The music industry pays tribute to legendary booking agent Steve Strange, dead at 53
Black Star Riders, Garbage, Thunder, L7 and more pay tribute to much-loved Northern Irish booking agent Steve Strange, who has passed away following a short illness
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Black Star Riders, Garbage, Thunder, L7 and more pay tribute to much-loved Northern Irish booking agent Steve Strange, who has passed away following a short illness
Red Hot Chili Peppers announce 2022 tour via madcap video, and we have thoughts and questions
Red Hot Chili Peppers announce a global tour for 2022 in typical bizarro fashion
Angry P.O.D. fan crashes car into venue after being kicked out of show
Two people arrested after seemingly deliberately crashing car into Birmingham, Alabama venue during P.O.D. show
Stackridge 50th anniversary box set to be released
51-track collection Stackridge 50: Recordings 1971-2021 will be released in October
Novena release cover of Billie Eilish's Bury A Friend
Young British prog sextet Novena announce new EP and London live show
Spiritbox, Carcass and more reviewed on the new Metal Hammer Podcast
The new Metal Hammer Podcast sponsored by KILLSTAR is a massive review round-up!
Summer's End release times and covid protocols for this year's event
Cosmograf, The Enid and The Moulettes headline this year's Summer's End Festival
The Omnific release slaptastic video for new single Fountainhead
Dual bass prog trio The Omnific will release their new album Escapades in October
New King Crimson book to be published in October
Musician and author Pete Tomsett's Fifty Shades Of King Crimson will be published this October
You can listen to the new Guns N' Roses single, but it depends where you are
New Guns N' Roses single Hard Skool is being released one time zone at a time
Watch Rob Halford star in a set of bizarre insurance commercials
Judas Priest's Rob Halford is the face – and voice – behind Plymouth Rock Assurance's new insurance campaign
There’s an ureleased Blink-182 song about getting f**ked by Hitler
Former Blink 182 frontman Tom DeLonge recalls presenting a rather questionable set of songs to the band's record label, with one containing lyrics about having sexual relations with Hitler
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The Dee Snider interview: "Twisted Sister and Manowar were gonna have fisticuffs"
We lined up Dee Snider's fans to ask 'Do you envisage that a day when you will, in fact, relent and take it?' and a host of other searching questions
How Blood Sugar Sex Magik almost killed the Red Hot Chili Peppers
When the Red Hot Chili Peppers released Blood Sugar Sex Magik in 1991 it was a blessing and a curse, propelling them to stardom while taking them to the brink of oblivion
Interview: David Crosby on free love, drugs, and why America might be doomed
Global warming is real. Life is short. Love works. Racists are stupid. These are just some of the things that shape David Crosby's world view
Crown Lands: 'Canadians are polite, but we’re not nice'
With current and historical events fuelling their fire, Crown Lands' EP The White Buffalo wraps stories of indigenous trauma in a luxurious prog package
Motorhead: a guide to their best live albums
Motorhead never sounded better than when playing to sweaty, fanatical audiences... and these are their best live albums
50 years of Judas Priest: the ultimate interview
Judas Priest are still very much around after 50-plus years, through ups and downs. We spoke to all the current members about life in one of the greatest metal bands of them all
Filth Is Eternal: "We lost a tour because people objected to our old name"
Filth is Eternal: caustic hardcore from the band formerly known as F***ed and Bound
Health: The Trent Reznor-approved industrial band angering hipsters
How Health went from LA's vibrant noise scene to collaborations with some of the most experimental names in metal
Green Lung’s Top 10 Occult Rock Albums
From Coven's Satanic rites to the drug-fugged doom of Electric Wizard, here are Green Lung’s top ten favourite occult rock albums
Every David Coverdale and Whitesnake album, ranked from worst to best
National treasure David Coverdale has been there, done that, and sung a song of sweet love while doing it. These albums cover his Purple patch and beyond, ranked from worst to best
"You need to be able to stare into the abyss": Transylvania's Dordeduh make peace with their past
Romania's transcendental black metallers Dordeduh come to terms with the death of their former Negură Bunget bandmate
Sepultura's Derrick Green: "I knew there would be backlash when I joined"
Sepultura frontman Derrick Green offers his life lessons on veganism, the art of persuasion and the necessity of pre-bed talk
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Jack Hues - Electro-Acoustic Works 20:20: "a truly heartfelt album"
Not yet ratedElegant protest album from the man who once implored us to have fun tonight
Dec Burke - Life in Two Dimensions: "a career best..."
Not yet ratedCareer-best solo album from the ex-Frost*/Darwin’s Radio man.
Tremonti find their feet with thundering fifth album Marching In Time
Tremonti's Marching In Time is both an assault on the senses and the sort of thing you’ll find yourself whistling in the shower
Joanne Shaw Taylor goes gleefully back-to-basics on The Blues Album
Joanne Shaw Taylor's The Blues Album is much more than a mid-career shrug of the shoulders
Unto Other's Strength: the underground's next breakout band go for gothic glory
Goth/metal fusionists Unto Others undergo a triumphant resurrection with Strength
Opeth - Heritage review: Prog 1 Metal 0
Not yet ratedThey’ve been working up to this for 20 years and now Opeth‘s proggiest-sounding album yet has arrived. But what does that mean for their fanbase who’ve grown up with their metallic roots?
Joe Perry Project: Let The Music Do The Talking - Album Of The Week Club review
In which Joe Perry escapes the dysfunctional Aerosmith family and attempts to Let The Music Do The Talking
30 years on, Ozzy Osbourne's No More Tears is still an intense listen
Ozzy Osbourne's No More Tears gets an expanded makeover for its 30th Anniversary
Vega's Anarchy And Unity: melodic rock sharpened with a contemporary edge
Vega’s lucky seventh album Anarchy And Unity might be the band's best collection yet
Ronnie Wood pays spell-binding tribute to Jimmy Reed with the help of Mick Taylor
Jimmy Reed is the subject of the second of three tributes to Ronnie Wood’s musical heroes
Lindsey Buckingham's self-titled album is all new beginnings and bold futures
Amid much turmoil, ex-Fleetwood Mac man Lindsey Buckingham forges forward, brilliantly
