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Metallica, the band that pushed the metal to the next level, had a dizzying rise to the top punctuated with tragedy and conflict. But they didn't let that stop them, and they are still going strong today. 

Everything is True (or Almost): Lana & Lilly Wachowski: Metallica

Not all nipples are the same. On Instagram or Facebook female breasts are censured whereas the bare male torso is allowed. Some artists are challenging this double standard. 

All Nipples are Not Equal

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Tout est vrai (ou presque)

(Fast) die ganze Wahrheit

Es (casi) la pura verdad: Metallica

(Prawie) cała prawda: Metallica

Metallica, the band that pushed the metal to the next level, had a dizzying rise to the top punctuated with tragedy and conflict

Not all nipples are the same. On Instagram or Facebook female breasts are censured whereas the bare male torso is not. Some artists are challenging this double standard. 

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Metallica's 35-year career is still going strong: they are timeless. To celebrate their latest album, 
Hardwired…to Self-Destruct, TAPE revisits the history of a music group that became a global movement. 

Metallica

Metallica's 35-year career is still going strong: they are timeless

TAPE

Mixing j-pop and heavy metal, Babymetal bring their unique look and sound to Hellfest 2024.

Hellfest 2024

Babymetal

Swedish extreme metal pioneers Meshuggah are renowned for their virtuoso style. Founded in 1987, the band has forged a unique sound, characterised by complex polyrhythms and aggressive riffs. It's almost as if the boundaries of metal are pushed further every time this band takes to the stage.

Summer Breeze 2024

Meshuggah set Summer Breeze 2024 alight with their extreme metal, as aggressive as it is complex.

Meshuggah

Jinjer have established themselves as one of the most interesting metalcore bands in recent years. Founded in 2009, the Ukrainian outfit found their own style with the albums King of Everything and Macro, rich in ferocious riffs and progressive structures that serve as a showcase for Tatiana Shmayluk's voice. Their concert at Summer Breeze 2024 promises to be one to remember.

Jinjer makes progressive metalcore, served up by the powerful voice of Tatiana Shmayluk.

Jinjer

Suffocation's death metal takes the Cérémonie audience by the throat. A performance of rare intensity, and a fitting introduction to the album Hymns from the Apocrypha.

Cérémonie

Kings of New York death metal Suffocation in concert at Paris' Gaîté Lyrique for Cérémonie.

Suffocation

The brainchild of various members of death and black metal bands Dissection, Swordmaster and Ophthalamia, Deathstars was formed in Sweden in 2000. Two years later, the band released their first album. Synthetic Generation sold well, first in its home country, then around the world. Ruthless guitars coupled with the deep voice of singer Whiplasher Bernadotte are Deathstars' unstoppable trademark.

M'era Luna Festival 2024

Ruthless guitars and the deep voice of singer Whiplasher Bernadotte are this Swedish band's signature.

Deathstars

A return to Hellfest 2022, when blackgaze pioneer Neige brought his post-black metal project Alcest to the festival. A set packed with material from their seventh album Spiritual Instinct, released in 2019 on the legendary German label Nuclear Blast.

Hellfest 2022

The romantic blackgaze of Alcest soothes the crowd at Hellfest 2022.

Alcest

Founded in 2002, Delain are a leading symphonic metal band. With their albums April Rain and Moonbathers, the Dutch group established their sound as melodic as it is powerful, combining orchestral motifs, aggressive riffs and impressive vocal parts. A thrilling proposition for audiences at Summer Breeze 2024.

Symphonic metal band Delain graces Summer Breeze 2024.

Delain

Bruce Dickison performs solo for the first time at Hellfest, making it an unmissable event! The legendary Iron Maiden singer will be flying the flag for his latest album The Mandrake Project.

The Iron Maiden singer performs solo at Hellfest.

Bruce Dickinson

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The results are in after Germany’s elections, but beyond the ballot, what’s at stake for the rest of Europe? In this ARTE Europe Weekly, we focus on the continent’s economic powerhouse asking how Germany’s next moves could reshape everything from trade to energy.

What Germany’s Election Result Means for Europe's Economy

The dust has settled after Germany’s election but the ripple effects are set to shake up Europe’s economy.

ARTE Europe Weekly

Belgian is a complicated and fascinating country with linguistic, economic and cultural diversity, somewhat like the continent of Europe in miniature. A tour of this small, flat country, which is often, unfairly, overlooked.

Belgium: A Miniature Europe

Belgian is a linguistic, economic and cultural diverse country, somewhat like the continent of Europe in miniature.

Mapping the World

On 16 December 2024, German chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a vote of confidence in the Bundestag, the German parliament. Since then, parliament has been dissolved and new federal elections have been organised, initially planned for September 2025. The voting system will be majority and proportional and will almost systematically lead to the formation of a coalition, which is necessary to elect the future chancellor.

On 23 February 2025, the German federal elections are due to take place. The voting system will be both majority and proportional.

German elections: how does it work?

The billionaire owner of X has announced loud and clear his support for the AFD in the upcoming German federal elections. Research shows that bots on his social media platform are artificially boosting the AFD message, to the detriment of other parties.

Bots on Musk's social media platform are artificially boosting the AFD message, to the detriment of other parties.

