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The Clash were one of the defining British punk bands, but by 1983 they were in disarray, with guitarist Mick…
Get the new issue of Metal Hammer with an exclusive Loathe cover and t-shirt designed by bassist Feisal El-Khazragi
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Metal Hammer has teamed up with Merseyside avant-garde metalcore crew Loathe to put together an exclusive bundle.Available exclusively via the…
Our label boss has been hounding us to put it on vinyl and we gave in. Kneecaps 2018 mixtape 3CAG to get first vinyl release
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Kneecap will release their first mixtape on vinyl for the first time next month.Featuring live favourites C.E.A.R.T.A. and Your Sniffer…
She eyes me like a Pisces when I am weak. The story behind Nirvanas darkest and most disturbing love song, Heart-Shaped Box
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In July 1993, following Nirvana’s show at New York’s Roseland Ballroom during the annual New Music Seminar, Kurt Cobain sat…
The romantic tale of a man who seduces a young lady at a Bavarian shooting party and makes love with her in a pig barn. 10 Faith No More deep cuts which perfectly capture their subversive, maverick spirit
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The recent news of Faith No More’s imminent return to action came as a wonderful surprises for those of us…
To all intents and purposes, it was a disaster. I wanted to kick my habit, I didnt want to kick it. A wasted singer, a bizarre producer and a real-life Sex Pistol: how Megadeth made thrash metals most chaotic album
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At the start of 1988, Megadeth stood on the edge of the precipice, ready to plummet. Since the release of…
I felt like when I finished the Riot! record and we listened back, that we had created this monster that was built like a British tank: How Paramore blazed a unique trail in the world of 2000s emo
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Staring at a printout of the day’s schedule, Paramore vocalist Hayley Williams lets out a scream that’s equal parts excitement…
Its time to herd goats. Ministry announce Goodbye Europe farewell tour, share animated video for Burned Out, the first single from their final album Hate To Go (Take Out Or Delivery)
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Ministry have announced dates for the European leg of their farewell world tour. Earlier today Al Jourgensen’s band shared an…
Ive entered a time in my life where I wanted to create something I could conduct and drive. Clown from Slipknot launches new website and new side project O Day Monster, debuting with a single thats light years removed from metal
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M. Shawn Crahan, aka Slipknot percussionist and founding father Clown, has launched an intriguing new side project, O’ Day Monster,…
I still cant believe that hes not with us. There will never be another Ozzy. Black Sabbaths Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward share reflections on Ozzy Osbourne on the first anniversary of their friends passing
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Black Sabbath’s surviving members Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward have shared their reflections on the loss of their…
When I started out I thought: Ill be able to play guitar, drink, take drugs and shag as many women as I can! But we ended up in the prog vein: Pye Hastings lifelong urges
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In 2012, Pye Hastings reflected on Caravan’s 1973 album For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night – and a…
In 2016 Grammy-nominated blues rock singer Beth Hart named Les Claypool as her prog hero. At the same time she…