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Babymetal/Ghost/Sleep Token/Bloodywood/Halestorm
50 metal albums you need to hear in 2025

By Rich Hobson Published

From Ghost to Babymetal, Halestorm to Sleep Token, these are the metal albums you should keep an eye out for in 2025

Albums
Backxwash at Roadburn 2024
Backxwash live review Roadburn Festival 2024

By Rich Hobson Published

A surprise last-minute addition to Roadburn Festival 2024, trap metal star Backxwash shows just how far she's come from her Sabbath-sampling roots

Concerts & Shows
This week's best metal tracks
The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

By Merlin Alderslade Published

From Bad Omens' fascinating new project to the latest cuts from Oceans Of Slumber, Gatecreeper and more, this is all the new metal you need in your life this week

Tracks & Singles
The changing face of metal and hardscore: Death Grips, Witch Fever, Backxwash, Scowl
The success of this summer's Outbreak and Supersonic festivals mean a line has now been drawn in the sand: no longer can heavy music festival bookers utter the lie "We would book more women/people of colour, but there aren’t any”

By Stephen Hill Published

There was much more to Outbreak and Supersonic than white men with guitars, and the UK festival scene now feels vital and vibrant again

Music Festivals
Backxwash Supersonic 2023
"I don't give a f*** what people think": trap metal pioneer Backxwash makes an emotional, triumphant UK debut that shows there's more to metal than riffs

By Rich Hobson Published

Trap metal pioneer Backxwash shows that metal has never been more diverse with her UK live debut at Supersonic Festival 2023

Music Festivals
Ice-T, Rage Against The Machine and Fred Durst
A beginner's guide to rap metal in five essential albums

By Merlin Alderslade Published

Rap metal fused two unlikely bedfellows to produce one of heavy music's most exciting and unique sounds. Here's its story in five classic records

Albums
Hip-hop artists using metal samples
The 10 best metal samples in hip-hop

By James Smurthwaite Last updated

Forget Aerosmith and Run DMC – from Public Enemy to Lil Peep, here are 10 artists who have fused metal and hip hop

Interviews
Metal Hammer Staff Albums Of The Year 2021
Metal Hammer writers’ top metal albums of 2021

By Metal Hammer, Rich Hobson Last updated

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

Albums
Health
Lamb Of God, NIN, Poppy to feature on new HEALTH album

By Rich Hobson Published

The new HEALTH album DISCO4 PART II will feature collabs with Nine Inch Nails, Poppy, Backxwash, Ho99o9 and more. Hear new single Cold Blood featuring Lamb Of God now

Albums
Backxwash press pic 2021, by Chachi Revah
Backxwash: "I had planned I was going to die at the end of the year"

By Emma Johnston Published

Fierce, fearless and boundary-smashing, Backxwash is the sound of 2021 - and her story is every bit as unique as her music

Bands & Artists
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