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Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: September 4 2026
Evanescence, Blue Medusa and Fear Factory are among this week's best new metal songs
“I’ve never done hallucinogenic drugs, but now it feels like I have”: Metal Hammer writers name their best festival sets of the summer
Linkin Park, Body Count and Oranssi Pazuzu made camping in the blistering heat worth it
The iconic metal album Jason ‘Jay And Silent Bob’ Mewes wishes he had made
The Clerks star on the occult metal classic that helps him fly, the album he speeds to and the record he wants played his funeral
“We were the band nobody wanted to book”: the twisted story of the first American black metal band
Before Emperor, before Immortal, and before the first Mayhem album, there was Von – the punk-loving tearaways who went “as far as human music can go”
Candiria’s sound of New York City played Tool, Meshuggah and Devin Townsend at their own game
Brooklyn boys’ 1999 album The Process Of Self-Development still feels ahead of its time, and all the more prog for it
Every Iron Maiden album ranked from worst to best
As the Beast celebrate their golden anniversary on the Run For Your Lives world tour, we revisit their monumental catalogue
Ihsahn has never stopped progressing, and can’t understand why others did
The avant-garde maestro on why his self-titled album is his most definitive, complex and atmospheric release yet
How djent, gospel and generational trauma inspired Love Rarely
Love Rarely's debut Pain Travels tackles turbulent home lives and the impact of addiction
Bon Scott: The story of a friendship with a golden-hearted charmer
Fifa Riccobono was the CEO at AC/DC's Australian record label Albert Music – and a friend to Bon Scott from his first shows
The 10 heaviest metal breakdowns of all time
When the beat drops, these songs by Metallica, Slayer and more hit like a freight train
Davey Havok on selling out, glam metal and why AFI were never emo
Signed during the punk boom of the 90s, AFI have transcended trends and subgenres to become icons in their own right - even landing a number one along the way
The 'bad' metal albums that are much better than you remember
From Iron Maiden to Metallica, Slayer to Guns N' Roses, these are the 'dud' albums that deserve a second look
“Our fans agree with Yngwie Malmsteen!”: What Leprous learned when they wrote a song with their audience
The Norwegian prog metallers’ lockdown collaboration led to the explosive energy of most recent album Melodies Of Atonement. But they stripped down instead of maxing out
Nintendocore, unblack metal and the weirdest metal subgenres you never knew existed
When saying you love metal isn't simply enough for some people
Ronker ditched indie for heavy, hard-hitting metal
Ronker's members may have come from the worlds of indie and post-rock, but they've found true expression in hard-hitting riffs and raging anthems
"This girl and I have been through the fire." Aged 15, Mikaela Mayer was playing alongside Nita Strauss in an all-girl metal band touring America with Avenged Sevenfold and My Chemical Romance. Tonight she's fighting for three world boxing titles
Teenage metal band Lia-Fail may not have conquered the world, but their former guitarist and bassist are now global stars
Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: August 28 2026
Amon Amarth, Turnstile (via Dying Fetus) and In This Moment are among the best new metal songs this week
