Latest articles by Rich Hobson
Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: March 13 2026
Sabaton, Devin Townsend and Corrosion Of Conformity are among the best new metal songs this week
Powerwolf conquer Wembley Arena: Review
Powerwolf might have enough pyro to level a city, but they've got singalongs to unite the masses
Marmozets fizz back with a new album after a seven-year absence
CO.WARD.DICE will be released in May
The ultimate Motorhead playlist (as picked by Metallica, Judas Priest and more)
We asked some of metal's biggest names to share which Motorhead songs mean most to them
How Bad Brains reinvented punk and influenced Slayer, Guns N’ Roses and Dave Grohl
Bad Brains are one of the most influential US punk bands in history
Slaughter To Prevail will host a one-of-a-kind event mixing metal and bare knuckle fighting
The first Blood4Blood event will take place in Daytona in May
The Hu announce their biggest UK and European tour to date
The Mongolian metal heroes will return to the UK after supporting Iron Maiden in July
Foo Fighters return to their punk roots in Manchester
Dave Grohl winds back the clocks with a very sweaty, very intimate show in Manchester
Metal Hammer's Tracks Of The Week: February 27 2026
Sepultura, Lamb Of God and Arch Enemy are among the best new metal songs this week.
Watch Children Of Bodom reunite live for the first time in 7 years
The surviving members of Children Of Bodom played a special celebration gig in Helsinki in honour of Alexi Laiho - and hinted they're open to more
"We beat Britney Spears!" The song that turned a group of Dutch goths living with their parents into one of Europe's biggest bands
With Ice Queen, Within Temptation helped to crystallise the scene we know today as symphonic metal
The 50 metal albums you need to hear in 2026
Digging deep on announcements, rumours and pure speculation to find the 50 metal albums you should be keeping an eye out for in 2026
How Iron Maiden, Ozzy Osbourne and half a million insane Brazilians introduced metal to an entire continent
Members of Sepultura, Scorpions and Faith No More tell the story of the epic Rock In Rio series of festivals
Hear resurrected prog metallers Nevermore play for the first time in 16 years
The all-new line-up of Nevermore will play European festivals including Bloodstock and Wacken this summer
The story behind Sepultura's Beneath The Remains
How a bunch of feral boys from Brazil helped reshape metal for decades to come
Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: February 13 2026
Corrosion of Conformity, Knocked Loose and a mega Napalm Death/Melvins collab are among the best new metal songs this week
Deftones get hot and heavy at first UK show of 2026
TikTok, baddiecore and the nu metal renaissance: Deftones are finally getting their dues
New horror movie Whistle has a killer soundtrack to match
Director Corin Hardy shares how music played a big part in his killer new horror movie Whistle
Beers, belly flops and the Bahamas: what it's like on the 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise
Anthrax, Paradise Lost, Eluveitie and more packed out this year's 70000 Tons Of Metal
Ozzy Osbourne was "the voice of reason" on WWE RAW
Trust Ozzy Osbourne to give American broadcasters a lesson in British swearing
Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: February 6 2026
Mayhem, Sleep Theory and Green Carnation are among the best new metal songs this week
How two unknown European bands changed the face of metal in the 90s - and broke up its boys club
In 1997, two key releases by two emerging bands had a game-changing impact on the metal scene as we knew it
