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The 50 metal albums you need to hear in 2024
From returning icons to underground heroes and metal's next generation, these are the albums you should be excited about this year
10 amazing covers by massive metal bands that you’ve (probably) never heard
From Iron Maiden going full prog to Black Sabbath smashing Smoke On The Water, only completists will have heard these extraordinary covers
"We need to keep bringing new bands through": we talk to a Download Festival booker about the future of metal and running the UK's biggest rock fest
Download Festival has been the biggest celebration of alternative music in the UK for over 20 years - but its ability to foster the next generation has never been more crucial
The 10 greatest heavy metal live performances on late-night TV
Watch Metallica, Evanescence, Slipknot, Sepultura and more rock the airwaves
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Everybody starts somewhere! Metallica, Iron Maiden, Slipknot and more remember their first times onstage.
10 metal bands who ‘went soft’ – and were better off for it
Avenged Sevenfold, Bring Me The Horizon and Gojira took their careers to new heights after dialling back the aggro
20 metal bands with no bad albums
From Tool to Cave In and Mastodon, these metal masters all boast spotless back-catalogues
Metal Hammer writers name their best gigs of 2023
From the monolithic Metallica to rising stars like Green Lung, these are the greatest shows that Team Hammer saw this year
