Latest articles by Paul Travers
Leprous ditch the excess baggage on Melodies Of Atonement
Einar Solberg isn’t sure their eighth album is prog, although there’s plenty of evidence to argue otherwise
Melodeath pioneers Dark Tranquillity remain remarkably consistent on Endtime Signals - Album review
One of the pioneers of Gothenburg's legendary melodeath sound, Dark Tranquillity continue to provide remarkable consistency on their thirteenth album
"Let’s hope this supergroup is one that sticks around for a while." Current and former members of Anthrax, Machine Head, Exodus, Shadows Fall and more unite for ripping first Category 7 album
Category 7 put on a hell of a first showing for their debut album
“A highly consistent and often underrated catalogue”: Every Kittie album ranked from worst to best
Off the back of their looooooong-anticipated comeback, revisit the Kittie back-catalogue in reverse-order of brilliance
The 100 Songs That Changed Metal
From founding fathers like Black Sabbath, Rainbow and Judas Priest to metal's modern leaders such as Ghost, Sleep Token and Spiritbox, these are the songs that have defined a genre
“There’s a feel redolent of broadening horizons”: Devin Townsend’s Terria vinyl reissue
2001 release, inspired by his home nation, put the Canadian back on track after his previous misstep
How Cradle Of Filth opened the gates of black metal to the mainstream with Nymphetamine
With help from Leaves Eyes vocalist Liv Kristine and some spiritual interference from Type O Negative, Cradle Of Filth traded black metal for goth on 2004's Nymphetamine
Kittie have completed one of modern metal's great comebacks with Fire
Twenty five years on from nu metal breakthrough Spit, Fire proves that Kittie are a vital modern metal band with plenty left to say
Apocalyptica have done another stirring album of orchestral Metallica covers - and even St Anger sounds epic
Almost thirty years on from their first Metallica covers record, Apocalyptica have come full circle
Kati Rán’s Sála is a folk masterpiece years in the making
Dutch artist presents a folk masterpiece years in the making with help from Kristian ‘Gaahl’ Espedal, Mitch Harris and others
Sebastian Bach on his many celebrity feuds, mended bridges and a potential Skid Row reunion
Sebastian Bach pulls no punches answering your questions on everything from celebrity feuds to Skid Row regrets and hopes for the future
Peter Tagtgren dusts off electro-metal side project Pain for rave-inducing new album I Am
Hypocrisy frontman Peter Tägtgren takes a break from singing about aliens and conspiracies to indulge electro-goth dancefloor fillers with side project Pain
Listen to the Slayer cover of Born To Be Wild that Slayer really don’t like
In 2002, thrash metal deities Slayer covered a Steppenwolf classic. Then Kerry King disowned it and Jeff Hanneman got bullied by his mates.
Meet five excellent young bands inspired by Tool
Hawxx, Ou, Mountain Caller, Wheel and Every Hell are channelling current Metal Hammer cover stars Tool in a variety of weird and wonderful ways
My Dying Bride A Mortal Binding album review: Metal Hammer
Doom metal legends My Dying Bride are still as gloriously miserable as ever on their fourteenth studio album, A Mortal Binding
Swedish prog metal veterans Evergrey talk new album Theories Of Emptiness
Over 30 years and 14 albums into their career, Swedish prog metallers Evergrey are looking ahead with new album Theories Of Emptiness
Every cover song by Nightwish ranked from worst to best
Finland’s symphonic metal leaders have officially released 10 covers across their career. Here they are in reverse-order of majesty.
"The major metal magazines slaughtered Emperor's early albums." How black metal icon Ihsahn ditched corpsepaint and church burnings to become a prog master
Growing up, it was expected that Vegard Sverre Tveitan would take over the family farm. But when he rebranded himself as Ihsahn he became a pioneer of black metal, before ditching it all for prog
"I didn't think it would be over and done with so quick." Sebastian Bach says he and Skid Row owe it to the fans to reunite
Skid Row are again singerless after the departure of Erik Grönwall, but former vocalist Sebastian Bach thinks he has the perfect replacement - himself
We put together the ultimate Led Zeppelin IV covers album
Led Zeppelin IV reimagined by Van Halen, Heart, A Perfect Circle and more
10 massive pop stars who secretly appeared on rock and metal songs
Katy Perry, Elton John, Boy George, Billy Joel – they’ve all secretly rocked it up over the years
Every Metallica instrumental ranked from worst to best
From (Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth to Suicide & Redemption, we’ve rearranged the six Metallica instrumental tracks in reverse-order of excellence
The rarest and most expensive records by 10 major rock bands
Own one of these rarities from Led Zeppelin, Queen, Pink Floyd, AC/DC and more? You could be sitting on a goldmine
