Runes, ravens and sorcery: how pagan-folk mystics Wardruna are bringing the old ways back By Eleanor Goodman Wardruna may have soundtracked the TV show Vikings, but their music goes deeper than battleaxes and longships
If you’ve ever danced to Disturbed’s The Sickness as a teenager, you’ll know how brilliant it is By Eleanor Goodman Disturbed are the ultimate people’s band – and The Sickness is the multi-platinum nu-metal album that deserves way more love than it gets
Leprous perform Malina and Pitfalls live By Eleanor Goodman Our review of Norwegian proggers Leprous' latest live streams for Malina and Pitfalls
Alien Weaponry: the New Zealand metal heroes bringing Māori culture to the masses By Eleanor Goodman Jacinda Ardern-approved Kiwi trio Alien Weaponry are heading up a wave of new global metal. And things are only going to get heavier…
Living with tinnitus: "We all love music – why would we want to lose that?" By Eleanor Goodman Metal Hammer Deputy Editor Eleanor Goodman has been living with tinnitus since she was 16. Here, Eleanor reveals what it’s like to live with the condition and what she does to protect her hearing
Puscifer’s Maynard James Keenan: “What are you gonna do? Lay around and whimper?” By Eleanor Goodman The world is crazier than ever right now – and Puscifer have the perfect soundtrack
Killer Be Killed’s Max Cavalera: “The Pope should listen to our new album” By Eleanor Goodman We got metal all-stars Killer Be Killed to do our job for us and interview each other. Cue tales of bus crashes, bar brawls and bacon binges
How trap metal anti-icon Ghostemane became the new king of the misfits By Eleanor Goodman He grew up on Korn and Nine Inch Nails, and has worked with Ross Robinson. Now Ghostemane wants to drag metal into the 2020s
Mastodon: “Fans think all we do is sit around and listen to heavy metal. We just don’t” By Eleanor Goodman Mastodon’s Brann Dailor and Bill Kelliher talk us through Medium Rarities and 20 years of prog-metal madness
We played Pat Sharp from Fun House metal’s most fun songs and these are his thoughts By Eleanor Goodman We got former Fun House star and 90s TV legend Pat Sharp to give us his thoughts on some of metal's most fun songs. You're welcome.
Puscifer: “We can get swallowed in the burning hellfire of social media or we can take a step back” By Eleanor Goodman Puscifer’s Maynard James Keenan and Carina Round reveal all about their new album, Existential Reckoning
Therapy, rebirth and the ghosts of the past: the inside story of Deftones’ Ohms By Eleanor Goodman “We had to bring it back to life”: how Deftones rediscovered their sweet spot to make Ohms
Bloodywood: the Indian metal stars who broke the internet By Eleanor Goodman Indian mavericks Bloodywood are the missing link between metal and Bollywood. And now they’re out to take over the world
First reaction: Linkin Park's Pictureboard, the song fans waited 20 years to hear By Eleanor Goodman First reaction Linkin Park have finally released their long-lost song Pictureboard – after 20 years, was it worth the wait?
Blue is the new black: inside the otherworldly universe of A.A. Williams By Eleanor Goodman AA Williams is the death-gospel singer-songwriter bewitching metal’s underground
How Oceans Of Slumber went to the edge and back to make the most vital prog metal record of 2020 By Eleanor Goodman Oceans Of Slumber are redefining what it means to be a prog metal band in 2020. But the future remains uncertain for them
The planet is f**ked and Avatar are seriously pissed about it By Eleanor Goodman Think Avatar are just about loud costumes and OTT gimmicks? Wrong. And now it’s time to get serious
Oceans Of Slumber - Oceans Of Slumber review By Eleanor Goodman Not yet rated Texan prog metallers rebuild themselves on album number four.
Lacuna Coil were the first metal band caught up in the pandemic. This is how they made it through By Eleanor Goodman When COVID-19 forced Lacuna Coil to cancel shows in March, little did they know what was coming next. Singer Cristina Scabbia looks back on the most disorientating year of her life
Avatar’s Johannes Eckerström: 10 albums that changed my life By Eleanor Goodman Avatar ringmaster Johannes Eckerström dives into his record collection and pulls out Marduk, Helloween and Beethoven
Deftones’ White Pony: the explosive story of a post-nu metal classic By Eleanor Goodman Fuelled by drugs and internal friction, and bristling against nu metal, Deftones served up a 21st century masterpiece with their third album White Pony
Papa Roach’s Infest: the rise of the underdogs By Eleanor Goodman How Papa Roach dragged nu metal into the 2000s with Infest
Paul Gray: the life and death of Slipknot’s quiet genius By Eleanor Goodman It’s been 10 years since we lost Slipknot bassist Paul Gray. From triumph to tragedy, here is his story
Bring Me The Horizon’s new single Parasite Eve is bizarre, baffling and brilliant By Eleanor Goodman Robotic voices? Eight armed nurses? The return of riffs? We crack open BMTH’s new single Parasite Eve
Papa Roach’s Infest: Jacoby Shaddix looks back at a nu metal classic By Eleanor Goodman Jacoby Shaddix’s track by track breakdown of Papa Roach’s breakthrough album Infest
