The new Metal Hammer Podcast is up, and it's an exclusive chat with Simone from Epica
Simone Simons spills the beans on Epica’s new album Omega on the brand new Metal Hammer podcast
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The new Metal Hammer Podcast is up, and it's an exclusive chat with Simone from Epica
Simone Simons spills the beans on Epica’s new album Omega on the brand new Metal Hammer podcast
This cover of Prince’s When Doves Cry in the style of Type O Negative is crushingly epic
Peter Steele meets Prince: yes, the internet’s mash-up master Denis Pauna is at it again
This is what …And Justice For All would have sounded like with bass
You can barely hear Jason Newsted’s bass on Metallica’s …And Justice For All, but one online hero has remedied that
AC/DC is a religion, says Mastodon’s Brent Hinds, recalling parental fears that the Young brothers would lead him to Hell
Mastodon guitarist Brent Hinds recalls a lifetime of devoted worship in the church of AC/DC
Watch Metallica celebrate the 35th anniversary of Master Of Puppets with blistering TV performance of Battery
Metallica mark Master Of Puppets turning 35 with a crushing TV performance of album opener Battery
Terminally ill Peaceville Records founder Hammy launches JustGiving fundraiser
British metal legend Paul ‘Hammy’ Halmshaw, founder of Peaceville Records, is terminally ill and needs our help
Listen to Metallica play Master Of Puppets for the very first time, with Dave Mustaine watching on
Master Of Puppets was released 35 years ago today, on March 3, 1986. Here’s Metallica playing the title track for the very first time, on New Year’s Eve 1985
Elder's Nick DiSalvo announces debut solo album
Elder frontman Nick DiSalvo will release debut solo album Hirschbrunnen in May
Mike Patton’s re-born Tomahawk release brutal NSFW video for Dog Eat Dog
Mike Patton and co. unveil disturbing, graphic video for new single Dog Eat Dog
Watch this jazz drummer nail Lars Ulrich’s parts on Enter Sandman after one listen
Larnell Lewis hears Metallica’s Enter Sandman for the first time, then plays Lars Ulrich’s parts like an absolute boss
Play Deftones’ Pac-Man-style White Pony x Black Stallion online game
Deftones unearth their Pac-Man inspired video game from the 2000 White Pony enhanced CD
Watch Corey Taylor lend his rap ‘skills’ to new country/hip hop song
Craving a fix of Kid Rock-style hip hop circa American Bad Ass? Corey Taylor and Moonshine Bandits have got your back
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10 pop songs every black metal fan should listen to
You might think black metal and pop music are polar opposites, but White Void frontman Lars Nedland says otherwise
How Accept borrowed a rare AC/DC song to kickstart their career
How German heavy metallers Accept took I'm A Rebel – a long-lost early AC/DC track written by Malcolm and Angus’s brother Alex – and made it their own
Vote for the greatest Slayer song ever
Slayer recorded more than 130 songs during their lifetime. We want you to tell us which one you think is best
Human bones, pagan rituals and ancient armies: inside the cult of Heilung
How metal embraced pagan-folk mystics Heilung
Why I ❤️ Slipknot, by Rick Astley
“When I’m in my room thrashing about on my drum kit, Duality is one of the tracks I like to play,” says Rick Astley of his metalcrush on Slipknot
Brunhilde: "We want to provoke!"
Meet the German punk-metal sensations who've already dented the charts and are intent on confounding your expectations
All hail Glenn Danzig, the misunderstood genius of horror movies
Glenn Danzig’s horror movies are bad. Really bad. And that’s what makes them so brilliant
Steven Adler: How Guns N' Roses made Appetite For Destruction
In 1987, the ‘real’ GN’R bottled the mayhem of the Sunset Strip on their classic debut album Appetite For Destruction. Ousted drummer Steven Adler tells all
Serj Tankian: “I don’t like the word ‘God’ – it’s been abused throughout the centuries”
Serj Tankian on his return to rock with his new EP, his brilliant new documentary and his relationship with System Of A Down
Conjurer: “We’ve been so f**ked off with the state of everything”
Brit metal malcontents Conjurer check in from the studio as they work on “vile and disgusting” second album
Brian ‘Head’ Welch: “Korn inspired some big bands and some crappy bands”
The world according to Korn and Love And Death guitarist Brian ‘Head’ Welch
14 songs that defined the career of Ronnie James Dio
From playing bass with The Vegas Kings, a rockabilly outfit formed in 1957, to his time with Rainbow, Black Sabbath, solo and beyond, Ronnie James Dio had a career like no other
Latest Metal Hammer Reviews
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Mason Hill’s Against The Wall: arena-ready rock that proves the power of peristence
Scottish rockers Mason Hill finally release their assured debut album. Fans of Alter Bridge and Shinedown apply here
Architects’ For Those That Wish To Exist: modern metal with the grandest of ambitions
Modern metal heroes Architects continue their upward swing with new album For Those That Wish To Exist
Senyawa’s Alkisah: Indonesian sorcerers put the ‘manic’ into ‘shamanic’
Experimental metallers Senyawa mix the sublimely strange with the deliberately comic on new album Alkisah
Sirenia’s Riddles, Ruins & Revelations: symphonic metal collides with 80s synthpop
Symphonic metallers Sirenia dust off their Fairlights on new album Riddles, Ruins & Revelations
The Pretty Reckless’s Death By Rock And Roll: vulnerability, reflection and schmaltz
Taylor Momsen’s crew pay tribute to fallen idols on new album Death By Rock And Roll
The Ruins Of Beverast’s The Thule Grimoires: extreme metal maverick’s full-spectrum sonic assault
Alexander von Meilenwald – aka The Ruins Of Beverast – casts his net wide on new album The Thule Grimoires with stellar results
John Carpenter’s Lost Themes III: horror master unearths fresh synthwave chills for us
Halloween director and synthwave inspiration John Carpenter serves up immersive chills on new album Lost Themes III: Alive After Death
Korpiklaani’s Jylhä album: folk metal berzerkers put down the grog and get serious
Finnish lunatics Korpiklaani put the grog to one side for something more serious on new album Jylhä
Cult Of Luna’s The Raging River: post-metal catharsis and a surprise guest on heavyweight new EP
Cult Of Luna rope in grunge icon Mark Lanegan on album-sized EP The Raging River
Annisokay’s Aurora: metalcore hopefuls step up to the plate
German metalcore hopefuls Annisokay finally deliver on their promise with new album Aurora
Tribulation’s Where The Gloom Becomes Sound: gothic grandeur and dark litanies
Goth metal mavericks Tribulation put more swish into their capes with fifth album Where The Gloom Becomes Sound
