Racism has grown since Trump came to power and the UK voted for Brexit, says Skunk Anansie’s Skin
Black Lives Matter makes white people more aware of racism, Skunk Anansie vocalist Skin tells Classic Rock
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Racism has grown since Trump came to power and the UK voted for Brexit, says Skunk Anansie’s Skin
Black Lives Matter makes white people more aware of racism, Skunk Anansie vocalist Skin tells Classic Rock
Slipknot launch We Are Not Your Kind masks, as Corey Taylor labels anti-maskers ‘f**king idiots’
Slipknot have got your Halloween costumes sorted, as they launch new WANYK mask range
Coal Chamber paved the way for Avatar, Dez Fafara tells Metal Hammer
Did Coal Chambers’ image open the door for other theatrical metal bands? Dez Fafara believes so
Clutch launch mammoth limited edition box set for Record Store Day
The Obelisk contains six double LP's, three 12" LPs and three 12" picture discs, and does not come in a watermelon-shaped box
Devin Townsend releases live video of Why?
Devin Townsend will release new live album in October documenting his 2019 European tour in support of Empath
‘Eddie Van Halen was a far better man than I'll ever be,’ says Gene Simmons
Kiss’ Gene Simmons pays tribute to Eddie Van Halen: ‘Every once in a while, God gets it right’
Watch Employed To Serve rage against ecological destruction on new single Party’s Over
Justine Jones’ Employed To Serve roar back with new single Party’s Over
Volbeat’s new live album might just give you the gig fix you’ve been craving
Missing gigs? Volbeat’s Rewind, Replay, Rebound: Live In Deutschland will ease your pain
Wake up Sheeple! Five Finger Death Punch want to save us from hell on earth
In troubled times, new heroes emerge. Five Finger Death Punch are taking a stand with Living The Dream
Daniel Tompkins streams brand new single The Gift
TesseracT singer Daniel Tompkins will release guest-packed new album Ruins in December
Machine Head reflect on love gone sour with new acoustic version of Circle The Drain
Machine Head release video for acoustic take on ‘anti-Valentine’s Day’ anthem Circle The Drain due to ‘phenomenal’ demand
Wardruna release awe-inspiring video for Kvitravn
Norwegian folk-proggers Wardruna will release new album Kvitravn in January
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Leaking albums used to hurt bands. Now it can kill them off completely
Misery Signals guitarist Ryan Morgan knows what it’s like to have his music leaked – and he says that now more than ever, it’s time for people to realise the damage it really does
The Top 20 best metal albums of 2003
Iron Maiden, Metallica, Lamb Of God and the return of goth – these are the 20 albums that soundtracked 2003
Korn’s Jonathan Davis: “The way I was going I was gonna kill myself, dying from drinking”
From The Archives From the Metal Hammer archives, this classic 1996 interview finds Korn singer Jonathan Davis ready to embrace stardom – if he can only keep his demons in check
10 essential symphonic black metal albums
Unleash the orchestras of Satan! These are the 10 symphonic metal albums you need to hear
Every Sepultura album ranked from worst to best
The hits, the misses, the buried treasures – this is Sepultura’s mighty back catalogue arranged in order of greatness
Slipknot songs on the hurdy gurdy are almost as good as Slipknot songs on the guitar
Slipknot’s Psychosocial, The Devil In I and Unsainted get the hurdy gurdy treatment you didn’t know they needed
Tommy Lee interview: rock'n'roll has become too safe, and that's kinda sad
Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee on his new solo album, meeting Prince, loving electronic music, and rock becoming too safe
The Top 10 best Mr Bungle songs
10 times Mike Patton and co out-weirded the competition
Watch HIM’s Ville Valo killing it on slap-bass in a funk metal band in 1992
Everyone has to start somewhere. For 15-year-old future HIM frontman and goth icon Ville Valo, it was in a teenage funk metal band
The 50 greatest Dave Mustaine quotes ever
From the pages of Metal Hammer, here are 50 killer Dave Mustaine quotes to live your life by
Listen to Linkin Park and Lady Gaga get the mash-up they’ve always deserved
This mash-up of Linkin Park’s Faint and Lady Gaga’s Just Dance will improve your day by at least 200 per cent
Motorhead: The story behind On Parole, the debut album that never was
VIDEO EXCLUSIVE Originally completed in 1976, ‘On Parole’ should have been Motörhead's debut album. Then the record company refused to release it, shocked by its raw energy and the speed-fuelled maniacs who made it...
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Greg Puciato’s Child Soldier: Creator Of God: head-melting genius from ex-Dillinger Escape Plan singer
Never mind the leaks – ex-Dillinger Escape Plan man Greg Puciato’s brilliant debut solo album sets him up as the next Mike Patton
Bloodbather’s Silence: short, sharp shock treatment from genre-mashing ragers
Florida’s Bloodbather serve up furious riffs and atonal guitar squeals on terse Silence EP
Crippled Black Phoenix’s Ellengaest: scabrous diatribes and emotional devastation on majestic new album
Post-rock mavericks Crippled Black Phoenix rise above turmoil the help of all-star guests on new album Ellengaest
Anaal Nathrakh’s Endarkenment: filthy nihilism out, unexpected optimism in
Blackened grind doomsayers Anaal Nathrakh clean up their act on new album Endarkenment – but it can’t dispel the whiff of formula
Touché Amoré’s Lament: post-hardcore lifers spead their wings with help from Ross Robinson
Impassioned post-hardcore crew Touché Amoré expand their scope on soaring new album Lament
Six Feet Under are still drinking blood, still getting high on new album Nightmares Of The Decomposed
Death metal warhorses Six Feet Under serve up endearingly sloppy slab of stoner-death brutality with new album Nightmares Of The Decomposed
Enslaved’s Utgard: more fearless expeditions from prog-metal’s Viking visionaries
Prog-metal kings Enslaved soar as high as ever on 14th album Utgard
Corey Taylor’s CMFT is music to ride motorbikes into swimming pools to
Corey Taylor brings the party on exhilarating debut solo album CMFT
Uada’s Djinn album: kvlt-baiting black metal polished to a technicolour gleam
Boundary-pushing Portland black metallers Uada provoke the faithful’s ire on new album Djinn
The Ocean’s Phanerozoic II: the conclusion to an epic journey four billion years in the making
Prog metal doesn’t get any more ambitious than the final part of The Ocean’s history of the Earth
Ayreon’s Transitus album: where gothic horror, prog metal and Doctor Who come together
Ayreon’s epic Transitus is the missing link between prog metal and Andrew Lloyd Webber – with added Doctor Who
