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The Elitist takes a look at the influx of metal bands on this year’s Warped Tour — Whitechapel, Veil of Maya, Every Time I Die, Atreyu and others. Also: Slayer cuddle some puppies, Bieber wears a Marilyn Manson shirt and Tool still aren’t doing shit.

Whitney celebrates some of Ireland’s most metal historical figures, including the explorer Ernest Shackleton, the pirate queen Grace O’Malley, and the savage warrior Ulf the Quarrelsome, who once disemboweled a Viking enemy and wrapped his insides around a tree.

Worst Album of the Year, Biggest Loser in Metal, Biggest Coward in Metal, Worst Metal Band of 2016 and more!

Buying merch and concert tickets isn’t enough, says The Elitist. Here’s why.

Whitney covers the recent discovery of the sound of two black holes colliding, and argues that Dio lives on in the form of giant solar flares on the surface of the sun.

Luc Lemay, Colin Marston, and Kevin Hufnagel discuss the process behind the writing of the new Gorguts album Pleiades’ Dust.

Even more bleak and depressing than the original.

Metallica were passed over for the Super Bowl despite a huge petition, instead playing ‘The Night Before’. Here’s what went down.

That’s So Metal! will focus on all the week’s most metal news and happenings… that don’t actually have anything to do with metal.

Bringing you all the week’s most metal news… that isn’t actually about metal.

Is Phil really a racist? Does this mean we all have to stop liking Pantera’s music?

Dave Mustaine’s forthcoming reality TV show, outrageously expensive Guns N’ Roses VIP packages, Vince Neil on The Celebrity Apprentice and more.

Crash concedes that he’s never been much of a Dream Theater fan, but finds a whole lot to love about The Astonishing anyway.

Leach talks with Storm about his approach to crafting lyrics, returning to the band, their forthcoming new album Incarnate and the next Times of Grace album.

The Guns N’ Roses reunion isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, everybody hates Frankie from Emmure, and Upon a Burning Body attempt another lame publicity stunt.

66Samus of Decrepit Birth mashes 11 famous Maiden riffs into one video.

The Elitists laments the overall shittiness of heavy music in 2015 and pays tribute to Lemmy.

Wham! has never sounded so heavy and depressing.

Exactly what it sounds like!

The “Best Metal Performance” Grammy, Attila’s Chris Fronzak buys gifts for under-privileged children, Slipknot’s Chris Fehn poses for a photo with Donald Trump and more.