Metal Hammer Features

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Papa Roach frontman Jacoby Shaddix looks back at the band’s nu metal breakthrough

Municipal Waste’s ass-kicking singer guides us from righteous anger to juvenile delinquency via hardcore punk and hip hop in his ultimate playlist

Updated Our fortnightly round-up of the very best new tracks in heavy rock

Italian progressive metalcore quintet Progressive pick out the 10 most flawless tech/djent riffs

Black Sabbath might have lost Ozzy, but they recruited Dio and make one of the greatest heavy metal albums of all time

Liverpool’s Dawn Ray’d are railing against authoritarianism and advocating for freedom of choice. After all, isn’t that what black metal’s all about?

UK slammers Monasteries pick their top 10 most brutal metal breakdowns, ever!

My Chemical Romance’s mercurial leader became a beacon for an entire generation of disillusioned music fans aching for affirmation

Sponsored To celebrate the release of Kvelertak's new album Splid, we tell you everything you need to know about the band's first album in four years

In the beginning there was metal... then we discovered post-metal

Who said metalheads aren’t romantics at heart?

Down on love? These 10 songs will help see you through yet another Valentine’s Day

Declare your love to the lord of the underworld this Valentine's Day

After years of turbulence, Five Finger Death Punch are finally all on the same page again. Now, they’re setting their sights on becoming the biggest metal band in the world

They were four lads from Birmingham who took one day to record an album that would give birth to heavy metal. This is the story of Black Sabbath's first album

RATM's take no sh*t attitude, raw aggression and guerrilla politics are needed now more than ever, but can they win over Gen-Z or will they be reduced to a nostalgia act?

Exclusive Venom Prison killed it at last year's Damnation Festival. If you weren't there to witness the carnage, you're in luck – check out this explosive live video

Swedish black metal heavyweights Watain's mastermind Erik Danielsson allows us a glimpse into his Mephistophelian mind