One Metal Hammer writer revisits his encounters with underground extreme metal noise-makers Glassing – and explains why plenty more people should pay them attention
Maynard James Keenan explained why he does what he does when A Perfect Circle staged their surprise return in 2018 with Eat The Elephant
From playing to a room filled with nuns to losing a drum battle against a teddy bear, these moments helped make Iron Maiden Britain's most iconic metal band
Killswitch Engage vocalist Jesse Leach chooses his favourite Porcupine Tree song, and gives some love to Pink Floyd and Mikael Åkerfeldt
With a new album, a new Wildhearts, a new countryside home and a new head-space, Ginger Wildheart is enjoying a new lease of life
Canadian enigma Devin Townsend’s catalogue spans extreme metal, sublime prog-scapes, colossal riffs and extra-terrestrials. Where to begin?
How Electric Callboy went from down-and-out metalcore also-rans to rave-starting, arena-filling electronicore heroes with the best music videos in the business
The likes of Trivium and Opeth had banner years in 2005, but these master-strokes proved there should have been a bit more room under the spotlight
Coheed And Cambria’s latest album The Father Of Make Believe brings completion of the Amory Wars saga within sight, and has leader Claudio Sanchez pondering his future along with his past
Sabaton might not agree with the power metal tag, but they reinvented the genre for the 21st Century
Motorhead kept the rock’n’roll flag flying well into their fourth decade with 2006’s Kiss Of Death
Deftones were there at the beginning of nu metal
The modern doom scene owes a huge debt to Saint Vitus
1980’s British Steel officially sealed Judas Priest’s status as metal gods
2006’s Sacrament is still one of the most intense albums Lamb Of God made – and there was a reason for it
Ghost, Turnstile and Katatonia are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!
The ultimate Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath playlist, as picked by members of Metallica, Guns N' Roses, Halestorm and more
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs sound heavier, dirtier, and nastier than ever before on their excellent new album Death Hilarious. What's not to love?
The Saxon frontman takes Hammer reader's questions - and definitively answers whether Vikings or Saxons would win in a fight
