Metal Hammer Podcast: Midgardsblot, Metallica and more
Alice reports back on Midgardsblot, where viking culture meets extreme metal. While Merl checked out Metallica in Prague!
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Metal Hammer Podcast: Midgardsblot, Metallica and more
Alice reports back on Midgardsblot, where viking culture meets extreme metal. While Merl checked out Metallica in Prague!
Ozzy Osbourne reveals solo career-spanning vinyl box set
Ozzy will release his solo catalogue in the See You On The Other Side vinyl box set - watch Zakk Wylde introduce the collection
Black Stone Cherry announce new blues EP with a Robert Johnson classic
Black Stone Cherry’s new EP Back To Blues Vol. 2 will be released later this year - check out video for Me And The Devil Blues
Damian Wilson to release new EP on his birthday
Thank You (The Holdsworth Sessions) will be released on the singer's 50th birthday...
King Crimson ex Ian McDonald to reissue Honey West’s debut album on vinyl
Project featuring multi-instrumentalist Ian McDonald will release a collector's edition of Honey West’s 2017 album Bad Old World
Klone release new single Hidden Passenger
Klone release Hidden Passenger – taken from their upcoming album Le Grand Voyage that’s out September 20.
Mongolian sensations The Hu launch video for The Great Chinggis Khaan
Rising stars The Hu release video for their new single The Great Chinggis Khaan - the latest track taken from debut album The Gereg
Watch lyric video for Bruce Springsteen’s I’ll Stand By You
Springsteen’s long-awaited track I’ll Stand By You features on the soundtrack to Blinded By The Light
Airbourne return with blistering new single Boneshaker
Airbourne release Boneshaker - the title track from their upcoming studio album which will launch in October
Watch Elbow’s lyric video for new single Empire
Empire is the latest track to be taken from Guy Garvey and co’s upcoming album Giants Of All Sizes - out in October
An evening of Anthony Phillips and Mike Rutherford solo albums comes to Trading Boundaries
Original vocalist Noel McCalla will perform songs from Rutherford's Smallcreeps Day...
Rocketman star Taron Egerton to narrate Elton John audiobook
Taron Egerton says he’s honoured to have been asked to narrate Elton John’s upcoming memoir titled Me
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Holy Wars... The Punishment Due by Megadeth: The story behind the song
It began with a gig – which turned into a riot – in a Troubles-blighted corner of Northern Ireland. The end result, however, was one of the greatest triumphs of thrash metal
Hail Satan?: Why the new documentary might have you converting to Satanism
Director Penny Lane chats to us about her documentary Hail Satan? and how it's shining a light on the ultimate metal religion: Satanism
Watch Dani Filth throw axes at Bloodstock Open Air!
Exclusive We took Cradle of Filth's frontman Dani Filth to the axe throwing range at BOA and it turns out he's a natural!
7 Reasons to fall in love with Midgardsblot metal festival
History lovers and metalheads unite: Inside Midgardsblot, the most unique festival experience in the world
Could Sitar Metal be the next stars of global metal?
It was only a matter of time before someone introduced the sitar to metal. Sitar Metal have literally done just that
The definitive history of every Slipknot mask
Updated Slipknot masks tend to change with every album – so with sixth album We Are Not Your Kind out now, we look back at the evolution of the nine members’ masks
Machine Head's Burn My Eyes: Riots, religious cults and one hell of an album
In a year of game-changing albums, Burn My Eyes was truly one for the ages. Inspired by riots, religious cults and a desire to push the boundaries of heavy music, this is the story behind an absolute classic
Jimmy Page: how I brought my Dragon Telecaster back to life
Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page talks about his new guitar - a comprehensive recreation of his fabled 1959 ‘Dragon’ Telecaster - and the road that led him to it.
Chris Cornell: a guide to his best albums
With Soundgarden, Audioslave, Temple Of The Dog and solo, Chris Cornell proved to be a vocalist of singular talent. Here we round up his best albums
Why I love George Harrison and The Beatles, by Randy Bachman
Lifelong fan Randy Bachman looks at the impact of The Beatles, and the the music of their quietly pivotal, influential youngest guitarist, George Harrison
Jethro Tull: how loneliness and cold war spy thrillers shaped Minstrel In The Gallery
Jethro Tull swapped their West London studio for glamorous Monaco, but it was Ian Anderson’s ‘loner’ status and outsider observations that really informed Minstrel In The Gallery
Jane's Addiction: "The first alternative band to break - not Nirvana"
A salute to one of rock's most free-thinking and influential collectives
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Why Sacred Reich's Awakening was worth waiting twenty three years for
The Politically charged thrash originals Sacred Reich break a near-quarter-century silence wand prove thrash metal is still alive and well
Crobot: still stoned, but heavier and darker
Motherbrain is a leap forward for the Pennsylvanian band Crobot
New Model Army: a hypnotic swirl of captivating darkness
Tribal rockers New Model Army serve up an icy-cold brew on 15th album From Here
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have released... an old-skool thrash album?
Aussie psychedelicists King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard go very metal on Infest The Rat's Nest
Creedence's Woodstock set: 50 years on, still bristling with energy
After half a century on the cutting room floor, Creedence Clearwater Revival's Woodstock set is officially out at last
Slipknot are back and as bold as ever in We Are Not Your Kind
Album review: Masked Iowan metallers Slipknot still refuse to conform on We Are Not Your Kind
Iron Maiden - four reissues of The Beast, reviewed
Four slabs of prime Iron Maiden from a tricky, transitional time: Fear Of The Dark, The X-Factor, Virtual XI and Brave New World
AC/DC: Highway To Hell album review
Highway To Hell: the album that took AC/DC to international superstardom, and an entry point for new fans since its release
AC/DC: Let There Be Rock album review
Recorded in one room and crackling with energy, AC/DC's fourth album Let There Be Rock was a statement of furious intent
Live's Throwing Copper: 25 years on, suddenly contemporary
Throwing Copper by Live: the 25th Anniversary edition is a classic alt.rock reissue
