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Latest Metal Hammer News
Black Veil Brides’ Andy Biersack is a Yungblud supporter, but doesn’t think that rock needs a “saviour”
The singer takes issue with the mainstream positioning Yungblud as the man “saving” heavy music
Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson premieres music video for re-working of Tears Of The Dragon
The singer released More Balls To Picasso, a remixed version of his second solo album, last year
Castle Rat’s Riley Pinkerton shoots back against “industry plant” allegations
The “super DIY” US band crowd-funded their second album last year
Mongolian folk-metal sensations The Hu announce new album Hun
Listen to The Hu's new single Lost Souls featuring Nothing More frontman Jonny Hawkins
99-year-old woman sets world record as oldest person to crowd surf
Pauline Kana was born in 1926 but has only just started crowd surfing
Watch Gojira’s emotional performance of rare classic Global Warming during 2025 tour of France
The French metal titans celebrated 20 years of From Mars To Sirius by playing a number of fan-favourite tracks
The Doom soundtrack has been added to the Library Of Congress, alongside Weezer’s debut album and music by Beyoncé and Taylor Swift
The library contains sound recordings which are “culturally, historically or aesthetically important, and/or informs or reflects life in the United States”
Latest Metal Hammer Features
Lacuna Coil’s Cristina Scabbia breaks down her career in 11 songs
The vocal dynamo looks back at her three decades on Italian metal’s frontlines
Everything you need to know about every At The Gates album
Revisit each entry in the death metal maestros’ game-changing discography
Why the four solo albums were the beginning of the end for Kiss
Kiss's solo albums were meant to be a celebration of their dominance: Instead, they signalled the start of the decline
The story of ultra-metal shoot-’em-up Doom and its iconic soundtrack
The 1993 shoot-’em-up was wildly violent and hugely successful. Thanks to Bobby Prince’s awesome soundtrack, it was also beloved by the metal crowd.
"Their fans live, breathe and die for them, and that is my dream." Why Lady Gaga loves Iron Maiden
Pop megastar Lady Gaga is a certified Iron Maiden fan - and the metal icons think pretty highly of her too!
“If Jethro Tull’s singer growled, maybe we’d have loved it!” How Katatonia embraced their prog tendencies
Swedish doom purveyors had wanted to go prog before their 2016 album, but found themselves held back. Then came a line-up change that kickstarted a “lucky relationship”
Latest Metal Hammer Reviews
Review: new Marmozets album CO.WAR.DICE is worth the wait and then some
It's far from their heaviest output, but Marmozets have shown once again why they're one of their generation's very best: killer songs
Tool's Sonic Temple headline set was peak Tool, and we wouldn't have it any other way
Tool's first show of 2026 wasn't a classic crowd-pleaser, but those who lasted the distance were treated to something special
Megadeth roll back the years with a fiery showing at Sonic Temple
Rumours of Megadeth going quietly are clearly unfounded
Motionless In White smash their Sonic Temple headline audition
One of modern metalcore's most consistent bands finally look ready to make the big step up
Bring Me The Horizon's state of Sonic Temple set was epic, anthemic and extremely British
Bring Me The Horizon brought bangers, stagecraft and quintessentially British banter to Columbus
Green Lung’s first festival headline show cements them as the future of metal
At London’s Desertfest, the occult five-piece perform all of their darkly fun anthems while backed up by gorgeous videos, returning members and a malfunctioning, Eddie-like mascot
