Watch Wednesday 13 take The Hearse to the graveyard in spook-filled new video
Wednesday 13 release lyric video for the new single The Hearse - the latest material taken from the Necrophaze album
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Watch Wednesday 13 take The Hearse to the graveyard in spook-filled new video
Wednesday 13 release lyric video for the new single The Hearse - the latest material taken from the Necrophaze album
Foo Fighters announce rescheduled Van Tour dates
Foo Fighters were due to head out on the road throughout April and May across North America - dates now locked in for October and December
Devin Townsend announces Empath: The Ultimate Edition
Devin Townsend will release a special edition of his 2019 album Empath featuring live cuts, demos and more
Get Tidal for 4 months for only £4/$4
Get access to 60+ million songs and 250,000+ videos from high-quality streaming service Tidal for a bargain price
Angus Young’s old Glasgow school register unearthed online
The document from the Milncroft Primary School in Cranhill, Glasgow, has been dusted off by a classmate of the AC/DC icon
Listen to Death live in Montreal as Relapse launch series of unreleased live recordings
Relapse unleash Death: Non Analog – On Stage Series, a series of previously-unreleased Death concerts released every other week across all digital platforms as long as live music is on hiatus
Dave Mustaine on cancer battle: I had faith I was going to be healed
Exclusive Megadeth leader Dave Mustaine is the cover star of the new issue of Metal Hammer magazine where he talks about his recovery from cancer and more
Personalise your own Motorhead t-shirt - and create the ultimate playlist
Motorhead’s Umlaut Your Name generator creates personalised artwork while fans can also create their own Louder Than Everyone Else playlist
Download launch limited edition t-shirt to raise funds for the NHS
100% of proceeds of Download charity shirt will be donated to the NHS
Coronavirus: tour and festival updates
Live Major tour and festival cancellations due to spread of COVID-19 coronavirus - updated with news as it happens
Watch Metallica light up Paris in 2017 with epic setlist
After revisiting their Slane Castle set from last year, the next stop in the Metallica Mondays series dives into the band’s 2017 show from the AccorHotels Arena in Paris
Ozzy forced to cancel European medical trip due to coronavirus lockdown
Ozzy was due to fly to Switzerland next month for treatment for his Parkinson’s disease - but those plans are on hold while the world deals with the coronavirus pandemic
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The best music documentaries on Amazon Prime US right now
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10 Bands who create music against the odds
Premiere Middle Eastern metallers Svengali introduce us to ten bands who experience lockdowns everyday, yet prevail against the odds to bring their metal to the masses
The story behind Ozzy Osbourne's Crazy Train
Fired from Black Sabbath in ’79, Ozzy lifted himself out of the scrapheap with an off-the-rails rocker that holds the best and worst of memories. All aboard!
Playlist: Trivium's ultimate soundtrack to staying inside
Trivium's Paolo Gregoletto has created a playlist to get you through the socially distant day
Queensryche interview - how we made Operation: Mindcrime
Queensryche interviewed about their classic Operation: Mindcrime, the milestone album that became a millstone
Monster Magnet: The story behind Powertrip
In 1998, Monster Magnet were against the ropes and needed a hit. Cue a sojourn to Las Vegas and the anthem that’d help define their career
The 30 albums that built heavy metal
The 30 albums that define heavy metal as we know it
Dinosaurs, pirates & porno: 11 of the weirdest metal subgenres
Discover eleven of metal’s most insanely specific subgenres. From dinosaur metal to the aural equivalent to a snuff film, things are gonna get weird…
The 10 best moments from Metalocalypse
Adult Swim has made all four series of Metalocalypse free to stream. Here are the all-time best moments from the most metal show ever made...
The top 10 best Behemoth songs
From underground infamy to becoming one of metal's most revered bands, Behemoth have one of the most interesting back catalogues in metal. Here are 10 of their best infernal gems
Download festival tickets, lineup rumours, announcements and more
Everything you need to know about Download festival 2021, including buying tickets and lineup announcements
Lucifer: Nicke Andersson's track-by-track guide to Lucifer III
Johanna Sadonis' partner in crime, Nicke Andersson, talks us through the retro occultists Lucifer's lastest album
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Ratt's The Atlantic Years 1984-1990: should history have been kinder?
Ratt’s first five albums, finally retrieved from the cellar
Me and That Man's New Man, New Songs, Same Sh*t, Vol.1 is a fun celebration of friends, outlaws and Satan
Nergal's Me And That Man heads down Route 666 with a stellar new entourage in New Man, New Songs, Same Sh*t, Vol.1
Lucifer's third album is a retro romp that unites the band's light heart and dark soul
Occult-infused rockers Lucifer bring their twin poles into harmony with third album, Lucifer III
Myrkur goes back to her resonant roots with Folkesange
Myrkur's Folkesange is a captivating collection of largely new folk songs rendered with ethereal harmonies, wistful lyrics and the thrum and drone of primal instruments
Code Orange's Underneath is the greatest metal record in a generation - read our 10/10 review
Pittsburgh’s hardcore iconoclasts Code Orange throw down the gauntlet for a new decade with Underneath, earning a rare 10/10 in Metal Hammer
Black metal legends Mayhem channel De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas with new record Daemon
Oslo’s second-wave black metal forefathers, Mayhem, are still defining the state of the art
Babymetal - Metal Galaxy: Japan’s Fox God emissaries chart a new sonic course
Babymetal's new album Metal Galaxy deftly proves that the band's whole existence is one massive curveball
Have Steel Panther taken the joke too far?
Sunset Strip revivalists Steel Panther bring more swears than songs with fifth album Heavy Metal Rules
Korn's The Nothing recaptures the genuine darkness of their earlier works
Jonathan Davis exorcises his most ferocious demons yet in Korn's new album The Nothing
Asagraum's Dawn Of Infinite Fire is an instant black metal classic
Dutch black metallers Asagraum weave potent new magick from the old school with new album Dawn of Infinite Fire
Why Sacred Reich's Awakening was worth waiting twenty three years for
The Politically charged thrash originals Sacred Reich break a near-quarter-century silence wand prove thrash metal is still alive and well