Latest Features on Metal Hammer
The chaotic birth of prog metal giants Mastodon
How Mastodon crawled from the Atlanta underground metal scene to become one of the most important bands of the 21st century
How prog metal icons Dream Theater went full nerd-mode with epic concept album The Astonishing
There’s big, and then there’s Dream Theater’s 2016 prog metal blow-out The Astonishing
The rise, fall and resurrection of Armored Saint, the cult band who should have been as big as Metallica
Armored Saint were one of the greatest 80s metal bands never to hit the big time
10 epic ballads that show there was more to thrash metal than speed
There was more to thrash metal than speed
How Incubus pushed back against nu metal with Morning View
Incubus may have risen at the same time as nu metal, but they wanted nothing to do with it
Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: May 9 2025
Parkway Drive, Battle Beast and Attack Attack! lead this week's best new metal songs. Plus, vote for your favourite!
Photo gallery: we threw a big party for Metal Hammer's 400th issue
This month saw the launch of Metal Hammer's 400th issue - so we released our own beer and threw a party to celebrate
"System Of A Down made me feel like I belonged in metal."
Lowen vocalist Nina Saeidi picks the 10 records that changed her life
The story of Slayer guitarist Kerry King’s short but whirlwind Megadeth stint
King played guitar for Megadeth’s first five shows in 1984 – but the partnership was never going to last
"I had an idea for an album about people bottling Jesus's vomit."
Rivers Of Nihil might be modern prog metal masters, but that doesn't mean they sign from the same hymn sheet as everyone else
How Atreyu helped invent modern metalcore with Right Side Of The Bed
From Bullet For My Valentine to Knocked Loose, modern hardcore and metalcore owes a debt to Atreyu
Skin on Britpop, Lemmy and 30 years of Skunk Anansie
From Oasis attending their early gigs to hanging out with David Bowie and Lemmy, Skin became a true rock icon in the 90s
7 bands that defined Incineration Festival 2025
London's premier extreme metal festival descended on Camden Town on Saturday night. These are the bands that ruled most
How Employed To Serve are fostering British metal's next gen
From starting their own label and running a PR firm to teaming up with Jesse Leach and Will Ramos, Employed To Serve represent the true spirit of DIY
Gore.: The metalcore hopefuls featuring a NASA engineer
Initially formed from a place of defeat, Gore. have become a breakout success for singer Haley Roughton
How Cradle Of Filth became Britain's most iconic black metal band
Controversial t-shirts, murder confessions, being held at gunpoint at the Vatican - Cradle Of FIlth have plenty of stories from over 30 years on the frontlines of extreme metal
The man who was asked to replace James Hetfield as singer in Metallica – and turned it down
In 1983, Metallica almost got a new singer
