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70,000 Tons Of Metal 2027 tickets go on sale, with 30 of 60 bands for the Caribbean metal cruise confirmed
The self-anointed world’s biggest metal cruise will set sail from Miami on January 14, with Arch Enemy, Exodus and HammerFall on the lineup
Celebrate 25 years of System Of A Down’s Toxicity with this stunning amber vinyl – and a 7” single featuring a long-lost bonus track
The nu metal icons’ second album came out on September 4, 2001, and remains a stone-cold classic
Get the new issue of Metal Hammer with a Motionless In White cover and a UK-exclusive red vinyl copy of new album Decades
Read the full story behind the metalcore stars’ latest effort inside
Mastodon fans! Get a t-shirt unavailable in the shops and an exclusive Metal Hammer cover, only through Louder
Celebrate the release of the metal masters’ album Marrow Deep in style
Five Finger Death Punch’s Zoltan Bathory on his volatile relationship with Ivan Moody
Zoltan Bathory and 5FDP bandmate Ivan Moody have butted heads – but they remain “brothers”
The unlikeliest collab of the year? Hear Godflesh frontman Justin Broadrick play guitar on new song by pop superstar Phoebe Bridgers
Bridgers’ long-awaited album, Lost Weekend, drops today – and features a cameo from one of extreme metal’s underground heroes
Louder Than Life has announced set times - get planning on how you'll be spending your time at America’s largest rock and metal festival and grab tickets while you still can
With almost 200 bands playing Louder Than Life 2026, you'll wanna get organised
Get the new issue of Metal Hammer with an exclusive Dominum cover, brain stress ball and signed art card
We took the rising zombie-metal stars to an escape room in Germany – find out what happened and get your hands on these limited-edition goodies!
Get the new issue of Metal Hammer with an exclusive Electric Callboy cover and art print
The electronicore outfit’s new album, Tanzneid, is out this week
Jim Root responds to rumours that Sid Wilson has been fired from Slipknot: “Don’t believe everything you read. Stop. Think.”
According to a report, Sid Wilson is no longer a member of Slipknot
Get the new issue of Metal Hammer with an exclusive Loathe cover and t-shirt designed by bassist Feisal El-Khazragi
Celebrate the release of the metalcore band’s new album A Stranger To You in style
"It's our duty to push the boundaries." The story of Wacken Open Air
Ahead of its huge 35th anniversary event, we look back at the birth of Wacken
Every Mastodon album ranked from worst to best
Re-acquaint yourself with the Atlanta behemoth’s back-catalogue before Marrow Deep comes out in August
From American thrash to Japanese metalcore: the 8 new metal songs that everyone needs to hear this week
Hear these fine offerings from Anthrax, Hanabie, Amon Amarth and more, then vote for your favourite
The greatest Alice In Chains songs ever, picked by Kerry King, Max Calavera, Lzzy Hale and more
The grunge icons’ best songs, chosen by 22 of today‘s biggest musicians
Devin Townsend explains why he pooed in Steve Vai’s guitar case
The prog metal polymath sang in the guitar maestro’s solo band in the early 1990s
You can now pre-order the official Iron Maiden Eddfest programme and museum guide
Heading to Eddfest? Or just want to own a piece of Iron Maiden history? You can pre-order the official programme and museum guide right now!
Get the new Metal Hammer in a Bring Me The Horizon mega-bundle with a t-shirt, poster and vinyl
Limited to just 500 copies!
Two kids made their own Metallica video in 1989 and thinking about it, we're grateful we didn't have a camcorder then
This is what some young metal fans used to do before the internet was a thing
President begin debut album Blood Of Your Empire campaign with new single Doom Loop
Their first full-length statement drops on September 4 via Atlantic
Get the new issue of Metal Hammer with an exclusive HIM cover, t-shirt and signed art card
Celebrate 30 years of goth metal’s finest in style
Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale opens up about stepping away from church as a teenager
The singer/guitarist formed her band while attending a Christian school, but she quickly found that organised religion wasn’t for her
Horror-punk icons the Misfits recorded their classic debut album in 1978. It took 18 years for it to be released
The Misfits’ debut album Static Age is one of the rock’s great debut albums – but it nearly didn’t come out
