A senior record industry exec thinks that physical records should be banned and that global live shows should be screened online to combat the climate crisis
The Limp Bizkit frontman guests on rapper Alligatoah’s new single So Raus, and it’s shockingly catchy
System Of A Down’s singer and Black Sabbath’s guitarist collaborated with Gibson CEO Cesar Gueikian to release a brand new song for charity
Francis Dunnery's It Bites announce Return To Natural January live dates
Australian prog rockers Caligula's Horse share video for brand new single Golem
Creeper's magnificent vampire rock opera is officially Metal Hammer's album of 2023. Plus, the top 50 revealed!
Sonic Temple is looking set to be one of the biggest metal festivals in the world next year!
Big Big Train will release The Likes Of Us, their first studio album with new singer Alberto Bravin, in March
In this issue: the best albums, the biggest shows, the greatest songs of 2023 - plus our 2024 Calendar, a sheet of rockin' wrappin' paper, and some Classic Rock Christmas gift tags
The General is the b-side to new Guns N' Roses single Perhaps, and was recorded, mixed and mastered this summer
11 new bands have been added to the extreme metal festival, which will take place at Catton Hall, Derbyshire, in August
The Welsh festival up a mountain has announced its first big headliner for 2024
Their killer theme for Rocky III made stars of soft rockers Survivor – but their tale of heroism and heartbreak had no Hollywood ending
From Palisades to Sharptooth, we bid adieu to tons of powerhouse bands in 2023
Green Lung's horror theatricality and Zeppelin-style folk diversify the doom diet beyond Black Sabbath alone
Find that perfect gift for the special metal lover in your life with our pick of the best face-melting presents you can buy this Christmas
The guitarist most associated with Daevid Allen’s band believes they launched a second wave of psychedelia with their 70s albums Chocolate Teapot, Angel’s Egg and You
Haitao Yang was shot in the head in 2017. 18 months later, the musician started unloading his trauma into the intense black metal of Laang 冷.
Used as a byword for musical over-indulgence, 1973 album fought its creators every step of the way – right down to its master tapes nearly being crushed by a bus
Pioneering indie label Stiff Records was home to some of the great music of the 70s and 80s, from Ian Dury to The Pogues, The Damned and beyond. And these are the labe's best albums
Kiss supported Black Sabbath for three dates on the Sabotage tour, and Gene Simmons remembers it well
John Lennon, Keith Moon and Kurt Cobain were fans. They influenced Kiss, Cheap Trick and Bruce Springsteen. So how come The Raspberries never quite made it?
Critically acclaimed and loved by their contemporaries, Stretch were perhaps doomed from the start by their involvement in one of the strangest chapters in music history
Health's evolution from underground art noise favourites to modern metal scene mainstays has reached a new peak
Three nights, three albums, one stodgy tone: Bryan Adams plays the hits live at the iconic Royal Albert Hall
Working Man is the final album by blues aficionado and former Whitesnake star Bernie Marsden
Green Lung show Brighton why they're one of the most talked about bands in all of metal right now courtesy of an intimate but epic show at Patterns
Extended third LP, their first with Steve Howe, illustrates the amazing connection between musicians at the top of their game
Loathe remind Leeds why they're one of the UK's most unique young metal bands
Van der Graaf Generator frontman has little to prove – but does it anyway with his revamp of solo albums hobbled by late-80s production values
A reissue of Kate Bush's 1985 album Hounds Of Love with new artwork, illustrations, and solar-powered flashing LEDs
Or could the end be just another beginning?
The ex-Genesis singer returns to the big time with his first album in 21 years to reassert his place as the doyen of cerebral art-pop.
Almost a decade on from their self-titled debut album, Babymetal are leading lights for the next generation of metal star
