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Nervosa: Iron Will

Many bands have had to endure significant changes to their lineups within the world of heavy metal. Trash and death

There’s a strange kind of limbo that exists in the weeks before an album release. The music is finished, the

Ask Randy Blythe whether LAMB OF GOD’s headline set at Bloodstock 2026 might bring a special set celebrating the twentieth

Oxfordshire riff conjurers DESERT STORM have been delivering heavy weight rhythms and colossal sounds for the past nineteen years. Since

Over the years, we have witnessed bands release material so wildly inventive that it feels unfathomable that it could have

Returning to your roots is a saying that some might find cliché, yet the majority will agree is a tried-and-true

“Metalcore is still like a curse word to some people,” says Finnish guitarist Tuomas Kurikka, when explaining why his band

Few know him as James McBain; to most, he is the genius behind blackened speed metal band HELLRIPPER and leader

A band’s change in sound and style can spark for any reason within the group. Sometimes it’s the influences around

“My body to the worms, the wind whistles through my bones, my grave an unmarked stone, and finally I’m alone”.