Babymetal: A new dawn for the kawaii-metal pioneers By Eleanor Goodman As Babymetal return with a new album and a tweaked line-up, we find out why they’re shooting for the stars
7 Metal bands that defined 2019 By Eleanor Goodman 2019 has been a great year for metal. Here are 7 bands who made a big impact on Metal Hammer critics
Silence Festival: Nepal's answer to Western melancholy By Eleanor Goodman Fancy a trip to the festival that puts Nepalese metal on the map? Jump on a plane to Kathmandu this month for the annual Silence Festival
Tool: The birth of the band By Jon Weiderhorn, Eleanor Goodman When Tool formed and descended onto an unsuspecting Hollywood, alternative music was about to be dragged into a whole new world of dizzying possibilities
Heart problems and art problems: Jered Threatin one year on By Eleanor Goodman, Fraser Lewry We watched Jered Threatin play to a near-empty room in London, then interviewed him about his upcoming films, about wanting the audience to leave, and about coughing up blood
Korn's The Nothing: Your ultimate track-by-track guide By Alice Pattillo, Stephen Hill, Eleanor Goodman Korn's new album promised to be their heaviest yet, but is it? We've picked apart every track to find out...
10 Rock and metal tours that went to sh*t By Chris Chantler, Eleanor Goodman, Stephen Hill, Dom Lawson, Adam Rees Meltdowns. Accidents. Implosions. Bomb threats?! We dig inside some of the most chaotic tours in metal history
Tool's Fear Inoculum: Your definitive track-by-track guide By Stephen Hill, Eleanor Goodman It's taken 13 years, but Tool's new album, Fear Inoculum has finally arrived – here's everything you need to know about it, one track at a time
Tool's Fear Inoculum: intricate, immersive, and thrillingly warped By Eleanor Goodman After well over a decade’s wait, Tool spiral out and keep going further than ever on Fear Inoculum
Slipknot's We Are Not Your Kind: Your ultimate track-by-track guide By Merlin Alderslade, Eleanor Goodman, Briony Edwards, Alice Pattillo Slipknot's new album We Are Not Your Kind is upon us – here's everything you need to know about it... one track at a time
The first reaction to Tool's new single Fear Inoculum By Eleanor Goodman Tool have released Fear Inoculum, their first single in 13 years, and here's what we make of it
We went to see Rammstein's stadium show and it blew our tiny minds By Fraser Lewry, Merlin Alderslade, Eleanor Goodman, Briony Edwards We went to check out Rammstein's show at Stadium MK and were met with unbelievable pyro, an exploding baby and the best stage show in modern metal
Fireworks, flames and giant uteruses: Behind the scenes of Rammstein's epic live shows By Eleanor Goodman Rammstein have the biggest show in metal, it’s as simple as that. We got the people behind the scenes to reveal how it all comes together
What happened when we went to the War Of The Worlds Immersive Experience By Eleanor Goodman Martians, red weed and virtual reality: Jeff Wayne's War Of The Worlds Immersive Experience is open for business in London
5 Reasons why we are (and you should be) excited Tool are back By Eleanor Goodman, Alice Pattillo Tool's Download Festival set made us eternally grateful and super excited to see them finally headlining festivals again
Tool's Download Festival performance left the audience in awe By Eleanor Goodman Maynard and co.'s breath-taking return to the UK was worth the twelve year wait
Why Slipknot are the ultimate Download Festival headliners By Eleanor Goodman What we thought about the eighteen-legged Iowans' triumphant return to the UK
10 awesome underground metal bands you need hear By Alice Pattillo, Eleanor Goodman, Merl Alderslade, Jonathan Selzer If you're looking to hear and experience something different at this year's Download, look no further!
Rammstein's self-titled new album: Peak, unashamed, undiluted Rammstein By Eleanor Goodman Rammstein's brilliant new album proves that the band continue to operate on a whole other level
Babymetal’s new comic book is the most insane thing you’ll read today By Eleanor Goodman Samurai swords and chicken demons? This is the inside story behind Apocrypha: The Legend Of Babymetal
Metal Hammer Podcast: 50 Years Of Metal! By Eleanor Goodman The 50 best metal albums, Ozzy's cancelled tour, and those Tool video teasers
Avatar’s Johannes Eckerström: the albums that changed my life By Eleanor Goodman From The Beatles to Marduk, these are the records that made the Avatar singer the man he is
We asked Ghost’s Tobias Forge if metal will rule the planet again. This is what he said By Eleanor Goodman Inrto to comeThe Ghost frontman casts a milky eye over 21st century metal - and looks to what the future holds
The Crow: the macabre tale of the ultimate cult goth movie By Eleanor Goodman How the accidental death of actor Brandon Lee on the set of The Crow turned this comic book adaption into an undying classic
Metal Hammer Podcast: The Big Review By Eleanor Goodman It's the end-of-year, extra-long, extra-special edition of the Metal Hammer Podcast
