Latest Metal Hammer News
Jake E. Lee explains why he felt like a “forgotten footnote” in Ozzy Osbourne’s legacy until Back To The Beginning
The guitarist was part of Ozzy’s solo band from 1982 to 1987 and played on two of his albums: Bark At The Moon and The Ultimate Sin
Deftones announce massive London show for 2026
Deftones will play London's Victoria Park next summer with a huge bill in tow!
Watch Brandi Carlile and Taylor Momsen perform Soundgarden's Black Hole Sun at Rock Hall induction
The Hall Of Fame have also released official footage of Toni Cornell's emotional Fell On Black Days tribute to her late father
Iron Maiden, Limp Bizkit, Bring Me The Horizon and The Offspring sign up for Hellfest 2026
Hellfest has announced another epic lineup for next year
The woman who sang death metal at Miss World Chile has just won the competition
Ignacia Fernández beat 19 others to claim the crown and sash at the televised final over the weekend
A video of New York fantasy metallers Castle Rat staging a live battle on stage has gone viral
It's Castle Rat's domain, we're just battling in it
How an AC/DC legend and a heavyweight guitarist covered Led Zeppelin at a baseball player's wedding
We reckon a lot of wedding guests couldn't believe their own eyes seeing this!
Latest Metal Hammer Features
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
Latest Metal Hammer Reviews
Pupil Slicer have just made one of the most diverse, engrossing and essential heavy albums of 2025
Roping in hardcore, mathcore, doom, black metal, industrial, post-rock...Pupil Slicer do it all in style on new album Fleshwork
Avatar’s Don’t Go In The Forest is the album for people who like their massive 80s-inspired tunes with a side order of creepiness
Avatar finally go for the commercial jugular on Don’t Go In The Forest
Creeper are dead and loving it on brilliantly bloody new album Sanguivore II: Mistress Of Death
Creeper are in full fangbanging mode on their excellent fourth album
Nine Treasures might be the next band to blaze a path out of Mongolia
You might not have heard of Nine Treasures, but this is a great time to educate yourself
Psychonaut’s World Maker is a devastating space-metal odyssey everyone needs to hear
Psychonaut are far from superstars in the metal scene, but World Maker deserves to change that
40 years in, Max Cavalera is still finding ways to freshen up his formula
You might not be surprised to find that the new Soulfly album bangs
