Latest Features on Metal Hammer
What it was like at Wacken Open Air 2025
Thousands of fans, hundreds of bands and tonnes of mud: but Wacken is still the best metal festival around
The story of the Black Sabbath gig that changed history
At a gig just outside Birmingham on August 1, 1969, music changed forever
Halestorm’s exclusive track by track guide to their new album Everest
Halestorm guitarist Joe Hottinger breaks down the band’s upcoming album Everest
This legendary alt-metal band are sitting on an album recorded at the height of their success – but it may never come out
The 9 new heavy metal songs you need to hear this week
Listen to these killer new tracks from Spinal Tap, Primal Fear and Orbit Culture, then tell us which is your favourite
The brilliant new metal bands you need to hear in August 2025
From Metallica-endorsed alt-metallers Unpeople to satanic psych doomies Saturday Night Satan, Scottish prog metallers Tiberius and Salisbury shoegaze-revivalists Oversize, these are the bands you need to hear in August 2025
I never listened to Black Sabbath growing up – this is why I got an Ozzy Osbourne tattoo the day after he died
It took a while for me to appreciate the Prince Of Darkness’ true influence on heavy metal, but after his death, I needed something to reflect how big a part of me he’d become
The 10 most important and interesting Iron Maiden shows ever, by manager Rod Smallwood
Iron Maiden's longtime manager Rod Smallwood tells ten stories of ten landmark shows
At the Classic Rock Awards in 2008, Ozzy Osbourne gave one of his most revealing interviews
After picking up the Living Legend Award at the 2008 Classic Rock Roll Of Honour, Ozzy sat down to talk about being Ozzy Osbourne
"Half of my young fans were big Swifties, and now they’re doing goth make-up."
Nu gen singer-songwriter Bambie Thug gives us a brief but tantalising glimpse into their world
Legendary record producer Andy Wallace on working with Nirvana, Rage Against The Machine, Slayer and Jeff Buckley on some of the greatest rock albums ever made
How Andy Wallace helped shape the sound of a generation
Debate: what was metal's greatest decade?
70s? 80s? 90s? 00s? 10s? Which decade in metal has given us the greatest bands and albums?
How Mike Portnoy became Avenged Sevenfold’s saviour after the The Rev died
Dream Theater man’s stand-in role may have complicated his own position, but the younger band were grateful for his unflappable optimism as they fought to keep going
"Ozzy goes, 'I thought it was some ***hole dressed as the guy from Kiss!'" Anthrax's Scott Ian reveals his most hilarious memory of the Prince Of Darkness
Scott Ian recalls a funny encounter with Ozzy Osbourne that took place at one fateful Halloween show
I have to stop fighting the overwhelming evidence: nu metal and metalcore are officially dad rock now
Slipknot t-shirts being sold by Debenhams. Spotify 'Dad Rock' mixes featuring System Of A Down, Avenged Sevenfold and Killswitch Engage. Game over, mates
Duff McKagan: "Sabbath were there for me before punk."
Guns N' Roses legend Duff McKagan shares what Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne mean to him
The highs, lows, controversies and epic comebacks of Slayer
How one Mercyful Fate-worshipping little band from California changed the face of metal forever
