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The 10 heaviest metal breakdowns of all time

By Matt Mills Published

When the beat drops, these songs by Metallica, Slayer and more hit like a freight train

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Metallica
The 'bad' metal albums that are much better than you remember

By Rich Hobson, Merlin Alderslade, Justin Breckner, Joe Daly, Eleanor Goodman, Perran Helyes, Stephen Hill, Dom Lawson, Hannah May Kilroy, Matt Mills, Jonathan Selzer Published

From Iron Maiden to Metallica, Slayer to Guns N' Roses, these are the 'dud' albums that deserve a second look

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The crowd at Wacken
"It's our duty to push the boundaries." The story of Wacken Open Air

By Rich Hobson Published

Ahead of its huge 35th anniversary event, we look back at the birth of Wacken

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Members of Machine Head holding keys
Machine Head awarded keys to the city of Albuquerque by the most metal mayor in America

By Matt Mills Published

Tim Keller has previously given keys to the city to Judas Priest and Iron Maiden and been spotted in Soulfly merch

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Machine Head posing for a photograph in 1994
The story of Machine Head’s Burn My Eyes, the game-changing album that revitalised 90s metal

By Dom Lawson Published

Machine Head’s Robb Flynn looks back on the making of his band’s classic debut

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Robb Flynn, Kerry King, Matt Heafy and Jonathan Davis
10 terrible metal albums with one classic song

By Stephen Hill Published

These metal albums were pretty much all stinkers – apart from one absolute banger that saved the day

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Machine Head's Robb Flynn screaming on stage in 1998
How Machine Head bounced back from firings, studio disasters and, erm, constipation

By Stephen Hill Published

When Machine Head needed a good follow-up to their classic debut album, boy did they deliver - but not without facing some challenges

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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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Machine Head posing for a photograph in 2006
How Machine Head made a Master Of Puppets for the 21st century

By Dom Lawson Published

Machine Head’s The Blackening is one of the greatest metal records of the 21st century

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Metal Hammer's albums of the year: 2025

By Metal Hammer Published

From chart-toppers Ghost and Sleep Token to rising stars Lorna Shore and Spiritbox, 2025 has been a massive year for metal

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