How Keith Flint and the Prodigy lit a fire under metal By MÖRAT By taking dance music into heavy new territories, The Prodigy started a fire under metal that burned so brightly, it couldn’t be ignored
’You’re a control freak’: Five Finger Death Punch’s Ivan Moody and Zoltan Bathory square off By MÖRAT We asked 5FDP’s Zoltan Bathory and Ivan Moody to interview each other – then stood back to watch the fireworks
Korn’s Follow The Leader: the chaos and carnage of nu-metal’s first blockbuster album By MÖRAT Follow The Leader turned Korn from metal’s next big thing to international megastars. But behind the scenes, things were going seriously off the rails
Billybio: Feed The Fire album review By MÖRAT The Biohazard frontman makes a solo run at the barricades with Feed The Fire
The 10 best drinking songs By MÖRAT From AC/DC to Dead Kennedys, these are the very best songs about getting getting those drinks in
Remembering Vinnie Paul: A true metal hero By MÖRAT Pantera drummer Vinnie Paul died one year ago at the age of 54. Here, Hammer writer Mörat pays tribute to his late friend
Five Finger Death Punch: We're not going to be defeated By MÖRAT Five Finger Death Punch looked in dire straits in 2017, as a lawsuit stalled their album release and Ivan went back to rehab. Here's what happened when we caught up with a defiant Ivan and a thoughtful Zoltan
Kyuss’ Blues For The Red Sun: the cult 90s masterpiece that sparked the stoner rock revolution By MÖRAT Kyuss came from out of the Californian desert in a fog of weed smoke to make one of the greatest cult albums of the 90s
Louder Than Love: Metal Hammer remembers Chris Cornell By MÖRAT His voice was unmistakable, his presence powerful, and his unexpected passing shocked our world. Hammer’s own Mörat remembers his friend, Chris Cornell
The 10 best Motörhead B-sides By MÖRAT They're not singles, but they're still stone-cold Motorhead classics
'You have to think of the good times': Remembering Lemmy one year on By MÖRAT The year began with the world still reeling from losing one of metal’s greats, but Lemmy’s legacy shines bright
Mouth For War - Five Finger Death Punch Come Out Fighting By MÖRAT Five Finger Death Punch's Zoltán Báthory and Ivan Moody on booze, beatings, enteraining the troops and the American way
Some Kind Of Monster - Kirk Hammett: We're A Little Thrash Band From California By MÖRAT His day job might be with Metallica, but Kirk Hammett's has another passion for the macabre, Metal Hammer travels to his inaugural Fear Festevil to witness the horror at first hand...
The top 10 best Bad Brains songs By MÖRAT Celebrating the best tracks from recent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees and all-round punk rock superstars Bad Brains
Famous Firsts: Uncle Acid's Kevin Starrs on Charles Manson and touring with Ozzy By MÖRAT Uncle Acid And The Deadbeats founding member Kevin Starrs remembers his first defining musical milestones
Corey Taylor's Top 10 Books By MÖRAT Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor picks his favourite moments of literary genius
The Top 10 Songs Inspired By New York City By MÖRAT There's a reason New York is the city that never sleeps – it's too busy inspiring great rock songs
The top 10 songs about Los Angeles By MÖRAT It's been mythologised and idolised in rock'n'roll for decades – here, we have the 10 best songs inspired by the City Of Angels
Serenity and suffering: confronting Korn's dark past By MÖRAT Korn's new album The Serenity Of Suffering marks a return to their heavier roots – so we go back in time with them to remember where it all began
Opinion: Rock needs to get over its fascination with heroin By MÖRAT Machine Head’s Robb Flynn has opened up about his past heroin use and the fatal OD of a friend. While drugs have their place in music, smack is a different – and deadly – beast.
10 Songs Inspired By London By MÖRAT Cor blimey, get your King Lears around this London playlist. Love a duck.
Once Were Warriors - The Rise And Fall Of Pantera By MÖRAT They were one of the greatest forces the metal world has ever seen. In this exclusive interview, the surviving members of Pantera look back on their ever enduring legacy...
Opinion: Hey Corey Taylor, call people out – but don't kick them out By MÖRAT Should you be allowed to behave as you wish at gigs? Hammer writer Mörat shares his thoughts...
