Latest about Cattle Decapitation
"People aren’t used to hearing vocal melody over a wall of ‘blackened progressive deathgrind’ or whatever the hell you call it." Cattle Decapitation might be playing arenas, but they're still one of metal's most extreme bands
Cattle Decapitation's Travis Ryan talks bugs, betrayal by Metallica and how it feels playing arenas with Amon Amarth
Metal Hammer's 50 best albums of 2023 (and the stories behind them)
Sleep Token, Creeper, Within Temptation: 2023 has been a massive year for metal, and these 50 records represent the very best the year has had to offer
The 50 best metal songs of 2023 (as voted by Metal Hammer readers)
From Sleep Token and Ghost, Babymetal to Metallica: 2023 has been a year of heavy metal bangers - these were the 50 best of them all, according to you
The 10 best death metal albums of 2023
From old school veterans Obituary and Cannibal Corpse to newcomers Crypta and Burner, death metal was brilliantly brutal in 2023
The best metal albums of 2023 so far
From Metallica to Babymetal, Cattle Decapitation to Sleep Token, these are the best metal albums of the year to date
The 10 best new metal songs you need to hear right now
Within Temptation, Cattle Decapitation and In This Moment are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!
10 legendary heavy metal bands with no original members left
Judas Priest, Opeth and Napalm Death have all had monumental success – and none of their founding members have stuck around to relish it
The 10 best new metal songs you need to hear this week
Metallica, The Hu and After The Burial are among this week's best new metal songs. Plus, vote for your favourite!
