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"I thought it was a spam email when Mike reached out asking me to be part of this": Watch Mike Shinoda play Linkin Park's Castle Of Glass with six musicians who've never met one another before
By Paul Brannigan published
Mike Shinoda shares the London episode of his Already Over Sessions series, featuring Linkin Park's Castle Of Glass

The 50 best metal songs of 2023 (as voted by Metal Hammer readers)
By Merlin Alderslade published
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

"I'm at this weird crossroads": Mike Shinoda faces the future, but exactly what that future holds, is not yet clear
By Paul Brannigan published
Expect 'things' from Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda in 2024, just don't expect him to play by standard music industry rules

Linkin Park are being sued by their former bassist, who says he never received a penny for playing on more than 20 songs
By Paul Brannigan published
Former Linkin Park bassist Kyle Christner wants recognition, and payment, for his work on early Linkin Park demos

The 20 greatest Download festival sets ever
By Stephen Hill published
For two decades, Download has been the premiere rock and metal festival in the UK. These are its finest moments

As a millennial metalhead, I was laughed at for loving nu metal. In 2023 it's filling festivals and influencing more young bands than ever - and I couldn't be happier about it
By Merlin Alderslade published
Nu metal was derided as silly, overblown and undeserving of recognition in the wider metal scene. Admittedly, two of those things were kinda true, but it still ruled, OK?!

"We pull out sandwiches and sodas, and we start having a picnic on their stage": Mike Shinoda on the time Linkin Park pranked Metallica mid-show
By Paul Brannigan published
That time Linkin Park pulled the most wholesome prank ever on Metallica

The most played live songs by 25 iconic metal bands
By Merlin Alderslade published
From Metallica, Maiden and Sabbath to Ghost, Nightwish and Slipknot, here are the songs these heavyweights have played more than any other

“We’d got him doing what we’d usually get a stunt man to do!" Superglue, a rigged car and racist skinheads: how Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington became the star of one of Saw's most brutal scenes
By Rich Hobson published
Chester Bennington's appearance in the Saw franchise might have been brief, but it was definitely memorable
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