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10 bands that prove 2000trees is hotbed of exciting new talent

Alongside headliners Neck Deep, Alkaline Trio and Funeral For A Friend, 2000trees' line-up remains one of celebrating new, young, hungry artists. These are just some of our tips to see at this year's festival before they make a break for the big time...

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Emma Ruth Rundle announces new album These Killing Times and unveils new single Powerless

“This song - like most of the songs on These Killing Times - is a reaction to the horrors we are seeing laid bare on a daily basis," Emma Ruth Rundle declares as she returns to a full-band set-up and shares new single Powerless.

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Jamie Lenman returns with new single You’re Nothing and announces Bandcamp-only album, Puke

Jamie's new banger is about “the kind of bigot who absolutely can't help themselves from spouting hurtful nonsense, and taking them down a peg”

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Meet the most metal wrestler in WWE

From vampires to undertakers, WWE has had its fair share metal-adjacent characters over the years, but recent NXT signing Lizzy Rain has heavy music in her blood. Here, the London-born headbanger explains how a love of rock and metal has impacted her life and career, and ultimately made her childhood dream come true...

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Album review: Siiickbrain – HOUNDSTOOTH

On her second album as Siiickbrain, Caroline Miner Smith’s vision of dark, seductive party music is assured but not exactly watertight

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Weezer announce new self-titled album and release Wednesday collab We Might As Well Be Strangers

After the Blue, Green, Red, White, Teal, and Black albums, Weezer's new self-titled - presumably nicknamed the Gold Album - will arrive in August and they've also released the single We Might As Well Be Strangers.

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Album review: Guilt Trip – Armour Of Angels

Brit hardcore’s top-dogs-in-waiting’s third album is so good that wait may just be over

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DevilDriver bring the PMA with energetic new single Dead In The Water

"I needed to empower others to do the same as I did, and tell them to ‘stay the course,’" says Dez Fafara as DevilDriver release new single Dead In The Water - and it'll certainly give you some fighting spirit.

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The Pretty Reckless: “Music can immortalise people. It’ll exist long after I’m dead, after the people I love are gone, and that’s a really beautiful thing”

As The Pretty Reckless gear up for their fifth album, Dear God, Taylor Momsen is in a reflective mood. Sitting down with Kerrang! in London, the effortlessly cool vocalist looks back on the realities of a life lived in the spotlight, the friends she's lost along the way, and why rock'n'roll will never die...

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Listen to REZN’s new single Rites Of Passage

Ahead of new album Cycles in The Infinite Dream landing next month, REZN have shared another preview in the form of the single Rites Of Passage.

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Citizen mourn a dying relationship on new single Halcyon Blues

Halcyon Blues is the title track from Citizen's forthcoming album - give it a listen here.

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WREX announce biggest headline tour yet including first shows in Europe

WREX are celebrating their new EP SADWORLD with some big new shows across the UK and Europe this autumn...

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Meryl Streek shares Crass collab Rotten Fruit, announces new album Stories They Don’t Teach You At School

“I, along with many others, wouldn't be doing this music without Steve’s years of work and to have him on this track with me means a lot," Meryl Streek says as Crass' Steve Ignorant jumps aboard his new single Rotten Fruit.

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Check out Witchsorrow’s wicked new single Hades Chains featuring Svalbard's Serena Cherry

Witchsorrow have unveiled the second single from forthcoming album The Devil And All His Works, with a guest appearance from Svalbard's Serena Cherry - check out Hades Chains here.

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"My initial interest generally came from that destructive, chaotic boy energy, which metal fits so well": The Life Less Ordinary of Converge's Kurt Ballou

Guitarist, producer, instrument maker… Kurt Ballou has established himself as a focal point in the landscape of heavy music. As his legendary hardcore band Converge get set to unleash their second album of the year, he talks us through his formative experiences....

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Cancer Bats set to headline Marshall’s Made Of Loud tour

Cancer Bats are heading across the UK with Ignite and Knives in tow on Marshall's inaugural Made Of Loud tour, which is celebrating the country's regional grassroots music venues.

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