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Original Iron Maiden singer Paul Di'Anno dies aged 66

Iron Maiden released a statement saying that Di'Anno's contributions to their early sound “helped set us on the path we have been travelling as a band for almost five decades."

22/10/2024

Culture news

Album anniversaries: Three records to celebrate in March 2024

From lush Mancunian rock-pop to sinister synth-metal, via the greatest hip-hop album ever made, here's our pick of the three albums celebrating a major anniversary this month.

03/03/2024

Culture news

Album anniversaries: Three records to celebrate in February 2024

From feverish indie soundscapes to 90s Californian alt-rock via melodic stadium anthems, here's our pick of the three albums celebrating a major anniversary this month.

07/02/2024

Culture news

Rammstein announce plans to tour Europe stadiums in 2024

The announcement follows the news this summer that investigations into the alleged sexual assaults by frontman Till Lindemann were dropped by prosecutors.

11/10/2023

Culture news

Germany drops sexual offences investigation into Rammstein's Lindemann

Germany has dropped its investigation into accusations of sexual offences by Rammstein frontman Till Lindemann.

29/08/2023

Culture news

International Strange Music Day: 7 genres you've never heard of

In honour of International Strange Music Day, here's a list of 7 niche genres to explore. But how many of them have you heard of?

24/08/2023

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WATCH: Heavy rain mires world's top heavy music festival

As 85,000 headbangers prepare to descend on the world's top heavy metal festival in northern Germany, organisers ask fans to stay away due to bad weather.

02/08/2023

Culture news

What are the Heavy Metal Knitting World Championships?

The knitting and heavy metal championship was held in Finland, but what do contestants actually do?

12/07/2022

Culture news

Stranger Things has now introduced Gen Z to Metallica

Master of Puppets is back in the charts again after featuring in a Stranger Things episode. The 80s aesthetic show has already given a similar boost to Kate Bush.

08/07/2022

Culture news

This music festival has an innovative way of tackling sexual violence

The French heavy metal festival Hellfest has come up with a creative way of combating sexual and gender-based violence.

23/06/2022

Culture news

Dee Snider is down with Ukrainians using 'We're not gonna take it'

The 1984 hit is a staple protest song, but will Ukrainians take it on?

02/03/2022

USA

Slipknot founding drummer Joey Jordison dies at 46

Slipknot would become one of the bands credited with keeping hard rock alive and vital in the late 1990s and early 2000s, with grunge-era bands aging and fading.

28/07/2021

Romania

Cure 'em all: Metallica give €250k for children's hospital in Romania

US heavy metal band Metallica have donated €250,000 for the construction of a paediatric hospital in Romania.

15/08/2019

Finland

Watch: Heavy Metal Knitting World Championships from Finland

The Heavy Metal Knitting World Championships are set to begin in Joensuu, Finland.

11/07/2019

Cult

Love heavy metal? Head to Wacken!

The Wacken Open Air heavy metal festival is again sold out as the 28th edition begins in Germany.

03/08/2017

Cult

Entertainment world reacts to death of Linkin Park frontman, Chester Bennington

Stars from the world of entertainment pay tribute to Linkin Park frontman who has died of apparent suicide by hanging at the age of 41.

21/07/2017

USA

Kiss frontman Gene Simmons wants to trademark "devil horns" gesture

Kiss frontman Gene Simmon's bid to trademark the hard rock "devil horns" salute as his creation is being ridiculed

17/06/2017

Germany

Festival's beer pipeline set to be music to the ears of metalheads

27/05/2017

Cult

Metallica are back and 'Hardwired... To Self-Destruct"

Metallica are back after eight years.

18/11/2016

World News

The Eagles of Death Metal make an emotional return to Bataclan

The Eagles Of Death Metal have made an emotional return to Bataclan. 130 people died in coordinated militant attacks in the French capital on

08/12/2015