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Articles by: Metal Hammer

This metal fan wants to get Ozzy a knighthood – and the British government hasn’t ruled it out

By Metal Hammer published 23 January 23

“Mr. Osbourne has been under consideration for an honour for a while,” say the people who hand out knighthoods

Corey Taylor is working on a “harder, faster” new solo album: “There’s elements of Slipknot, there’s elements of Stone Sour”

By Metal Hammer published 23 January 23

Corey Taylor drops video confirming he’s working on the follow-up to 2020’s CMFT solo album

Ex-Megadeth man David Ellefson has hooked up with Insane Clown Posse's Violent J to cover Faith No More and... wait, it's not April 1 already, is it?

By Metal Hammer published 20 January 23

Are you ready for 2023's first WTF collaboration?

Death metal singers Glen Benton of Deicide, John Tardy of Obituary and Chuck Schuldiner of Death

The 10 greatest old school death metal vocalists

By Metal Hammer published 20 January 23

Obituary frontman John Tardy says these are death metal’s Hall Of Fame singers, and who are we to argue

Ghost are teasing something massive: “Jesus is coming”

By Metal Hammer published 20 January 23

Something is afoot in the world of Ghost - is it a new EP or the return of the messiah?

In Flames’ Anders Friden and a hand-signed lyyric sheet

Get an exclusive signed In Flames lyric sheet with this special limited edition issue of Metal Hammer

By Metal Hammer published 18 January 23

Get ready for In Flames’ killer new album Foregone by picking the new In Flames x Metal Hammer bundle with exclusive cover and signed lyric sheet

This German metal festival has banned bands using backing tracks

By Metal Hammer published 17 January 23

Does your band use pre-recorded music at gigs? Don’t bother turning up to Germany’s No Playback festival, because you won’t be allowed to play

Korn have released a Follow The Leader make-up palette, because this is what nu metal does in 2023

By Metal Hammer published 17 January 23

Give yourself a glow up with Korn’s Follow The Leader-inspired make-up range

Limp Bizkit’s Wes Borland and Queen Kwong’s Carre Callaway onstage

Limp Bizkit’s Wes Borland launches legal action against ex-wife Carré Callaway for defamation

By Metal Hammer published 17 January 23

“This action is simply a tactic to bully, intimidate and silence me,” says Carré Callaway after ex-husband Wes Borland accuses her of revealing details of their 2019 divorce

Kerry King and Dave Mustaine playing guitar onstage separately

Slayer’s Kerry King pays tribute to Dave Mustaine: “He’s a f**king awesome guitar player“

By Metal Hammer published 17 January 23

In the brand new issue of Metal Hammer, Kerry King recalls being blown away by the future Megadeth leader at an early Metallica show

Vote for the greatest Nightwish song ever

By Metal Hammer published 17 January 23

Nemo? Storytime? Nymphomaniac Fantasia? Have your say on the best Nightwish song of them all

Lars Ulrich and TikTokker playing St Anger on beer keg

Metallica’s St Anger played by some guy whacking a beer keg with a baseball bat sounds pretty much identical to the original

By Metal Hammer published 16 January 23

A TikTokker has given Metallica’s St Anger the beer keg/baseball bat makeover it has always deserved

Cate Blanchett sneered at Margot Robbie for liking metal, and the internet is pissed off

By Metal Hammer published 15 January 23

“I don't want to be mean, but Cate Blanchett is a dick”: the internet responds to Cate Blanchett dissing metal

Idaho couple Madi Danger and Jay Aspen get married

A hearse, black cake and Ozzy Osbourne: is this the most heavy metal wedding ever?

By Metal Hammer published 14 January 23

Idaho couple Madi Danger and Jay Aspen had the metal wedding to end all metal weddings

Get an exclusive signed Ville Valo lyric sheet with this special limited edition issue of Metal Hammer

By Metal Hammer published 12 January 23

The new Metal Hammer x Ville Valo bundle features a signed lyric sheet and an exclusive cover – and it’s limited to just 300 copies

The Terminator robot and Metallica’s James Hetfield

Watch a real-life robot band play Metallica’s Enter Sandman and Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit

By Metal Hammer published 11 January 23

The band of the future is here… and it’s a bunch of robots

This is Ville Valo’s track by track guide to the new VV album Neon Noir

By Metal Hammer published 9 January 23

Every track on VV’s Neon Noir album in Ville Valo’s own words

Slayer standing against a dark background

The greatest Slayer songs ever, picked by Corey Taylor, Ghost’s Tobias Forge, Dani Filth and more

By Metal Hammer published 7 January 23

Metal's all-star players pick the Slayer songs that changed metal

Watch Slipknot drummer Jay Weinberg share the history behind his masks

By Metal Hammer published 6 January 23

Slipknot's Jay Weinberg visits The House Of Masks and gives owner AJ Good an exclusive insight into the evolution of his masks

Kerry King was angry when Slayer ended: “That livelihood was taken away from me”

By Metal Hammer published 6 January 23

Ex-Slayer guitarist Kerry King reveals his reaction to the band’s split in the brand new issue of Metal Hammer