Given the (let’s be honest, slightly OTT) response to Chase & Status being announced for Download this week, we thought we’d get Merlin to take a trip down memory lane and look at some other controversial festival additions that actually ended up going down pretty well. Awwwww here goes…

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Come and check out highlights of Machine Head slaying Wembley Arena on their mega recent tour supporting newest album ‘Unto The Locust’.

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Dez Fafara’s groove metal behemoths will hit the UK for a monstrous arena tour supporting Machine Fucking Head in December – as well as their own warm-up gig on December 2! Come inside to see the trailer for the tour and to get your tickets now.

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Jackie Kajzer – AKA Full Metal Jackie – whose radio show is one of the few metal programmes syndicated across the US, is to start a brand-new podcast with Metal Hammer! Right click here and ’save target as’ to download the Full Metal Podcast. (more…)

Check out this freakin’ sweet video from Cali titans DevilDriver, exclusively available through Metal Hammer!

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Clips from a special upcoming Metallica tribute album are available to hear now!

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Bring Me The Horizon, DevilDriver and Darkest Hour will support on this four-date jaunt. Get dates inside! (more…)

Following the announcement of his departure from the band yesterday, DevilDriver bassist Jonathan Miller has offered a letter of resignation online and the band have also had some words to say about Jonathan’s exit. (more…)

Jonathan Miller has decided to step down as bassist for DevilDriver. Get full details of his departure inside. (more…)

Step this way to sample the latest feast of brutality from DevilDriver! (more…)