This is Slipknot as you've never heard them before – on the cello! By Alice Pattillo last updated 21 September 22 YouTuber Fernando Nina has elevated Slipknot into a highbrow art form with his incredible classical cello cover of The Devil In I
Slipknot's Psychosocial played in 25 different styles is the weirdest thing you'll see today By Alice Pattillo last updated 21 September 22 What if Hanson had written Slipknot's 2008 anthem Psychosocial?
10 of the best live metal performances to stream now By Alice Pattillo last updated 21 September 22 Experience all the atmosphere of a heavy metal gig without ever having to leave the comfort of your own home
This bluegrass cover of Megadeth's Symphony Of Destruction is the craziest thing you'll see all day By Alice Pattillo last updated 20 September 22 Bluegrass outfit DD and the Butterlovers previously covered Billie Eilish, but now they've turned their attention to the thrash metal heavyweights Megadeth
How heavy music saved me from my ADHD brain By Alice Pattillo published 12 August 21 Can heavy genres like punk and metal offer solace for neurodiverse people? One Metal Hammer writer shares her experience
Lust over these sexy AF bikinis fit for the queen of hell By Alice Pattillo published 31 March 21 Swim away from negativity with KILLSTAR’s latest line of alternative and goth swimwear
The best deals on Sony WH-1000XM3 noise-cancelling headphones By Alice Pattillo last updated 4 March 21 Get £100+ off the incredible Sony headphones that can "beat anything Bose has with both arms behind its back"
Nile's Karl Sanders: Top 10 Must-Read Inspirational Books By Alice Pattillo last updated 3 February 21 Tech-death Egyptologists Nile are big on history, religion, art and H.P. Lovecraft, so we thought we'd ask founding member Karl Sanders to pick the books he's been most inspired by
Black metal pioneers Emperor to play exclusive UK show at Incineration Festival 2022 By Alice Pattillo published 1 February 21 London’s premier extreme metal festival secure Emperor as headliners – plus Bloodbath, Dark Funeral and Tsjuder confirmed again for next year’s extreme metal all-dayer
10 incredible Hungarian metal bands you might not have heard By Alice Pattillo last updated 26 October 20 Apocalyptic prog metallers Perihelion pick the greatest metal from their Central European homeland
Now's your chance to learn guitar with Fender Play's 50% off Black Friday offer By Alice Pattillo last updated 23 October 20 Itching to give guitar a go? Fender Play are offering 50% off their online course this Black Friday – plus 10% off Fender gear!
10 awesome metal riffs with odd time signatures By Alice Pattillo last updated 1 October 20 Mancunian metallers Prognosis love a proggy riff, so we asked them to pick their top 10 odd time signature metal songs
Dear Chuck: A letter to the late Death frontman from Possessed's Jeff Becerra By Alice Pattillo last updated 28 September 20 Exclusive 18 years since Death mastermind Chuck Schuldiner tragically lost his battle with cancer, his friend and mentor Possessed's Jeff Becerra writes him this heartfelt message
Hellhammer: the tortured black metal outcasts who created a monster By Alice Pattillo published 5 June 20 In 1984, three Swiss misfits formed a band that was rawer and nastier than anything before. This is the story of Hellhammer and the painful birth of black metal
Top 10 essential sci-fi films to watch during lockdown By Alice Pattillo last updated 8 May 20 Georgia metallers Irist pick the sci-fi flicks you absolutely need to watch during self-isolation
Meet These Wicked Rivers, the band the new wave of classic rock needs By Alice Pattillo published 30 April 20 If you like Clutch, Black Stone Cherry and… tea, you’re going to love These Wicked Rivers
Playlist: Tom G Warrior's quarantine soundtrack By Alice Pattillo published 9 April 20 Hellhammer and Celtic Frost mastermind Tom G Warrior shares the tracks that are seeing him through quarantine
Watch: Matt Heafy talks Tiger King, new Trivium and Ascendancy By Alice Pattillo last updated 7 April 20 Exclusive Watch Matt Heafy talk to Hammer editor Merlin Alderslade about social distancing, Tiger King and Ascendancy
Save 45% on Venom's In Nomine Satanas limited edition vinyl boxset By Alice Pattillo last updated 4 April 20 Bargain alert: The extensive 40th anniversary vinyl boxset In Nomine Satanas from black metal's forefathers Venom is now on sale and it's not even Black Friday yet!
10 Bands who create music against the odds By Alice Pattillo published 1 April 20 Premiere Middle Eastern metallers Svengali introduce us to ten bands who experience lockdowns everyday, yet prevail against the odds to bring their metal to the masses
Listen to Death live in Montreal as Relapse launch series of unreleased live recordings By Alice Pattillo published 31 March 20 Relapse unleash Death: Non Analog – On Stage Series, a series of previously-unreleased Death concerts released every other week across all digital platforms as long as live music is on hiatus
Lucifer: Nicke Andersson's track-by-track guide to Lucifer III By Alice Pattillo published 26 March 20 Johanna Sadonis' partner in crime, Nicke Andersson, talks us through the retro occultists Lucifer's lastest album
This Slayer Raining Blood mash-up will brighten up your entire day By Alice Pattillo published 26 March 20 The "SLAY-52s" Raining Lobsters is exactly what we needed to hear today
The beginners guide to heavy metal yoga: 11 yoga poses to get you started By Alice Pattillo published 25 March 20 We've teamed up with (heavy) metal yoga to bring you 11 poses that'll get you started with yoga – and a metal AF playlist to motivate your practice
16 must-see metal rockumentaries to stream right now By Alice Pattillo published 23 March 20 Who needs school? We've scrolled Netflix, Prime and YouTube to find you the best metal documentaries for the only education you'll ever need
