Latest Features on Metal Hammer
Halestorm talk crushes, collabs and which song they'd happily retire
Since joining forces in 2003, Lzzy Hale and Joe Hottinger have built Halestorm into one of rock's brightest bands
The chaotic birth of Guns N’ Roses and the wild road to Appetite For Destruction
Sex, strops and strippers – how a bunch of feral LA rockers became The World’s Most Dangerous Band
Zombie metal lunatics Dominum are the missing link between Sabaton, Ghost and The Walking Dead
With their albums invading the top 10 at home in Germany, Dominum's brand of zombie metal is proving infectious
How My Chemical Romance took over the world with the bold and brilliant The Black Parade
20 years on, the story behind My Chemical Romance's transformation from cult punks to global superstars with The Black Parade
“We were one of the first bands to take punk and mix it with glam and metal. We started a whole new trend”: How Motley Crue created the album that invented 80s hair metal with help from an ex-construction worker and Queen’s producer
Motley Crue’s Vince Neil on the debut album shaped an entire decade
The wild and wonderful story of Primus: the world's weirdest band
From auditioning for Metallica to writing one of TV's most iconic theme tunes and irritating a Hollywood star, Primus are the world's weirdest band - and proud
Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: September 11, 2026
Slipknot, Spiritbox, and Suicide Silence are among those serving up this week's best new metal songs
What Motörhead legend Lemmy thought of AC/DC icon Bon Scott
Lemmy first saw AC/DC when they were playing in a London pub – and he immediately felt an affinity with their chaotic frontman
The story of Slayer's God Hates Us All and the darkest day in American history
Slayer's controversial ninth album was released on September 11, 2001
I Prevail's Eric Vanlerberghe on his close call with the law
I Prevail might be rising stars of metalcore, but they're already kings at Magic: The Gathering
Blood Mountain at 20: How Mastodon made a psychedelic prog metal masterpiece
Mastodon’s third album turns 20 on September 12. It saw them go from underground favourites to metal’s brain-frying new heroes
Every Slipknot album ranked from worst to best: over 25 years of heavy metal's angriest band
With Slipknot surprise-releasing new single Arsenal this week, we rate the metal legends' fearsome back catalogue so far
A beginners guide to '90s hardcore
Hardcore went through some fascinating evolutions in the 90s. Here are five albums which shaped the genre's future
Why Queens of the Stone Age's second album Rated R is a modern classic
A salute to the timeless bad-ass outlaw vibes of QOTSA's Rated R
Rob Halford opens up about the classic tracks and the hard times that forged Judas Priest's identity
With a Best Of album in the shops and a documentary on the big screen, Rob Halford looks back over four decades of Judas Priest
Every Metallica album ranked from worst to best: 45 years of the biggest band in heavy metal history
From game-changing debut Kill ’Em All to the emotionally-charged 72 Seasons, this is every studio album by the US mega-stars in reverse-order of quality
The story of Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo's high school prog metal band Avant Garde
A photo of Rivers Cuomo's high school prog metal band caused much amusement when shown on a US talk show last month, but the band were no joke
