Latest articles by Kevin Stewart-Panko
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
Gaerea strive for greatness on Coma, but aren't quite there yet
Gaerea's third studio album is another very good, if sometimes over-egged, slab of epic black metal
The 20 songs that defined Slayer's career (and the stories behind them)
The ultimate guide to thrash metal titans Slayer - as told through their greatest songs
Melt Banana's 3+5 is one of the extreme albums of the year. It's also completely off its baps
Put them under noise rock, grindcore, hardcore or avant-garde; you'll still never find another band like Melt-Banana
New York noise extremists Uniform tackle personal demons on American Standard: Album Review
Uniform dig deep into personal issues and demons for their devastating fifth album American Standard
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
Satanic death metallers Decide return from the abyss with Banished By Sin - album review
Six years since their last album, Floridian death metal legends Deicide offer an infernal comeback on album no. 13
"No one will ever accuse Al Jourgensen of not being pissed at the state of the world, no matter what state the world might be in": Ministry set the world to rights with Hopiumforthemasses
Al Jourgensen might be hinting at putting Ministry to bed after their next album, but Hopiumforthemasses shows the industrial metal legends are as incendiary and furious as ever
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
The 50 best metal albums of 2023 - as voted by the readers of Metal Hammer
From Metallica to Sleep Token, Avenged Sevenfold to Babymetal, these are the best metal albums of 2023 - as voted by you!
The best metal albums of 2023 so far
From Metallica to Babymetal, Cattle Decapitation to Sleep Token, these are the best metal albums of the year to date
Asinhell's Impii Hora: Volbeat frontman Michael Poulson has a new death metal project, and it's pretty damn good
Volbeat's Michael Poulson digs into his death metal past for his new band Asinhell's debut
Cryptopsy's first album in 11 years was worth the wait: As Gomorrah Burns is a dizzying maelstrom of technical death metal excellence
We've had to wait a while for it, but the tech-death OGs have delivered in style
The 50 best metal albums of the 2000s
From nu metal classics by Slipknot, Linkin Park and Limp Bizkit to metal legends like Iron Maiden and Judas Priest bouncing back in style, these are the albums that defined the 2000s
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
