Paul Stanley asks fans to wish his father happy 100th birthday
Paul Stanley's dad is celebrating his 100th birthday – and the Kiss star has asked fans to send him their best wishes on his big day
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Paul Stanley asks fans to wish his father happy 100th birthday
Paul Stanley's dad is celebrating his 100th birthday – and the Kiss star has asked fans to send him their best wishes on his big day
Human Impact release new single Contact
Exclusive Human Impact's new single Contact is available now – all proceeds will be going to the NYC Covid-19 Relief Fund
Rocklahoma won't take place in 2020
Bands including Slipknot, Five Finger Death Punch, Halestorm and Alter Bridge had been due to play in Oklahoma next month
Watch Alex Skolnick, Charlie Benante and Ra Diaz play lockdown cover of Rush's YYZ
Testament's Alex Skolnick, Anthrax man Charlie Benante and Suicidal Tendencies bassist Ra Diaz play quarantine cover of Rush classic YYZ
Judas Priest’s Rob Halford thanks NHS staff: “You are angels”
Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford sends message of support to NHS staff on the frontline of the fight against coronavirus
Metallica travel back to 2009 in latest video from the vaults
The latest episode of Metallica Mondays showcases the thrash giants’ performance in Copenhagen from back in 2009
Tony Iommi launches charity auction to help Birmingham hospital charity
Black Sabbath legend Tony Iommi is auctioning a guitar and various albums to raise money for Birmingham’s Heartlands hospital charity
Testament celebrate album launch with animated video for Children Of The Next Level
Chuck Billy and co. release animated video for their Titans Of Creation track Children Of The Next Level
Metallica provide soundtrack for The Undertaker’s WrestleMania return
Metallica’s Now That We’re Dead was used as The Undertaker’s entrance theme at WWE’s WrestleMania 36 in Florida over the weekend
Coronavirus: tour and festival updates
Live Major tour and festival cancellations due to spread of COVID-19 coronavirus - updated with news as it happens
Evanescence and Within Temptation announce rescheduled Worlds Collide tour
After they were forced to postpone their co-headline European tour last month, Evanescence and Within Temptation have revealed the rescheduled dates
Ghost’s Papa Nihil and two Nameless Ghouls set to join Rock Iconz range
KnuckleBonz are preparing to introduce Ghost’s Papa Nihil and two Nameless Ghouls to their ever-growing range of Rock Iconz figures
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Watch: Matt Heafy talks Tiger King, new Trivium and Ascendancy
Exclusive Watch Matt Heafy talk to Hammer editor Merlin Alderslade about social distancing, Tiger King and Ascendancy
Playlist: Sepultura's guide to the world's best metal vocalists
Sepultura's Derrick Green picks out the best songs from his favourite heavy music vocalists
Human Impact's track by track guide to their self-titled album
Human Impact have just released one of the best albums of 2020 so far – here they guide you through everything you need to know about it, one track at a time
"I felt like we were gonna be the biggest band in the world": InMe on their journey to the bottom and back again
InMe’s frontman and former guitarist Dave McPherson on how his band came back fighting when the career they were promised collapsed under their feet
Playlist: Jamie Lenman stays in and doesn't go to the movies
Jamie Lenman has been watching a lot of films since the world went into lockdown – here, he brings you the best bits from his favourite soundtracks
Death: Every album ranked worst to best
We've ranked every studio release of Chuck Schuldiner's seminal death metal band from good to absolutely incredible
The best music documentaries on Amazon Prime UK right now
From The Stooges to Boston hardcore: these are the best music documentaries you can watch on Amazon Prime UK
Playlist: The sounds that built Halestorm
Halestorm guitarist Joe Hottinger has put together a playlist of his favourite throwback tunes to take you back in time to when the band began
The Top 10 Metal Bands From Florida
These bands bring a little darkness to the Sunshine State
King Diamond: The resurrection of Mercyful Fate
Ten years ago, King Diamond thought he’d died. In 2020, the metal legend finds himself facing the most important 12 months of his career
Playlist: Sepultura's favourite guitar solos
Sepultura's Andreas Kisser has put together a playlist of the world's best guitar solos to entertain and delight those stuck inside
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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