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The 50 most anticipated metal albums of 2022 From Ghost, Slipknot and Rammstein to Venom Prison, Bloodywood and beyond, these 50 albums show that 2022 is going to be insanely stacked for new releases

Lindsey Buckingham's new album is a doozy but he's still thinking about Fleetwood Mac Ousted from Fleetwood Mac, guitarist/vocalist Lindsey Buckingham bounced back with one of our albums of 2021, but he’s still hopeful that he can make one more record with the Mac

The story behind The Byrds' psychedelic masterpiece Eight Miles High Eight Miles High was the single that should have launched The Byrds into the stratosphere. So why did it instead mark the precise moment when it all came crashing down?

Elvis Costello & The Imposters continue winning streak with The Boy Named If Elvis Costello conjures up echoes of his excellent past as the excellence continues on The Boy Named If (And Other Children’s Stories)

Listen to new Fontaines D.C. single Jackie Down The Line Fontaines D.C. share the first single from their forthcoming Skinty Fia album, Jackie Down The Line

Watch demonic Dave Grohl in the trailer for Foo Fighters horror flick Studio 666 What do you get when you put Foo Fighters, Lionel Richie and Kerry King in the same haunted mansion?

Latest News

Slash: “I was resentful when Izzy left Guns N’ Roses. He thought we were going to die”

By Paul Brannigan published 7 January 22

Slash discusses Izzy Stradlin’s exit from Guns N’ Roses… and reveals why he isn’t involved now in the GN’R reunion

Eddie Vedder releases emotional new single Brother The Cloud

By Fraser Lewry published 17 January 22

Eddie Vedder sings of loss and longing on Brother The Cloud single, taken from upcoming Earthlings album

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Slash feat. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators release exuberant single Call Off The Dogs

By Fraser Lewry published 17 January 22

Call Off The Dogs comes from upcoming Slash feat. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators album 4, out next month

Classic Rock

Judas Priest U-turn sees guitarist Andy Sneap reinstated to touring line-up

By Paul Brannigan published 16 January 22

Bizarre about-turn sees Andy Sneap reinstated as Judas Priest’s touring guitarist just five days after the metal gods announced his exit

Classic Rock

Iron Maiden will play their epic Senjutsu album in full on a future tour

By Paul Brannigan published 16 January 22

Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson confirms English metal legends’ plans to play the 82-minute Senjutsu album live in its entirety

Classic Rock

‘This is a version of Teenage Kicks you wont forget!’ Toyah and Robert Fripp are back back back

By Paul Brannigan published 16 January 22

Music’s most loved-up couple, Toyah and Robert Fripp, have relaunched their Sunday Lunch sessions with a cover of The Undertones’ Teenage Kicks

Classic Rock

Jan Akkerman to celebrate 75th birthday with three UK dates

By Jerry Ewing published 15 January 22

Focus co-founder Jan Akkerman has rescheduled his Trading Boundaries gigs for March 2022

Prog

New By Norse signing Nanna Barslev releases video for haunting new single Skjoldmø

By Jerry Ewing published 15 January 22

Dark Nordic folk musician Nanna Barslev will release her debut solo album Lysbærer in May

Prog

Kalle Wallner releases video for solo single Three

By Jerry Ewing published 15 January 22

RPWL guitarist Kalle Wallner will release new solo album Voices in February

Prog

Korn: “We’re proud to have started nu metal: love it or hate it, it’s stood the test of time”

By Paul Brannigan published 15 January 22

Exclusive Korn guitarist Head tells Metal Hammer “We're grateful that nu metal still reverberates”

Metal Hammer

Somebody has made a mash-up of Aqua's Barbie Girl in the style of System Of A Down and now our brains hurt

By Rich Hobson published 14 January 22

This mash-up asks the question nobody asked - "what would Aqua's Barbie Girl sound like played by System Of A Down?"

Metal Hammer

Keith Richards and former Rolling Stones cover artist Ruby Mazur get in on the NFT craze - for charity

By Rich Hobson published 14 January 22

Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards is auctioning a signed guitar and NFT for charity MusiCares

Classic Rock

Silent Skies release snowbound video for 'dark, brooding' new single Leaving

By Jerry Ewing published 14 January 22

Cinematic prog duo Silent Skies will release second album Nectar in February

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Latest Features

No More Tears: the album that saved Ozzy Osbourne's career... and maybe his life

By Rich Hobson published 24 November 21

Ozzy Osbourne was on the backfoot going in to make No More Tears, but a dream team of Zakk Wylde, Duane Baron, John Purdell and Lemmy Kilmister turned the album into a second coming

Bill Ward: "Black Sabbath were so tight, we’d have the same dreams"

By Rich Hobson published 14 January 22

Bill Ward talks battling alcoholism, how The Beatles changed everything and why Black Sabbath meant the world to him

Metal Hammer

20 things only Kiss fanatics know about Destroyer

By Ken Sharp published 13 January 22

Kiss's most ambitious and celebrated album, Destroyer, was 45 years old in 2021. Think you know all there is to know? Think again

Classic Rock

Every Ozzy Osbourne solo album, ranked from worst to best

By Paul Elliott published 13 January 22

An album-by-album appraisal of the rollercoaster career of former Black Sabbath frontman and official Prince of Darkness Ozzy Osbourne

Classic Rock

Joanne Shaw Taylor on burnout, living in Detroit, and having a Harry Potter Christmas

