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Vote for the best metal song of 2025
From Ghost and Sleep Token to Electric Callboy, Lorna Shore, Babymetal and beyond, 2025 has offered up plenty of great metal tunes. But which songs rule the roost?
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.
