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.
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The songs that have turned Five Finger Death Punch into one of modern metal’s biggest bands

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Kiss are preparing to close the door on their remarkable career. As with all the greats, we will never see their like again...

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When Judas Priest's Rob Halford appeared on Australian TV for a censorship debate, he was the personification of charm and thoughtfulness

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Ghost mastermind Tobias Forge is no fan of social media - and he gave us a very scientific explanation as to why

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Director Juuso Laatio reveals the challenges of making a film featuring grave robbers and a band called Impaled Rektum

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Michael Lehmann's 1994 comedy Airheads bombed on release, but has since been embraced by metalheads the world over

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Avenged Sevenfold and their fans created a spontaneous but heartfelt tribute to The Rev

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Inside W.A.S.P.'s Chris Holmes' infamous appearance in Penelope Spheeris's documentary

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

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

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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

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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

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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

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

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

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

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

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From 180g LPs to, er, Adolf Hitler’s greatest hits, these are the burning vinyl questions answered.

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Gojira frontman Joe Duplantier reflects on his band's incredible six-album history

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

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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

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

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