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The magic and mystique of black metal pioneer Attila Csihar
Attila Csihar is an extreme metal pioneer and has the wild stories to prove it
How metal became a lifelong passion for WWE Women's Champion Stephanie Vaquer
From her love of Iron Maiden and Megadeth to her fiery entrance, Stephanie Vaquer is one of WWE's most metal superstars ever
How Unplugged marked a heartbreaking end of an era for Alice In Chains
30 years ago this week, Alice In Chains played a legendary MTV Unplugged set that has only grown more poignant with time
The story behind Slayer's grim Reign In Blood album artwork
Slayer intended to make pop fans "ill" with their grotesque representation of hell. It worked…
Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: April 10 2026
Evanescence release their first new song of 2026, underground doom heroes Warning make a comeback and beleagured nuns Dogma offer a defiant new sound in this week's best new metal songs
How Converge defined metalcore for a generation
Before Killswitch Engage, Bring Me The Horizon or Architects brought metalcore to new commercial heights, Converge were shaping the genre for the future
Amaranthe's Elize Ryd would love to star in Wicked
Amaranthe vocalist Elize Ryd harbours a secret love for musicals - and would love to star in Wicked
Puscifer’s Maynard James Keenan and Carina Round discuss soundtracking the end times
Why we all need to put down our phone and pick up a glass of gin
How Slipknot's sweariest, angriest song helped them land the heaviest number one album ever
As soon as people heard that crushing first song on Iowa, they knew we weren't getting a soft, sell-out second album
From Scorsese and Michael Bolton to black metal greatness, the surprising career of Myrkur
Few artists in modern metal have had a career quite like Myrkur
16 albums into a 44-year career, German veterans Kreator are still doing their own thing
Kreator's Krushers Of The World album is out now
How Linkin Park's In The End became one of the biggest songs ever - despite Chester not liking it
Incredibly, if Chester had had his way, In The End would have never made the cut on Hybrid Theory!
If you like The Distillers, Petrol Girls and Dying Wish, you need Le Rox in your life
It's pretty impressive that Le Rox even exist, let alone putting out some of hardcore punk's best new material
Burning toilet paper and sleeping on a sink: how Napalm Death’s Barney Greenway got into prog
Vocalist believes there’s a strong and clear link between his band and Gong: their weirdness
Megadeth's Dave Mustaine on the band’s final chapter, his love for Ozzy, finger numbness and more
With Megadeth's final album topping the US charts, Dave Mustaine is determined to go out on a high note
"We didn’t always know what we were doing on this record, and I think that’s the beauty of it." Jonathan Davis and Munky share the stories behind every song on Korn's game-changing debut album
A track by track breakdown of Korn's legendary 1994 debut album, by the men who wrote it
Blaze Bayley comes clean about leaving Iron Maiden, working with Rick Rubin and the heart attack that nearly killed him
A candid interview with Blaze Bayley from 2023
