There aren't many measures of success the Chilis will take second place to Uncle Kracker over, but this is one of them
Australian prog rockers Voyager were due to begin their European tour in two weeks
Virginia hardcore legends Scream break the news of the passing of drummer Bennett Kent Stacks aka 'Kent Stax', just one day after sharing their first new music in over a decade
Scene Queen is bringing fun, frolics and a ton of pink to the metal scene. We got her to explain how to be part of the Bimbocore movement
Tesseract fans won’t want to miss this limited edition Metal Hammer bundle featuring an exclusive art print hand-signed by the band and a coaster – only 300 copies are available
Dave Mustaine discusses the parallels between his search for musicians for Megadeth and his time in Metallica
Rick Astley smashed out a pretty damn solid cover of Foo Fighters' Everlong at Radio 2 in the Park in Leicester
A Facebook user has generated their own Iron Maiden artwork and the internet agrees that the new designs “go hard”
Marilyn Manson has pleaded no contest to spitting and blowing his nose on a videographer during a 2019 concert
The classic Blink-182 line up announce their first new album together since 2011 and share a heartfelt trailer reflecting on life-changing moments within their career
It took a while for Kirk Hammett to properly listen to prog rock, but once Metallica's guitarist dived in, he went deep
After being shuttered for ten months, Brixton Academy is set to re-open its doors
Black Sabbath were blues rock also-rans in 1968. One year later, they wrote their insidious self-titled song and plotted the entire future of the heavy metal genre.
Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic revisit Nirvana’s troubled final 18 months, and the pain and trauma at the heart of In Utero, released on this day (September 21) 30 years ago
Spooky goings-on and controversy in the US have inspired rumours that Iron Maiden’s magnum opus was cursed by supernatural forces. Are they right? Probably not…
As Voivod celebrated their 35th birthday and release their 14th album, Prog met the Canadian progressive metal legends to look back over their career.
Cheap Trick guitarist Rick Nielsen on jamming Chuck Berry songs with AC/DC and introducing Bon Scott to Mexican food
Legendary former Judas Priest guitarist K.K. Downing answers your questions on everything from nu metal and Judas Priest to which buscuit is best
Singer/guitarist James Hetfield used to think that Metallica’s signature megahit “wasn’t such a great song”
With Alter Bridge, Slash’s Conspirators, solo and more, vocalist/guitarist Myles Kennedy has an impressive and still-growing catalogue - and these are his best albums
Vexed were rising stars after 2021's Culling Culture. But the loss of a parental figure saw them bin a follow-up EP and dig deep to write the emotionally powerful Negative Energy
From leading the charge with the New Wave Of Heavy Metal to finding new life in the 2000s, Biff Byford talks us through Saxon's whirlwind career
Damnocracy, Tapeworm and Device might have seemed like dream team-ups, but they couldn’t amount to the sum of their parts
Slipknot’s Great Big Mouth has a great big soft spot for Sleep Token, Code Orange and Bad Omens
Georgian glam rockers Starbenders' third album Take Back The Night fails badly to deliver on the promise of sex, drugs and romantic turmoil
Cannibal Corpse's sixteenth studio album Chaos Horrific is more proof that the death metal legends are still at the top of their game
Tesseract took five years to release the follow-up to Sonder. It was more than worth the wait.
Corey Taylor's second solo album CMF2 explores everything from glam and rap metal to country and punk
We've had to wait a while for it, but the tech-death OGs have delivered in style
Already endorsed by Napalm Death and Converge, Escuela Grind are grindcore revolutionaries that put on one hell of a gig
Though not every wild swing on Endling quite lands, it's hard not to get swept up in Kvelertak's brilliant chaos
The industrial metalcore upstarts’ latest London gig was a showcase in precision, savagery and countless butt-clenching riffs
Trap metal pioneer Backxwash shows that metal has never been more diverse with her UK live debut at Supersonic Festival 2023
Cut the clichés and Shepherds Reign could become a genuine force in modern heavy metal
As they start their “last tour for a long time”, modern metal heroes Trivium honour classics and deep cuts alike with an impassioned performance
