Metallica played Iron Maiden classic Prowler during the Black Album tour, and it’s the best cover they never recorded
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The 11 most amazing onstage team-ups in heavy metal history
Metallica and Ozzy Osbourne. Trivium and Slipknot. The entire Big Four. These are the most excellent onstage collaborations we’ve ever seen.
10 incredible non-metal albums made by metal bands
Bring Me The Horizon, Loathe and Ulver have all proven metal bands don’t need sick riffs to make great music
"Anyone who was there will remember because they probably got pink-eye." Actress and metal musician Jessica Pimentel on licking Meshuggah’s faces, Orange Is The New Black and why Peter Steele was like a big brother to her
Orange Is The New Black actor and Brujeria vocalist Jessica Pimentel talks growing up in New York City, wild gigs and how metal helped inspire her acting
"They’re both extreme, and they can be intimidating to an outsider." Svalbard made one of 2023's most personal and emotional metal albums. It was at least partly inspired by rollercoasters
Hammer spent the day riding the rails at Thorpe Park with self-confessed rollercoaster fanatic Serena Cherry to uncover the truth behind Svalbard's new album Weight Of The Mask
"Between burn-out and a looming crisis, Sabbath somehow hit their greatest high." Which is Black Sabbath's best album? Metal Hammer's writers argue it out
Paranoid? Sabbath Bloody Sabbath? Heaven And Hell? Hammer's top writers duel it out to declare Sabbath's best album ever
"We’d build our own pyro - there was a lot of smoke and chaos": Dave Lombardo talks Cuban heritage, befriending Mike Patton and why Slayer were the greatest thrash metal band
One of thrash metal's architects, Dave Lombardo recounts a life in music from Slayer to Dead Cross, Testament to Empire State Bastard
"I’m not so lonely now, there are other girls to talk with and exchange tips and tricks on how to survive a tour!" Heavy metal Queen Doro on a career in rock, near-death experiences and, erm, fighting ducks
We interviewed living metal legend Doro Pesch using questions from her biggest fans
The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now
Judas Priest, Five Finger Death Punch and Ihsahn are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!
The 10 best covers by Iron Maiden
From 70s hard rock anthems to mystical prog deep cuts, Iron Maiden are the kings of the cover versions
"I got married two years ago and this was on par with that." On Trivium's last tour for "quite some time", we learned two things: 1) their shows are still some of the most intense in metal and 2) fans really love their 'Pig Pen'. Erm...
Trivium are preparing to go on a much-needed break, but we caught up with the band to talk everything from their beloved 'Pig Pen' to their incredible recent run of albums
"There are so many variations on the Sabbath influence and that is what keeps it exciting and evolving": How stoner rock sparked a musical revolution
The stoner rock scene that Kyuss made famous: Much like the 60s, if you remember it, were you really there?
"It was the right time and the right place, with the right words." How In Due Time and the return of Jesse Leach saved Killswitch Engage
With In Due Time, Killswitch not only produced a song that perfectly encapsulated the return of Jesse Leach, but a new anthem to get their careers back on track
"For a long time there was a sense of imposter syndrome, but now we know we’re a force to be reckoned with": While She Sleeps aim to take their rightful place as metalcore icons with new album Self Hell
After a massive Alexandra Palace headline show in 2023, While She Sleeps set their sights on boundary-pushing sixth album Self Hell
10 songs proving that metalcore is back and that it's more diverse and exciting than ever
From Scene Queen's chauvinist-baiting bimbocore to the genre-splicing bangers of Cinnamon Babe, Banshee and Bex, metalcore is on amazing form right now
“Dolly Parton is tickling my beard! I thought: ‘Well, this is off to a good start!’”: how Rob Halford ended up appearing on Dolly Parton’s new rock album
Exclusive: Judas Priest’s Rob Halford reveals the secret of his collaboration with Dolly Parton
"Ozzy was on his hands and knees with these Rottweilers behind him. But what I didn’t realise was that Ozzy was terrified of dogs": how Ozzy Osbourne was transformed into a big scary werewolf for Bark At The Moon's iconic cover
Photographer Fin Costello discusses the iconic shot of Ozzy Osbourne in full werewolf costume that became one of his most iconic album covers
Pantera were one of America’s most important metal bands. Now they’re little more than Phil Anselmo trying to whitewash his own legacy
Following his onstage “white power” outburst in 2016, Phil Anselmo’s resorted to hollow nostalgia to win people back, rather than evidence of genuine personal growth
"There have been pivotal moments, like playing with Metallica or Iron Maiden for the first time, where you go, ‘I can’t believe this is happening.’" We went to LA to see Ghost's world takeover reach yet another new peak
From setting the stage for Sleep Token to making metal sexy again, Tobias Forge takes us inside the final days of Impera
