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Cool new proggy sounds from Gentle Giant, Voyage 35, Mastodon and more in Prog's brand new Tracks Of The Week

By Jerry Ewing Published

Great new prog you must hear from Long Earth, Pelagic United, Ditch The Demon, John Bassett and more in all new Tracks Of The Week

Music Videos
Mastodon in 2025
Mastodon return with trippy single Your Ghost Again, a tribute to late founding guitarist Brent Hinds

By Matt Mills Published

Hinds departed the band last March and died in a motorcycle accident, aged 51, in August

Tracks & Singles
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Mastodon’s Bill Kelliher wrote songs for Emperor Of Sand at his mum’s deathbed

By Philip Wilding Published

A cancer tragedy and other real-life dramas inspired Mastodon’s seventh album Emperor Of Sand, which they believe was 17 years in the making

Biographies
Lamb Of God singer Randy Blythe on the cover of Metal Hammer
An all-star interview with Randy Blythe

By Dave Everley Published

Max Cavalera, Cristina Scabbia, Scott Ian and more grill Randy Blythe in an all-star interview

Interviews
Chris Cornell on stage with his arms outstretched
Inside King Ultramega, the star-studded tribute to Soundgarden legend Chris Cornell

By Matt Mills Published

How a spur-of-the-moment pandemic jam turned into a special tribute to a much-missed legend

Music
Lemmy poses with a snaggletooth bust, 1982
The ultimate Motorhead playlist (as picked by Metallica, Judas Priest and more)

By Rich Hobson Published

We asked some of metal's biggest names to share which Motorhead songs mean most to them

Tracks & Singles
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The 50 metal albums you need to hear in 2026

By Metal Hammer Published

Digging deep on announcements, rumours and pure speculation to find the 50 metal albums you should be keeping an eye out for in 2026

Albums
V-Man superimposed onto a photo of Brent Hinds playing guitar
"What will his legacy be? His guitar playing. He could bend just one note and tell a whole story. I can hear David Gilmour in his playing." Slipknot member Alessandro ‘V-Man’ Venturella pays tribute to Mastodon guitarist and his dear friend, Brent Hinds

By Joe Daly Published

V-Man once worked as Brent Hinds' guitar tech and became lifelong bros with the Mastodon man

Bands & Artists
Brent Hinds
The life and lovable lunacy of hell-raising Mastodon genius Brent Hinds

By Joe Daly Published

Guitarist, artist, lunatic woodworker, dog-lover, psychedelic traveller – Brent Hinds was all of these and more

Bands & Artists
Mastodon
Tragedy lies behind most of Mastodon’s music. Hushed And Grim was no different

By Matt Mills Published

In 2021 the band released their first double-length record, which would prove to be their last with Brent Hinds. They hoped it would be their last to be inspired by personal catastrophes

Albums
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