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Neck braces at the ready – these are five cranium-crunching, vertebrae-snapping groove metal classics
Sleep Token have announced a gig at London’s OVO Arena Wembley in December 2023 – their biggest headlining show to date
Director Jeff Rowe reveals “musical heroes” Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross will score the upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
“With regard to the allegations circulating on the internet… we can rule out the possibility that what is being claimed took place in our environment,” say Rammstein
Ghost’s Tobias Forge salutes Tina Turner a week after releasing a cover of the iconic singer’s 80s hit We Don’t Need Another Hero
M Shadows reveals late drummer Jimmy ‘The Rev’ Sullivan’s influence on Avenged Sevenfold’s experimental Life Is But A Dream… album
Few genres do grandiosity like symphonic metal – and here’s where to start with it
James Hetfield proves what a hero he is once again after a chance meeting with Ukrainian soldiers Roman Denysiuk and Igor Voinyi
Skulls, dead rock stars and a zombie Jesus Christ – Type O Negative return from the grave with the AI video for Halloween In Heaven.
The beating black heart of goth metal summed up in five essential albums
“It’s stuff like this that gives me hope for the future,” says Corey Taylor of 2023’s buzz band Sleep Token
Bassist Joel Lindholm ‘vacates’ Marduk after he was filmed performing a Nazi salute onstage at a show in London
Watch a British politician be inaugurated as Lord Mayor while listening to Metallica… and speaking Klingon
Tenacious D fans won’t want to miss this limited edition Metal Hammer bundle featuring an exclusive art print hand-signed by Jack Black and Kyle Gass – only 300 copies are available
Brain-melting music meets head-scratching concepts – step into the epic world of prog metal with these five must-hear albums
TikTokker: “Is Metallica’s Escape better than I remember it?” Metallica: “No!”
Ivan Moody’s recent hernia surgery means Five Finger Death Punch have cancelled all shows until June 12 – including their appearance at the Download Festival
Master Of Puppets? The Black Album? 72 Seasons? Here’s your chance to say once and for all what’s the greatest Metallica album
Jonathan Davis even busted out his old school purple tracksuit at the Sick New World festival in Las Vegas this weekend
If you were queuing at midnight at a Game Stop in Texas to buy the new Zelda, you could have witnessed death metallers Severance entertaining a bunch of young gamers
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