Latest articles by Joe Daly
Ozzy Osbourne names his dream supergroup
In an exclusive interview with Metal Hammer conducted by Tenacious D, Ozzy names the five musicians, alive or dead, he'd love to work with the most
10 great heavy metal songs that came before Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath may have been the official ground zero for metal, but these heavy-as-lead bangers all predate that classic first album
Angry again: how Last Action Hero's incredible soundtrack helped keep metal alive in the 90s
Megadeth, Anthrax, Alice In Chains, Queensrÿche... Schwarzenegger's Last Action Hero may have flopped with critics, but 30 years on, its soundtrack is an absolute classic
Inside Nuno Bettencourt's charmingly weird first meeting with Eddie Van Halen: "other than Elton John, he’s the only musician that kissed me on the lips"
When an overawed Nuno Bettencourt finally got to meet his hero Eddie Van Halen, he could not have predicted what happened next
10 things you never knew about The Darkness' Permission To Land
Turning 20 this year, The Darkness' classic Permission To Land was like a glittery rocket fired into the heart of the early-00s rock scene
10 things you never knew about Iron Maiden's Dance Of Death album
From trampolinists and human chicken legs to religious battles and, yes, that artwork, here are ten fascinating things you might not know about Iron Maiden's Dance Of Death
The metal as hell moment Christopher Lee warned us all off black magic: "You not only lose your mind...you lose your soul”
Legendary actor and honorary heavy metal hero Sir Christopher Lee had some choice words in response to rumours he owned a huge collection of occult books
"A lesser band might have been humiliated" - the story of the first Kiss show
It's a cold night in New York, and Kiss are about to play their first show... but there's almost no one in the crowd to witness history in the making
Tobias Forge on what 2023 holds for Ghost: “There’s going to be a change. Good change”
2022 was a massive year for Ghost, but Tobias Forge says there’s more to come in 2023
The 50 best metal albums of 2022
From Ghost and Slipknot to Zeal & Ardor and Ithaca, these are the best albums of the last 12 months
The 10 heavy metal biographies you need in your life
From Bruce Dickinson and Dave Mustaine to Rob Halford and Dee Snider, these are the must-read accounts of some of heavy music's most iconic names
The 10 best black metal albums of 2022
From Abbath and Blackbraid to Gaerea and Zeal & Ardor - these are the 10 best black metal albums of 2022
The 10 best doom metal albums of 2022
From Conan and BlackLab to Crippled Black Phoenix and MWWB, these are the 10 best doom metal records of 2022
The 10 best thrash metal albums of 2022
From Megadeth and Kreator to Dead Cross and Vulcano, these are the best thrash metal albums of 2022
Chris Cornell and the most cringeworthy interview ever: "But it’s so loud!"
Watch Chris Cornell remain unflustered during an awkward interview about the weather, Soundgarden's "noise", and Jimi Hendrix
“We’re on The Rock’s workout playlist!”: how The Hu are taking over America one fan at a time
The Hu have got Metallica, Elton John and The Rock in their corner – and now America is theirs for the taking
"Have we got anything in common with Iron Maiden? I hope not" - watch peak Axl Rose slyly diss Maiden and Kiss in this cheeky 1988 interview
Axl Rose certainly wasn't shy of sharing his opinion on fellow rock and metal heavyweights back in the day
Watch a baby-faced Nirvana rehearse, hang out and cover Led Zeppelin in a tiny room above a hair salon in 1988
Before they were the biggest band in the world, Nirvana were a bunch of kids, jamming above a hair salon owned by Krist Novoselic's mum
Disturbed’s Divisive: David Draiman weighs in on the culture wars on powerful new album
Album review: modern metal heavyweights Disturbed deliver power, passion and few surprises on new album Divisive
Late AC/DC vocalist Bon Scott has absolutely no time for punk in this 1977 interview
"I see punk rock as nothing," says Bon in this not-entirely-serious archive clip
Clutch’s Neil Fallon: 10 Albums That Changed My Life
Classic metal, DC hardcore, 70s prog and headspinning go-go: this is the soundtrack to Clutch singer Neil Fallon’s life
11 things you never knew about Skid Row's Slave To The Grind
From hanging with Lars Ulrich to Sebastian Bach saying no to objectifying women, here are eleven facts about Skid Row's classic second album you may have missed
Spunk, willies and arrests: remembering Rammstein's most notorious show ever
On June 5, 1999 in Worcester, Rammstein performed an outrageously provocative stage stunt. Two members would wake up in jail the next morning
