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“The spark that made heavy music interesting wasn’t there for me anymore”: How British metal didn’t quite rule the 90s

Bands from Cradle Of Filth to Paradise Lost seemed ready to thrust British metal back to the forefront. But then nu metal kicked off and swung the pendulum back to the States. This is the story of the takeover that didn’t happen.

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Raves, Brecht and re-enacting Diana’s funeral: the White Hotel bows out as the north’s bravest music venue

After 10 years of avant-garde mayhem, the rough-diamond Salford venue is set to close. Its founders look back on their artistic free-for-all and explain how its spirit will continue

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"We weren't seen as enigmatic as some bands. I do feel that we were kind of under-appreciated": Ben Ward looks back on three decades in the Orange Goblin trenches

In late 2025, British heavy metal stalwarts Orange Goblin played their last ever shows, calling it a day after 30 years. Frontman Ben Ward explains why, and reflects on three decades of creating metal thunder

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"I was like, ‘Stop the show! I’ve been stabbed!’ Our bassist’s poor wife had to nurse this wound at the top of my bum.” As they prepare to split, this is the full, chaotic story of one of Britain's most influential metal bands

They've shook hands with Dio, hung out in a strip club with Lemmy and helped found Britain's stoner metal scene, but now Orange Goblin are taking their final bows

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One of British metal's most important bands just played their final ever UK festival show - and it was one hell of a goodbye

Orange Goblin commemorate their 30th - and final - year with a barnstorming final UK festival performance at Bloodstock

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How to survive as an indie developer for 20 years

"Size Five has always just plodded along without a colossal success, which is fine by me. I'm still here."

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“The more successful we become, the lonelier it gets”: Why your favourite British metal bands are breaking up

UK metal beloveds Svalbard, Orange Goblin and Ithaca will all split in the coming months. Their reasons why hint at a grim future for the country’s alternative artists.

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Stoner metal beloveds Orange Goblin announce final tour with support from Grand Magus and Urne

The Londoners will play across the UK and Ireland in December before going their separate ways

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Campaigners pan claim North Sea could produce half of UK oil and gas by 2050

THE oil and gas industry is "peddling a fantasy", campaigners have warned after bosses said the North Sea could produce about half of the…

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“We have made the collective decision that 2025 will be our last year.” UK metal favourites Orange Goblin to break up after 2025 tour

The London metal crew will play in Europe and the US in spring and summer, and then… that’s all, folks!

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"It was spiralling out of control. You find yourself in some dodgy situations waiting outside train stations at three in the morning": How Orange Goblin's Ben Ward turned his life around

With their frontman now slimmed down and sobered up, Orange Goblin’s new album Science, Not Fiction is similarly fat-free, ferocious and muscular

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"Orange Goblin have made the journey, and they're very much the real thing." London's stoner metal legends finally reach New Zealand and put on a magnificent rock 'n' roll show

Orange Goblin level Wellington's Valhalla during their first ever New Zealand tour

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Orange Goblin announce first album in six years, confirmed as headliners of new UK rock festival

Orange Goblin's Science, Not Fiction will released in July – listen to new single (Not) Rocket Science now

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"There are so many variations on the Sabbath influence and that is what keeps it exciting and evolving": How stoner rock sparked a musical revolution

The stoner rock scene that Kyuss made famous: Much like the 60s, if you remember it, were you really there?

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Reversing into a car park safer, more efficient for driver and pedestrians

It's one of many small decisions drivers make every day, but whether you reverse into a car park or drive straight in could impact safety.

The Guardian - UK

History will keep repeating unless changes are made in domestic rugby

The fate of Worcester and Wasps mirrors that of Richmond and London Scottish in 1999 and shows that the current structure of the professional game in England is unsustainable

Liverpool Echo

Just Eat winner's Champions League dream turned into 'experience from hell'

Ben Ward said the "experience of a lifetime" turned into the "experience from hell"

Wales Online

The tiny 'micro cocktail bar' in a Welsh town that people are booking months in advance

The Balcony Bar in Abergavenny has been fully booked since it opened this month, with people customers coming from as far as Cardiff and Brecon

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