Latest articles by Merlin Alderslade
Watch Slayer legend Kerry King make his Wrestlemania debut as he plays Damian Priest to the ring
Kerry King made a special live appearance at Wrestlemania 41 in Las Vegas and it all looked metal as hell
Order your Those Damn Crows x Classic Rock bundle with hand-signed lyric sheet, art print, exclusive t-shirt and Classic Rock cover variant
Those Damn Crows fans, you won't want to miss out on this!
I went to my first ever Tallinn Music Week - here are 6 things I learned (and the best new band I discovered)
From supping honey beer in Middle Earth taverns to watching face-ripping metallic hardcore bands, Tallinn Music Week 2025 had it all
Exclusive Employed To Serve bundle with limited edition t-shirt on sale now
To celebrate incredible new album Fallen Star, we've teamed up with Employed To Serve for this exclusive bundle
Ghost’s Tobias Forge breaks down every track on new album Skeletá
Get to know Ghost’s new album before it drops on April 25
The story of Iron Maiden guitarist Adrian Smith’s forgotten 2010s side project
In 2012, Adrian Smith stepped away from Iron Maiden to indulge in something edgier
Every member of Ghost's Clergy
From Papa Emeritus I to IV to Papa V Perpetua, Papa Nihil, Sister Imperator and beyond, here's everything you need to know about Ghost's colourful cast of characters
"I had Nails, Oathbreaker, Power Trip, Billie Eilish and Labrinth on my writing playlist.”
We have a quick catch up with the frontwoman of one of UK metal's most exciting bands
Test your metal knowledge with the all-new Metal Hammer quiz
Are you a true metal warrior or a shameless poseur? Try our new quiz and find out!
"As soon as you hear it it's just, 'Wow'. The simplicity of it and how powerful it is."
Zakk Wylde picks out iconic riffs from Black Sabbath, Jimi Hendrix, AC/DC and more
Order your exclusive Slaughter To Prevail, Jinjer, Electric Callboy, Bloodywood and Bambie Thug bundles
Metal Hammer has teamed up with the New Heavy Class Of 2025 - Jinjer, Electric Callboy, Slaughter To Prevail, Bambie Thug and Bloodywood - for these special bundles featuring exclusive merch
How Avenged Sevenfold went from metalcore brats to 21st century metal heavyweights
The rise and rise of Avenged Sevenfold, in their own words
Deathcore heroes Fit For An Autopsy have their sights on being extreme metal's biggest band
Fit For An Autopsy want to be extreme metal's biggest band
Glastonbury 2025 lineup confirmed: The 1975, Olivia Rodrigo, Biffy Clyro, Deftones, Weezer, Kneecap, Turnstile, The Prodigy and many more set for this year’s festival
Glastonbury has officially unveiled its lineup for 2025!
Watch Ghost's new video Satanized and meet new frontman Papa V Perpetua as the band officially announce brand new album Skeletá
Ghost are back with a new figurehead and some new-look Nameless Ghouls with the devilishly daft video for new single Satanized
Architects sound absolutely livid on The Sky, The Earth & All Between - and it's made for one of the best metal albums of 2025 so far
There's a seething sense of urgency permeating Architects' eleventh studio album and we are very much here for it
Limp Bizkit to play Reading and Leeds 2025, more than 25 new names also added
Nu metal legends Limp Bizkit are amongst dozens of new additions to this year's Reading and Leeds lineup
Sleep Token have shared sheet music for what might be a new song - here's what it sounds like
A pianist has played the sheet music shared by Sleep Token's mysterious new social media accounts. It sounds pretty damn good!
Avenged Sevenfold, Deftones, Bring Me The Horizon, Sleep Token, Bad Omens, Evanescence and more announced for Louder Than Life 2025
Louder Than Life 2025 is go and it is STACKED!
Pre-order your exclusive The Darkness Dreams On Toast Classic Rock bundles, with limited edition signed vinyl and glow-in-the-dark cassette variants
We've teamed up with The Darkness for two exclusive bundles to celebrate their imminent new album, Dreams On Toast
Papa Roach put on a nostalgic classic in London’s Wembley Arena
Papa Roach prove why they’re one of their era’s most enduring and celebrated bands
Every Trivium album ranked from worst to best
Rating the storied career of one of modern metal's most important bands as they head out on tour to celebrate 20 years of Ascendancy
One of the most savage screamers in modern metal is showing off his singing voice in the Employed To Serve video
Will Ramos of Lorna Shore can be seen screaming his guts up and, in a real rarity, singing his heart out in the video for Employed To Serve's excellent new single, Atonement
"A small subset of fans had a practice of showing up to gigs in Nazi regalia." System Of A Down's Serj Tankian on why supporting one iconic metal band was like "rock 'n' roll boot camp"
System Of A Down have a storied career, and Serj has spoken on one of the most challenging support slots the band experienced in their early days
