Latest articles by Will Marshall
Evanescence's O2 headline set feels like a long time coming, and they didn't disappoint
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
From Metallica-endorsed alt-metallers Unpeople to satanic psych doomies Saturday Night Satan, Scottish prog metallers Tiberius and Salisbury shoegaze-revivalists Oversize, these are the bands you need to hear in August 2025
Initially formed from a place of defeat, Gore. have become a breakout success for singer Haley Roughton
Bleed From Within's seventh studio album confirms their status as one of the UK's most vital and consistent metal bands
From the post-hardcore squall of Hidden Mothers to Lutharo's invigorating mix of power metal and melodeath, to one-woman black metaller Hulder and Saudi Arabian tech-prog-metallers Ana.n7n, these are the bands you need to hear in January 2025
From Italian power metallers Alterium to French psych metal from Slift, Brighton's prog metal mavericks El Moono and death metal horror fanatics Fulci, these are the bands you need to hear in December 2024
From Finnish supergroup Crownshift to crossover brutes Drain, doomgazers Iress and nu metal revivalists Profiler, these are the bands you need to hear in October 2024
From Folterkammer's femme-dom black metal to Belushi Speed Ball's 'pizza thrash', Dermabrasion's occulty goth rock and the bizarre alt. metal of Battlesnake, these are the bands you need to hear in September 2024
From sword'n'sorcery loving power metallers All For Metal to Will Putney's all-star metalcore mob END, these are the bands you need to hear in June 2024
Emma Boster, vocalist of kickass metalcore crew Dying Wish, breaks down her life's mixtape
The metal scene is more exciting and diverse than ever, and here's the proof
From Slipknot and Linkin Park to Converge, Norma Jean and Mansions, these are the records that shaped Of Mice & Men frontman Aaron Pauley
Every Ghost album is a fan-favourite, but which one is the ultimate in their devilish discography? We got the five biggest fans in Team Hammer to fight it out.
From returning icons to underground heroes and metal's next generation, these are the albums you should be excited about this year
After Repentless, Slayer guitarist Kerry King promised the thrashers had enough music left over to make a 13th album. It never materialised.
From greatest hits to rarity-stacked soundtracks, these are the best compilations in the history of heaviness
Ozzy Osbourne, Bruce Dickinson and Jason Newsted have all recreated metal classics with all-new lineups around them
From Adrian Erlandsson to Gene Hoglan, these drumming dynamos all have the skills needed to join The Nine
Despite their undeniable talent, the likes of Carcass, Godflesh and Sikth never got enough praise in the States
From Black Sabbath’s debut album to Cynic’s Focus, these metal masterpieces were either lambasted or ignored when they first came out
Masked enigmas Sleep Token are the fastest-rising band in modern metal. If you’re just jumping onto the bandwagon, here’s your essential breakdown of their lore, members and musical history.
Kiss, Judas Priest and Mötley Crüe have all made their goodbyes, only to continue touring and recording anyway
