
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
Simone Simons spills the beans on Epica’s new album Omega on the brand new Metal Hammer podcast
Peter Steele meets Prince: yes, the internet’s mash-up master Denis Pauna is at it again
You can barely hear Jason Newsted’s bass on Metallica’s …And Justice For All, but one online hero has remedied that
Mastodon guitarist Brent Hinds recalls a lifetime of devoted worship in the church of AC/DC
Metallica mark Master Of Puppets turning 35 with a crushing TV performance of album opener Battery
British metal legend Paul ‘Hammy’ Halmshaw, founder of Peaceville Records, is terminally ill and needs our help
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 frontman Nick DiSalvo will release debut solo album Hirschbrunnen in May
Mike Patton and co. unveil disturbing, graphic video for new single Dog Eat Dog
Larnell Lewis hears Metallica’s Enter Sandman for the first time, then plays Lars Ulrich’s parts like an absolute boss
Deftones unearth their Pac-Man inspired video game from the 2000 White Pony enhanced CD
Craving a fix of Kid Rock-style hip hop circa American Bad Ass? Corey Taylor and Moonshine Bandits have got your back
You might think black metal and pop music are polar opposites, but White Void frontman Lars Nedland says otherwise
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
Slayer recorded more than 130 songs during their lifetime. We want you to tell us which one you think is best
How metal embraced pagan-folk mystics Heilung
“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
Meet the German punk-metal sensations who've already dented the charts and are intent on confounding your expectations
Glenn Danzig’s horror movies are bad. Really bad. And that’s what makes them so brilliant
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 on his return to rock with his new EP, his brilliant new documentary and his relationship with System Of A Down
Brit metal malcontents Conjurer check in from the studio as they work on “vile and disgusting” second album
The world according to Korn and Love And Death guitarist Brian ‘Head’ Welch
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
Scottish rockers Mason Hill finally release their assured debut album. Fans of Alter Bridge and Shinedown apply here
Modern metal heroes Architects continue their upward swing with new album For Those That Wish To Exist
Experimental metallers Senyawa mix the sublimely strange with the deliberately comic on new album Alkisah
Symphonic metallers Sirenia dust off their Fairlights on new album Riddles, Ruins & Revelations
Taylor Momsen’s crew pay tribute to fallen idols on new album Death By Rock And Roll
Alexander von Meilenwald – aka The Ruins Of Beverast – casts his net wide on new album The Thule Grimoires with stellar results
Halloween director and synthwave inspiration John Carpenter serves up immersive chills on new album Lost Themes III: Alive After Death
Finnish lunatics Korpiklaani put the grog to one side for something more serious on new album Jylhä
Cult Of Luna rope in grunge icon Mark Lanegan on album-sized EP The Raging River
German metalcore hopefuls Annisokay finally deliver on their promise with new album Aurora
Goth metal mavericks Tribulation put more swish into their capes with fifth album Where The Gloom Becomes Sound