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The 10 greatest heavy metal live performances on late-night TV
Watch Metallica, Evanescence, Slipknot, Sepultura and more rock the airwaves
“Kirk Hammett said, ‘Ah, Cannibal Corpse – that’s an interesting name!’” 20 legendary metal bands remember their first shows
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
The 11 most amazing onstage team-ups in heavy metal history
Metallica and Ozzy Osbourne. Trivium and Slipknot. The entire Big Four. These are the most excellent onstage collaborations we’ve ever seen.
The 10 greatest guest spots in heavy metal history
From Bruce Dickinson teaming with Rob Halford to Dave Grohl’s Probot album, here are the times big names made great metal songs even greater
The 10 heaviest metal breakdowns of all time
When the beat drops, these songs by Metallica, Slayer and more hit like a freight train
"The closest metal scene was two hours away. We couldn't just go and see a show." From being an outsider to playing Sepultura songs with Max Cavalera, these are the life lessons of Gojira's Joe Duplantier
Joe Duplantier is one of metal's most thoughtful and widely respected figures. This is what he's learned through a career in music
