
Metal Hammer's Tracks Of The Week: February 7 2026
Spiritbox, Arch Enemy and Rivers Of Nihil are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!
Spiritbox, Arch Enemy and Rivers Of Nihil are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!
Great new prog to enjoy from Phase Transition, you, infinite, Pale Epiphany and more in Prog's Tracks Of The Week
Why are Black Sabbath coming back? Who else is on the bill? How do I get tickets? We answer all your questions about this summer’s Back To The Beginning extravaganza
Prog writer Sid Smith pays tribute to the former Soft Machine founder and keyboard player Mike Ratledge, who sadly died after a short illness, aged 81
Portable record players are great space-saving turntables for the newer vinyl lover, as well as for those tight on space; read on to discover the best of the bunch
Starting out as a post-punk inspired side project, Scars On Broadway became a new lifeline for Daron Malakian with first single They Say giving him a second life
Some Black Sabbath albums are epoch-defining classics, some are average, some downright embarrassing, and we've ranked them – from woeful worst to brilliant best
A key moment in the Canterbury band’s history came when the future Gong mastermind made contact with his former collaborator in 1966
Luke Spiller picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and reveals the classic album he might record new vocals for
Serena Cherry, frontwoman of British extreme metallers Svalbard, opens up on the experience of having your every move documented on stage
Get intimate with your record collection – and spare the neighbours – with the best headphones for vinyl
Trivium's Ascendancy and Bullet For My Valentine's The Poison were released eight months apart. They would become instant metal classics - and usher in the next generation of metal bands
Ever wondered what extreme metal bands Alice In Chains jammed to? Jerry Cantrell has the answer
The members of Guns N' Roses will always be defined by the music made with the band, but that's not all they've done
In 2008, eager to mend fences with fans after the Napster debacle, the biggest band in metal played one of the tiniest shows of their lives
Veteran rockers Uriah Heep are saying farewell to the road, but it’s not the end of the band
They didn’t mingle with fellow prog pioneers and didn’t clamour for stardom – but co-founder Les Holroyd argues they were highly successful where it mattered
Benjamin Booker is back with a compelling, experimental new album, and enjoying pulling the strings on his own label
From death/doom majesty to streamlined, melodic metal, this is your whistlestop tour through the best of Katatonia’s 12 albums