Metal Hammer Features

We can't all start at the top, and once upon a time music videos were fertile ground for training up soon-to-be-A-listers – as these 10 cameos prove

An alphabetical guide to the late legendary drummer and Slipknot founder Joey Jordison

French metallers Gojira on their spooky house, the influence of Mike Oldfield, and inspiring people to change the world

On an archive episode of the Metal Hammer Magazine Show, Joey Jordison discussed one of his many passion projects, Scar The Martyr, as well as life in Slipknot after the passing of Paul Gray

Drumming legend and Slipknot founder Joey Jordison passed away on July 26, 2021. We pay tribute to him with this ultimate playlist of classic tracks written by or featuring Joey Jordison

In 2016, Joey Jordison appeared on the cover of Metal Hammer magazine and opened up about leaving Slipknot, his health problems and more in an emotional interview

Metallica are late onstage, drummer Lars Ulrich has gone AWOL, and 100,000 fans are about to witness an unexpectedly historic show

Celebrating some of the finest moments from the career of the late Joey Jordison, former Slipknot drummer and all-time great

What happened when death metal legends Cannibal Corpse appeared in Jim Carrey's 1994 film Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

Clutch's raucous hit The Mob Goes Wild from Blast Tyrant was inspired by the Iraq War and helped Clutch break out of the last chance saloon with a Jackass-starring music video

These days, whack on a robe and light some incense for your shows, and suddenly you’re not playing a gig – you’re 'performing a ritual'. But Amenra are the real deal, and their spectacular rituals were the force that led to their seventh album De Doorn

Ten years in, Swedish prog metallers Opeth were tired of toiling in obscurity. Then Blackwater Park put them on the map and changed extreme metal forever

Guns N' Roses man Slash plays great guitar, and he writes great songs. But what’s the real reason he's such an icon?

In July 1981, shortly after No Sleep ’Til Hammersmith topped the charts, Hammer’s Malcolm Dome met Lemmy to talk about Motorhead’s fast-rising fame. Unpublished until now, here is their conversation in full

We look back at Big Dumb Face, the brilliantly bonkers and impossible to categorise side project from Limp Bizkit guitarist Wes Borland

Fear Factory guitarist Dino Cazares talks us through his life lessons, from rule-breaking and bankruptcy to er, wrestling with Max Cavalera

An excerpt from Paul Brannigan's new book Eruption: The Eddie Van Halen Story, featuring Ozzy Osbourne, Phil Lynott and more

From Mexico to China, we count down the killer bands that are incorporating their own cultures and traditions into metal

There was far more to grunge than Nirvana, as these lost treasures prove