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Alright butt… stop what you’re doing, turn the volume up to “neighbour complaint incoming,” and get ready to salute some absolute metal royalty 👊 Because Accept have just dropped the kind of news that makes denim jackets twitch with excitement… 👉 THEY’RE RELEASING A NEW ALBUM TO CELEBRATE 50 YEARS OF HEAVY METAL DOMINATION 😈💿 🔥 FIFTY YEARS OF PURE...

Right then, butt… if you thought punk was slowing down, think again — because The Damned have just dropped a tour announcement that screams “WE’RE STILL HERE, AND WE’RE STILL LOUDER THAN YOUR NAN’S TELLY!” 🤘🔥 That’s right — the goth-punk legends are hitting the UK this winter with their Final Damnation 50 Tour, celebrating a ridiculous FIFTY YEARS of...

Right… gather round the bar, grab a pint, and brace yourselves… Because in news that sounds like it was cooked up after three days at Download and zero sleep… William Shatner is making a HEAVY METAL album. Yeah. That William Shatner. Captain Kirk himself. And he’s not just dipping a toe in either, butt… he’s gone full send and recruited...

Right then, butt… clear some shelf space, warn your bank account, and prepare for full-on collector chaos — because Metallica have just dropped news of a LIMITED-EDITION ‘ReLoad’ Remastered boxset, and it’s not messing about. We’re talking full late-90s swagger, sunglasses-at-night energy, and enough bonus content to keep you locked in your room like it’s 1997 all over again. 💿...

“If hell had a house band… this would be it, mun.” Right then you absolute metal maniacs — crank the volume, warn the neighbours, and maybe light a candle for safety… because Venom are back with Into Oblivion, and it’s less an album… more a full-blown descent into chaos. 🤘💀🔥 No polish. No mercy. No apologies. Just pure, filthy, snarling...

Alright prog crew, gather round — this is one for the headphone warriors, the late-night vinyl spinners, and the “just one more 12-minute track before bed” legends 😅 Because Marillion are BACK… and their 21st studio album is nearly finished 🤘 Yeah, you read that right. TWENTY-ONE albums deep… and still going like a band half their age. Absolute madness....

“It was a very high honour to have him on the podium… he will be sorely missed.” Ahh mun… this one’s landed like a slow, heavy breakdown right to the chest. The mighty Metallica have paid tribute to the legendary Michael Tilson Thomas — the man who stood at the centre of one of the most jaw-dropping musical crossovers ever:...

Alright butt… this is the kind of story that makes you spit your pint out mid-scroll and go “NO WAY?!” 🍺💥 Because somehow… in the most gloriously chaotic crossover since wrestling discovered electric guitars… The niece of legendary Clive Burr — yes, the absolute powerhouse behind the early days of Iron Maiden — has stepped into the world of WWE-style...

“Big hooks, bigger heart… and just enough chaos to keep it dangerous.” Alright then, butt — fresh trainers on, volume up, neighbours already fuming — because Foo Fighters are back with Your Favourite Toy, and it’s exactly what you’d expect… and somehow still full of surprises. 🤘🔥 This ain’t a band coasting on legacy. This is a band still swinging...

Alright butt… stop what you’re doing and turn it up LOUD 🔊 because Korn have just dropped a brand-new track and it hits like a demon doing a stage dive straight into your face. Say hello to “Reward The Scars” — a filthy, pounding return from the nu metal legends, and it’s tied in with the upcoming Diablo IV expansion...

Alright butt… this is the kind of story that makes you drop your pint mid-sip and shout “NO WAY!” across the pub 🍺😱 The legal scrap between Sharon Osbourne and Jim Simpson has officially been settled — and the outcome? It could unlock some of the earliest sounds ever recorded by the godfathers of heavy metal 😈 ⚖️ FROM COURTROOM...

Oi oi… THIS is the kind of news that makes you want to grab a pint, hug a stranger, and scream “YESS MUN!” at the nearest speaker stack 🤘 After 28 YEARS of graft, graft, and more graft, Welsh ragga-metal royalty Skindred have FINALLY smashed their way to a Number One album 🏆🔥 Let that sink in for a second…...

Alright butt… this one’s landed heavier than a breakdown in a packed tent at midday. And yeah — it’s not the kind of headline anyone in the scene wants to wake up to. A director of the UK’s legendary Slam Dunk Festival has stepped down from his role following a serious allegation of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman. And...

Oi oi… who needs a muddy field and £8 pints when you can get your face melted FOR FREE in the middle of a record shop?! 😈 That’s exactly what went down (or is going down, depending when you’re reading this, butt) as Indominus roll into HMV Belfast like a pack of sonic wrecking balls. 🧠 WAIT… DEATH METAL… IN...

Right then… imagine this, yeah: A packed arena. Lights blazing. Pints flying. Voices already half gone before the headline moment even hits. Now drop that scene right into the beating heart of heavy metal history… We’re talking Utilita Arena Birmingham, just down the road from Aston – the very stomping ground that raised the one and only Ozzy Osbourne. And...