed with rock festival Radar to design the cat pyjamas your wardrobe is incomplete without

Get your paws on a neon set of kitty PJs via the Louder webstore – and do it quickly, because we only have 50!

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Javier Bardem once saw a Bruce Springsteen show with Brad Pitt after being invited along by Bono, is cooler than you in every way

The No Country For Old Men star also reveals the long list of metal bands he loves, after being spotted at a Judas Priest concert last year

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Korn say Sleep Token “shut up” the haters with Download festival headline set: “They went bigger than a Slipknot stage”

Brian “Head” Welch and James “Munky” Shaffer think that Sleep Token proved the doubters wrong with their show at the UK’s biggest rock/metal extravaganza last week

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"This line-up represents the present and future of heavy music." Trivium announce Ascend Above The Ashes tour with Jinjer and Heriot in support

Trivium will kick off their North American tour on Halloween

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"Clone me, you bastards!": If you've ever wanted to clone Ozzy Osbourne for future generations to enjoy, we have good news

The DNA is now available to purchase, attached to cans of Liquid Death iced tea consumed by the Prince Of Darkness himself

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"They could be on the brink of becoming the next big shock success story in heavy music." Malevolence have put together another absolute crusher of a record with Where Only The Truth Is Spoken

Lacking big, fat riffs in your diet? The new Malevolence album has you covered

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8 things we learned at Download Festival 2025

From Spiritbox and President to Cradle Of Filth, Anaal Nathrakh and erm, The Vengaboys, these are the bands that ruled and defined Download Festival 2025

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"We gotta leave some at the back for the party, baby!" Watch Linkin Park singer Emily Armstrong shave a fan's head live on stage at Rock For People festival

One fan held up a sign during Linkin Park's Rock For People set with a surprising request - and Emily was happy to oblige

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"I would be trying to convince my friends who are listening to Mariah Carey and Backstreet Boys to listen to Black Sabbath." Lzzy Hale on why it was "different" for her growing up as a Black Sabbath fan

Halestorm frontwoman Lzzy's taste in music made her something of an outcast as school

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"This is so beautiful." Turnstile fly high in the summer rain with superb headline performance at Outbreak London

Turnstile Summer is officially go, as the Baltimore hardcore crew smash it at Outbreak festival in east London

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Watch Nine Inch Nails play Closer, Head Like A Hole and Hurt on the opening night of their Peel It Back world tour

Nine Inch Nails played their first live show since 2022 last night, June 15, in Dublin. Watch footage, and see the setlist, here

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Watch latest masked metal sensations President play their first ever show at Download this past weekend

Mystery masked metallers President take a big leaf out of Sleep Token's book and draw a packed-out crowd at Download

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"We’ve been up, we’ve been down...now look where we are!" Korn have finally headlined Download - and it was an absolute triumph

Metal legends Korn have finally taken the spot they deserve - and to the surprise of no one, they absolutely smashed it

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"If you were there, you’ll probably be talking about it for years to come." Orbit Culture might have just given Download a taste of metal's next major breakout band

Orbit Culture follow in the footsteps of Trivium and Five Finger Death Punch at Download festival

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"Once you hear their stories, it's hard to not love them." Metallica pay tribute to the "deep emotional human stories" shared by fans, at the premiere of their Metallica Saved My Life documentary

Metallica Saved My Life premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival, with the band and director Jonas Åkerlund in attendance

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"Like it or not, Sleep Token are the metal sensation of the decade." Vessel and pals prove their doubters wrong during spellbinding Download headline set

Sleep Token confirm their status as the biggest thing to hit metal in a generation

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“The more successful we become, the lonelier it gets”: Why your favourite British metal bands are breaking up

UK metal beloveds Svalbard, Orange Goblin and Ithaca will all split in the coming months. Their reasons why hint at a grim future for the country’s alternative artists.

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Here's what Sleep Token played at their first ever Download headline set (videos inside)

Sleep Token made history by headlining Download festival for the first time - here's what they played

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YouTube instructor claims Slash learned some blues guitar by watching his videos

“There were some really cool blues-style techniques that he learned from some of my stuff,” says Marty Schwartz, whose guitar tutorial channel boasts more than 4.5 million subscribers

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“The goal was to die onstage!” Why retirement is a four-letter word for Metallica’s Kirk Hammett

Metallica’s lead guitarist tells Metal Hammer he doesn’t “believe” in the idea of willingly stepping away from music

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"Obviously, I’m gonna buy him a beer or two or three." Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell thanks stem cell donor after getting cancer all clear

Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell's cancer is in remission for first time since 2013 diagnosis

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"This is a band reaching the apex of their powers." Within Temptation blow Download away with a theatrical, emotional set

Within Temptation have a hard task trying to draw Weezer's crowd away, but those who have turned up have been treated to something special

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