Latest Features on Metal Hammer
How Trent Reznor wrote Nine Inch Nails' first big hit - and why it annoyed the hell out of him
This dancefloor anthem turned Nine Inch Nails into household names in the 90s
Metal Hammer's Tracks Of The Week: November 14 2025
Megadeth, Poppy and Heriot are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!
Inside the wild and wonderful world of Hanabie - Japan's next metal superstars
Fashion, fuzzy plushies, and hanging out with Fred Durst - Hanabie are bringing a splash of colour to metal
Getting to know Castle Rat, the fantasy metal sensations everyone's talking about
Their videos are viral, their lore is deep and their songs are bangers. We chat to Riley Pinkerton, the woman behind the brilliant Castle Rat
How Public Enemy and Anthrax united to create a whole new genre
How thrash kingpins Anthrax and hip hop titans Public Enemy created the greatest rap-metal song of all
The unlikely story of the last classic nu metal album
Nu metal was considered dead by 2005 – but one band from Australia ensured that the genre would bow out in a blaze of glory
How Blood And Thunder turned Mastodon from sludge metal underdogs to generational heavyweights
Making a snarling concept piece about Moby-Dick doesn’t sound like a move for mainstream appeal, but that’s exactly what Mastodon found with the lead single of 2004 masterstroke Leviathan
Sex, vampires and black lipstick: the story of Type O Negative's Black No. 1 (Little Miss Scare-All)
Allegedly written about a self-obsessed goth Peter Steele was infatuated with, there's a reason Black No. 1 is still on every self-respecting Halloween playlist
From Mafia-run streets to Lacuna Coil: the story of Cristina Scabbia's remarkable life
She's a modern metal icon with a hell of a life story. We delve into the career of Cristina Scabbia
What happened when Avenged Sevenfold threw caution to the wind and made A Little Piece Of Heaven, an eight-minute necrophiliac symphony
From the lyrics to the saxophones and the Oingo Boingo collaboration, A Little Piece Of Heaven is an unabashedly zany classic
"I'll break both yer arms": Memories of life with Lemmy as a friend and neighbour
Classic Rock writer, former Zigzag editor and Motörhead biographer Kris Needs was also Lemmy’s neighbour in London’s Notting Hill
The life and lovable lunacy of hell-raising Mastodon genius Brent Hinds
Guitarist, artist, lunatic woodworker, dog-lover, psychedelic traveller – Brent Hinds was all of these and more
The story of the Black Sabbath song that kicked off heavy metal
Black Sabbath didn’t plan to start a new genre when they debuted in 1970, but their self-titled track is now seen as the place where metal began
Ghost’s Tobias Forge wanted a song to match Queen. Instead, he wrote the greatest plague-inspired metal banger of the last 20 years
The story of Ghost‘s classic 2018 single Dance Macabre
How Terminator 2, a banned video and a massive earthquake shaped a classic Tool song
The story of Tool‘s classic 1993 single Prison Sex
Metal Hammer's Tracks Of The Week: November 7 2026
Mayhem, Lord Of The Lost and Skindred are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!
“There were kids falling through ceilings, flying through glass, jumping off roofs”: The story of Slipknot’s Duality
Slipknot were one of the biggest names of the nu metal era – then the lead single from their third album made them immortal
"It felt like my head was going to explode." Alligator murder, police raids and abandoned adult theatres: the story of the chaotic video shoot that helped make an underground 90s band cult legends
Long before nu metal bands were getting arrested for making music videos, Acid Bath were setting a precedent
