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Five Finger Death Punch, Electric Callboy and Arch Enemy onstage
Five Finger Death Punch, Helloween, Electric Callboy, Knocked Loose, Dragonforce and many more announced for Wacken Open Air 2027 lineup

By Matt Mills Published

Germany’s biggest metal festival will return from July 28 to 31

Music Festivals
Ghost/Sleep Token/Lord Of The Lost/Babymetal/Ward XVI
The best metal albums of 2025 (as voted by Metal Hammer readers)

By Rich Hobson Published

From Ghost to Sleep Token, Babymetal to Spiritbox, these are the albums you said defined metal in 2025

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Albums
Ghost/Babymetal/Sleep Token/Electric Callboy/The Yagas
The 50 best metal songs of 2025

By Rich Hobson Published

Sleep Token, Ghost, Babymetal - these are the songs you picked as the finest 2025 had to offer

Tracks & Singles
Helloween posing for a photograph with a giant pumpkin in 1988
How a disillusioned guitarist turned his bitter resignation letter into one of metal’s greatest anthems

By Dave Everley Published

Power metal godfathers Helloween were on the way to huge success in the 80s – but one member wanted out

Interviews
Amazon Black Friday Deals
10 brilliant vinyl deals you won't want to miss this Black Friday

By Rich Hobson Published

From Guns N' Roses legendary debut to Bring Me The Horizon, Motorhead, Type O Negative and more, you need to check out these brilliant deals

Albums
Various spooky metal stuff
"It was my first time hearing heavy metal – and I was terrified of it." Here are 8 spooky metal classics you need on your Halloween playlist this year

By Merlin Alderslade Published

Team Metal Hammer picks out some of the spookiest and most terrifying tracks you need to metal up your Halloween mix in 2025

Bands & Artists
The metal band Dynazty next to a shot of Peacemaker character Leota running away
Why Peacemaker showrunner James Gunn used a cult Swedish metal band to soundtrack that shocking new twist

By Merlin Alderslade Published

The new episode of Peacemaker featured a hell of a plot twist - and showrunner James Gunn turned to heavy metal to soundtrack it

Bands & Artists
Helloween Press 2025
"I always thought power metal is cheesy. We are not cheesy, **** that."

By Dave Everley Published

How Helloween's Pumpkins United has reinvented power metal's first breakout stars

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Bands & Artists
Helloween on the cover of Metal Hammer, next to a t-shirt depicting the band's mascot and the Helloween logo
Get the new issue of Metal Hammer with a Helloween cover and t-shirt you won’t find in the shops

By Metal Hammer Published

Celebrate the release of the power metal overlords’ new album Giants & Monsters with this exclusive Metal Hammer bundle

Bands & Artists
Helloween studio portrait
Helloween's Giants & Monsters: A thoroughly modern melodic metal album

By Dave Everley Published

Retooled German metal meisters Helloween show their class on seventeenth studio album

Albums
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