Latest articles by Rich Hobson
Blaze Bayley on Iron Maiden, depression and what keeps him going
Blaze Bayley is open to working with Iron Maiden again - and has ideas of how he'd love to do it
Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: July 31 2026
Tony Iommi makes a long awaited return, Electric Callboy channel their inner boyband and Sheri Moon Zombie strikes out as a solo artist in this week's best new metal songs round up
"It's our duty to push the boundaries." The story of Wacken Open Air
Ahead of its huge 35th anniversary event, we look back at the birth of Wacken
Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: July 24 2026
Amon Amarth, Hatebreed and Imminence are among the bands with killer new metal songs out this week
Sleep Token's Take Me Back To Eden has gone platinum
The band's 2023 breakthrough marks their first Platinum Certified record, but also confirms their status as one of the biggest and most successful metal bands of this century
Every Mastodon album ranked from worst to best
Re-acquaint yourself with the Atlanta behemoth’s back-catalogue before Marrow Deep comes out in August
Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: July 17 2026
Mastodon team up with Josh Homme, Bury Tomorrow go industrial and In This Moment make the world's most oppressive club anthem on this week's best new metal song roundup
From collabing with Gerard Way to hanging with Robb Flynn, five minutes with Frozen Soul's Chad Green
Frozen Soul are one of the most exciting bands in death metal right now - and it turns out MCR's Gerard Way agrees!
Alissa White-Gluz reveals all about her killer new band, Blue Medusa
Alissa White-Gluz is finally bringing one of her long term ambitions to life
Tarja picks the songs that have soundtracked her life
Former Nightwish singer and solo star Tarja picks her records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and names the music that terrifies her
From Rob Zombie to Queen, A. A. Williams' gives us her life story in ten songs
Alt singer-songwriter A. A. Williams makes us a playlist and tells us the story behind it
Metallica are on the form of their lives at London Stadium
Metallica return to London Stadium to show exactly how they became metal's biggest band
The greatest Alice In Chains songs ever, picked by Kerry King, Max Calavera, Lzzy Hale and more
The grunge icons’ best songs, chosen by 22 of today‘s biggest musicians
Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: July 3 2026
Peasant metal, Native American folk by way of black metal and gorgeously symponic power metal all appear in this week's best new metal songs.
Dream collabs with Lady Gaga and David Hasselhoff, Eurovision and touring with Iron Maiden: an interview with Lord Of The Lost's Chris Harms
They've played Eurovision, supported Iron Maiden and topped the charts: Lord Of The Lost aren't dialing back their ambitions
Every Metallica album ranked from worst to best
From game-changing debut Kill 'Em All to the emotionally-charged 72 Seasons, this is every studio album by metal's biggest band, ranked
Acid Bath make their UK debut with the hottest doom metal
Acid Bath's first ever UK gig comes almost 30 years since the band split - and weeks before they play stadiums with System Of A Down
Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: June 19 2026
Vindicta put out a clapback at their Dogma past, Motionless In White go gothic metalcore and Sleep "return" (of a sort) in this week's best new metal song round-up
The seven weeks in 1991 that rocked the world
The 80s weren’t dead and the 90s hadn’t really begun. This is the story of how seven weeks of summer in 1991 belonged to rock (and not just grunge)
Chilean extreme metallers Decessus made a hell of a first impression at Download
Decessus - the Chilean death metallers whose vocalist was crowned Miss World Chile - make their UK debut at Download 2026
Babymetal finally shake off their Download curse to give us a show for the ages
Sunshine, riffs and bops: Babymetal finally shake off their Download curse in style
Flames, confetti, screams and Lady Gaga: Halestorm's Download set is a rock 'n' roll masterclass
Could Halestorm headline Download one day? This set certainly suggests they could pull it off
Mystic Festival 2026: Black Label Society, Blood Incantation, Megadeth and more descend on Gdansk
Poland's biggest metal festival hosted everyone from Megadeth and Black Label Society to Ice Nine Kills, Blood Incantation, Cavalera and more
