Articles by: Rich Hobson

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Writer for Metal Hammer, Classic Rock and Louder, Rich has never met a feature he didn't fancy, which is just as well when it comes to covering everything rock, punk and metal for both print and online. Passionate about seeing the spread of metal on a global scale, Rich has spent the last decade seeking out emerging acts from around the world, covering everyone from Alien Weaponry and The Hu to Kaoteon, Nine Treasures and Jinjer, whilst also re-examining rock and metal history with bands like Faith No More, Sepultura and Ozzy Osbourne, alongside legendary events like Rock in Rio and the 1991 Clash Of The Titans tour.

Articles by: Rich Hobson

10 things we learned from the brand new season of Stranger Things

By Rich Hobson published 23 May 22

Monsters, metalheads and milkshakes - how Season 4 of Stranger Things is shaking up the formula for Netflix's monster series

This all-star Follow The Reaper cover captures Alexi Laiho's virtuosic brilliance

By Rich Hobson published 20 May 22

Members of Eluveitie, Epica and Amon Amarth team up to cover Follow The Reaper in tribute to Children Of Bodom's Alexi Laiho

Municipal Waste x Arch Enemy x Coheed and Cambria

The 10 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

By Rich Hobson published 20 May 22

From Asking Alexandria to Arch Enemy and Wargasm, these are the week’s essential new metal tracks. Plus: vote for your favourite!

New videogame Metal: Hellsinger featuring Serj Tankian

Brand new Serj Tankian song to feature on metal AF video game Metal: Hellsinger

By Rich Hobson published 20 May 22

System Of A Down's Serj Tankian has provided a rager to the soundtrack of ultra-metal friendly game Metal: Hellsinger

How Ozzy Osbourne’s No More Tears resurrected metal’s greatest icon

By Rich Hobson last updated 20 September 22

The story behind No More Tears, the album that saved Ozzy Osbourne’s career – and possibly his life

“We all want to leave a mark on the planet”: the epic story of the birth of Symphonic Metal

By Rich Hobson published 20 May 22

It’s been 25 years since Within Temptation and Nightwish ushered in an era of operatic vocals, big choruses and even bigger dresses

Coheed and Cambria's Claudio Sanchez: 10 Albums That Changed My Life

By Rich Hobson last updated 20 September 22

From '80s pop to universe-expanding prog, these 10 records shaped Coheed And Cambria frontman Claudio Sanchez

Anthony Vincent covers Queen in the style of Chris Cornell

Queen’s Another One Bites The Dust in the style of Chris Cornell is brilliant and uncanny

By Rich Hobson published 18 May 22

Anthony Vincent covering Queen's Another One Bites The Dust in the style of Chris Cornell is like something unearthed from the Seattle legend's vaults

“I thought they were taking the piss”: Ozzy Osbourne on his first meeting with Metallica

By Rich Hobson last updated 20 September 22

Ozzy Osbourne looks back on his four-decade friendship with Metallica

Slipknot's Sid Wilson and Kelly Osbourne are expecting a baby

By Rich Hobson last updated 21 September 22

Kelly Osbourne was "over the moon" to announce the news she is expecting a baby with Sid Wilson via Instagram

Motionless In White, Five Finger Death Punch, The Hu, Spiritbox

The 10 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

By Rich Hobson published 13 May 22

From Five Finger Death Punch to The Hu and Spiritbox, these are the week’s essential new metal tracks. Plus: vote for your favourite!

Judas Priest’s Ian Hill: “KK Downing will be at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame”

By Rich Hobson published 13 May 22

Judas Priest’s Ian Hill talks that Hall Of Fame nomination, recent health scares and the state of the new album

Echobrain: how one band almost killed Metallica

By Rich Hobson last updated 20 September 22

Metallica ruled the world through the 90s, but the year 2000 almost spelled the end of the band

2022’s best metal albums so far

By Rich Hobson last updated 9 May 22

From Rammstein to Ghost, these are the best metal albums released so far in 2022

From Type O Negative covers to HIM: how Ville Valo became king of the goths

By Rich Hobson last updated 27 June 22

From Type O Negative cover sets to appearances on extreme metal supergroups, Ville Valo's forged a unique path in music

“I’m at peace with myself and Black Sabbath”: the world according to Bill Ward

By Rich Hobson published 5 May 22

From the birth of heavy metal to repairing friendships, this is what life has taught former Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward

The night nu metal bowed down before Metallica

By Rich Hobson last updated 20 September 22

In 2003, everyone from Linkin Park to Snoop Dogg bowed down before Metallica at the MTV Icon show. The result was one of the most memorable tribute gigs ever

Lzzy Hale on the cover of Metal Hammer 361

10 things we learned from our candid conversation with Halestorm in this month's Metal Hammer

By Rich Hobson published 3 May 22

Lzzy Hale opens up on the demons and anxieties that she had to overcome for Halestorm's Back From The Dead

“I wake up and think, ‘F**k yeah, I get to be Gene Simmons another day’”: the world according to Gene Simmons

By Rich Hobson published 3 May 22

Kiss legend Gene Simmons puts the world to rights on immigration, racism and rock'n'roll history

“By 14 I was doing drugs and stealing booze”: the life and times of stoner icon Matt Pike

By Rich Hobson published 30 April 22

Sleep/High On Fire man Matt Pike talks juvenile delinquency, military school and losing a toe

This might be the sludgiest Black Sabbath cover ever

By Rich Hobson published 28 April 22

Thou and Lingua Ignota teamed up at Roadburn 2022 to unveil a particularly badass Black Sabbath cover

10 obscure but brilliant 2010s bands that deserved more

By Rich Hobson published 28 April 22

The internet might bring us more music than ever, but these 10 bands never got the massive audiences they deserved

"Birth with Rammstein had to be graphic": the inside story of Rammstein's Zeit video

By Rich Hobson published 27 April 22

Director Robert Gwisdek talks us through the making of Rammstein's epic music video for Zeit

Machine Gun Kelly says he is "done with rock" now

By Rich Hobson published 27 April 22

Machine Gun Kelly reflects on his time in the rock world and suggests that his next album will see him return to his hip-hop roots

No pics, no peeing, no chill: inside Tool's Fear Inoculum Tour 2022

By Rich Hobson last updated 26 April 22

Tool's Fear Inoculum tour arrives in Europe with psychedelic visuals, hypnotic riffs and a setlist to lose your mind over

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