Latest articles by Rich Hobson
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
How Judas Priest survived car smashes and epic debauchery to make the album that turned them into superstars
Judas Priest survived cars smashes and epic debauchery to make their US breakthrough album
Metal Hammer's Tracks Of The Week: January 23 2026
Megadeth, Rob Zombie and Poppy are among the best new metal songs this week
How Orbit Culture became one of metal's most exciting new bands
Endorsed by Slipknot, Machine Head and Trivium, Orbit Culture are one of extreme metal's hottest new bands
Car crashes, Satanism and 28 Years Later: the story behind Iron Maiden's The Number Of The Beast
From ominous omens to a horror film that got everyone talking, the legacy of The Number of The Beast is bigger than ever
Why the man behind the Ozzy Osbourne Birmingham Airport petition is refusing to give up
Other musical cities celebrate their musical heritage - so why not the birthplace of heavy metal?
The violence and defiance behind the 2000s metal anthem that accidentally inspired an Olympic gold medal
HammerFall helped keep traditional metal alive during the early 2000s
The best metal albums of 2025 (as voted by Metal Hammer readers)
From Ghost to Sleep Token, Babymetal to Spiritbox, these are the albums you said defined metal in 2025
Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: January 16 2026
Big names, rising stars and underground favourites go head-to-head in Metal Hammer's tracks of the week
Inkcarceration Festival announces 2026 line-up - including Bad Omens first festival headline
The three-day festival will return to Ohio State Reformatory from July 17 - 19
