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Wolfgang Van Halen has a thing or two to say about living up to expectations
From recording with Van Halen to touring with Metallica, Wolfgang Van Halen has worked hard at standing on his own two feet
The Story Behind Nine Inch Nails Closer
As Tommy Lee of Motley Crue once put it, Closer is "the ultimate **** song" - but it certainly wasn't written that way
Devin Townsend discusses his prog world (while he’s hiding from his dogs)
Stick-collecting Canadian who preferred Motorhead to Marillion says Captain Beefheart didn’t know he was nuts, the Interstellar soundtrack floored him, and the Wildhearts are prog
UK 'brat punk' Delilah Bon talks dragons, bunking and her really weird Sims habits
Brat Summer never ends when you're a brat punk
"It’s going to be brutal, absolutely brutal. I want people to feel the beauty hidden within that brutality." They look incredible, sound like hell and have an unlikely crossover with Shōgun: is the world ready for Japan's Deviloof?
Mixing extreme metal, Visual Kei and a lot of attitude, Deviloof might just be your new favourite band
"They talk about that album in the same way I talk about Ziggy Stardust...and it was the first time a Slipknot member had unmasked!" How a metal icon embraced horror and glam rock to make one of the most surprising side projects ever
When it was revealed that one of Slipknot's most beloved members had a new project on the go, no one could have predicted how it'd end up sounding
Have Between The Buried And Me proved they don’t need to replace the member they fired?
The Blue Nowhere is their first after Dustie Waring’s acrimonious departure, and the remaining quartet say the process was business as usual
Packing one of the biggest lineups in history at one of the coolest places in the US, Welcome To Rockville 2026 is the destination festival for rock fans across the globe
Sponsored by Danny Wimmer Presents
From its incredible lineup to its awesome site and a host of great ticket options, Welcome To Rockville is calling you
The brilliant new metal bands you need to hear in December 2025
From Blood Vulture's gothic-sludge to mysterious masked black metallers Wrath Of Logarius, horrorcore heroes Ward XVI and philosophy-inspired deathcore brutes Thus Spoke Zarathustra, these are the bands you need to hear in December 2025
40 years of friendship with Ozzy Osbourne will throw up some stories
An interview with the author of Ozzy & Me, a book that offers rare insights into Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne away from the spotlight
A metal fan’s guide to Thin Lizzy, the hellraising 70s rock icons who inspired Metallica and Megadeth
The late, great Phil Lynott and his band inspired many modern metal icons
The heartbreaking tragedy that produced a cult early 90s metal anthem
Armored Saint should have been bigger than they were – but they produced a classic in Last Train Home
Metal Hammer Tracks Of The Week: November 28, 2025
Listen to some fresh noises from Alissa, Sylosis, Girlschool and more, then vote for your favourite
How Metallica turned childhood trauma into The Unforgiven: heavy metal’s decades-spanning trilogy
Inspired by James Hetfield’s isolated upbringing (and a little bit of Chris Isaak), Metallica made an honest, inverted ballad and kicked off a 27-year-long series
Welcome to the blood-drenched, Rocky Horror-inspired world of Creeper
Creeper’s new album is a rich, lascivious feast of vampires and rock’n’roll theatre, Jim Steinman-style. But the real Creeper story starts with shoestring punk gigs, DIY video shoots and community spirit
How Korn broke the charts with a smutty song, a controversial look and a truly deranged video
Anyone who grew up with nu metal has a very different idea of what the letters A, D, I, D, A and S mean
The crazy forgotten project featuring a host of rap and metal superstars
This could have been incredible, but it was an absolute flop
