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“Their abilities were not as developed as their ambition”: an interview with the producer behind Metallica’s 80s classics
Ride The Lightning and Master Of Puppets producer Flemming Rasmussen looks back on working with a pre-megastardom Metallica
“I’m lucky with my intake of drugs I didn’t end up a glob of sh*t”: how Megadeth made Countdown To Extinction
How Megadeth's Countdown To Extinction helped a cleaned-up Dave Mustaine realise his superstar ambitions
From Type O Negative covers to HIM: how Ville Valo became king of the goths
From Type O Negative cover sets to appearances on extreme metal supergroups, Ville Valo's forged a unique path in music
10 non-rock artists who could totally play Download Festival
Download may be the UK's home of rock, but we think these bands and artists would fit in there just fine, too
Halestorm’s track by track guide to new album Back From The Dead
This month’s Metal Hammer cover stars Halestorm break down new album Back From The Dead
Kirk Hammett’s 10 greatest Metallica guitar solos
The solos that have elevated Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett to ‘legend’ status
“It ripped my face off”: when Robb Flynn met Meshuggah
Machine Head frontman Robb Flynn is a Meshuggah mega-fan – so we asked him to interview metal’s most complex band
“I’m at peace with myself and Black Sabbath”: the world according to Bill Ward
From the birth of heavy metal to repairing friendships, this is what life has taught former Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward
Every Rammstein album ranked from worst to best
From Herzeleid to new album Zeit, these are Rammstein’s eight albums ranked in order of greatness
Alice Cooper on Johnny Depp, taking the show to Broadway, and why he won't retire
There’s no such thing as retirement when you’re The Godfather Of Shock Rock, but, as he tells Classic Rock, he’s never had any intention of stopping anyway
The night nu metal bowed down before Metallica
In 2003, everyone from Linkin Park to Snoop Dogg bowed down before Metallica at the MTV Icon show. The result was one of the most memorable tribute gigs ever
Tribal Chiefs, Peaky Blinders and castle clashes: 6 things we learned when WWE took over London
The WWE brought over some of its biggest stars for a stacked night of wrestling - and one very special announcement
How AC/DC really learned to rock and made the three albums that changed everything
With stalling sales and an unsupportive label, there was only one thing left for AC/DC to do: rock. Harder than ever before.
10 things we learned from our candid conversation with Halestorm in this month's Metal Hammer
Lzzy Hale opens up on the demons and anxieties that she had to overcome for Halestorm's Back From The Dead
“I wake up and think, ‘F**k yeah, I get to be Gene Simmons another day’”: the world according to Gene Simmons
Kiss legend Gene Simmons puts the world to rights on immigration, racism and rock'n'roll history
Spit Out The Bone is one of the greatest Metallica songs of the last 20 years, and here’s proof
Watch Metallica blast through Hardwired… To Self-Destruct closer Spit Out The Bone live in Chile
Motorhead and the song that helped changed the face of British television
It's a performance that's passed into legend: cult comedy The Young Ones, University Challenge, and Motorhead pretending to fire on all cylinders
