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SATYRICON & THE NORWEGIAN NATIONAL OPERA CHORUS TO PERFORM AN EXCLUSIVE SHOW AT THE OSLO OPERA HOUSE!

Tue, 21 May 2013 08:00:24 +1000

Extreme metal icons, SATYRICON have always pushed boundaries and never conformed to what was 'expected'. That mindset continues to this day, as they are thrilled to announce a very special, exclusive show at Oslo Opera House on 8th September 2013, where t

AIRBOURNE // "WE ACTUALLY ENDED UP SETTING THE HOUSE ON FIRE" - RUNNIN' WILD PART 2!

Tue, 21 May 2013 07:00:21 +1000

Airbourne's Ryan & Joel O'Keeffe regale us with more chaotic rock & roll stories in Part 2 of Runnin' Wild. The guys talk about setting a house on fire, a death-defying trip to play a festival which included gettin

AIRBOURNE // 10 YEAR'S OF RUNNIN' WILD PART 1

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:58:08 +1000

We caught up with Airbourne's Joel & Ryan O'Keeffe to discuss some of the high points of their careers so far. The guys talk about the early days staying in sleazy motels, touring with Iron Maiden, what they want to achieve in the next 10 year's &a

AIRBOURNE UNLEASH NEW ALBUM 'BLACK DOG BARKING'!

Mon, 20 May 2013 02:48:14 +1000

Aussie party rockers Airbourne have unleashed their ferocious new album 'Black Dog Barking' on the world! The bands third studio album features their latest single & rebel rousing anthem 'Live It Up'. Airbourne will be playi

THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA // STUDIO UPDATE 2

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:02:10 +1000

The Devil Wears Prada & Metal Hammer bring us their second video installment from the studio. The band are currently working on the follow up to 2011s 'Dead Throne'. Make sure you are at this years Ghostfest to witness TDWP crush Ghostfest

AIRBOURNE // EXCLUSIVE AIRBOURNE CURATED PARTY PLAYLIST!

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:11:17 +1000

Aussie party monsters Airbourne have supplied us with a playlist of their favourite tunes to help kick start our weekend! Cli

ROADRUNNER RECORDS A-Z OF BRUTALITY // ANNIHILATOR

Fri, 17 May 2013 05:17:38 +1000

Welcome to our new weekly feature - Roadrunner Records A-Z Of Brutality. Each week we will cover a classic RR band & shed some light on some vicious bangers from the past! As this audio archaeology will be undertaken in alphabet

WIN A PAIR OF STANDARD FULL WEEKEND + CAMPING TICKETS FOR BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR FESTIVAL HEADLINED BY KING DIAMOND, SLAYER & LAMB OF GOD!

Thu, 16 May 2013 04:49:23 +1000

In conjunction with the awesome guys at Bloodstock Open Air Festival we are giving away a pair of standard full weekend + camping tickets. All you have to do to enter is head to our

Thu, 16 May 2013 03:39:56 +1000

At this year's Revolver Golden Gods Awards in Los Angeles Jo Schuftan of HornsUpRocks briefly interviewed Slipknot's M. Shawn "Clown" Crahan and Chris Fehn before they entered show. Clown alluded to Slipknot having something bi

CHECK OUT THE DOWNLOAD 2013 STAGE TIMES FOR YOUR FAVOURITE ROADRUNNER BANDS RIGHT HERE!

Thu, 16 May 2013 03:01:21 +1000

With Download Festival 2013 only a month away the announcement this morning of the stage times has sent our excitement levels through the roof! Here are the stage times for all the Roadrunner bands smashing Donington this summer. See you in the pi

LAMB OF GOD // 'BE CAREFULLY' RANDY BLYTHE POSTS THOUGHT PROVOKING & MOVING ESSAY

Wed, 15 May 2013 09:02:43 +1000

Before Lamb Of God take to the road for the first time since Randy Blythe was found not guilty for the manslaughter of Daniel Nosek at a show in 2010, the frontman has released a powerful & moving essay titled 'Be carefully' on

MACHINE HEAD // FAN SELECTED SPOTIFY PLAYLIST!

Wed, 15 May 2013 07:57:37 +1000

We asked all the Head Cases out there to request their favourite Machine Head songs for a fan curated Spotify playlist and here it is for you to bang your heads to! Fan's submitted there requests via Facebook & Twitter. This is the second fan curat

SLIPKNOT // SID WILSON REVEALS NEW MASK!

Wed, 15 May 2013 02:46:21 +1000

At the beginning of the week rumours began to circulate the internet that Slipknot DJ Sid Wilson had revealed a new mask whilst on stage at OzzFest Japan. It was verified by Slipknot last night that #0 certainly does have a very eerie looking

AIRBOURNE // TRACK BY TRACK VIDEO PREMIERES ON MUSIC RADAR "

Tue, 14 May 2013 07:55:10 +1000

Brothers Joel & Ryan O'Keeffe of Aussie party rockers Airbourne take us through their new album track by track in this new video courtesy of

OPETH // MIKAEL AKERFELDT INTERVIEW "I LOVE METAL. THAT'S WHY I GET UPSET WITH IT SOMETIMES"

Tue, 14 May 2013 05:11:59 +1000

Mikael Åkerfeldt of Opeth was recently interviewed for the Brutalitopia Podcast which you can listen to right here! Mikael talks about the bands current North America tour, the evolving set-list, his frustrations with contemporary metal, what 'me

GOJIRA // ANNOUNCED FOR BLOODSTOCK 2013!

Tue, 14 May 2013 04:12:20 +1000

BLOODSTOCK are thrilled to announce that French super-heavyweights and Metal Hammer Golden God Award ‘Best Live Band' nominees, GOJIRA, have been added to the Saturday line-up. Still basking in plaudits for current album, ‘L'Enfant Sauvage

HEARTIST // ROCK SOUND PREMIERE NEW VIDEO 'WHERE DID I GO WRONG?'

Mon, 13 May 2013 08:16:35 +1000

After successfully blowing away audiences across the country on the Killswitch Engage tour, Heartist have now premiered their new video 'Where Did I Go Wrong?' with Rock Sound. The song is taken from the Californian quintets self-pro

STREAM THE NEW AIRBOURNE ALBUM 'BLACK DOG BARKING' EXCLUSIVELY WITH METAL HAMMER!

Mon, 13 May 2013 07:22:08 +1000

Metal Hammer are exclusively streaming the new Airbourne album 'Black Dog Barking' in full. Click here to listen now, 1 week before the album is officially released! 'Black Dog Barking' is the bands 3rd studio album & features the single 'Live It U

BANG YOUR HEADS WITH THE ROADRUNNER MONDAY MOSHTAPE ON SPOTIFY!

Mon, 13 May 2013 04:21:59 +1000

This weeks Monday Moshtape Spotify playlist is now live & ready for your ears! Thank you to everyone that requested songs to be included on our Facebook &am

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE // ANSWER MORE FAN QUESTIONS IN NEW VIDEO. "I DON'T THINK I WANTED SOMEONE ELSE TO BE SINGING IN THAT BAND" JESSE LEACH!

Thu, 09 May 2013 09:40:15 +1000

We have just about recovered enoough from the intense onslaught that was the Killswitch Engage UK tour to be able to bring you part 2 of the Fan Q&A with Adam D. & Jesse Leach. Joined by more friends this time the guys discuss Jesse's