Ooh, Netflix fwends! Will, Simon, Jay and Neil are officially reuniting for The Inbetweeners 3 โ and filming is already underway in the UK. Sound the car horn, hide the briefcase and keep Jay away from the internet because Britainโs most gloriously hopeless friendship group is heading back to our screens. Netflix has officially confirmed that The Inbetweeners 3 is...
Read moreDetailsLong before celebrity cameos became standard television business, South Park handed an entire Halloween episode to one of the biggest bands on the planet โ then let them become a cartoon version of the Scooby-Doo gang. Honestly, 1999 was a different beast, mun. ๐ฅ On 27 October 1999, Korn appeared in the brilliantly unhinged third-season episode โKornโs Groovy Pirate Ghost...
Read moreDetailsThe Prince of Darkness has taken over Universal Studios โ and the bar looks ready to go completely off the rails! ๐ค๐ฅ Forget your ordinary theme-park watering hole. Universal Studios Hollywood has opened an entire bar dedicated to the late, great Ozzy Osbourne, and judging by the first footage from opening night, it is darker than a Black Sabbath riff...
Read moreDetailsThe Britainโs Got Talent semi-finalists have reopened the debate after blasting their original track โMonstersโ across the nation Saturday-night television usually serves up sparkling dance routines, tear-jerking ballads and enough dramatic pauses to fill Wembley Stadium. Then SOS arrived and brought the bloody breakdown. ๐ฅ The self-described โalt-rock boybandโ have shared a headbanging rehearsal clip alongside one brilliantly cheeky question:...
Read moreDetailsSomething is stirring in the cold shadows of Norway โ and it sounds like the machines have finally learned how to breakdown. ๐ค๐ณ๐ด Posthuman Code is an enigmatic melodic metalcore entity operating at the point where raw human emotion collides with advancing machine dominance. Crushing riffs, cinematic atmospheres, soaring melodies and electronic textures combine to create a sound built for...
Read moreDetailsThere are certain songs that need a full verse before your brain clocks whatโs playing. Then thereโs Linkin Parkโs โFaintโ. One second. Thatโs all it takes. โก The moment that frantic, unmistakable opening kicks in, an entire generation is instantly transported back to battered CD players, oversized hoodies, questionable spiked hair and bedrooms covered in Kerrang! posters. Now, Global Symphony...
Read moreDetailsJust when we thought Linkin Park collectibles couldnโt get any cooler, a miniature cassette player packed with retro nu-metal swagger has started doing the rounds online โ and fans are absolutely losing their minds over it. ๐ณ๐ธ Created by Linkique and sold through Cassetteque, this interactive music player looks like something Mike Shinoda might have designed after being locked inside...
Read moreDetailsTwo years ago, millions of Linkin Park fans were staring at their screens with absolutely no idea what was about to happen. Rumours had been flying. Mysterious countdowns had appeared. Social media was melting faster than a Greggs sausage roll left on the dashboard in July. Then, on 5 September 2024, the lights dropped inside a Warner Bros. sound stage...
Read moreDetailsPack the sun cream, polish the battle jacket and make sure your sea legs are ready, because 70000 Tons Of Metal is preparing to unleash another floating heavy metal invasion! ๐คโ The worldโs biggest heavy metal cruise has revealed the first half of its enormous 2027 line-up, with Arch Enemy, Exodus, HammerFall, Moonspell, Evergrey, Primal Fear, Wolfheart and Uli Jon...
Read moreDetailsMegadeth main man, thrash-metal architect and professional survivor Dave Mustaine is swapping the stage for the storytellerโs chair as he launches a three-city American book tour supporting his powerful new memoir, In My Darkest Hour. The book arrives on Tuesday, 8 September 2026, taking readers deep inside Mustaineโs battle with cancer, his fight to preserve that unmistakable voice and the...
Read moreDetailsLock the doors, dim the lights and check beneath the turntable โ Slash is bringing his terrifying music from Universal Studios Hollywoodโs Halloween Horror Nights back to vinyl! ๐ค๐ป The Guns Nโ Roses guitar legend has resurrected both volumes of Music Of Universal Studios Hollywood โ Halloween Horror Nights, with each album receiving a brand-new, suitably sinister colour pressing. Released...
Read moreDetailsClassic-rock giants Foreigner are turning down the amplifiers โ but certainly not the emotion โ for a rare run of intimate acoustic concerts in April 2027. The newly announced Foreigner Unplugged tour will visit just four European cities, giving fans the chance to hear some of rockโs biggest anthems completely reimagined. Weโre talking huge melodies, stripped-back arrangements and enough classic-rock...
Read moreDetailsAnthrax have spent more than four decades waking up metalheads with crushing riffs, thunderous drums and choruses capable of rattling every window in the street. Now theyโre doing it with actual caffeine. โ๐ The New York thrash legends have joined forces with Chicago roasters Dark Matter Coffee to create a limited-edition Cursum Perficio blend celebrating the arrival of their long-awaited...
Read moreDetailsIron Maidenโs colossal Run For Your Lives World Tour is tearing into the United States โ and Eddie isnโt arriving quietly, mun! ๐๐บ๐ธ For the first time, Maidenโs brilliantly boozy Eddieโs Dive Bar experience is heading Stateside, giving fans the chance to gather before selected shows for Trooper beer, exclusive merchandise, food, entertainment and enough Maiden-fuelled madness to wake the...
Read moreDetailsA 67-year-old grandmother, one furious grindcore anthem and a priceless reaction from the Prince of Darknessโฆ this might be the greatest metal origin story ever told. Heavy metal has given us fire-breathing bassists, bat-biting frontmen and guitarists dressed as intergalactic warriors โ but even the scene wasnโt prepared for Grindmother. Back in late 2015, the Canadian great-grandmother unleashed her first...
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