Ghost triumph at Swedish Grammis
Ghost's 5th album Impera wins award for Best Hard Rock/Metal at Swedish Grammis
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Ghost triumph at Swedish Grammis
Ghost's 5th album Impera wins award for Best Hard Rock/Metal at Swedish Grammis
Watch Bring Me The Horizon's gory, gruesome and fabulously silly NSFW video for new pop-punk single Lost
Bring Me The Horizon share bloody, brutal, B-movie-style video for new single Lost
The Internet has blessed us with a Korn vs Bob Marley Freak On A Leash mash-up
"Something takes a part of me...You and I were meant to be": It's Korn, but not as you have ever heard them before
Rage Against The Machine on "surprising" Rock and Roll Hall of Fame success
Rage Against The Machine thank Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for recognising their "music and mission"
How Red Hot Chili Peppers recorded a sweet tribute to Guns N' Roses, but ended up causing beef with Axl Rose instead
Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose wasn’t happy about Red Hot Chili Peppers' "tribute" to his band on their fourth record
Kate Bush and Rage Against The Machine to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Kate Bush, Rage Against The Machine, Willie Nelson among new names being added to prestigious Rock Hall: Iron Maiden and Soundgarden miss out
Lamb of God announce US summer tour
Lamb of God confirm 8-date US summer tour with support from The Black Dahlia Murder, Ice Nine Kills, After The Burial, Suicide Silence and more
Shinedown announce US tour with Papa Roach and Spiritbox
Shinedown's Revolutions Live Tour is back for a US autumn leg – with Papa Roach and Spiritbox along for the ride
Watch pro-shot footage of Tool, Primus and QOTSA members covering Ænima
That benefit gig featuring members of Tool, Primus and Queens of the Stone Age is the gift that keeps on giving
That time Nirvana destroyed everything in sight and then set their own tour bus on fire
Smells Like White Spirit: Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain had lofty ideas about smashing the rock'n'roll cliches that came before him – but that wasn't all he ended up smashing
"Everybody was comatose!" Rick Wakeman on recording with Black Sabbath
Rick Wakeman discusses working with Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne in a new interview
Tom DeLonge used gratuitous auto-tune at Blink-182's recent show and fans are divided about it
It appears Blink-182 vocalist Tom DeLonge was relying on some pretty heavy autotune at the band's recent reunion shows, and fans aren't quite sure what to make of it
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Ihsahn and the story of Àmr
Norwegian multi-instrumentalist Ihsahn tells the story of his 2018 solo album Àmr, his latest to date
Floor Jansen: the soundtrack of my life
Nightwish singer Floor Jansen picks her songs and albums of lasting significance, and reveals the amazing singer whose music is "absolutely cheese-bombs"
If you ever wondered what The Number Of The Beast sounds like compressed 666 times, we have news
A man on the internet has made a thing, part 6593
Every band each member of Iron Maiden was in before Iron Maiden
They're one of the biggest and greatest metal bands of all time, but every member to have come through Maiden's ranks has some prior history
10 metal songs that are weirdly popular on streaming
These lesser celebrated tracks by Iron Maiden, Slipknot, Avenged Sevenfold, Slayer and more have even outshined some of their biggest hits
The 10 best new metal songs you need to hear this week
Cradle Of Filth, Avatar and Corrosion Of Conformity are among the best new tracks this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!
The 10 drummers that inspired Joey Jordison
In 2016, Metal Hammer asked former Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison to pick the 10 drummers who most inspired his iconic style
Minor Threat's Out Of Step: the bitter, brilliant eulogy for youthful idealism which defined hardcore punk as a force for good
Minor Threat knew they were falling apart as they recorded their debut album: that helps explain why, 40 years after its release, Out Of Step sounds as vital, urgent and furiously fucked-off as it did in 1983
10 great heavy metal songs that came before Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath may have been the official ground zero for metal, but these heavy-as-lead bangers all predate that classic first album
The full story of metal's greatest supergroup, Roadrunner United: "We even opened it up to Nickelback"
How members of Slipknot, Machine Head, Fear Factory and Trivium came together to celebrate metal's most legendary label
Ace Frehley: the soundtrack of my life
Former Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley picks his favourite songs, albums and musicians, and reveals his least favourite Kiss album
Black Sabbath only stopped setting Bill Ward on fire after the drummer's furious mum called Tony Iommi a "barmy bastard" and told him to "grow up"
Tony Iommi hasn't set his former Sabbath bandmate Bill Ward alight since 1980: the drummer can thank his mum for this
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"Their best album since...": Metallica fans review new album 72 Seasons
We asked rock and metal fans to share their views on the new Metallica album 72 Seasons - here's what they had to say
Enter Shikari's A Kiss For The Whole World: the electrifying, genre-smashing sound of the future
St. Albans quartet stake their claim as one of the 21st century's greatest bands with their finest work yet
Evil Dead Rise review: a quintessential Evil Dead experience filled with fresh, unexpected twists
The latest Evil Dead reboot is a resounding, bloody success
Here's what Babymetal fans think of The Other One: "Any metal band that chucks sax on a song deserves an 8/10"
We asked Babymetal fans to give their verdict on new album The Other One - and they answered in style
Simon Neil from Biffy Clyro has a new extreme metal project, and it just tore London to shreds
Biffy Clyro frontman Simon Neil's extreme metal side-band Empire State Bastard unleash hell at debut London gig, their third show ever
Bury Tomorrow have made a metalcore album that could fill arenas, but will make daytime radio listeners crap themselves
Bury Tomorrow's seventh album The Seventh Sun is their biggest sounding yet - can they replicate the crossover success of Architects and Bring Me The Horizon?
Floor Jansen switches symphonic metal for pop melodies and epic balladry on solo debut Paragon
Nightwish powerhouse Floor Jansen opts for a change of pace with her solo debut, Paragon
Fall Out Boy's intimate, chaotic London show proves why they're still the reigning princes of emo
Fall Out Boy took over London's Heaven club for one of the most memorable (and sweatiest) shows in recent memory
Suicide Silence fall behind the deathcore pack with new album Remember... You Must Die
Suicide Silence play things safe with new album Remember... You Must Die
Periphery V - Djent Is Not A Genre: US progressive metallers prove why they're miles ahead of their peers
Tech metal pioneers Periphery continue to push boundaries with their seventh album V: Djent Is Not A Genre
Zulu's A New Tomorrow: "The first absolutely essential album of 2023"
LA-based hardcore newcomers Zulu challenge the boundaries of heavy music with their utterly captivating debut
