Latest articles by Tom Dare
“It was mind-blowing!" Dropping Beethoven, breaking America and making extreme metal cool for the 2000s: the story of Children Of Bodom's Hate Crew Deathroll
Hate Crew Deathroll was a major breakthrough. It'd confirm Children Of Bodom as one of the most important metal bands of their generation
Why The Blackening is Machine Head’s greatest artistic statement
How Machine Head made a Master Of Puppets for the 21st century
Alexi Laiho was more than just the man behind Children Of Bodom – he was the mad scientist of modern metal
Black metal? Power metal? Classical? Late Children Of Bodom mastermind Alexi Laiho slammed together sounds no one else would have dreamed of
Children Of Bodom’s Hate Crew Deathroll: the story behind the album
Children Of Bodom’s fourth album Hate Crew Deathroll was their breakthrough. In 2015, Alexi Laiho sat down with Hammer to look back on the making of a modern metal classic
Lacuna Coil’s Cristina Scabbia: 10 albums that changed my life
Digging deep into Lacuna Coil singer Cristina Scabbia’s record collection
Nightwish’s Tuomas Holopainen: 10 albums that changed my life
Nightwish's Tuomas Holopainen chooses the 10 albums that shaped him, from Pantera to The Snowman soundtrack
Why metal should show solidarity with the Orlando shooting victims
In the wake of the Orlando shootings, metal fans need to stand shoulder to shoulder with the LGBT community
Amon Amarth - Jomsviking album review
Amon Amarth wade back into battle with their new album Jomsviking
The spiritual journey of Rotting Christ
Rotting Christ may be making a bid for the world’s most epic metal band, but for mainman Sakis Tolis, the only riches he’s after lie within
Step inside the studio with Anthrax
This is what you can expect from the new Anthrax album For All Kings
