These classic rock and metal album sleeves with added Bernie Sanders are truly iconic
US politician Bernie Sanders is providing rich inspiration for highly entertaining rock album-related memes
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These classic rock and metal album sleeves with added Bernie Sanders are truly iconic
US politician Bernie Sanders is providing rich inspiration for highly entertaining rock album-related memes
‘Is it really the end, not some crazy dream?’ MetalTrump delivers hilarious cover of Iron Maiden’s Hallowed Be Thy Name
YouTube genius Lars Von Retriever bids farewell to the Trump era with gloriously appropriate Iron Maiden cover
Therion and Marko Hietala join forces for Tuonela single
Watch Therion's fantasy-themed video for new single Tuonela, from new album Leviathan, here
Metallica producer Bob Rock cashes in his Black Album profits in multi-million dollar deal
Black Album producer Bob Rock sells his rights in Metallica’s biggest album to investment firm Hipgnosis Songs Fund
Jo Quail to headline post classical festival Forgotten Futures
Check out the spell-binding 43-minute collaboration between Quail and Her Name Is Calla's Tom Morris for Forgotten Futures
Mike Patton’s alt.rock supergroup Tomahawk return with first new music in 8 years
Tomahawk will release new album Tonic Immobility later this year – listen to new single Business Casual now
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris sworn in: The Rock World reacts
As former President Trump departs for Florida and new sheriff in town Joe Biden assumes control, the world of music has its say
On Wednesdays We Wear Black: the boundary-breaking podcast you need in your life
An unfiltered look at sex, racism, music and alternative lifestyle, new podcast On Wednesdays We Wear Black is set to elevate unrepresented and queer voices in heavy music
Nu metal floor-filler Down With The Sickness gets mashed up with a cat, because The Internet
When a TikTok user requests that a familiar-sounding kitten replace Disturbed’s iconic Down With The Sickness intro, the results are quite magnificent
Watch the trailer for Music When The Lights Go Out, a new documentary saluting London rock bar The Crobar
A documentary remembering The Crobar will air on January 27, as fundraiser to re-open the bar passes £40,000 mark
Metal, extremism and ‘cancel culture’: join the World Metal Congress debate on the ugly side of metal which we cannot ignore
Metal Hammer’s Eleanor Goodman and Gama Bomb’s Philly Byrne join the WMC debate on Metal vs. Extremism tonight
Dave Grohl wishes Lemmy was alive to hear the new Foo Fighters album
Watch Dave Grohl’s homage to Lemmy on the Foo Fighters album, as he recalls a day at Lemmy’s ‘f**king disgusting’ LA home
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Puscifer’s Maynard James Keenan: “What are you gonna do? Lay around and whimper?”
The world is crazier than ever right now – and Puscifer have the perfect soundtrack
Judas Priest’s Ian Hill: My Life In 10 Songs
The only man to have been with Judas Priest since the very beginning looks back over his band’s epic career…
The Top 20 best metal albums of 1999
20 albums that soundtracked the end of metal’s most epic decade
Evanescence’s Amy Lee: “We’re in a crisis and there’s more at stake than ever”
How the political insanity of 2020 prompted Evanescence’s Amy Lee to take a stand
Every Hatebreed album ranked from worst to best
Metallic hardcore pit-masters Hatebreed’s back catalogue in order of greatness
The whole of Pantera’s Vulgar Display Of Power in the style of Metallica is the kick your day needs
Pantera collides with Metallica in metal’s ultimate clash of the titans
Six killer Mongolian metal bands (who aren’t The Hu)
Love The Hu? Go deeper into the Mongolian and Chinese metal scene with these six bands
40 years of friendship and one Zoom call: Lars Ulrich and Brian Tatler catch up
As Diamond Head celebrate the 40th anniversary of their debut album Lightning To The Nations, guitarist Brian Tatler and long-time fan Lars Ulrich catch up over Zoom
Phil Campbell: the family that plays together stays together
Former Motorhead man Phil Campbell on his family band, the tyranny of politicians, and what Lemmy would have made of the pandemic
How Trivium owned the internet
While many bands are struggling to stay afloat, Trivium have found a way through the Covid crisis – by conquering the internet
Hip-hop for metalheads: a 21st century guide
Metal and hip-hop have plenty in common, and when they collide the results are often exceptional. Here, an essential guide to the best hip-hop and metal crossovers since the year 2000
Industrial metal maniacs Red Method take aim at our age of chaos
Exclusive Watch the stunning lyric video for Red Method's new track, Slaves To The New World Disorder
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Cadaver win the Most Pointless Comeback Of 2020 award with new album Edder & Bile
Veteran Swedish death machines Cadaver return with their first album in 14 years. They shouldn’t have bothered
Deafheaven’s 10 Years Gone: post black-metal delirium live in lockdown
Modern metal visionaries Deafheaven don't let a pandemic get in the way of anniversary celebrations on new album 10 Years Gone
Rob Halford's autobiography Confess is the heavy metal book of 2020
Rob Halford's book Confess is packed with salacious revelations from the Midlands metal god
Jimmy Page's new book The Anthology is a must for hardcore fans
The sonic sorcerer opens the Led Zeppelin archive to reveal how the magic was made in his new book
pg.lost find light in the darkness on cinematic new album Oscillate
Scandinavian post-rockers pg.lost wring exponential grace from the gloom on stellar new album Oscillate
Voivod Lost Machine – Live: to infinity and beyond
Prog-metal voyagers Voivod head into deep space on new album Lost Machine – Live
Sodom’s Genesis XIX: thrash veterans strip away the fuss – and the thrills
Euro-thrash mainstays Sodom go back to their roots on new album Genesis XIX with mixed results
Tombs’ Under Sullen Skies: black metal majesty meets New York City grit
NYC’s esoteric black metallers Tombs refine their book of spells on new album Under Sullen Skies
Insidious Disease’s After Death: extreme metal A-listers’ deathly old school salvo
Napalm Death/Dimmu Borgir spin-off Insidious Disease head underground on new album After Death
Jinjer’s Alive In Melbourne is a sh*t-kicking reminder of how great gigs used to be
Tech-metal marauders Jinjer are captured full pre-COVID flight on Alive In Melbourne
Iron Maiden make epic even bigger on Nights Of The Dead, Legacy Of The Beast live album
Heavy metal’s indefatigable warhorses Iron Maiden cement their legacy on new live album Nights Of The Dead, Legacy Of The Beast
