Bullet For My Valentine release new venomous single Parasite
Bullet For My Valentine release the second single from their forthcoming self-titled new album
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Metallica, Eagles, Queen, Kiss, AC/DC and Tool among Billboard's list of highest-paid artists of 2020
Hard rock and heavy metal artists broke the bank last year, and made it into the top spots of Billboard's list of highest paid musicians
Zeal & Ardor share punishing new single Erase
Zeal & Ardor deliver a second 2021 single, Erase, as a preview of their upcoming self-titled third album
This mash-up of System Of A Down's Aerials with Gangsta's Paradise will blow your mind
The 'CEO of cursed mash-ups' William Maranci mixes System Of A Down's hit single Aerials with Coolio's Gangsta's Paradise, and the result is nothing short of genius
Crocodile nipple-biting, exploding toilets and wild bears? The Jackass Forever trailer is finally here
Prepare for nostalgia overload: the Jackass crew reunite for their fourth instalment of their slapstick stunt series
Judas Priest's Rob Halford on surviving the pandemic: "Listen to the scientists, not the politicians"
Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford reflects on the past year, urges public to "do what you've gotta do"
Bruce Dickinson says Rammstein inspired new The Writing On The Wall video
Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson explains how he was influenced by Rammstein's Deutschland when it came to creating the music video for their latest single The Writing On The Wall
This metal-loving grandma singing Rob Zombie at karaoke is the best thing you'll see today
'Metal grandma' Pamela Martin smashes Rob Zombie's Dragula at karaoke, proves metal really has no expiration date
30th anniversary of Metallica's Black Album to be celebrated with shoe release
The Vans x Metallica footwear collection features artwork inspired by Metallica and designed by Pushead
You can now buy a Guns N' Roses Appetite For Destruction bong
Guns N' Roses have partnered with Smoke Cartel to release a "water pipe" featuring Appetite For Destruction artwork
Iron Maiden open pre-orders for Senjutsu – and detail super deluxe box set
Iron Maiden lift the lid on the super deluxe edition of their new album Senjutsu - and it’s stuffed with goodies
Renowned music video director Martin Kahan dead at 74
Martin Kahan, a celebrated music video director who worked with Kiss, Bon Jovi, Rush and more, has passed away following a battle with cancer
Coheed And Cambria share cyberpunk-inspired lyric video for pounding new track Shoulders
Coheed And Cambria release lyric video for their brand new track Shoulders - Claudio Sanchez and co’s first new music since last year’s Rick Springfield collaboration
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Behind the rituals that informed Amenra's new album De Doorn
These days, whack on a robe and light some incense for your shows, and suddenly you’re not playing a gig – you’re 'performing a ritual'. But Amenra are the real deal, and their spectacular rituals were the force that led to their seventh album De Doorn
"It was like Simon & Garfunkel meets Morbid Angel": behind Opeth's 2001 masterpiece Blackwater Park
Ten years in, Swedish prog metallers Opeth were tired of toiling in obscurity. Then Blackwater Park put them on the map and changed extreme metal forever
Why fans ❤️ Slash, and why he matters
Guns N' Roses man Slash plays great guitar, and he writes great songs. But what’s the real reason he's such an icon?
A heartfelt tribute to Wes Borland’s extremely silly band Big Dumb Face
We look back at Big Dumb Face, the brilliantly bonkers and impossible to categorise side project from Limp Bizkit guitarist Wes Borland
Fear Factory's Dino Cazares: “You can’t control how people are gonna twist your words around."
Fear Factory guitarist Dino Cazares talks us through his life lessons, from rule-breaking and bankruptcy to er, wrestling with Max Cavalera
The story of Van Halen's nightly destruction of Black Sabbath
An excerpt from Paul Brannigan's new book Eruption: The Eddie Van Halen Story, featuring Ozzy Osbourne, Phil Lynott and more
11 bands redefining folk metal around the world
From Mexico to China, we count down the killer bands that are incorporating their own cultures and traditions into metal
10 grunge bands that time forgot
There was far more to grunge than Nirvana, as these lost treasures prove
Meet The Metal Nun: “I’m not that far from a real nun – I just devote all my energy to another divine being: Powerwolf”
Powerwolf superfan The Metal Nun creates stained glass windows inspired by her idols
Mayhem’s Necrobutcher: “Black metal was very narrow at the start, but then it broke out – and it’s still evolving"
Necrobutcher of black metal legends Mayhem talks trap metal, the band’s new punk covers EP, and what he thinks about having Ghostmane as a fan
Alive and kicking: why the return of live music is everything in 2021
With the UK opening up on July 19, one Metal Hammer writer looks towards the return of live shows and what might happen next
10 nu metal bands that time forgot
With the nu metal resurgence in rude health, we unearth 10 of the original bangers that may have slipped your mind
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Powerwolf's Call Of The Wild: Germany’s high-powered lycanthropes claw their way to world domination
Powerwolf's eighth album Call Of The Wild is chock-full of epic trademark tales and long-toothed fiends
Metal heavy hitters collide with DC Comics universe on DC Dark Nights: Death Metal
Mastodon, Chelsea Wolfe, Chino Moreno and more clash on DC Comics’ multiverse-restructuring soundtrack
Times Of Grace's Songs Of Loss And Separation: Jesse Leach and Adam Dutkiewicz switch into a different gear
Times Of Grace justify their return after a decade with new second album Songs Of Loss And Separation
At The Gates' The Nightmare Of Being: the melodic death pioneers get weird
Sweden's At The Gates carve out new sonic territory on their seventh album
Amenra's De Doorn: huge, stately and emotionally devastating
Belgium’s post-metal missionaries take a new route to salvation
Helloween’s Helloween: power metal kings expand and conquer on new album
Helloween’s past meets their present on dazzling self-titled ‘reunion’ album
Kiss kick off their archive live series with a die-hard fan's delight
Out now: short-lived Kiss line-up captured live in Japan on Off The Soundboard: Tokyo 2001
Atreyu’s Baptize: a post-metalcore adrenaline rush that wears off quickly
Metalcore pioneers Atreyu gain star power but lose their spark on new album Baptize
Rise Against’s Nowhere Generation: agit-punk warriors hit another energy spike
Nine albums in and Rise Against’s spirit hasn’t dented an inch if Nowhere Generation is anything to go by
Dordeduh’s Har: epoch-mashing brilliance from Romania’s polymetal masters
Dordeduh’s transcendent second album Har contains worlds within worlds
Capra’s In Transmission serves up metallic punk exhilaration with attitude to spare
US metallic punks Capra unleash a fiery opening salvo with debut album In Transmission
