Kvelertak: “We didn’t know we were going to change metal forever” By Merlin Alderslade It’s been a rollercoaster few years for punk-metal mavericks Kvelertak. Now they’re back with a new singer and a shitkicking new album
The World According To Baroness’ John Baizley: “I'm a neurotic, obssessive control freak” By Merlin Alderslade Delving inside the head of Baroness frontman John Baizley
Trivium’s What The Dead Men Say: no cheese, just heavy f**king metal By Merlin Alderslade Trivium’s hot streak continues with new album What The Dead Men Say
The 50 best metal bands of all time By Merlin Alderslade, Eleanor Goodman, Alice Pattillo, Dannii Leivers, Stephen Hill, Briony Edwards, Fraser Lewry We count down the 50 best metal bands to ever have troubled polite society, as chosen by you
How Metal United World Wide is bringing metalheads together across the globe By Merlin Alderslade After putting on one night of killer gigs around the world, Metal United Worldwide is looking to go even bigger for 2020
The 20 best Avenged Sevenfold songs ever By Merlin Alderslade We count down the 20 best Avenged Sevenfold songs of all time and hear the real stories behind how they were made in this ultimate career-spanning guide to the band's best work
“Whose f**king idea was this?”: the inside story of Metallica’s S&M2 spectacular By Merlin Alderslade From Metallica's S&M2's origins in ’99 to its triumphant rebirth, we go inside the story of the metal titans’ most ambitious project
The 20 greatest horror movie themed metal anthems By Merlin Alderslade, Chris Chantler, Joe Daly, Dom Lawson, Adam Rees Metal’s history with horror movies goes back decades. We count down the 20 greatest anthems inspired by the screen, from the gruesome, to the grizzly, to the straight-up glorious
Zakk Wylde, Lzzy Hale, Zoltan Bathory and Ben Bruce: Four guitar heroes, one interview By Merlin Alderslade, Rich Hobson, Matt Mills We united four of the scene’s most prominent modern guitarists for a look at the current state of guitar music, the evolution of the guitar hero, and what it takes to be a true rock star in the modern era. Here’s what they had to say…
6 Things We Learned At Iron Maiden’s North American Tour By Merlin Alderslade We witnessed the Legacy Of The Beast tour touch down in Oakland earlier this week. Here’s what we learned from it
8 Things We Learned At Metallica’s S&M2 Show By Merlin Alderslade From dropping rarities to going Full Classical, it was a show unlike any other we’ve seen
Battle cries, tanks and an impressive body count: How Sabaton conquered Bloodstock 2019 By Merlin Alderslade Friday's headliners Sabaton brought in the heavy artillery for this year's Bloodstock
Bloodstock Open Air 2019: The Ultimate Review By Alice Pattillo, Merlin Alderslade, Stephen Hill, Rich Hobson, Jonathan Selzer Live We're on-site at BOA and we're bringing you the lowdown on the biggest and best performances all weekend
Slipknot's We Are Not Your Kind: Your ultimate track-by-track guide By Merlin Alderslade, Eleanor Goodman, Briony Edwards, Alice Pattillo Slipknot's new album We Are Not Your Kind is upon us – here's everything you need to know about it... one track at a time
The first reaction to Slipknot's new single Birth Of The Cruel By Merlin Alderslade Slipknot have just released new single Birth Of The Cruel, and this is our verdict
Parkway Drive and Killswitch Engage: Kings of metalcore? By Merlin Alderslade When Parkway Drive and Killswitch Engage tore through the UK together, we united their two figureheads for a lovely old chinwag. Just don’t mention the ‘M Word’…
We went to see Rammstein's stadium show and it blew our tiny minds By Fraser Lewry, Merlin Alderslade, Eleanor Goodman, Briony Edwards We went to check out Rammstein's show at Stadium MK and were met with unbelievable pyro, an exploding baby and the best stage show in modern metal
Glastonbury festival 2019's most metal moments! By Merlin Alderslade Glastonbury embraced metal in a big way this year!
Here’s what happened when Babymetal played Glastonbury By Merlin Alderslade The disciples of the Fox God made a big impact at Europe’s biggest festival as Babymetal hit the stage
How Glastonbury has finally embraced metal By Merlin Alderslade With Earache records' Scum stage, Glastonbury festival finally has a platform for heavy music – and it's clear it's right at home
How Ghost became the face of the new generation of heavy metal By Merlin Alderslade Pressure. Controversy. An army of haters. It seems like nothing can throw Ghost off-course. How Ghost's mastermind Tobias Forge took on the world… and won
The gospel according to Asking Alexandria’s Ben Bruce By Merlin Alderslade The lessons life has taught Ben Bruce of Asking Alexandria
Keith Flint was the man who brought the rock’n’roll to the Prodigy By Merlin Alderslade Metal Hammer editor Merlin Alderslade pays tribute to the late Prodigy frontman
Why Lamb Of God’s Ashes Of The Wake was the dawn of a new era for metal By Merlin Alderslade Back in 2004, Lamb Of God’s major label debut signalled the dawn of a new era in American metal – and the confirmation of the heirs to Pantera’s throne
We got Ghost, Anthrax, Parkway Drive and more to make us the ultimate metal playlist By Merlin Alderslade We celebrate 50 years of metal in the new issue of Metal Hammer
