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Babymetal reveal their favourite metal bands ever
Babymetal's latest album features appearances from Bloodywood, Poppy, Electric Callboy and more
Why Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello loves Babymetal
Tom Morello is one of the array of guest stars on Babymetal’s upcoming album Metal Forth
Metal Hammer Tracks Of The Week: June 6, 2025
Start your summer right with these new noises from Sabaton, Killswitch Engage, Battle Beast and more, then vote for your favourite
Slipknot’s Jim Root once asked Diamond Rowe of nu metal up-and-comers Tetrarch for guitar lessons
Rowe’s nu metal revivalists have also been endorsed by members of Fear Factory and Hatebreed
Slaughter To Prevail announce 2026 European tour with Suicide Silence, Dying Fetus and reforming Annotations Of An Autopsy
The Russian-American aggressors will play the UK and the European mainland from January to February next year with an impressive list of support acts
Babymetal get skull-smashingly heavy with Slaughter To Prevail on new single Song 3, postpone album release yet again
The grisly track will appear on Babymetal’s Metal Forth, now due on August 8, and on Slaughter To Prevail’s upcoming album
See Electric Callboy get “darker” and “more serious” with twisted new song/video Revery
Germany’s synth-metal party boys have reinvented themselves in dramatic fashion
These 4 obscure black metal bands deserve to be as big as Emperor and Dimmu Borgir
From Brazilian trailblazers to a shadowy Norwegian one-man outfit, these are the cult bands every black metal fan should know
Yes, Nicolas Cage the A-list actor is a big fan of Nicolas Cage Fighter the Australian hardcore band
Actor Nicolas Cage has given the band who borrowed his name his blessing
Trivium allege the Poisoned Ascendancy “world tour” is ending early due to Bullet For My Valentine
Trivium allege the Poisoned Ascendancy “world tour” is ending early due to co-headliners Bullet For My Valentine
The man who was asked to replace James Hetfield as singer in Metallica – and turned it down
In 1983, Metallica almost got a new singer
Watch Donny Osmond headbanging to The Osmonds’ Crazy Horses played at 33rpm and sounding like a lost doom metal classic
We always suspected The Osmonds were secret doom fans
Fancy a weekend of amazing metal and prog in one of Europe's nicest holiday destinations? You need Malta Metal Weekend 2025 in your life
One of Europe's most exciting new metal events taking place in one of Europe's best holiday spots? Hell yeah!
These are the 12 new metal songs you need to check out this week
Linkin Park, Sleep Token, Ghost, Sabaton and more have spoiled us with excellent songs this week. Hear them all and vote for your favourite here.
Days after their singer adopted two bear cubs, Slaughter To Prevail announce new album Grizzly – stream lead single Russian Grizzly In America
We’re starting to think Alex Terrible likes bears…
Why Linkin Park have produced a new football-inspired remix of one of their biggest hits, and why they believe America has a shot at winning the next World Cup
Ahead of their upcoming appearance at the Champions League final in Munich, Linkin Park talk football (or 'soccer', if you really must)
Faith No More’s Mike Bordin doesn’t see singer Mike Patton rejoining the band any time soon
Don’t hold your breath for a Faith No More reunion
Ever wanted to go to an incredible metal festival near the home of Dracula? Rockstadt Extreme Fest is about to change your life
From headliners Powerwolf, Electric Callboy, Gojira, Machine Head and Wardruna to the likes of Within Temptation, Mastodon, Sepultura and more, Rockstadt is the unique, exciting and affordable festival you've been looking for
The classic Megadeth song that was originally supposed to feature Lisa Marie Presley
This Megadeth anthem could have sounded very different
Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson is a big fan of Ghost banning phones from gigs
Talking to Metal Hammer last year, Iron Maiden’s frontman discussed attending Ghost’s 2023 Los Angeles shows and his joy over the absence of mobile phones
“It reminded me of Charli XCX”: Spiritbox’s Courtney LaPlante responds to THAT red carpet Poppy mix-up
Spiritbox’s singer has revealed what went through her head when an interviewer confused her for Poppy at the Grammy Awards
The mysterious late 60s album that Opeth’s Mikael Akerfeldt says invented Satanic rock
Six months before Black Sabbath released their landmark debut album, another band were praising Satan
“This song is nuts!”: Matt Heafy on the classic Trivium song inspired by Muse
How a sci-fi obsessed British rock group influenced a key track on Trivium’s breakthrough Ascendancy album
The obscure 80s classic Ghost frontman Tobias Forge calls the perfect extreme metal album
And no, it’s not by Metallica, Slayer or Mercyful Fate
"If this album had been released 25 years ago, it would have been a revelation." New Tremonti record The End Will Show Us How is just about what you'd expect, but it's pretty damn good all the same
Tremonti's latest album mixes his well documented love of metal with the post-grunge and balladry he made his name with
