How violence, rocket attacks and the Cold War helped Voivod make prog-thrash masterpiece Dimension Hatröss
The story of Voivod’s ground-breaking 1988 album Dimension Hatröss, the album that helped shaped modern prog metal
The story of Voivod’s ground-breaking 1988 album Dimension Hatröss, the album that helped shaped modern prog metal
Barclays will no longer be sponsoring Download, Isle Of Wight or Latitude festivals following escalating protests and cancellations by musicians and comedians. Louder looks at how this discourse has dominated summer 2024 in the UK
In 2012, Steve Harris launched British Lion - the solo project that took 20 years to get off the ground
The story of guitar icon’s Steve Vai’s brief but eventful union with David Coverdale and Whitesnake for the Slip Of The Tongue album
Avenged Sevenfold headline the 2024 Download Festival this weekend – but they were talking about it more than 10 years ago
When Tubthumping punks Chumbawamba took exception to Hetfield’s comments on Guantanamo Bay, they responded with the most chilled-out takedown ever
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Five years since Slayer hung up their spikes, Kerry King is roaring back with a new band, a new album - and a newfound sense of enthusiasm
He played clubs and guzzled beer at 14; fronted Skid Row and got hit records, star friends, a taste for coke and the sack; then things got really interesting
In 2004 everyone thought Mötley Crüe hated each other. But they reformed, and we asked them about it
Anger and paranoia sent him into freefall as he worked towards solo album Infinity, leading him to believe he was a martyr
Papa Roach’s Jacoby Shaddix nearly didn’t make it through the recording of his band’s 2012 album The Connection. But it was the wake-up call he needed
In 2005, Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor sat down with Metal Hammer for one of his most in-depth interviews ever
The pop-punk trio’s era-defining album turned 25 this month – but its big breakthrough wasn’t an easy ride
Avenged Sevenfold’s self-titled fourth album found them ripping up their own blueprint - with brilliant results
Velvet Revolver’s debut album, Contraband, was released on June 8, 2004. In this classic interview, Slash reveals how one of rock’s greatest modern supergroups got off the ground
Ahead of their upcoming UK tour, the Brazilian four-piece talk about brushing shoulders with stars from Ghost to King Diamond
In 2013, two years before his death, legendary Motörhead frontman Lemmy looked back on a life on rock’s frontline
Hiding from drones, hoping to hear the voice of Mark Hamill – Within Temptation's Sharon Den Adel experiences the war in Ukraine first-hand in this exclusive diary