Latest articles by Simon Young
Buddy Holly by Weezer: the story behind the song
Producer Ric Ocasek convinced the Weezer frontman to include the song Buddy Holly on the band's debut album
Refused's New Noise: the story behind the song
The Bear boasts an exemplary soundtrack, but it's Refused’s 1998 classic which gives the series its most visceral pacing
The 10 best new metal songs you need to hear right now
The Hu, Loathe and Bring Me The Horizon are just some of the bands who've released new songs to take your mind off the disgusting summer heat
Jack Osbourne responds to online backlash for attending Donald Trump's White House UFC Event
UFC Freedom 250 was held on the White House lawn as part of America's Quarter Millennium celebrations
The 10 best football songs to sing during the World Cup
There's more to football songs than Sweet Caroline or that Atomic Kitten abomination, it turns out
In early 2001, Linkin Park went stratospheric. Here's a snapshot of a band during blastoff
Many questioned Linkin Park's authenticity. But one million albums later, that noise started to fade
Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: June 12 2026
unpeople, Bring Me The Horizon and Ho99o9 are just some of the bands who are vying for your vote in this week's new song round-up
Olivia Rodrigo says that her mother missed her Lollapalooza headline show to watch Korn instead
Olivia Rodrigo was on Donald Trump's least-favourite US talk show to promote her new album
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
