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Agriculture: “As artists, we’re interested in finding the profound and the divine in everyday life”

Agriculture are one of the boldest bands in American black metal, but their grandstanding music is founded in the simple beauty of the world around them. On second album The Spiritual Sound, they’re digging deep through the spectrum of beauty and horror, stress and serenity swirling within…

Panic! At The Disco on A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out’s anniversary: “20 years deserves a proper celebration!”

As well as playing the album in full at When We Were Young next month, Panic! At The Disco tease that there are A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out anniversary box sets on the way.

Creeper have announced an intimate hometown album launch show

Wiliam Von Ghould’s horror-punks Creeper hit Southampton on October 30 to celebrate Sanguivore II: Mistress Of Death.

A7X postpone immediate tour dates due to M. Shadows suffering from a vocal fold hematoma

Avenged Sevenfold’s planned dates in South America, Mexico and Puerto Rico are getting pushed to “early next year” so frontman M. Shadows can go through “a couple weeks of voice rest and then a couple months of rehab”.

Ghost are teasing a U.S. arena tour

With concrete news likely arriving later today (September 29), various U.S. arenas are gearing up to announce the imminent return of Ghost…

“We wanna create this universe for people to step into”: How Castle Rat are putting the fantasy back into metal

All hail Castle Rat, the sword-wielding Brooklyn band making larger-than-life heavy metal with glorious gusto. As second album The Bestiary is unleashed, frontwoman Riley Pinkerton tells their story from low-budget beginnings to big-screen ambitions…

The Wonder Years announce No Closer To Heaven 10th anniversary tour

The Wonder Years will play 2015’s beloved No Closer To Heaven album in full (and more!) at four special UK dates in January.

Hear the brutal title-track from Kreator’s forthcoming Krushers Of The World album

German legends Kreator’s new album drops in January, and there’s a massive tour coming in spring.

The big review: Louder Than Life 2025

Kentucky fries as Bring Me The Horizon, Sleep Token, Slayer, Avenged Sevenfold, Deftones, Knocked Loose and more hit Louisville for four days of noise and sun at America’s hottest festival.

Meet Me @ The Altar return with new single, Straight Up (Needy)

After going independent and announcing a line-up change earlier this year, Meet Me @ The Altar are now back with new single Straight Up (Needy) from their upcoming EP Worried Sick.

VOWER announce second EP, A Storm Lined With Silver

Following last year’s apricity, VOWER will release their second EP in November, and it’s “about finding divinity, purity and positivity within chaos, madness and uncertainty”.

EP review: PRESIDENT – King Of Terrors

Mysterious alt. metallers PRESIDENT set out a compelling strategy to win hearts and minds with their enthralling first manifesto…

Watch YUNGBLUD perform Zombie on Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Fresh from wrapping up the North American leg of his Idols World Tour, YUNGBLUD hit Jimmy Kimmel Live! to perform Zombie.

Hear Judas Priest’s charity version of War Pigs with Ozzy Osbourne

Judas Priest and Ozzy Osbourne’s epic cover of War Pigs is raising money for The Glenn Tipton Parkinson’s Foundation and Cure Parkinson’s.

“There are no borders when it comes to music”: The story of BABYMETAL’s breakthrough

Before BABYMETAL took over the galaxy, they were three kids and a fox. With the release of their debut album and first tour with Lady Gaga, they began to break the shackles of the Earth, counting Bring Me The Horizon and Metallica as fans. The birth of a phenomenon? The start of an entirely new shape of things to come…

Artio have announced their new album, Soul Rot

Fresh from the release of their Cody Frost collab The Devil You Know earlier this month, Artio have confirmed they’ll be releasing a new record at the start of 2026.

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