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Watch Metallica play epic 72 Seasons closer Inamorata live for the very first time
Metallica’s 11-minute epic Inamorata got its live debut in Munich, Germany on the second night of their European tour
Watch the crazy video for Babymetal and Electric Callboy's new single, Ratatata
The kawaii metal idols have joined forces with Germany’s synth-metal party animals for an outrageous new track
The greatest P.O.D. collaborations, in their own words
From Lamb Of God’s Randy Blythe and Suicidal Tendencies’ Mike Muir to an unknown Katy Perry, P.O.D are the kings of the collaboration – and here are the most memorable
Julie Christmas announces first album in 14 years, releases ultra-catchy single Supernatural
The noise rock/post-metal maestro will be flanked by members of Cult Of Luna, Ken Mode and more when Ridiculous And Full Of Blood drops in June
Listen to Scene Queen’s pounding new single, Stuck
The bimbocore pioneer’s debut album, Hot Singles In Your Area, is due this spring
“A lot of guys can play awesome guitar but there’s very few super-shredders like that”: members of Slayer, Nightwish, Mastodon and more salute the genius of Alexi Laiho
Late, great Children Of Bodom frontman Alexi Laiho was born on April 9, 1979
“We’d play a song in a certain tempo. Three weeks later, it would be twice as fast”: who invented thrash metal? Kirk Hammett has a theory
Kirk Hammett was there at the birth of thrash with his original band Exodus, so he should know more than anyone who invented the genre
“Rob Zombie hates my guts. He owes everything to us”: GWAR’s Dave ‘Oderus Urungus’ Brockie was a genius, and here’s proof
GWAR frontman Dave ‘Oderus Urungus’ Brockie died on this day in 2014
“He came up and said, ‘Hey Herman, how’s it going?’ That was a shocker!”: the encounter with a guitar legend that left Dragonforce’s Herman Li speechless
It takes a lot for Herman Li to be starstruck, but one iconic guitar hero managed it
“It was all a bit Jethro Tull-y and witchy-woo”: the iconic Bruce Dickinson solo song that began life as an idea for an ‘acoustic’ Iron Maiden album that was never made
How a rejected Iron Maiden song written in the mid-80s became a Bruce Dickinson classic almost 10 years later
Win two Weekend VIP Passes, roundtrip airfare and hotel accommodation for the DWP festival of your choice - Welcome To Rockville, Sonic Temple, Inkcarceration, Louder Than Life or Aftershock 2024!
Louder, Metal Hammer and DWP are teaming up to offer one lucky US fan and a pal the chance to go to one of this year's biggest festivals!
“It’ll be something you haven’t heard in 20 or 30 years – it’s the perfect way to go out”: Al Jourgensen is reuniting with a legendary ex-bandmate for Ministry’s final album
Former Ministry bassist Paul Barker is returning to the fold for the band’s last-ever album, according to Al Jourgensen
Vote for the best Slayer song ever
Angel Of Death? Seasons In The Abyss ? Disciple? Have your say…
Order your limited edition Bad Omens, Hanabie, Lorna Shore or Scene Queen bundle
To celebrate our New Heavy 2024 issue, we’re launching exclusive bundles with all four bands – each featuring a variant cover and gift!
Metal Hammer writers' top metal albums of 2023
Judge not, lest ye be judged yourself. What albums would you have picked?
"Finally the big four will clash and thrash together!" The 'Big Four' of German thrash metal - Kreator, Sodom, Destruction and Tankard - announce first ever show together
Kreator, Sodom, Destruction and Tankard, the 'Big Four' of German thrash metal, are set to share a stage for the first time in 2024
Every Metallica album closer ranked from worst to best
The closing songs from every Metallica album, ranked in order of greatness
Corey Taylor: "I could write an entire album in a day"
Slipknot and Stone Sour legend Corey Taylor has no issues with productivity as he prepares for his next solo album
Avenged Sevenfold found angry reactions to the band's new material hilarious: "we were just laughing"
Avenged Sevenfold aren't a band afraid to cause a stir, even if it's in their own fanbase
Vote for the best metal album of the 2000s
Iowa? Hybrid Theory? A Matter Of Life And Death? Fallen? We want to know the best metal album of the 2000s – and we’re asking you
A beginner’s guide to groove metal in 5 albums
Neck braces at the ready – these are five cranium-crunching, vertebrae-snapping groove metal classics
Sleep Token announce massive Wembley gig
Sleep Token have announced a gig at London’s OVO Arena Wembley in December 2023 – their biggest headlining show to date
Trent Reznor is doing the music for the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie
Director Jeff Rowe reveals “musical heroes” Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross will score the upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
