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The big review: Bloodstock Open Air 2025

Four days of bottomless beer, bin-jousting and blasphemy underline that Catton Park is the UK’s premier destination to bang your head as Bloodstock Open Air returns for its biggest edition yet…

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Wacken festival has announced the first wave of bands for 2026

Lamb Of God, Def Leppard, In Flames and loads more will be appearing at the German metal bonanza's 35th birthday next summer

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Heavy metal on ice and mosh-pits in hot tubs: What happened onboard 70,000 Tons Of Metal

61 bands. 3,000 metalheads. One heavy-as-hell boat from Florida headed to Jamaica and back again. We cruise to headbanger heaven aboard 70,000 Tons Of Metal 2025…

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Green Day, Lorna Shore, Emperor, Electric Callboy and more announced for Norway’s Tons Of Rock festival

Tons Of Rock takes place at the end of June… that’s quite close to Download Festival, innit?

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Album review: Ihsahn – Ihsahn

Norwegian black metal legend Ihsahn continues to boldly go where others wouldn’t think to on eighth solo offering…

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The big review: IBARAKI – Rashomon

Trivium’s Matt Heafy recruits Gerard Way, Ihsahn and Nergal for his black metal project IBARAKI.

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Trivium’s Matt Heafy launches first single from long-awaited black metal project IBARAKI

The first single from Matt Heafy’s black metal project IBARAKI has finally arrived – watch the video for Tamashii No Houkai, featuring Ihsahn of Emperor, now.

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The 50 best albums from 2001

From Slipknot and Sum 41 to Tool and Tenacious D, we rank the greatest albums from the year 2001…

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Remembering when an unknown metal band sent Britain into a Satanic panic

What caused four metal fans from Kent to go on a rampage in 1994?

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The story of black metal in 14 songs

From deepest darkest Newcastle to the frostbitten north and beyond, this is your whistle-stop tour of black metal in 14 songs.

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Ihsahn: “A black metal artist allowing someone to tell them what to do? Nobody wants that…”

Ihsahn discusses Emperor, the scary days of black metal and progressing as a solo artist…

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Why Emperor's In The Nightside Eclipse Is The Most Important Black Metal Album

In 1994, Emperor changed the black metal game with the incredible In The Nightside Eclipse

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EP Review: Ihsahn – Telemark

Emperor mainman Ihsahn indulges himself on the first of a series of EPs...

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Emperor's Ihsahn Talks Early Years Of Norwegian Black Metal Scene In Our Latest Inside Story Video

A slice of black metal history, right here.

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Black Metal Legend Ihsahn Launches Our New YouTube Series

Do you remember the first time? That moment when you heard music that made you feel genuinely alive? We do. And so does every single musician that Kerrang! speaks to.

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Bloodstock Festival 2018 Adds Emperor, Nails And Devildriver

The UK's premier metal festival adds some big hitters to the 2018 line-up.

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The 50 Heaviest Albums Of All Time

Machine Head? Pantera? Rammstein? Metallica? Yep, they’re all damn heavy. Be prepared to give yourself a serious bangover…

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