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In pictures: The opening night of Black Sabbath – The Ballet in Birmingham

Black Sabbath – The Ballet made its world premiere in Birmingham (where else?) over the weekend, with Sharon Osbourne in attendance and Tony Iommi even shredding onstage…

In pictures: While She Sleeps’ magical headline show at London’s Alexandra Palace

On Saturday night, While She Sleeps hit Ally Pally with Bury Tomorrow and Polaris for one of the most thrilling heavy shows of the year. This is what it looked like…

In pictures: Sydney Sprague’s album launch at Zia Records

See how Sydney Sprague celebrated the release of Somebody In Hell Loves You at her home state’s Zia Records in Arizona over the weekend.

“A guy on a dirtbike was firing a semi-automatic gun outside a show”: 13 Questions with Municipal Waste’s Tony Foresta

Witnessing mad street violence, injuring his knee working at WrestleMania, and watching the Super Bowl on John Travolta’s yacht – Municipal Waste frontman Tony Foresta faces K!’s 13 Questions to relive some of his most unbelievable moments…

BVDLVD: “It’s a beautiful thing when you crack a troll”

A trap-metal prodigy he may be, but Josh Pearman stands for more than unadulterated chaos. Meet the mind behind the troll-busting, face-melting phenomenon that is BVDLVD…

Guilt Trip: “We’re trying to see how far we can push the sound we have”

Backed by Malevolence and with a clear idea of who they are and what they want to achieve, things are on the up for Manchester’s Guilt Trip. And with second album Severance, they’re a band hungry for even more…

Blood Command: “It’s like this army of outcasts finding their place in the world”

When her old band Pagan split, it was almost the final straw for Nikki Brumen. Then she got an offer from the other side of the world from Blood Command, who shared her grief, her ambitions, and her fascination with cults…

While She Sleeps and Bury Tomorrow: “The mission is for everyone to leave going, ‘Holy crap, that was the show of the year’”

While She Sleeps and Bury Tomorrow have been big lads of British metal for well over a decade. They’ve also been kindred spirits from the beginning. As they prepare to hit Ally Pally together, Loz Taylor and Dani Winter-Bates look back at their roots, touring in illegally tricked-out vans, defying death onstage, and how they’re going to make the London mega-show a night to remember…

Poppy: “Every day I wake up, I want to push myself to do something that I haven’t done the day before”

Not simply unafraid of polarising art, but actually very much in favour of it, Poppy has always done things her own uniquely fascinating way. And on fifth album Zig, she’s succeeded in doing things “different in a way that I’ve never done before” – from incorporating her dance background for the first time, to reaching new levels of vulnerability in her lyrics…

Polaris’ Jamie Hails: The 10 songs that changed my life

Polaris are one of Australia’s most exciting metalcore bands. But what’s shaped the taste of vocalist Jamie Hails? Everything from Swedish pop to Californian punk rock…

Jared Leto: “Even on the darkest day there’s still a little hope in the world”

Thirty Seconds To Mars’ enigmatic leader Jared Leto takes us on a winding, tangent-filled journey into beauty, darkness, hope, family and how the never-ending passage of time affects his art.

In pictures: grandson’s dazzling two-night Camden takeover

Here’s what went down at the two-night London leg of grandson’s recent I Love You, I’m Trying UK tour…

Delaire The Liar’s Ffin Colley: The 10 songs that changed my life

From crying over Daughter to “ripping awful solos” to Deep Purple, Delaire The Liar vocalist Ffin Colley reveals the music that has impacted his life the most…

Corey Taylor: “You either take advantage of what you’ve got going on now, embrace it and live in that moment, or you watch it fade away”

Author. Presenter. Musician. Plus actor. There’s nothing Corey Taylor can’t do, and with new solo album CMF2 he’s fully seized the opportunity to flex his creative muscles. Meeting The Great Big Mouth in London, we get into his ’70s-inspired process, how it differs to Slipknot, and what his younger self would make of it all…

While She Sleeps: “It’s scary releasing something like this… but we want to f*cking upset some people!”

Back in February, While She Sleeps teased that they were working on new music and that, “Everything will change.” Now armed with the total curveball that is SELF HELL and a record to follow in 2024, the band reveal all about their bold next chapter…

Busted: “The new bands coming out now have been quite vocal about how influenced they were by us… it’s really humbling”

Bringing together the likes of Neck Deep, You Me At Six, Bowling For Soup, Simple Plan and more, Busted’s new Greatest Hits 2.0 album is one massive pop-punk party. And with alternative music changing “in a really positive way” since the band’s emergence 20 years ago, they’re now finally feeling the love…

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