By Polly Glass published 12 January 22

Joanne Shaw Taylor's The Blues Album was Classic Rock's favourite blues album of 2021

Classic Rock

Fozzy's Chris Jericho: "I'm Paul McCartney's 'ninja guy'"

By Stephen Hill published 12 January 22

Wrestling superstar and Fozzy frontman Chris Jericho grapples with questions about signing babies, fighting ninjas and 'Chinese Fozzocracy'

Metal Hammer

The story behind The Power Of Love by Huey Lewis & The News

By Henry Yates published 12 January 22

As the theme song from the blockbuster Spielberg movie Back To The Future, The Power Of Love made Huey Lewis an overnight superstar – but not rich

Classic Rock

Roger Taylor interview: Bowie, Sun City, flying solo and the joy of Adam Lambert

By Stephen Dalton published 12 January 22

Having just released his highest charting solo album and toured it, Queen's Roger Taylor is enjoying life away from his ‘day job’

Classic Rock

Catching up with Alice Cooper: return of the road rats

By Ian Fortnam published 12 January 22

With his twenty-first studio album, Detroit Stories, Alice Cooper came up with a stone-cold classic. Now he's looking forward to making up for lost time and taking the show on the road

Classic Rock

The Budgie albums you should definitely own

By Dave Ling published 11 January 22

Heroes to the NWOBHM – and covered by Metallica, Soundgarden, Megadeth and Iron Maiden – Welsh legends Budgie are the ultimate example of a band whose influence outshone their commercial impact

Classic Rock

Bad Wolves' Doc Coyle picks his ultimate playlist: "Muse are the heir apparent to Queen"

By Stephen Hill published 11 January 22

Megadeth, Michael Jackson and Muse all live happily together inside the Bad Wolves guitarist’s head

Metal Hammer

The road to The Thrill Is Gone: the ultimate B.B. King playlist

By Daniel de Visé published 11 January 22

17 songs that carried B.B. King towards his crossover breakthrough, by Pulitzer-winner Daniel de Visé, author of King of the Blues: The Rise and Reign of B.B. King

Classic Rock

Metal Hammer Staff Albums Of The Year 2021

Metal Hammer writers’ top metal albums of 2021

By Metal Hammer, Rich Hobson published 10 January 22

The full list of every Metal Hammer critic’s top 20 metal albums of 2021

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Latest Reviews

Asking Alexandria's See What's On The Inside: an outrageously infectious ode to classic rock

By Ali Cooper published 30 September 21

Asking Alexandria trade in their metalcore roots for massive classic rock sound

The Monster Roars by Magnum: genuinely lovely, with a silky-smooth underbelly

By Jason Arnopp published 15 January 22

Brummie veterans Magnum continue to put songcraft first on The Monster Roars, their best album for some time

Classic Rock

John Lodge - The Royal Affair And After: "a fitting celebration"

By Philip Wilding published 14 January 22

Not yet rated

Moody Blues man celebrates his own past

Prog

Long-running Christian alt.rockers Skillet give the fans what they want with Dominion

By Essi Berelian published 14 January 22

Skillet continue to preach to the converted on relentlessly uplifting 11th album Dominion

Classic Rock

The spirit of NWOBHM lives on through Eliminator's Ancient Light

By Essi Berelian published 14 January 22

Galloping riffs? Twin-guitar harmonies? They're impressive to behold on Eliminator's Ancient Light

Classic Rock

Tony Martin retains Black Sabbath power on new album Thorns

By Rich Davenport published 14 January 22

Thorns is a sharp comeback from former Black Sabbath vocalist Tony Martin

Classic Rock

House Of Marley Stir It Up turntable review

By Paul Dimery published 13 January 22

The king of reggae would surely have approved of this impressive record player from House Of Marley

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Worm Shepherd's Ritual Hymns: "A nightmarish wormhole of lurching slams and fervent blasts"

By Sophie Maughan published 11 January 22

Massachusetts newcomers Worm Shepherd assert themselves as extreme symphonic metal's newest heavy hitters on album #2, Ritual Hymns

Wiegedood - There's Always Blood At The End Of The Road

Wiegedood's There’s Always Blood At The End Of The Road: a snarling beast of black metal intensity and ingenuity

By Kez Whelan published 11 January 22

Flemish black metallers Wiegedood break with Church Of Ra tradition on album #4, There's Always Blood At The End Of The Road

Metal Hammer

Fit For An Autopsy Oh What The Future Holds

Fit For An Autopsy's Oh What The Future Holds: A modern deathcore classic from a band on career-defining form

By Dannii Leivers published 11 January 22

Deathcore heroes Fit For An Autopsy continue to elevate the genre with sixth album Oh What The Future Holds

Metal Hammer

Ratt: Out Of The Cellar - Album Of The Week Club review

By Classic Rock published 11 January 22

Ratt's Out Of The Cellar was a tidy serving of arena-baiting pop metal, often to be found soundtracking the heart of a Saturday night

Classic Rock

Spotify review: Is one of the world's most popular streaming services worth it?

Spotify review: Is one of the world's most popular streaming services still worth it?

By Steve May published 10 January 22

Spotify is one of the biggest music streaming services in the world, but in the face of stiff competition, does it still have what it takes

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Twin Atlantic's Transparency: euphoric, funk-flecked, irrepressible

By Emma Johnston published 7 January 22

Glaswegian rockers Twin Atlantic look inwards and get funky for a lockdown special

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