Latest articles by Alice Pattillo
Testament, Death Angel and Exodus announce joint UK tour dates
The thrash legends will kick off "The Bay Strikes Back" tour in Europe next year and have now added four UK shows
Mike Judge has "some ideas" for new Beavis and Butt-Head movie
Could Beavis and Butt-Head be making a return to the big screen?
This re-edited Yesterday trailer replaces The Beatles with GWAR and it's the best thing you'll see today
What if you woke up and GWAR didn't exist?
Watch Maysaloon's Jake Shuker perform at the Imperial War Museum
Exclusive: See Syrian metaller Jake Shuker performing at the Imperial War Museum as part of Rebel Sounds Live
Top 10 British underground doom metal bands as chosen by Surya
U.K. doom metal outfit Surya premiere their new album Solastalgia in full and pick their top contemporary doom acts
3TEETH's Metawar: The ultimate track-by-track guide in the band's own words
3Teeth frontman Alexis "Lex" Mincola talks us through the band's new album Metawar
Slipknot: The ultimate timeline of new album We Are Not Your Kind
Updated Slipknot's new album We Are Not Your Kind is nearly upon us – here's what the 18-legged Iowan juggernaut have been doing since they last hung up their masks
Why you should be attending at least one smaller festival every year
We spoke to Rolo Tomassi, Heart Of A Coward, Loathe and more to discuss why you need to get out to one of this year's smaller UK fests like Guildford's Radar
Lamb of God officially part ways with drummer Chris Adler
Lamb of God reveal via Facebook that founding member and drummer Chris Adler will not be returning to the band
We went to a true black metal festival set in a historic Norwegian fortress and here's what we learned
The first year of Imperium festival saw black metal heavyweights like Kampfar, Taake, Destroyer 666 and Uada storm the gates of Fredriksten Festning in Halden, Norway
Nanowar Of Steel's Norwegian Reggaeton is the weirdest sh*t you'll see all year
Could this bizarre latin-pop black metal piss-take be this year's summer season beach hit?
10 awesome contemporary black metal bands from the UK
Up-and-coming British black metallers Necronautical pick their top bands from the UK's flourishing BM scene
Gaahl has made a Pride playlist and it's the best thing you'll hear today
Ex-Gorgoroth frontman Gaahl of Gaahls WYRD celebrates LGBTQ Pride with this incredible playlist... and it's full of suprises!
10 Awesome Spanish extreme metal bands as chosen by Foscor
Catalan progressive post-black metal quintet Foscor pick their favourite extreme metal bands from their homeland of Spain
8 of the best South African metal bands as chosen by Deity's Muse
South African prog metallers Deity's Muse pick their top South African bands
How to build your free Sabaton tank!
This month's Metal Hammer comes with a FREE TANK! Watch how to assemble it
6 Things we learned at Birmingham's Home of Metal Summer Exhibitions 2019
It's been 50 years since Black Sabbath emerged from the industrial depths of Birmingham and the city is celebrating with an entire summer of metal exhibitions and events
Listen to South African slam deathers Vulvodynia's brutal new album feat. Black Dahlia Murder's Trevor Strnad
Crushingly brutal South African slam metallers Vulvodynia exclusively stream their new album Mob Justice featuring members of The Black Dahlia Murder and Malevolence
Listen to Beastwars' new album chronicling vocalist's battle with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
Listen exclusively to Beastwars' new album IV and learn, in his own words, how vocalist Matt Hyde overcame Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
Ex-Akercocke bassist's blackened thrash outfit Damim premiere creepy sci-fi horror video
London purveyors of blackened existential outrage Damim release new video for Rising Of The Lights and it's got distinct The Thing vibes
How the extreme and obscure dominated at this year's Download
This year's Download Festival stand-out performances might surprise you
5 Reasons why we are (and you should be) excited Tool are back
Tool's Download Festival set made us eternally grateful and super excited to see them finally headlining festivals again
Slayer's last ever UK performance at Download was a bittersweet triumph
See our gallery of the legendary thrashers' epic send-off at Download Festival
