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GHØSTKID Release Third Album ‘Follow The White Rabbit’
The eleven-track record is Sebastian ‘Sushi’ Biesler’s third GHØSTKID album and begins a new cycle with a rebuilt live band.
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Chimaira’s Debut ‘Pass Out Of Existence’ Turns 25
The Cleveland band’s Roadrunner debut used seven-string guitars, programming and samples before their sound moved towards groove metal.
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P.O.D. Recruit Norma Jean’s Cory Brandan For ‘Outbreak’
The Will Yip-produced single is P.O.D.’s first original release since Veritas and arrives with a full zombie-apocalypse video.
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Slipknot Book Wembley For Their Only European Show Of 2027
The one-off Wembley date brings Marilyn Manson, Lorna Shore and Hatebreed together for Slipknot's only UK and European performance of 2027.
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Banks Arcade Release Second Album ‘Second Place Superstar’
Album two lets the Melbourne band move between nu metal, metalcore, electronics and hip-hop without treating each switch as a separate identity.
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LUNA KILLS Follow ‘LOWER’ With Two-Minute Single ‘supervillain’
The Finnish band’s second single of 2026 turns a supernova into a direct metaphor for people whose ego takes over a room.
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Nonpoint Release New Album ‘The Last Word’
Nonpoint have released The Last Word on 18 September through 361 Degrees Records. The album contains ten songs and runs for 30 minutes.
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Falling In Reverse Bring Corey Taylor and Serj Tankian Into ‘Joseph’
Ronnie Radke’s middle name becomes a standalone single with Corey Taylor on the hook and Serj Tankian arriving for the final turn.
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Toxicity At 25: System Of A Down Still Sound Like Nobody Else
System Of A Down packed Armenian musical influences, politics and absurd humour into their second album. Somehow, the hooks made it all feel immediate.
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Talinda Bennington’s 320 Changes Direction Helps People Recognise Emotional Suffering
320 Changes Direction gives people a way to recognise emotional suffering and find help. Talinda Bennington co-founded it after Chester's death in 2017.
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Korn’s Follow The Leader Took Nu Metal To Number One
Got the Life, Freak on a Leash, Korn TV and the first Family Values Tour helped take Korn beyond their existing audience.
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Korn’s Brian Welch Partners With An Outpatient Treatment Centre
Brian Welch has partnered with Atlantic Behavioral Health, an outpatient mental-health centre offering individual therapy, group therapy and medication management.
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AJ Rebollo leaves Bad Wolves after an open dispute with the band's label
The guitarist says the Jolene release went against the band's wishes. Better Noise has now issued the cover and published a different account of its approval.
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Roboticist is the first Fear Factory recording with Milo Silvestro
The first studio recording with Milo Silvestro arrived at 2:14 a.m. on Judgment Day, with two Dutch shows now indexed for September.
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Bad Wolves Are No Longer On Skillet’s Autumn Tour
Sara Skinner says the band were removed after online scrutiny focused on her identity and adult-content work. Skillet have not published an explanation.
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Ozzfest confirms Villa Park for its 2027 return
The festival has now confirmed Birmingham's Villa Park, but no date, lineup or ticket sale has been announced yet.
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System Of A Down and Faith No More set a one-night Maracana show
The 15 January 2027 concert is the only announced South American meeting of the two bands, with general sale opening 21 August.
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Twenty-eight years ago, Follow the Leader put Korn at number one
Released on 18 August 1998, Korn's third album connected downtuned guitars, hip-hop rhythm and music-video spectacle at a scale the scene had not reached before.
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Korn At Donington 1996: A First Taste Of Life Is Peachy
On 17 August 1996, Korn headlined the Kerrang! Stage with Life Is Peachy finished but still almost two months from release.
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Limp Bizkit’s Three Dollar Bill, Y’all$ Is Darker Than You Remember
Before the red cap became a pop culture symbol, Limp Bizkit's debut was abrasive, strange and much darker than memory suggests.
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When the turntable became a heavy music instrument
Nu metal gave DJs room inside the band. Scratches, samples and noise could change a riff as much as another guitar part.
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