Latest articles by Jonathan Selzer
How Sunn 0))) conjured good vibrations and dark magic with drone masterpiece Monoliths & Dimensions
Drone visionaries Sunn 0))) continued their journey into the heart of darkness with 2009’s Monoliths & Dimensions
How Big Brave bounced back from burnout to create a unifying cry in A Chaos Of Flowers
Burned out in 2021, Big Brave's Robin Wattie looked to accounts of "women, people of colour and queers" to draw strength and inspiration to keep going
Metal Hammer's 50 best albums of 2024
From Judas Priest's Invincible Shield to Nightwish's Yesterwynde and Opeth's return to extremity, these are the metal albums that ruled 2024
Opeth spill the tea on their ambitious prog metal rock opera The Last Will And Testament
Mikael Åkerfeldt spills the tea on Opeth's prog metal rock opera The Last Will And Testament
Meet Hamferd, the band exploring the Faroe Islands' complicated history through crushing, emotional doom metal
Hamferd's latest album Men Guðs Hond Er Sterk explores a maritime disaster that befell a whaling ship in their native Faroe Islands
How Gojira took took metal in a whole new direction with L’Enfant Sauvage
Twelve years before they played the Olympic opening ceremony, Gojira released their classic fifth album, 2012’s L’Enfant Sauvage
The 100 Songs That Changed Metal
From founding fathers like Black Sabbath, Rainbow and Judas Priest to metal's modern leaders such as Ghost, Sleep Token and Spiritbox, these are the songs that have defined a genre
How Dimmu Borgir’s symphonic classic Enthrone Darkness Triumphant dragged black metal out of the shadows
The story of Dimmu Borgir’s Enthrone Darkness Triumphant, the album which drew up the blueprint for symphonic black metal
How Devin Townsend quit weed, unscrambled his brain and made the classic Ki album
The story behind The Devin Townsend Project’s 2009 debut album, Ki
Dool are challenging the concept of gender norms with The Shape Of Fluidity
Dutch prog metallers Dool tackle issues of liminality and fluidity on new album The Shape Of Fluidity
7 brilliant new metal bands to watch out for in 2024
From Japanese Samurai metallers Ryujin to 'bimboviolence' pioneers BRAT, rising alt metal stars Alt Blk Era and mysterious black metallers The Sun's Journey Through The Night, these are the bands you need to hear in 2024
Metal Hammer's 50 best albums of 2023 (and the stories behind them)
Sleep Token, Creeper, Within Temptation: 2023 has been a massive year for metal, and these 50 records represent the very best the year has had to offer
Frostbitten fantasy kingdoms, Spinal Tap mishaps and kidnapped cats - forget Lords Of Chaos, we want to see the Immortal movie: "I’ve even been offered to do it, but Blashyrkh belongs to Immortal"
Demonaz talks black metal history, Abbath and whether Immortal will ever tour again
The best new metal bands you need to hear this month
From history-obsessed power metallers to sonically devastating singer-songwriters, here are the new artists you need to know about
4 brilliant new bands you need to hear this month
French pagan-folksters Skáld, Danish hardcore rabble-rousers Eyes, Aussie animal rights activisits To The Grave and synthwave-laden black metal from Nighted: these are the bands you need to hear in August 2023
"I just carried all this anger and horror." From his grandmother's experiences in Nazi Germany scarring his childhood to Godflesh being labelled the 'new Nirvana', Justin Broadrick is an extreme music icon like no other
Justin Broadrick's work has influenced everyone from Faith No More to Metallica, yet a recent diagnosis has finally helped him find himself.
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 best death metal albums of 2022
From Aborted and Immolation to Venom Prison and Lorna Shore, these are the 10 best death metal records of 2022
Twisted black metal enigmas Gaerea will be your new favourite masked band
Masks, nightmares and burning people alive – step into the weird world of Portuguese provocateurs Gaerea
Ozzy Osbourne announces new album, Patient Number 9, releases title track
Listen to the first track from Ozzy Osbourne's new album, Patient Number 9, due out in September
Wolves In The Throne Room's Aaron Weaver: 10 songs that changed my life
From the punk vs metalhead conflict that nearly ended in murder to blasting black metal in a run-down cabin in the woods, Wolves In The Throne Room drummer Aaron Weaver talks the 10 songs that changed his life
5 essential new metal albums to hear this week
Ozzy Osbourne, Parkway Drive, Bloodbath and beyond - these are the essential metal albums you need to hear this week
"I got choked up": Mastodon's Brann Dailor reviews Metallica's Black Album set at Aftershock festival
Mastodon drummer Brann Dailor got up close to Metallica's surprise Black Album set at Aftershock Festival - here's his exclusive review
