Priya ElanContributor Latest articles by Priya Elan The best new metal bands you need to hear in March 2026 By Metal Hammer published 1 March 26 Meet Pinkshift, Turn Cold, Opia and Vianova: the hot new metal bands causing a stir Bands & Artists Get the Louder NewsletterSelect the newsletters you’d like to receive. Then, add your email to sign up.Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors MORE FROM LOUDER...1Watch star-studded BRIT Awards tribute to Ozzy Osbourne2"You make money touring and you give your music away for free, which is why tickets cost so much." Twisted Sister's Jay Jay French on making a living in music3"It didn’t hurt or anything. It was just ****ing scary.” We threw one of metal's most promising bands off a bridge4“A 15-minute discussion with the Hells Angels ensued, prior to me being hit in the mouth with the end of a pool cue and having my front teeth knocked out”: In 1969, the world’s most dangerous band toured America – and changed rock’n’roll forever5“It’s brutal. Energy and power and speed… without that album, there would be no Metallica or Slayer or Sepultura”: Soulfly frontman Max Cavalera names the greatest riff in heavy metal – and the controversial 80s album he thinks is a “joke”
The best new metal bands you need to hear in March 2026 By Metal Hammer published 1 March 26 Meet Pinkshift, Turn Cold, Opia and Vianova: the hot new metal bands causing a stir
