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Ihsahn performing onstage with Emperor in 2018
Debate: who are the greatest black metal band of all time?

By Metal Hammer Published

From Mayhem to Emperor, black metal is full of fearless innovators, and we want you to tell us which band reign supreme

Bands & Artists
In Flames Mystic Festival 2025
What it was like at Mystic Festival 2025

By Rich Hobson Published

From watching Hatebreed cover Slayer in the rain to spectacular sets from King Diamond, Witch Club Satan, Sepultura and more, this is what it was like at Mystic Festival 2025

Music Festivals
Bathory albums
Every Bathory album ranked from worst to best

By Chris Chantler Published

They remain one of the most innovative and influential bands in extreme metal, but there can only be one Bathory magnum opus…

Albums
BBC vinyl auction
The BBC is selling off rare Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, David Bowie, The Beatles and er, Bathory albums from its Gramophone Library if you want to expand your vinyl collection

By Paul Brannigan Published

The BBC are to auction off a staggering 285,000 vinyl records over the next year-and-a-half, starting from January 30

Albums
AC/DC's bell
Top 10 metal songs featuring bells

By David Keevill Last updated

The best examples of bells chiming in heavy metal

Tracks & Singles
Ghost/The Hu/Eluveitie
The 10 most surprising instruments ever used by metal bands

By Ade Mulgrew Published

From The Hu and Eluveitie to Shining (NOR) and Batushka, these 10 bands got creative with their instrumentation to make some truly distinctive heavy metal

Bands & Artists
Quorthon of Bathory
Bathory: the triumph and tragedy of the man who invented black metal

By Dave Everley Published

Bathory mainman Quorthon pioneered black metal and Viking metal. But he was an enigma in life and death

Bands & Artists
Jonas Akerlund
Jonas Åkerlund: “I have tapes of Bathory in the rehearsal studio”

By Dave Everley Published

Lords Of Chaos director Jonas Åkerlund looks back on his time in black metal pioneers Bathory and his friendship with enigmatic frontman Quorthon

Interviews
Volbeat 2021
10 surprisingly heavy records that inspired Volbeat

By Rich Hobson Published

Volbeat frontman Michael Poulsen reveals his roots in death metal and lists 10 surprisingly heavy records that continue to inspire Volbeat today

Albums
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The Top 20 best metal albums of 1987

By Metal Hammer Published

From Guns N’ Roses and Motley Crue to Anthrax, Death and Sepultura, these are the records that defined 1987

Albums
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