Latest articles by Alexander Milas
Trivium broke big with 2005’s Ascendancy – but a year later, The Crusade saw the backlash hit
Unexpectedly down an original member, Metallica headlined Download festival 2004 backed up by Joey Jordison and Dave Lombardo
In the time before punk, there was only one place to go for anarchic, pile-driving hypno-rock
After the death of Layne Staley, it took Alice In Chains seven years to return with a new frontman and album. This is their story
The end of the world? That was just inspiration for In Flames’ ninth album, A Sense Of Purpose
In 2011, Metal Hammer boarded Ed Force One to join Iron Maiden in South America for scenes of madness, mayhem and pisco sour
The story of Mastodon’s 2009 prog metal masterpiece, Crack The Skye
In 2007, Al Jourgensen was talking about retiring – and it was mostly down to the US President
In 2007, three years before his death, Peter Steele sat down for one of his most candid interviews ever
HIM’s Venus Doom was the sound of a band peering over the edge of the abyss, as Ville Valo explained when Metal Hammer spoke to the singer in 2007
The story of Alice In Chains’ comeback album Black Gives Way To Blue
How Within Temptation’s 2007 album The Heart Of Everything kicked things to the next level
In 2007, Vinnie Paul returned to the fray with the debut album from the supergroup Hellyeah – his first band since the death of his brother Dimebag Darrell
In 2010, Hammer visited HIM frontman Ville Valo at home in Helsinki to talk about the goth-metal band’s new album, Screamworks: Love in Theory And Practice
Steve Harris' British Lion take over the Cart & Horses for a triumphant show in London
Iron Maiden drummer and living legend Nicko McBrain opens up on a whirlwind 12 months
When HIM broke up, Ville Valo fell into a deep depression. With VV, he's found a new lease on life
In London for the War Games Live event at the Imperial War Museum on November 26, John Romero talks Iron Maiden, the NWOBHM and the cultural touchstones which fire his imagination. Read to the end for free tickets details
Suicidal Tendencies, Ozzy Osbourne, Jerry Cantrell and, of course, Metallica – Rob Trujillo has played for them all. This is the story of the man behind the bass
Inspired by a Moscow festival crowd, the Scorpions' Wind Of Change came to represent the fall of the Berlin Wall, but now its message of reconciliation and hope is now being tested
Amid muted celebrations of their 50th anniversary Scorpions released their nineteenth studio album – Rock Believer – more than a decade after their farewell tour. Will they ever stop?
The man behind Black Sabbath's game-changing lyrics reveals all about his life and times
