"Whose f**king idea was this?" Inside 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
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
