Latest articles by Rich Hobson
Svalbard's Serena Cherry answers your questions
Which Pokémon would her bands be? How did she learn guitar? Why doesn't she play more power metal? These are the questions you asked Svalbard's Serena Cherry
Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: May 23 2025
Electric Callboy, Blackbraid, Malevolence and many others have devastated our eardrums with new tunes this week. Hear them all and vote for your favourite here.
"Intense. Beautiful. Devastating." Seven bands who defined Desertfest London 2025
Desertfest 2025 took over five venues in Camden, north London at the weekend, and crushed our tiny brains into jellied chunks
10 songs we need to hear at Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath's farewell gig
Back To The Beginning is set to be the world's biggest celebration of Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath. We're hoping these songs will be part of it
Jonathan Davis is raising money for a dog shelter
Remember when Hammer interviewed Rob Halford with a bunch of kittens? Here's Jonathan Davis talking about how much he loves dogs
Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: May 16 2025
Lorna Shore, Within Temptation and President are among the best new metal songs this week.
Evile feature on the new Final Destination soundtrack
Evile join the Final Destination Bloodlines soundtrack alongside Creedence Clearwater Revival, Johnny Cash, and erm, Kelly Clarkson
The band who headlined Sleep Token's first US tour recall what it was like
It was clear Sleep Token were special on their first US tour - but not everybody understood them
Turnstile's guitarist Meg Mills was inspried by Freaky Friday
Speaking to Knotfest in September 2024, new Turnstile recruit Meg Mills shared her journey to becoming the hardcore star's new guitarist
Alt Blk Era discuss Nine Inch Nails, Beyonce, Prodigy and more
Alt Blk Era masterminds Nyrobi and Chaya Becket-Messam talk genre-blurring influences
Watch Zakk Wylde, Ice-T, Sharon Den Adel and more celebrate 400 issues of Metal Hammer
Hammer celebrates 400 issues with an all-star line-up of metal stars
Members of Bullet For My Valentine and Trivium clear the air on social media
Bullet For My Valentine and Trivium take to social media to clear up any misunderstandings
The best metal albums of 2025 (so far)
From Cradle of Filth to Whitechapel, Bloodywood to Spiritbox, these are some of the best metal releases of 2025 so far.
Alice In Chains’ Jerry Cantrell explains how he ended up on the soundtrack to horror blockbuster Sinners
Alice In Chains’ guitarist/vocalist explains how a phone call from Metallica’s drummer got him involved with one of the most successful films of the year
Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: May 9 2025
Parkway Drive, Battle Beast and Attack Attack! lead this week's best new metal songs. Plus, vote for your favourite!
Billy Corgan's epic interview with Al Jourgensen
From trading Ministry songs for drugs and production lessons to inspiring Nine Inch Nails and accidentally spiking Tool with LSD, no stone is left unturned
Judas Priest’s Rob Halford is “gutted” to not be playing Black Sabbath’s final show: “I had no idea it was happening!”
Judas Priest are one of the only veteran metal bands to not be playing Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne’s farewell concert this summer. Rob Halford explains why.
Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: May 2 2025
Death Angel, Primus and Loathe lead this week's best new metal songs, plus new music from Shadows Fall, Turnstile, Chthonic and more.
The best new metal bands you need to hear in May 2025
Meet "denture-core" maniacs Melted Bodies, marine biology-inspired post-black metallers Dawn Of Ouroboros, Lady Gaga-inspired industrial metallers Tayne and melodic hardcore heroes Bloom
Inside the chaos and carnage of Acid Bath - the great lost Louisiana sludge metal band
Tragedy might have cut Acid Bath's career short in the 90s, but now they're back and bigger than ever
If other Nordic folk bands overtake Wardruna, Einar Selvik doesn’t mind
Inspired by a bear, a moose and a wolf, new album Birna is extending the band’s “beautiful broken family” as they tell modern tales through ancient instruments
Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: 18 April 2025
Cryptopsy, Rivers of Nihil and The Devil Wears Prada lead this week's best new metal songs
Burton C. Bell recalls the trials of supporting Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath
The former Fear Factory frontman did meet Brian May though, so it wasn't all bad
