Latest articles by Simon Young
The Bronx and Mariachi El Bronx vocalist Matt Caughthran picks the soundtrack to his life
Matt Caughthran reminisces about having a "ton of hair", being raised on television and the summoning of heavy metal thunder
Linkin Park tease details of a new Unshatter movie inside European tour t-shirts
Is Unshatter the title of the 2024 concert which was filmed in Brazil?
Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: June 5 2026
Pussy Riot, Evanescence, DevilDriver and more feature in this week's best new metal song round-up
The story behind the Bruce Springsteen classic that's set to go viral thanks to the new Netflix show that Stranger Things fans will love
Baby, this Netflix sci-fi drama was born to run and run
The story behind the vitriolic single that saved Paramore from splitting up
Paramore thrashed out their differences for all to see on this single taken from their 2009 album, Brand New Eyes
How celebrated Canadian post-hardcore band Alexisonfire distilled the horror of a ruinous five-day storm on Crisis, the title track of their 2006 masterpiece
29 people lost their lives in The Great Blizzard of 1977, as documented by author Erno Rossi in White Death
Nirvana finished making Nevermind 35 years ago. Here's what Dave Grohl remembers from the 16-day session that changed rock forever
Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl completed recording their iconic album Nevermind on May 28, 1991
Mike Patton on his work ethic, stealing records and what happened when INXS asked him to be their singer
In this 2001 interview, we found that musical maverick Mike Patton relished his artistic freedom following Faith No More's split
Kim Thayil says Soundgarden are finishing unreleased material featuring late vocalist Chris Cornell
The Soundgarden guitarist says some of the demos have been around for 15 years
Watch Iron Maiden dust off Seventh Son classic for the first time in 38 years
The band kicked off their 2026 Run For Your Lives dates at the Olympic Athletic Center of Athens this weekend
A reunited Sugar roll back the years with a deafening, joyous return to London
Sugar make their first UK appearances in more than 30 years – and suddenly it feels like 1994 again
Misfits vocalist Glenn Danzig on true crime, Bruce Lee and acting as a vampire on Portlandia
Danzig has walked among us for seven decades. Here's what he's learned during his time on Earth
Aerosmith's Joe Perry on The Beatles, Jack White and the ridiculous amount of guitars in his collection
The Aerosmith guitarist definitely has way more instruments than anyone, unless your name is Guitar Center
How the murder of Henry Rollins' friend Joe Cole inspired two songs on Sonic Youth's 1992 album Dirty
The killing of roadie and documentarian Joe Cole remains unsolved 35 years on
Every Helmet album ranked from the worst to the best
New York's Helmet have been kicking up a racket since 1989. We assess, rate and rank their catalogue to identify which noise-rock album is their defining work
How a profound loss informed Alter Bridge frontman Myles Kennedy's solo album Year of the Tiger
The Alter Bridge and Slash frontman channeled a childhood tragedy into his emotionally raw 2018 solo debut album
Anthrax's Scott Ian on KISS, AC/DC, Metallica and what's left on his bucket list
The metal legend has been there, done that and written two books about his experiences
Anthrax announce their first album in a decade - order an exclusive red vinyl variant here
Get a lush transparent red vinyl edition of the new Anthrax album right here
Ranking every album by The Jesus Lizard, from worst to best
Over the course of almost four decades, The Jesus Lizard have made seven wonderfully gnarly noise-rock albums: here's their caustic catalogue placed in order of greatness
How Voivod embraced East German culture, Killing Joke and Bauhaus to help soundtrack their prescient album Killing Technology
Canadian prog-thrashers Voivod predicted a grim future on their 1987 album
The story behind the birth of Mike Patton's extremely weird side project, Mr Bungle
Mr Bungle's hellish carnival soundtrack debut was released in the summer of 1991
Condoms, coffins and capitalism: a far-reaching interview with Gene Simmons of Kiss
Kiss legend Gene Simmons has been on this planet for over seven decades. Here's some things he's learned...
How a Red Hot Chili Peppers instrumental gave Crazy Town a hit and earned Anthony Kiedis a fortune for doing nothing
Crazy Town had two failed singles under their belt, then a nu metal ballad turned their world upside down
