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From Nirvana fan to metal icon, life lessons from Within Temptation's Sharon den Adel
Fronting one of Europe's biggest metal bands has given Sharon a special kind of insight through her career. Here's what she's learned
Inside Thailand's passionate but overlooked metal scene, from alley bars to open air festivals
We head inside the Thai metal scene via the country's biggest rock festival, Rock Alarm. Our hosts? Bangkok metalcore crew Defying Decay
Beastie Boys disappointed to discover that Venom weren't a comedy band
Venom: unlikely heroes to the New York hardcore community
Condoms, coffins and capitalism: a far-reaching interview with Gene Simmons of Kiss
Kiss legend Gene Simmons has been on this planet for over seven decades. Here's some things he's learned...
How a Red Hot Chili Peppers instrumental gave Crazy Town a hit and earned Anthony Kiedis a fortune for doing nothing
Crazy Town had two failed singles under their belt, then a nu metal ballad turned their world upside down
From black metal to Eurovision: an audience with Myrkur
Amalie Bruun (aka Myrkur) shares how she entered Eurovision to honour her late father, how she ended up on a viral SNL skit and why her five-year-old is friends with King Diamond
Why Type Of Negative wrote a 60s pop bop that Austin Powers would be proud of
Peter Steele was a contrarian at the best of times, and rarely more so than when he oversaw Type O Negative'a most surprising single
Ice T’s home is nothing like you’d expect. We know – we went there
When the Body Count singer invites you into his house, you do not refuse
How Beast And The Harlot transformed Avenged Sevenfold from metalcore upstarts into rock’n’roll stars
How Avenged Sevenfold wrote their 2005 banger Beast and The Harlot
Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: May 1 2026
Loathe finally return, Bahrain produces a mystical death metal band and things take a turn for the occult in this week's best new metal song round-up
The death, birth and unlikely resurgence of Crowbar
Crowbar's story is full of tragedy, dedication and triumphing over the odds - as their late-career bloom proves
Why Cage Fight's Rachel Aspe left France to find a home in the UK metal scene
Cage Fight's Rachel Aspe took a while to find herself, but a surprising message from a beloved metal hero changed everything
The black metal duo exploring the magic folklore of Hungary
With a practicing witch as a vocalist, WitcheR really do practice what they preach
How Countdown To Extinction reinvented Megadeth
A freshly sober Megadeth entered the 90s with one goal: conquer the world at any cost
The time Metallica played a gig in a car park and managed to anger half a city
As Metallica prepare to reissue 1997’s Reload, we look back on the calamitous free gig that launched the album 29 years ago
How Meliora made Ghost international metal superstars
In this 2015 audience with Ghost mastermind Tobias Forge, he reflects on the band's rise - and admits he doesn't think they'll stick around forever
Exodus mainman Gary Holt on his singer situation, cartel violence, and what he listens to in the car
"Most of what I listen to in my car is Adele. She's the greatest vocalist of her generation." Exodus are back, but don't expect retro thrash
