Latest Features on Metal Hammer
How AC/DC’s Brian Johnson ended up playing on the same football team as Chuck Norris
This headline sounds a fever dream, but it really happened in 1983
Tarja Turunen reflects on Nightwish, her stroke and returning to metal
Fallouts, tabloids and mended bridges: Tarja Turunen talks us through the lessons she's learned in 30 years of making music
Blaze Bayley on Iron Maiden, depression and what keeps him going
Blaze Bayley is open to working with Iron Maiden again - and has ideas of how he'd love to do it
How Beavis and Butt-head turned White Zombie into a million-selling band
"It was our most normal song. A song that a normal person might enjoy."
How Halestorm tackled sexuality and broken relationships, and emerged with hit single I Miss The Misery
Singer/guitarist Lzzy Hale looks back on the arguments that inspired her band’s biggest song – and the cheaters and fan stories that have strengthened its meaning
What to expect at Universal’s Ozzy Osbourne haunted houses this Halloween
The Prince Of Darkness will take over Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights in Orlando and Hollywood. One of its directors explains what will happen and how it was set up.
When Limp Bizkit’s Wes Borland turned to prog for musical fulfilment
In 2016 the nu metal guitarist released his surprising but well-received concept album Crystal Machete, showcasing his affinity for Hawkwind and Radiohead, among others
How Meshuggah foresaw the future of extreme metal with 1995’s Destroy Erase Improve
Despite floods and two horrific hand accidents, the Swedes drew the blueprint for what heavy music would become in the 21st century
Corey Taylor reveals the 10 albums that changed his life
The Great Big Mouth on his best records, Les Misérables and how great sex made him a Depeche Mode fan
10 Faith No More deep cuts which perfectly capture their subversive, maverick spirit
In celebration of their imminent return, here are the 10 best Faith No More curios that may have passed you by
Avenged Sevenfold’s Statica EP is a goofy, auto-tuned mess – and exactly the kind of risk more big metal bands should take
In a genre where many veteran artists stay the course, it’s refreshing to see one break the mould so brazenly
"It's our duty to push the boundaries." The story of Wacken Open Air
Ahead of its huge 35th anniversary event, we look back at the birth of Wacken
The stories behind every song on Ride The Lightning, in Metallica’s own words
Lars Ulrich and Kirk Hammett break down their band’s landmark second album, released on this day in 1984
How Megadeth made thrash metal’s most chaotic album
Megadeth were strung out and at war with each other when they made their third album So Far, So Good… So What!. And things were about to get worse…
Here's 10 Mogwai songs every metal fan should listen to right now
'Two parts serenity and one part death metal', one promo sticker said – and they had a point
How Angel Witch wrote one of the great overlooked metal anthems of the early 80s
Angel Witch’s Angel Witch was one of the great anthems of the NWOBHM era – so why didn’t it turn them into stars?
The Iron Maiden album that was “locked in a vault” for two years
Iron Maiden finished their epic Senjutsu album in 2019 – but the pandemic meant it wouldn’t be released for two more years
