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
The People Vs M Shadows: ‘Does online hate ever get to you?’ By Merlin Alderslade We lined you up to grill Avenged Sevenfold frontman M Shadows. This is what you asked him
Rammstein on their new album: “If something is shit, we don’t put it out” By Merlin Alderslade Richard Z Kruspe and Paul Landers tell us all they’re allowed to about the new Rammstein album
Evanescence’s Amy Lee: the albums that changed my life By Merlin Alderslade The Evanescence singer reveals the albums that made her who she is today
Bring Me The Horizon’s Oli Sykes: the albums that changed my life By Merlin Alderslade The BMTH frontman picks the 10 albums that have soundtracked his life
Why Ozzy hated doing The Osbournes By Merlin Alderslade “I was falling apart emotionally,” says the singer of his reality TV experience
10 things we learned from hanging out with Ozzy for this month’s Metal Hammer cover By Merlin Alderslade The Prince Of Darkness is on the cover of the latest issue of Metal Hammer
‘Trump’s fans will turn on him, trust me:’ an audience with Ice motherf**kin’ T By Merlin Alderslade The Body Count frontman on politics, celebrity and the “piece of shit” in the White House
Dave Mustaine and Scott Ian: ‘These new bands are spoilt motherf**kers’ By Merlin Alderslade Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine and Anthrax’s Scott Ian join forces for the ultimate thrash metal summit
Nergal and Johan Hegg: why metal can survive anything that’s thrown at it By Merlin Alderslade We asked the Behemoth and Amon Amarth frontmen about the state of modern metal. This is what they said
We put Corey Taylor and Randy Blythe in a room and asked them how they‘d save metal By Merlin Alderslade Idiot rock stars, ‘iTunes metal’ and the future of noise – the Slipknot singer and Lamb Of God frontman have an opinion on it all
The story behind Within Temptation's new album Resist By Merlin Alderslade Burned-out, bereft of ideas and rocked by personal tragedy, Within Temptation faced total implosion. As they unveil their dark and dystopian new epic Resist, we discover how they found a way to embrace the future again
Metal Hammer unveil Slayer tribute fan cover – on sale now By Merlin Alderslade The issue also comes with a free souvenir poster and book!
In defence of Chinese Democracy: why the whole world got Axl’s masterpiece wrong By Merlin Alderslade Metal Hammer's Editor shares his love of Guns N' Roses' controversial 2008 album Chinese Democracy
The 10 best Within Temptation songs By Merlin Alderslade Within Temptation have had some huge hits in their 22 year career, but what are their best songs? Let's find out!
WWE's Paige: 10 Records That Changed My Life By Merlin Alderslade We chat to the most metal woman in WWE about the records that changed her life
The first reaction to Architects' new song Hereafter By Merlin Alderslade Architects have unleashed Hereafter, the first taste of their new album Holy Hell. Here's what we think about it...
Why Limp Bizkit are metal's greatest party band + 9 other things we learned at Heavy Montreal By Merlin Alderslade Heavy Montreal returned after two years to bring the metal to Québec in style
Why Heavy Montreal is Canada's best music festival By Merlin Alderslade It took a year off in 2017, but Heavy Montreal is back, and it’s looking better than ever
WWE's Aleister Black on Ghost, Download Festival and wellies By Merlin Alderslade We catch up with the world’s most metal wrestler, and NXT champion, Aleister Black
