Latest Metal Hammer News
Gibson salutes Tony Iommi in star-studded new film series
Iommi: The Godfather Of Heavy Metal features interviews with Brian May, Slash, Dave Mustaine, Kirk Hammett, Scott Ian and more
"I will miss your crazy ass Manimal." Mastodon's Bill Kelliher pays tribute to former bandmate Brent Hinds
"I didn’t think you’d be taken from us like this"
Kelly Osbourne fires back at WWE and Becky Lynch following controversial Ozzy Osbourne promo line in Birmingham
Ozzy Osbourne's daughter was not impressed by the mention of her father during a controversial Becky Lynch promo on last night's Raw
Watch: we asked a bunch of metal artists to pick four classic metal albums
Members of Lamb Of God, Lorna Shore, Halestorm, Bullet For My Valentine and more got involved
Debate: what was metal's most important year?
1970? 1986? 1994? 2000? What was the most important year in metal history and why?
"I was like, 'I can't handle this.'" Deftones' Chino Moreno reveals why he gave up booze
Chino Moreno has been sober for three years now
We told Deftones singer Chino Moreno what ‘baddiecore’ is and this was his response
The frontman reacts to his band being at the forefront of a new, sexed-up metal genre also featuring Sleep Token and Bad Omens
Latest Metal Hammer Features
"The fans supported us through everything": Helloween on career longevity and proving people wrong
German metallers Helloween release a new album this week and begin a 40th anniversary tour in October
"Korn stood side of stage looking scared but I didn't want to stop." Max Cavalera on his wildest gig, resurrecting Nailbomb and why he doesn't regret leaving Sepultura
Max Cavalera shares his life lessons from over 30 years on metal's frontlines
How Dimmu Borgir's Progenies Of The Great Apocalypse reinvented black metal
Working with a full orchestra, Dimmu Borgir's 2003 anthem rewrote the rules for what black metal could sound like
The doom metal legend who could have been Ghost’s original singer if it hadn’t been for a missed MySpace message
Ghost could have sounded very different if Tobias Forge had his way
What do deathcore, nu metal and Switzerland have in common? One of the most exciting young bands in metal
Paleface Swiss are one of 2025's major breakout metal bands - and with good reason
"The worst misconception that people have about Indians is that we’re terrorists."
Karan Katiyar of Bloodywood answers some hard, easy and downright ridiculous fan questions
Latest Metal Hammer Reviews
Limp Bizkit pull the biggest crowd of the day at Reading Festival and, to the surprise of no one, absolutely smash it
Surely it's finally time for Limp Bizkit to headline a major UK festival?
Bring Me The Horizon's Reading headline set is a mixed bag, but when they're good, they're incredible
Bring Me The Horizon start great and finish great, but there's a spectacular ball-drop in the middle
One of the nastiest cult thrash metal bands you might never have heard of just made one of their best albums
New Desaster album Kill All Idols is more proof they should be way bigger - but maybe music this deathly and monstrous needs to live in the shadows
Private Music is the most complete and essential album Deftones have made in a very long time
Deftones are arguably bigger than ever - and to top it all off, they've made an absolute beauty of a new album
The most outspoken British metalcore band of the decade just played their last show, and we should all be in mourning
Ithaca wrap up a career of righteous rage with a triumphant set at Bristol festival Arctangent
I think I might have just watched Trivium play their greatest festival set ever
Self-proclaimed "kings of metal" Trivium set an impossibly high bar headlining Friday night of Bloodstock Open Air 2025
You’ve never heard of this space rock band, but they just put on one of the loudest, craziest and most incredible festival sets I’ve seen in my life
Though French cosmonauts Slift are very much a cult prospect, it’s only a matter of time before their mesmerising live shows make them superstars
