Latest articles by Merlin Alderslade
Watch 90s pop crew Vengaboys pull an insane crowd at Download, the UK's biggest rock and metal festival
The 10 best Sleep Token songs ever
From obscure masked metal curios to Download headliners and record-breaking streams, Sleep Token are the biggest thing to hit metal in a generation. Here are their 10 best songs so far
Watch Sharon den Adel and Simone Simons surprise Cristina Scabbia for her birthday
Fans couldn't believe their eyes as three modern metal icons embraced on stage and shared some delicious looking birthday cake
You can watch Spiritbox's entire, pro shot, rain-soaked Rock Am Ring 2025 set right now
Metalcore heavyweights Spiritbox played a banger of a set at Germany's Rock Am Ring festival over the weekend, and you can watch it in full
We've ranked every Killswitch Engage album from worst to best
Reordering the catalogue of one of metalcore's greatest bands in reverse order of awesomeness
System Of A Down's Shavo Odadjian on the Serj Tankian lyrics that confused him the most
Even System Of A Down's own bassist has raised his eyebrows at some of Serj's unusual lyrics
Kirk Hammett picks the Metallica album where he got his playing "spot on"
Iconic Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett thinks he nailed his playing on this album in particular
Babymetal's Moametal reveals the touching message she'd give her younger self
Having started when she was just 11 years old, Moametal has already had an amazing career
"An Iron Maiden gig quite unlike any other we've seen." The first night of Iron Maiden's Run For Your Lives tour packs big surprises, lashings of nostalgia and a state-of-the-art new show
From beloved rarities getting dusted off to some truly impressive new visuals, Maiden kicked off their new world tour in style
This is what happened when Avenged Sevenfold’s M Shadows interviewed Ozzy Osbourne for Metal Hammer
Two generations came together when Avenged Sevenfold’s M Shadows met Ozzy Osbourne
Have you seen all this crazy footage from System Of A Down's South American tour?!
Flares, arena-sized circle pits and some of the most passionate singalongs you will ever hear
We've ranked every Ghost album from worst to best
From Papa's very first sermons on Opus Eponymous to the bombastic Skeletá, we rate every Ghost album so far
Sleep Token's Even In Arcadia has hit number one on the US Billboard chart and set two crazy new records for rock music
Sleep Token continue to break records and confirm their status as the biggest metal band in a generation
Sharon Osbourne on how The Osbournes show grew too big and ridiculous
When The Osbournes were invited to the White House to meet The President Of The United States, Sharon suspected the show may have got a little out of control
Sleep Token's Even In Arcadia has officially reached number one in the UK album charts
Sleep Token have bagged their first UK number one album!
We rank every Architects album from worst to best
One of the UK's greatest ever metal exports has amassed a hell of a catalogue. Here's our guide to every album, in reverse order of greatness
Lacuna Coil's Cristina Scabbia on tech, Depeche Mode and new album Sleepless Empire
Italian gothic metallers Lacuna Coil are showing no signs of slowing down
Photo gallery: we threw a big party for Metal Hammer's 400th issue
This month saw the launch of Metal Hammer's 400th issue - so we released our own beer and threw a party to celebrate
If you're after some catchy as hell nu metal brimming with angst, you need the new Tetrarch album in your life
Atlanta nu metal revivalists Tetrarch stick to the fundamentals
7 bands that defined Incineration Festival 2025
London's premier extreme metal festival descended on Camden Town on Saturday night. These are the bands that ruled most
Ghost's Tobias Forge reached burnout in 2024. This is how Skeletá brought him back to life
After the weight of 15 years of carrying Ghost got too much, Tobias Forge needed something special to get his mojo back. He tells us how it happened
I've never seen a catwalk open up in the middle of a moshpit before - but then I've never seen a band quite like Alt Blk Era
Alt Blk Era had a packed-out Camden Underworld moshing and raving its ass off last night - and you can't help but feel this is just the start
Order an exclusive Slaughter To Prevail Grizzly red splatter vinyl variant from the official Metal Hammer store (it comes with cool pop-up art too!)
Slaughter To Prevail unleash their new studio album Grizzly this summer, and we have a special vinyl variant that you can't get anywhere else
