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Metal Hammer's Tracks Of The Week: February 27 2026
Sepultura, Lamb Of God and Arch Enemy are among the best new metal songs this week.
"We beat Britney Spears!" The song that turned a group of Dutch goths living with their parents into one of Europe's biggest bands
With Ice Queen, Within Temptation helped to crystallise the scene we know today as symphonic metal
The 50 metal albums you need to hear in 2026
Digging deep on announcements, rumours and pure speculation to find the 50 metal albums you should be keeping an eye out for in 2026
Worm are the wildest new band in black metal
Inspired by infamous documentary Until The Light Takes Us, the musician known as Phantom Slaughter launched an unhinged project – and now Megadeth’s Marty Friedman is involved
The story behind the Dave Grohl song that Ozzy Osbourne rejected
My Tortured Soul could have been a very different song
Every Megadeth album ranked from worst to best
The metal icons have released their final album and are on their last-ever tour – here’s how they got here
Louder Than Life has just launched one of the biggest rock festival lineups in history. Here's why you can't afford to miss it
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From its incredible lineup to unforgettable experiences and sweet ticket deals, you need to be at Louder Than Life 2026
The legendary album Opeth’s Mikael Akerfeldt wishes he had made – and the rock band he thinks are a “joke”
Metal classics, slasher movie soundtracks and Satanic rituals – this is the soundtrack to Mikael Akerfeldt’s life
How Iron Maiden, Ozzy Osbourne and half a million insane Brazilians introduced metal to an entire continent
Members of Sepultura, Scorpions and Faith No More tell the story of the epic Rock In Rio series of festivals
US occult rock pioneers Coven were praising Satan on record a year before Black Sabbath
US occultists Coven were praising Satan on record a year before Black Sabbath
The surprising story behind the Deftones song the band hate - but became a massive hit
Its video is iconic and its impact undeniable, but this Deftones classic has a slightly confused legacy
This is what it's like at Thailand's biggest metal festival, Rock Alarm
From mosh-driven dust clouds and 36 degree heat to frighteningly cheap buckets of rum, here's what went down at Thailand's premier rock and metal event
The inspiring, turbulent and triumphant story of Tarja Turunen
Tarja Turunen didn't just kick the door down for women in metal in the 90s: she made opera cool as hell
Motörhead's Ace Of Space: How to create a classic while intoxicated
It’s one of the instantly recognisable songs in rock'n'roll. But how did Ace Of Spades come about?
Allt are writing a soundtrack to the end of the world
Turns out growing up near a weapons testing facility will give you a sense of foreboding doom
Ho99o9's Yeti Bones: 10 records that changed my life
From the "black metal version of hip hop", to original shock rocker Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Sepultura and the Mr. Bungle track that "gets him horny" these are Yeti Bones' all-time favourites
Carpenter Brut is fighting the boy band-ification of metal and Elon Musk
Carpenter Brut has some fighting words about the inspiration for his new album Leather Temple
