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1. They Nearly Weren’t Called Black Sabbath 🧛 Picture it: Birmingham, late 60s. The air stinks of factory smoke, beer, and fried onions. Four lads — Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward, and a certain John “Ozzy” Osbourne — are grafting away in a blues outfit with the distinctly un-metal name Polka Tulk Blues Band. They shortened it to Earth, which sounded cooler, but...

If you’ve ever been told “rock is dead,” you’ve got my permission to laugh right in their face and then dropkick them gently into the nearest mosh pit. Because metal doesn’t just live, it tours — endlessly. From stadiums packed with 80,000 screaming fans to sweaty clubs where the walls drip condensation (and probably other things best left unnamed), these bands prove...

There are songs you listen to… and then there are songs that erupt like volcanic chaos when blasted to 50,000 metalheads under floodlights. Stadium anthems need riffs the size of mountains, choruses that even your nan can yell, and enough groove to make a mosh pit look like the Battle of Helm’s Deep. So c’mon butt, let’s run down the 10 best metal songs guaranteed...

🎤 Setting the Scene – From Stadium Glory to Pub-Sized Pandemonium When Metallica walked off stage at Villa Park back in July for Ozzy’s Back to the Beginning homecoming show, you’d think that was the mic-drop moment. Seventy-thousand Brummies howling Sabbath hymns, Ozzy carried on shoulders like a riff-soaked saint – that’s legacy carved in granite. But no. Metallica being Metallica, they’ve pulled a...

Picture it: 1985. Reagan’s America. Big hair, bigger riffs, and MTV blasting into teenage bedrooms like a neon sledgehammer. 🕺 But while kids were cranking Mötley Crüe and Madonna, a group of pearl-clutching Washington wives decided rock had gone too far. Enter the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC), led by none other than Tipper Gore. And what did they do? They cooked up...

It was one of those spine-tingling live moments you can’t rehearse, butt. At his Los Angeles show this week, Yungbludstunned the crowd with an emotional cover of Black Sabbath’s Changes — a song forever tied to the heart and soul of Birmingham’s finest, and of course, the Prince of Darkness himself, Ozzy Osbourne. 🦇 As soon as those delicate piano chords kicked in, the...

If you’ve ever been in a sweaty tent at 3am, bass rattling your ribcage, and suddenly heard “I’m gonna send him to outer space…” you already know the chaos that’s about to unfold. The Prodigy’s 1992 rave missile “Out of Space” is one of those tunes that still detonates dancefloors, fields, and dodgy afterparties like a nuclear blast. But here’s...

Drummers are a strange breed, mun. While most of us would be happy with a five-piece kit and a couple of cymbals, there are those unhinged legends who decided: “Nah, I want a drum kit so big it needs its own postcode, lorry, and possibly an EU import license.” From prog rock professors to metal maniacs dangling upside down, here’s...

On August 29th, 1958, a star was born in Gary, Indiana. By the time June 25th, 2009 rolled around, that star had already burned brighter than almost any other in music history. Michael Jackson wasn’t just a singer. He wasn’t just a dancer. He wasn’t just an entertainer. He was a force of nature – a one-man cultural hurricane who moonwalked across the planet and...

Rock ‘n’ roll isn’t just about screaming guitars, pyro, and dodgy leather trousers — it’s also about who’s laughing all the way to the bank while you’re still paying off your Download bar tab. So, what’s occurring with the Scorpions’ net worth? Who’s the richest of these German riff-slingers? Let’s crack open the vault, mun. 💰🎸 💎 The Richest Scorpion...

When it comes to wrestling, the line between entertainment and reality is usually blurred on purpose. Heels (the villains of the squared circle) are supposed to rile up the crowd, say outrageous things, and get people talking. But on Monday Night Raw in Birmingham this past week, WWE’s Becky Lynch may have gone a step too far—and Kelly Osbourne wasn’t...

Breaking Benjamin have shared some tough news with fans: longtime drummer Shaun Foist has made the brave decision to step away from the road to focus on his health. Shaun revealed that he’s been battling Hashimoto’s disease since 2017 — a condition that’s brought fatigue, stiffness, weight changes, and serious complications while playing. During the band’s Awaken the Fallen tour, his leg fatigue reached the point...

Well butt, it’s official – Kendal Calling 2026 is already shaping up to be a monster. The tickets have been vanishing quicker than a pint at last orders, and if you’ve been dithering, you might already be out of luck. Let’s break it down… 🚨 Ticket Status: Carnage! Early Birds – SOLD OUT (obviously, they went faster than a Slipknot pit). Release...

Well mun, here’s a piece of metal history you can literally wear on your finger. A solid silver ring, specially crafted for the mighty Black Sabbath boys – Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Bill Ward, and Geezer Butler – is about to hit the auction block. And no, it’s not one of those tacky knock-off merch jobs you find outside a gig; this beauty was...

Heavy metal has never been for the faint-hearted. From broken bones in mosh pits to amps exploding mid-solo, danger comes with the territory. But even by metal’s wild standards, the news that Raven’s frontman and bassist John Gallagher was rushed into hospital for two emergency brain operations this month has shaken the heavy music world to its core. The result?...