How Elon Musk is Manipulating the German Election

Diwa is only 11 years old. She is one of the thousands of victims of a crime that is hardly reported on in Europe but which is causing havoc in the Philippines. She was raped by her parents, live on the internet, to satisfy the desires of foreign paedophiles who paid for the spectacle of her rape, giving instructions from a distance.

Philippines: Child Rape Online

Thousands of children in the Philippines have been abused, live on the internet. Report on a shocking crime.

ARTE Reportage

From leaning in to quiet quitting, our attitudes towards work have changed a lot over the last 50 years. Spain’s government has approved a measure to cut weekly working hours from 40 to 37.5. More and more European countries are embracing shorter working hours, and some are even trialling the four-day week. 

Do Europeans want to “work less, live better”?

All work and no play makes for a dull Europe – and many countries are trying out a shorter working week.

It seems that scientist have proven that the enigmatic gaze of the Mona Lisa does not follow you around the room. So why did we think that in the first place?

The Mona Lisa's Eyes Don't Follow You Around the Room

It seems that scientist have proven that the enigmatic gaze of the Mona Lisa does not follow you as you move around the room. So why did we think that in the first place?

American Robben Ford started out playing jazz saxophone because he admired Paul Desmond. But he soon swapped this instrument for an electric guitar. A few years later, Musician magazine named him one of the 100 best guitarists of the 20th century. Big names in jazz, rock and pop, including Joni Mitchell, Jimmy Witherspoon, Miles Davis, Bill Evans and Bob Dylan, asked him to join their bands.

with the Frankfurt Radio Big Band

The American guitar legend, sidekick to Miles Davis, Joni Mitchell, Bill Evans and Bob Dylan, in big band mode.

Robben Ford

After a long civil war, many in Uganda are traumatised by the atrocities they have experienced. The Comfort Dog project aims to help Ugandans overcome their bad experiences. Stray dogs are allocated to a person to provide comfort for both human and hound.

Uganda: Hounds of Hope

The Comfort Dog project aims to help Ugandans overcome trauma by allocating a stray dog for them to look after.

360° Reportage

Dancers from the Compagnie Hervé Koubi take over the Château d'Ormesson for Sur Mesure. This performance, a blend of dance and acrobatics, is brought to life by Quatuor Voce and Jasser Haj Youssef.

Sur Mesure

An encounter between dance and classical music led by the Compagnie Hervé Koubi.

Compagnie Hervé Koubi

In 2019, when a pianist was filmed on a jetty in the beautiful lakeside village of Iseltwald for a South Korean Netflix series, locals had no idea what awaited them. Now the hugely successful series has led to fans visiting the location in the Swiss Alps from around the world. Locals are not entirely happy that their peace and quiet has been disturbed by a mass influx of tourists.

Since a romantic piano scene on Netflix became world-famous, a picturesque village has been overrun by visitors.

Re: Netflix Overtourism in Switzerland

Entire generations have learned about sex through mainstream porn, blurring the lines between personal desires and platform-driven fantasies. But if our sexuality is shaped by algorithms, can’t we take back some control? The post-porn movement is doing exactly that. Aimed at creating pornography that reflects honest, consensual sex – its creators are making waves online.

Can Post-porn Awaken Our True Desires?

What if porn reflected our true desires? Post-porn aims to be more ethical, more honest and more revolutionary.

Tracks

To celebrate 50 years of French radio station FIP, Sting gives a special performance in the monumental surroundings of the Pantheon in Paris.

50 Years of FIP Radio

Sting at the Pantheon in Paris

In November 2024, Shay brought a breathtaking show to the Paris Zénith. The performance of Acte III stands up easily to any of the biggest American stars, driven by tracks from the album Pourvu qu'il pleuve.

Paris Zenith

The crowning achievement of the new star of French-language rap. 

Shay

Forget about polar bears and their pristine icy wilderness. As the icecap melts with climate change the arctic is becoming a strategic region for maritime traffic, oil and gas.

An Arctic Cold War

As the icecap melts with climate change the arctic is becoming a strategic region for maritime traffic, oil and gas.

Stories of Conflict

A coming together of nations in peaceful competition, respect and harmony? Or a ruthless geopolitical tussle for the top spot where doping becomes the norm? A history of the Olympic games in 5 minutes.

The Olympic Games

A coming together of nations in peaceful competition, respect and harmony? Or a ruthless geopolitical tussle for the top spot where doping becomes the norm? 

Museums, concert halls, and opera houses are beacons of the urban landscape. More and more cities are building iconic, magnificent constructions by star architects, the bigger and more spectacular the better. They are designed to attract tourists, boost the economy and awaken civic pride. But are these expensive signature buildings worth the money? Does the much-vaunted Bilbao effect really exist?

The Bilbao Effect

More and more cities are building iconic buildings by star architects to boost their international profile. But does it work?

Temples of Culture

Sting was an ecologically-conscious yogi hipster before it was even a thing. He's always been fighting for our right to enjoy a better future than the one we are making for ourselves. Perhaps a strange mission for someone with punk musical roots?

Sting

Sting was an ecologically-conscious yogi hipster before it was even a thing

Tenerife is a dream holiday destination for many with year-round sun and beautiful beaches. But with a rising population and an increase in tourist numbers, the island is struggling to cope: The water treatment infrastructure is overloaded and untreated waste-water is often discharged into the sea, a health danger to swimmers, surfers, and wildlife.

The island’s water treatment infrastructure is overloaded meaning untreated discharge into the sea, a health risk for swimmers and surfers.