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I'm a guitarist and metal obsessive. So why have I only wanted to listen to video game soundtracks this year?
Modern metal just isn't doing it for me - but these epic video game OSTs are!
Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: November 21 2025
Rob Zombie, Lamb Of God and Svalbard are among this week's best new metal songs. Plus, vote for your favourite!
Svalbard, one of British metal’s best underground bands, have just released their final song
The four-piece’s farewell UK tour kicks off on Wednesday
Arctangent – the UK’s best prog metal festival – announces first bands for 2026, including Igorrr, Svalbard, Alcest, Agent Fresco, Chat Pile
The most forward-thinking bands in prog, post-rock and metal will once again gather at Bristol’s Fernhill Farm next August
I've been a metal guitarist for almost two decades and not enough people talk about these incredible guitar-shredding albums
These are the five albums that more fans of fretboard-shredding metal need to know about
Why your favourite British metal bands are breaking up
UK metal beloveds Svalbard, Orange Goblin and Ithaca will all split in the coming months. Their reasons why hint at a grim future for the country’s alternative artists.
Svalbard's Serena Cherry answers your questions
Which Pokémon would her bands be? How did she learn guitar? Why doesn't she play more power metal? These are the questions you asked Svalbard's Serena Cherry
UK post-metal dynamos Svalbard to break up in 2026, announce farewell tour
Talking exclusively to Metal Hammer, singer/guitarist Serena Cherry describes her band’s split as a creative decision and says they have one song left to release
I front a metal band and this is what it's like having hundreds of phones pointed at you every night on stage (spoiler: it's really weird)
Serena Cherry, frontwoman of British extreme metallers Svalbard, opens up on the experience of having your every move documented on stage
"Enslaved still sound as explosive as they did when they started." Enslaved, Svalbard and Wayfarer contort black metal into startling new forms at stunning London show
At a rammed Islington Assembly Hall, a bill headed by viking explorers Enslaved pushes black metal into new, fascinating soundscapes
