Latest Features on Metal Hammer
Ghost’s Tobias Forge wanted a song to match Queen. Instead, he wrote the greatest plague-inspired metal banger of the last 20 years
The story of Ghost‘s classic 2018 single Dance Macabre
How Terminator 2, a banned video and a massive earthquake shaped a classic Tool song
The story of Tool‘s classic 1993 single Prison Sex
Metal Hammer's Tracks Of The Week: November 7 2026
Mayhem, Lord Of The Lost and Skindred are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!
“There were kids falling through ceilings, flying through glass, jumping off roofs”: The story of Slipknot’s Duality
Slipknot were one of the biggest names of the nu metal era – then the lead single from their third album made them immortal
"It felt like my head was going to explode." Alligator murder, police raids and abandoned adult theatres: the story of the chaotic video shoot that helped make an underground 90s band cult legends
Long before nu metal bands were getting arrested for making music videos, Acid Bath were setting a precedent
The story of the magical Saxon classic inspired by heavy metal music, heavy metal fans and... Toto?
Saxon were cruising the New Wave of British Heavy Metal... and their signature tune celebrated it
Why Diary Of A Madman should be remembered as more than the album that kicked off Ozzy's crazy years
A year on from Blizzard Of Ozz, Diary Of A Madman found Ozzy Osbourne and his band at their fiery peak, just before it all came crashing down - watch exclusive video
The unreleased Korn album we’ve been waiting 20 years to hear
It features on one of metal’s great lost albums
Spinal Tap’s improbable return is the comeback no one expected – and even fewer requested
Three men, one vision, several lawsuits
Megadeth were broke, homeless and way behind Metallica. But this song would change everything for them
How Megadeth wrote a landmark thrash metal classic in the midst of personal and financial chaos
The story behind Corrosion Of Conformity's Vote With A Bullet
A broken femur caused a massive perspective shift for former hardcore/thrashers Corrosion Of Conformity
The story of every song Dave Mustaine co-wrote for Metallica – and what Megadeth did with those riffs
From The Four Horsemen to The Call Of Ktulu, this is everything you need to know about the six (maybe seven) Metallica songs with Dave Mustaine’s name on them
Nine albums by W.A.S.P you should hear, and one to avoid
W.A.S.P's infamy as leading shock metallers of the 1980s belies a back catalogue full of serious classic rock-influenced songwriting
TesseracT’s James Monteith on the guitarist and band who changed his approach to music in the 90s
The djent pioneer found inspiration in a player who ignored standard time lengths, came up with unique sounds and played the wrong parts of his instrument – but always managed to groove
A female-fronted band is finally headlining Download Festival. It's about damn time
As a woman who's grown up in the metal scene, knowing that Emily Armstrong will walk out on stage with Linkin Park as a headliner feels like a pivotal moment
The incredible story of Thor, the bodybuilding heavy metal singer who links Ozzy, Lemmy and Arnold Schwarzenegger
Muscles, kidnappings and inflatable hot water bottles – the rise, fall and resurrection of Thor, one of 80s metal’s greatest cult heroes
Founding Motörhead drummer Lucas Fox looks back on the band's earliest days
Lucas Fox looked after Lemmy when he was fired by Hawkwind - they bonded over Monty Python, speed and Special Brew
