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The story of the new System Of A Down album that will (probably) never happen
Since reuniting in 2011, System Of A Down have headlined festivals, packed arenas and released two songs. What’s the situation with their long-anticipated follow-up to Mezmerize and Hypnotize? Well, don’t hold your breath.
How post-metal maverick Julie Christmas returned with her first album in eight years
In 2024, the former Made Out Of Babies singer and Cult Of Luna collaborator released her long-awaited second solo album, Ridiculous And Full Of Blood
What happened when we took Skindred record shopping in Newport
Genre-smashing Welsh rockers Skindred undertake Classic Rock's £50 vinyl challenge
If you can’t connect Sunn O))) with King Crimson, Mahavishnu Orchestra and Miles Davis, let them explain
If you can’t connect the drone metal heroes with King Crimson, Mahavishnu Orchestra and Miles Davis, allow co-founder Greg Anderson to explain
How Iron Maiden made The Soundhouse Tapes
As the heavy metal juggernauts continue their 50th birthday celebrations, we look back on how The Soundhouse Tapes started it all
How Biohazard got signed to a major label - and then shut down Monsters Of Rock
Biohazard were swept up in the major label hysteria that swamped rock and metal in the 90s
How In Flames influenced generations of metal bands - but took a while to get the credit they deserved
How one band helped craft a new sound that changed the fate of metal forever
Amon Amarth's Johan Hegg on Tolkien, MMA, fostering cats and more
Amon Amarth's towering frontman opens up on his life, career and whatever else we can squeeze into a cup of coffee
Ville Valo looks back on 30 years of HIM
Ville Valo reflects on 30 years of HIM and horny, doomed gothic romance
Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: May 8 2026
Motionless In White team up with Corey Taylor, Cancer Bats mark 20 years and nu gen star Mimi Barks announces her next release in this week's best new metal songs
How Metallica turned a song from a Clint Eastwood movie into the greatest intro music in history
No Metallica show is complete without The Ecstasy Of Gold as its intro tape
The twisted birth and chaotic explosion of industrial music
From Throbbing Gristle to Ministry, industrial became one of the defining sounds of the 1980s
How Lemmy and Motörhead influenced extreme metal
Members of Darkthrone, Satyricon, Enslaved and more celebrate the legend that is Lemmy
How Voivod embraced East German culture, Killing Joke and Bauhaus to help soundtrack their prescient album Killing Technology
Canadian prog-thrashers Voivod predicted a grim future on their 1987 album
How Five Finger Death Punch bounced back from addiction and destruction
With 2020's F8, Five Finger Death Punch proved they could move beyond a difficult few years (with the help of All That Remains, Korn and Judas Priest)
The story behind the birth of Mike Patton's extremely weird side project, Mr Bungle
Mr Bungle's hellish carnival soundtrack debut was released in the summer of 1991
Dementia, pyro and shouting wizards: backstage with Lorna Shore
Lorna Shore played their biggest UK tour to date at the start of 2026, cementing their claim on the title of deathcore's biggest band
