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Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: September 26 2025
Judas Priest, Kreator and Soulfly are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!
"A bank robber put a gun in my face and stole my motorcycle."
Nervosa's singer/guitarist Prika Amaral picks the bands who've shaped her musical journey
How Kreator made Pleasure To Kill, the vicious 80s classic that put German thrash on the map
Kreator’s second album, Pleasure To Kill, proved that America didn’t have the monopoly on thrash
Joey Jordison’s former death metal band Sinsaenum are back, will release new album in tribute to late Slipknot drummer
Sinsaenum – also featuring members of Kreator, Mayhem and others – will continue with Jordison’s old drum tech behind the kit
Mille Petrozza reveals which classic Kreator track was inspired by 9/11
Influenced by the confusion and hostility that followed 9/11, Kreator wrote an anarchic thrasher that continued their 2000s comeback
A Kreator biography is coming in 2025
Singer/guitarist Mille Petrozza has co-written a book about the thrash metal veterans’ first 10 years of service, expected next year
“We just wanted to be filthy!”: the snarling, savage story of German thrash
Metallica and Slayer grabbed the headlines, but they couldn’t match Germany’s Kreator, Sodom or Destruction for filthy viciousness
9 heavy metal stars who made it big with their first band
From Lars Ulrich to Lzzy Hale, these are the rare metal musicians who hit the big time on their very first go
