Joe Daly

Hailing from San Diego, California, Joe Daly is an award-winning music journalist with over thirty years experience. Since 2010, Joe has been a regular contributor for Metal Hammer, penning cover features, news stories, album reviews and other content. Joe also writes for Classic Rock, Bass Player, Men’s Health and Outburn magazines. He has served as Music Editor for several online outlets and he has been a contributor for SPIN, the BBC and a frequent guest on several podcasts. When he’s not serenading his neighbours with black metal, Joe enjoys playing hockey, beating on his bass and fawning over his dogs.

Articles by: Joe Daly

The Agony & Ecstasy Of Watain album cover

Watain’s The Agony & Ecstasy Of Watain: savage, brutal and… catchy?!

By Joe Daly published 25 April 22

Album review: Watain take black metal into stellar new realms on The Agony And The Ecstasy of Watain

Kirk Hammett steps away from Metallica and metal on epic new Portals EP

By Joe Daly published 22 April 22

Review: Kirk Hammett flexes his prog and soundtrack-influenced muscles with new EP Portals

From the Devil to Def Leppard: how Ghost made the best album of 2022 so far

By Joe Daly published 8 April 22

From the influence of Def Leppard and Andrew Lloyd Webber to the inspiration of Rammstein, Ghost’s Tobias Forge reveals the secrets behind blockbusting new album Impera

Ian Anderson sitting in a leather chair holding a copy of Coldplay's Parachutes

Watch Ian Anderson offer Coldplay some career advice: you guys need more flute

By Joe Daly published 7 April 22

Video: Ian Anderson admits to being embarrassed about introducing the flute to rock, but that doesn't mean Coldplay can't be improved by using it

Keith Moon on Good Morning America in 1978

Video: The sadness and confusion of Keith Moon revealed in his final TV interview

By Joe Daly published 4 April 22

A month before his tragic death, Keith Moon gave an interview that presented a very different side to the normally ebullient drummer, his roguish charm all but gone

The Top 10 best Ghost cover versions

By Joe Daly published 12 March 22

Metallica, Depeche Mode, Abba – here are 10 times Ghost completely owned someone else’s song

Every Ghost album ranked from worst to best

By Joe Daly published 10 March 22

From the riffy rituals of Opus Eponymous to the devilish dance anthems of Prequelle here are Ghost's albums ranked in order of greatness

Slash feat. Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators' 4: setting the bar high for rock in 2022

By Joe Daly published 3 February 22

Slash's fourth album feat. Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators hits all the right beats to be a modern rock classic

Slayer's Kerry King: "Dave Mustaine helped Metallica become what Metallica is"

By Joe Daly published 15 December 21

Legendary Slayer axeman Kerry King talks 40 years of thrash history with fellow Big Four alumni Metallica

The 15 best Ghost songs of all time

By Joe Daly, Rich Hobson published 24 November 21

The best songs from everyone's favourite occultist party band Ghost

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Spritworld's Pagan Rhythms: 'Death Western' rites from the Las Vegas wildlands

By Joe Daly published 5 November 21

Las Vegas rockers Spiritworld take a bloody dive into the Wild West with new album, Pagan Rhythms

Kerry King teases post-Slayer comeback: “It will be f**king good!”

By Metal Hammer, Joe Daly published 15 October 21

Exclusive Kerry King may have regrets about Slayer quitting too soon, but he’s looking to the future and promising good things ahead

The Metallica Blacklist: thrash icons' landmark album gets covered across the musical spectrum

By Joe Daly published 6 September 21

Ghost, The Hu and… Miley Cyrus go all in on a Metallica lovefest

Album art with an illustration of Samurai Eddie

Iron Maiden's Senjutsu: an electrifying, cinematic masterpiece

By Joe Daly published 31 August 21

Metal’s most travelled champions Iron Maiden reach new states of grandeur with Senjutsu

Alice Cooper’s Detroit Stories is a love letter to rock’n’roll’s spiritual home

By Joe Daly published 22 February 21

Shock rock OG Alice Cooper pays tribute to his hometown on new album Detroit Stories

Rob Halford Q&A: sobriety, spiked heels and the future of Judas Priest

By Joe Daly published 11 February 21

As Judas Priest release an epic new photo book, we talk to Rob Halford about life in lockdown, diamond-encrusted high heels and heavy metal sea shanties

Wardruna bring the shamanic frequencies and otherworldly hymns on new album Kvitravn

By Joe Daly published 18 January 21

Norse pagan-folk visionaries Wardruna reach soaring new heights on fifth album Kvitravn

Judas Priest: “We’ve been flying the flag of metal for 50 years, and there’s more to come”

By Joe Daly published 16 November 20

Rob Halford, Glenn Tipton, Richie Faulkner and Scott Travis look back on half a century of defending the faith

Katatonia’s Dead Air: live and kicking in lockdown

By Joe Daly published 10 November 20

Sweden’s masters of melancholy Katatonia bust the lockdown blues on new live album Dead Air

Wayfarer’s A Romance With Violence: the Clint Eastwoods of extreme metal strike gold

By Joe Daly published 14 October 20

Extreme metal meets Deadwood on Denver gunslingers Wayfarer’s epic new album A Romance With Violence

Dave Lee Roth and Eddie Van Halen onstage at the US Festival

The story of the historic day heavy metal killed new wave

By Joe Daly published 22 September 20

It's memorial weekend in 1983, and the US Festival is about to change the musical landscape forever

Metallica’s S&M2: metal’s biggest band changes the game once more on epic live album

By Joe Daly published 24 August 20

Metallica reunite with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra on S&M2 – and the results are bigger, bolder and more brillant than ever before

Shadowy Portuguese cult Gaerea open up a thrilling new black metal front on new album Limbo

By Joe Daly published 6 August 20

Gaerea’s new album establishes them as one of the newest visionaries in metal

Steve Von Till - No Wilderness Deep Enough

Steve Von Till’s No Wilderness Deep Enough: gothic Americana for hardcore insomniacs

By Joe Daly published 6 August 20

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Neurosis man Steve Von Till takes an existential walk on the wild side on new solo album No Wilderness Deep Enough

Lamb Of God: US metal heroes hit an exhilarating new high on Lamb Of God album

By Joe Daly published 16 June 20

Randy Blythe and co join the pantheon of metal greats on new album Lamb Of God

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