
The 12 most metal comedians ever
The links between comedy and metal go deep
2010's Artificial would turn out to be the final studio album from Australian symphonic proggers Unitopia
There are loads of new vinyl releases on the horizon - here are the records you need to know about in 2022
On their tenth album X Spock's Beard dialled up the prog quota and looked to Marillion's business model for inspiration
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High performance audiophile headphones will give you the most from your music. Here’s our pick of the best you can buy from wired over-ears to pro-style in-ear monitors
Sleep/High On Fire man Matt Pike talks juvenile delinquency, military school and losing a toe
The Tool guitarist talks banning phones at gigs, turning down stadiums and life in Tool in 2022
How a sadistic WW2 surgeon inspired Slayer’s landmark 1986 thrash classic
From Bambie Thug’s witchy electrogoth to Graphic Nature’s gnarly nu-metalcore, these are the new bands annoying Metal Hammer’s neighbours
In 2016 we asked Greg Puciato to pick the ultimate Dillinger Escape Plan playlist
With Fortitude French quartet Gojira placed themselves firmly in the prog metal world. Here they discuss wide-ranging influences from Mike Oldfield to Eastern drumming rhythms
America's biggest music festival now has the perfect phone to capture the experience
How a weed-loving hip hop outfit delivered one of the greatest rock club floor-fillers of the 1990s
The internet might bring us more music than ever, but these 10 bands never got the massive audiences they deserved
Was Duane Allman the catalyst for Derek and the Dominos' Layla, or did his “out of tune” playing spoil it? And was the piano outro nicked from another song?
A story of Keith Richards, an exaggerated tree, and the surgeon who saved the life of a Rolling Stone
Director Robert Gwisdek talks us through the making of Rammstein's epic music video for Zeit
With seven albums released across an 11-year recording career, Shane MacGowan's London-Irish folk-punks The Pogues worked and played hard. But which album is their crowning glory?