Metal Hammer Features

updated From The Dirt to Get In The Van, Lester Bangs to Stanley Booth: our guide to some of the best books ever written about music…

There were spacesuits, floating statues and a set of wall-to-wall hits. Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of Smashing Pumpkins' Wembley Arena show

Black Friday might be on the horizon, but there are still plenty of brilliant over-ear headphones deals to be had before then

Black Friday is just around the corner – but you can still make some mega savings in the meantime with these excellent wireless headphones deals

Black Friday is coming! But until then, you can still grab a bargain these carefully selected Bluetooth speaker deals

Make your spooky party the most metal Halloween ever!

Every track on Ice Nine Kills' new album The Silver Scream is inspired by a different horror movie. It's gruesome stuff.

In the run up to Halloween, we take a look at four of John Carpenter's greatest horror movie scores

There are many gruesome stories about the ultra-controversial GG Allin, here are some crazy facts about the scum lover himself

Taking extremity into a horrifying new future, Primordial Swarm have created the soundtrack for a science-fiction nightmare

UPDATED The best headphones you'll find ahead of Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

Updated! What are the best budget electric guitars? What are the best electric guitars for beginners? Our experts have the answer...

We polled a huge panel of writers, bands, industry experts and readers to put together the definitive countdown of the best metal albums of the 21st century

The best new music from the world of rock and metal – updated every week!

What do the kids of today think of Disturbed?

What are the all-time best Deftones tracks? BLKLST think they have the answer

Why Vinyl Matters is a book that gathers together testimonials from across the music world to explain the joy of vinyl records. Here's Lars Ulrich's contribution...

Be afraid, be very afraid! Rob Zombie stars in Metal Hammer's horror issue, and it's packed with spooky goodies

They forged the sound in the pits of hard rock, then took it beyond the realms of belief. We bow down before the guitarists who shaped metal