Latest Features on Metal Hammer
"The fans supported us through everything": Helloween on career longevity and proving people wrong
German metallers Helloween release a new album this week and begin a 40th anniversary tour in October
"Korn stood side of stage looking scared but I didn't want to stop." Max Cavalera on his wildest gig, resurrecting Nailbomb and why he doesn't regret leaving Sepultura
Max Cavalera shares his life lessons from over 30 years on metal's frontlines
How Dimmu Borgir's Progenies Of The Great Apocalypse reinvented black metal
Working with a full orchestra, Dimmu Borgir's 2003 anthem rewrote the rules for what black metal could sound like
The doom metal legend who could have been Ghost’s original singer if it hadn’t been for a missed MySpace message
Ghost could have sounded very different if Tobias Forge had his way
What do deathcore, nu metal and Switzerland have in common? One of the most exciting young bands in metal
Paleface Swiss are one of 2025's major breakout metal bands - and with good reason
"The worst misconception that people have about Indians is that we’re terrorists."
Karan Katiyar of Bloodywood answers some hard, easy and downright ridiculous fan questions
Here are all the songs Iron Maiden have never played live
Iron Maiden just played Alexander The Great live for the first time ever. But there are still 48 Maiden songs that have never been given an airing
The wild story of the spoof heavy metal band who beat Spinal Tap by a year
Spinal Tap weren’t the first spoof heavy metal band
Brent Hinds 1974 – 2025
Mastodon's former guitarist, who passed away following a motorcycle accident in Atlanta, Georgia on August 20, was a true untameable force of nature
Debate: What's the greatest grunge album ever?
Nevermind? Dirt? Ten? God's Balls? Spanking Machine? We want to know the one elite grunge album you can't live without
When TesseracT introduced themselves and explained the djent movement
At a time when online musicianship was still regarded as a bit geeky, the quintet were preparing to launch debut album One and embark on their first US tour – and they had plenty to say about filesharing, stats and haircuts
Debate: What's the best Black Sabbath album?
Whether it’s a classic like Paranoid or a left-field pick like Born Again, we want to know which Black Sabbath album you can’t stop spinning
Michael Paulsen on the hidden messages in Volbeat's new album God Of Angels Trust
Volbeat singer/guitarist Michael Poulsen on life, death, loss, evil, spirituality, choosing music over boxing, the new album and goats
An audience with President, metal's newest mysterious masked sensation
Following in the footsteps of Ghost and Sleep Token, President are taking the metal world by storm
We asked Bloodstock which metal singers would survive a zombie apocalypse
From hammer-wielding Swedes to gun-toting Motor City Madmen, these are the metal singers Bloodstock figured could weather a zombie apocalypse
All the essential new metal albums coming out in 2025 – and where to buy them
From the return of Sabaton and a Mastodon side-project to a blockbuster Slipknot reissue, these are the essential metal albums coming in the rest of 2025
Every Megadeth album ranked, from worst to best
Dave Mustaine has announced the metal icons’ final album – here’s how they got here
