Alexisonfire release their first new song in nearly 10 years
We were inspired and people can hear that in the music,” say the Canadian band of new song Familiar Drugs
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Alexisonfire release their first new song in nearly 10 years
“We were inspired and people can hear that in the music,” say the Canadian band of new song Familiar Drugs
A documentary about the life of Chris Cornell is in the works
Brad Pitt and Peter Berg’s production company Film 45 are behind the project, while Cornell’s widow Vicky will be the producer
Of Mice & Men roar back with new single How To Survive
Of Mice & Men have been working on new material with producer Josh Wilbur – check out How To Survive
Bernie Tormé remains in intensive care and is now on a ventilator
Bernie Tormé’s family report there’s been no improvement in the guitarist's condition after he was rushed to hospital suffering from virulent pneumonia in both lungs
Venom Prison announce new album Samsara and European tour
Plus: watch the rising death metal stars’ new video Uterine Industrialisation
Architects cancel Jera On Air set - blame promoter for headline mix up
Architects walk away from festival in the Netherlands: “The promoter appears to have promised one thing to us, and another to the other headliner”
Just what are Slipknot teasing in new clip?
Slipknot upload mysterious teaser showing a strange beating heart – what are they up to?
Slash confirms that new Guns N’ Roses material is in the works
Slash reports there’s “stuff going on already for a new record” but won’t confirm timeframe for release
Metal Hammer Podcast: Power Rangers Is Metal
High On Fire, Ozzy, Ghost, Cancer Bats... and why the sexism in metal debate has blown up
Alice Cooper: Watch the trailer for Live From The Astroturf
Upcoming concert film shows Alice Cooper group’s first full show together in over 40 years... at a record store in Dallas
Lamb Of God’s Mark Morton announces solo tour
Lamb Of God guitarist Mark Morton will head out on the road next month in support of his solo album Anesthetic
The Wildhearts share powerful new single Dislocated
Exclusive The Wildhearts share the first single to be taken from new album Renaissance Men – and unveil the album's artwork and tracklisting
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Upcoming rock and metal album releases for 2019
Updated Every rock album scheduled to be released in 2019
Why I love Celtic Frost’s Morbid Tales – by Mark Tremonti
The Alter Bridge guitarist and extreme metal devotee hails an 80s landmark from Swiss mentalists Celtic Frost
Tool: the ultimate timeline of their new album
This is what Tool have spent the past 13 years doing while recording their new album
Death-gospel maverick A.A. Williams is proving ’heavy’ doesn't have to mean ‘loud’
Dark-folk maverick A.A. Williams is proving ’heavy’ doesn't have to mean ‘loud’
14 metal love songs to put the bang in your Valentine’s Day
Who said metalheads aren’t romantics at heart?
Dimmu Borgir: how we made Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia
The inside story of Dimmu Borgir’s symphonic metal landmark
Story Behind the Song: Killing In The Name by Rage Against The Machine
Inspired by the LA riots, Killing In The Name became an unlikely Christmas number one 17 years after its release
Dave Grohl: A guide to his best albums
A musical jack of all trades and master of many, with Nirvana, Foo Fighters and more Dave Grohl has recorded a truly glittering catalogue
Metal’s most interesting voices are all female – and it’s about time
Women are finally being given the platform to provide some fresh perspectives
AC/DC: a guide to their best albums
AC/DC have ploughed the same glorious furrow for the best part of five decades, turning rock'n'roll cliche into art and producing some amazing albums along the way
Alice In Chains’ Facelift: the grunge masterpiece that kickstarted the 90s
Alice In Chains debut Facelift was the first grunge album to break into the mainstream. For the band who made it, things would never be the same again
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King 810 – Suicide King album review
Divisive gangster metallers King 810 are still hitting the highs and lows
Swallow The Sun – When A Shadow Is Forced Into The Light album review
Magnificent bleakness and inconsolable loss from Finnish death-doom veterans
Review: Puppy’s debut album The Goat is where Weezer meets Ghost
Rising alt-rockers embrace all shades of metal on their first album
Album review: Lovebites’ Clockwork Immortality is the sound of power metal’s future
Japan’s new power metal queens scale the heights on their second album
Papa Roach – Who Do You Trust? album review
The nu metal survivors cast their sonic net wide on album number 10
Mayhem: Grand Declaration Of War (2018) album review
Black metal pioneers Mayhem bring their most contentious album back from the cold
Metal Church: Damned If You Do album review
San Francisco’s metal stalwarts Metal Church fail to refuel with Damned If You Do
Funeral Chic: Superstition album review
Filth-ridden rumbles from a North Carolina basement, courtesy of Funeral Chic
Cattle Decapitation: Medium Rarities album review
Choice offcuts from San Diego’s deathgrind visionaries Cattle Decapitation
Billybio: Feed The Fire album review
The Biohazard frontman makes a solo run at the barricades with Feed The Fire
All That Remains: Victim Of The New Disease album review
US metalcore stalwarts All That Remains return with a heavier sound, and heavy hearts
