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The People Vs. Opeth: The Swedish prog-metal kings on games, ABBA, and how much of a dictator Mikael Åkerfeldt is

We asked you to send in your questions for Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt and Fredrik Åkesson. It was less sensible than their music…

Cody Frost drops new EP featuring collabs with Josh Franceschi and Heriot’s Debbie Gough

Listen to Cody Frost’s new ANATOMY EP, featuring You Me At Six’s Josh Franceschi on the song CUT YOU OFF and Heriot’s Debbie Gough on BLOODSUCKA.

Earth, Pallbearer, Conan and loads more added to Desertfest 2025 line-up

Desertfest have just unveiled 20 fresh bands for next year, including Earth, Pallbearer, Conan and more.

Album review: Hidden Mothers – Erosion/Avulsion

Black metal meets the darkest emo on bruising and bruised debut from Sheffield’s Hidden Mothers.

Listen to Silent Child’s hopeful new single, Pressure

Genre-busting multi-instrumentalist Silent Child has dropped a new single about how, “Crossing a bridge that takes everything, but promises everything and more on the other side…”

The Raven Age combine “all the best bits” of their sound on new single The Guillotine

Stream The Raven Age’s new single The Guillotine, which guitarist George Harris calls a “straight-up hard-hitting rock song with a sprinkle of metal in there for good measure”.

Watch Cassyette’s screamcore cover of Disease by Lady Gaga

See Cassyette giving Disease the heavy treatment, with Lady Gaga herself saying that she’s “obsessed” with the cover.

See Linkin Park give Two Faced its live debut in epic new video

Linkin Park have released an exhilarating live video of Two Faced, from their recent show(s) in São Paulo…

Electric Callboy announce world tour, including a stop at London’s Alexandra Palace

Electric Callboy will be hitting the road in 2025 (and 2026!), and they promise that they’ve been “working hard on new material and special surprises”.

Watch Bring Me The Horizon go into detail about the “modern emo” sound of POST HUMAN: NeX GEn

See Oli Sykes, Lee Malia and producer Dan Lancaster hit the Tape Notes Podcast for a brilliantly nerdy discussion about their latest album, and particularly breaking down Top 10 staTues tHat CriEd bloOd.

Travis Barker reveals he’s recorded two albums in the past two months

blink-182 drummer Travis Barker has been very busy in the studio since the band got back from tour…

“We’ve created a beautiful monster”: Listen to the debut single from Trash Faint

Rising UK acts DEAR TASH, Tom Saint and CRASHFACE have just launched a new project together, Trash Faint (we see what you did there…)

Album review: Ulver – Liminal Animals

Oslo shapeshifters Ulver continue their synth experimentation on umpteenth album, Liminal Animals.

The Prodigy and RAYE are headlining Boardmasters 2025

The first wave of bands for next year’s Boardmasters has been revealed, and The Prodigy are one of the headliners!

The Home Team: “Be true to yourself and your tastes. If you hone your art as much as possible, you will create something that is unique”

They say that hard work pays off, and for Seattle’s purveyors of heavy pop The Home Team, they’re finally reaping the rewards after more than a decade toiling away. With a career-best album in their arsenal and a sold-out UK tour on the horizon, we sit down with mainman Brian Butcher to reflect on how they got here and why they had to keep on pushing – even when all felt lost…

VOWER follow 2024 debut EP with huge new single, Satellites

Watch the video for VOWER’s new single Satellites, which was “inspired by the feeling of being far from someone or something you love”.

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