Architects land first UK number 1 album with For Those That Wish To Exist
Architects have nailed their first ever UK number 1 album
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‘I love being one of the forefathers of nu metal’: why Papa Roach’s Jacoby Shaddix will never disown his past
Papa Roach’s Jacoby Shaddix faces down the haters in the new issue of Metal Hammer, on sale now
Watch System Of A Down’s Shavo crush a Stone Temple Pilots’ classic
SOAD bassist Shavo Odadjian teams up with Phil Demmel and friends to cover Stone Temple Pilots’ Dead & Bloated
Perturbator share ‘nihilistic’ new single Death Of The Soul to preview Lustful Sacraments album
Step inside an old school games arcade as James Kent returns with Death Of The Soul from new album Lustful Sacraments
Listen to Amy Lee’s fierce declaration of independence on Evanescence’s new single, Better Without You
Hear Better Without You, the latest single to be lifted from the new Evanescence album, The Bitter Truth
Alexi Laiho’s cause of death revealed
Ex-Children Of Bodom frontman Alexi Laiho died of “alcohol-induced degeneration of the liver and pancreas connective tissue” according to former wife
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
System Of A Down's Chop Suey! has been voted the greatest metal song of the 21st century
The new issue of Metal Hammer is an epic rundown of the 100 greatest songs of the 21st century so far – and System Of Down’s Chop Suey! came out on top
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
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The Story Behind The Song: Avenged Sevenfold’s Unholy Confessions
How Avenged Sevenfold embraced heavy metal and wrote the song that took them to the next level
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
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
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The Hyena Kill’s A Disconnect: razor-sharp riffs meet enigmatic atmospherics
If Tool jammed with Helmet, it would sound like the second album from UK’s hypno-metallers The Hyena Kill
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
Melvins’ Working With God: more sonic insanity from rock’s kings of absurdism
Surf rock, twisted pop, unhinged doo wop – it’s business as usual in the demented world of Melvins
Epica’s Omega is a glorious hymn to symphonic metal excess
Can you have too much of a good thing? Not if you’re Epica, you can’t
Moonspell’s Hermitage: where goth metal meets Pink Floyd
Gothic metal standard bearers Moonspell turn up the progressive dial on new album Hermitage
Alice Cooper’s Detroit Stories is a love letter to rock’n’roll’s spiritual home
Shock rock OG Alice Cooper pays tribute to his hometown on new album Detroit Stories
Harakiri For The Sky push post-black metal exploration to the limit on new album Mære
More is more for post-black metal visionaries Harakiri For The Sky on 85-minute new album Mære
The Amenta’s new album Revelator is the industrial-metal soundtrack to our nightmarish future
Australian future-brutes The Amenta return after eight-year absence with pulverising new albm Revelator
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
