Latest articles by Rich Hobson
Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: September 12 2025
Sabaton, Mudvayne and Limp Bizkit are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!
The trials, trauma and triumph of Dinosaur Pile-Up
Following serious health issues, Leeds alt.rockers Dinosaur Pile-Up are back with their first album in six years
Who are Acid Bath? The crazy story of the cult metallers supporting System Of A Down
Despite having their career cut brutally short, Acid Bath remain one of the 90s' most influential metal bands. And now they're back
"A bank robber put a gun in my face and stole my motorcycle."
Nervosa's singer/guitarist Prika Amaral picks the bands who've shaped her musical journey
Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: September 5 2025
From the mega Amy Lee/Poppy/Courtney LaPlante collab to Alter Bridge and President, these are the new metal songs you need to hear this week.
"We’re not just into camels and palm trees." 20 years ago, Amine Hamma was arrested for playing death metal. Now he’s helping build Morocco’s metal scene
Rabat's Tricinty Festival is helping put Moroccan metal on the map
Witch Club Satan proved they're the best thing in black metal right now
Norwegian black metal trio Witch Club Satan made a thrilling, theatrical and utterly terrifying UK debut at Birmingham's Supersonic Festival
The brilliant new metal bands you need to hear in September 2025
From Gates To Hell's Kentucky fried death metal, to the shimmering industrial metal of The Defect, riffy stoner rock'n'roll of King Kraken, crossover thrashers Inhuman Nature and nu gaze champions Split Chain, these are the metal bands you need to hear in September 2025
Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: August 29 2025
Mudvayne, Soulfly and Avatar are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!
Revived nu metallers Mudvayne release their first new song in 16 years
Hurt People Hurt People is the first taste of new Mudvayne material since 2009's self-titled album
Here are all the songs Iron Maiden have never played live
Iron Maiden just played Alexander The Great live for the first time ever. But there are still 48 Maiden songs that have never been given an airing
Babymetal are the first Japanese band to get a US Top 10
Babymetal's collab-heavy new album Metal Forth makes history as they become the first "all-Japanese" band to debut in the Top 10 of the Billboard 200
Tom Morello on final Ozzy Osbourne meeting and future of RATM
In a new radio interview, Tom Morello addresses why RATM cancelled tour dates in 2022, the future of the band and the last time he saw Ozzy Osbourne
An audience with President, metal's newest mysterious masked sensation
Following in the footsteps of Ghost and Sleep Token, President are taking the metal world by storm
We asked Bloodstock which metal singers would survive a zombie apocalypse
From hammer-wielding Swedes to gun-toting Motor City Madmen, these are the metal singers Bloodstock figured could weather a zombie apocalypse
We asked metalheads to share their top hair care tips
From not washing too often to giving it a good go with eucalyptus, lavendar and herbal products, these are the top hair care tips Bloodstock had to offer
Metal Hammer's Tracks of The Week: August 15 2025
Lorna Shore, Paradise Lost and I Prevail are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!
Biff Byford reveals cancer diagnosis
Saxon frontman Biff Byford has posted an update on social media explaining why the band have had to postpone dates this year
I think I might have just watched Trivium play their greatest festival set ever
Self-proclaimed "kings of metal" Trivium set an impossibly high bar headlining Friday night of Bloodstock Open Air 2025
Bill Burr on how teaming up with Primus and Tool members helps his stand-up
Comedian Bill Burr reflects on performing Too Many Puppies with Primus in Los Angeles
"Machine Head live to defy expectations." Robb Flynn and co. conquer Bloodstock with an explosive, emotional headline set
Machine Head return to Bloodstock for an almighty Saturday night headline set
Orange Goblin just played their final ever UK festival show - and it was one hell of a goodbye
Orange Goblin commemorate their 30th - and final - year with a barnstorming final UK festival performance at Bloodstock
Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: August 8 2025
Trivium, Babymetal and AFI are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!
