Latest articles by Rich Hobson
Order your exclusive Iron Maiden bundle featuring an Eddie T-shirt you won't find in shops
The bundle also comes with an alternate Metal Hammer cover
"In Brazil, it was all about Samba." Five minutes with Iggor Cavalera
Hammer chats with global metal icon - and all-round metal legend - Iggor Cavalera
4 brilliant new metal bands you need to hear in October 2025
From Chepang's philosophical grindcore to Slung's sleek doomgaze, screamo revivalists Static Dress and chaotic metalcore mob Idle Heirs, these are the bands you need to hear in October 2025
Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: September 26 2025
Judas Priest, Kreator and Soulfly are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!
"I really did spells, like peeing on a churchyard." The 10 records that changed Nikoline Spjelkavik's life
Witch Club Satan's vocalist/guitarist shares the 10 records that changed her life
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
Joey Jordison’s sisters reveal how they helped one of the late Slipknot drummer’s unreleased albums see the light of day
The debut album by Joey Jordison’s post-Slipknot band Vimic will finally be released in October, four years after his death
Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: September 19 2025
Atreyu, Biohazard and Of Mice & Men are among the best new metal songs this week
Metallica may have ‘stolen’ Spinal Tap’s album art, but the comedy-metal legends aren’t bitter about it
David St Hubbins downplays the idea of a feud between Spinal Tap and the world’s biggest metal band
"If we gave up now, it would destroy our scene." Botswana's death metal cowboys Overthrust are flying the flag for African metal
Botswana's Overthrust have overcome hardship and tragedy to fly the flag for African metal
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.
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
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
