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"Korn got ripped off a lot." Shavo on System Of A Down, nu metal, deathcore and more
Shavo Odadjian is back in the metal world after 20 years with Seven Hours After Violet - but how will he fare against reader questions?
Brilliant new metal bands you need to hear in July 2025
From the Bring Me The Horizon and Architects approved Amira Elfeky to Nordic folk metal songstress Sylvaine, nu metalcore stars Uncured and industrial metaller Harpy, these are the metal bands you need to hear in July 2025
"He quite clearly was going to shine": The early years of Soundgarden's Chris Cornell
As Soundgarden broke out of the Seattle scene, Chris Cornell stood apart from his peers: a rock god among grunge’s iconoclasts
How Ghost Of Perdition became the defining Opeth anthem
Opeth might've ditched the concept record idea for Ghost Reveries, but Ghost Of Perdition still tells a story
The 10 greatest metal bands from Birmingham
10 brilliant metal bands that show Birmingham really is the home of metal
The final Black Sabbath interview: Ozzy, Tony, Geezer and Bill look back
Soon there will be no more comebacks, no more tours, and no more ‘final’ shows: Ozzy, Tony, Geezer and Bill look back at their incredible career
The ‘popularity’ of an AI-generated rock band was inevitable – and it highlights a depressing fact about success in the music streaming age
A seemingly non-existent band have more than half a million Spotify ‘listeners’, but the numbers they’re piling up are just as shallow and meaningless as the computer-generated music they spit out
The 40 best Black Sabbath songs ever
From genre-defining early cuts to underrated gems, these are the Black Sabbath songs you need in your life
Tobias Forge on spirituality, isolation and the positive joys of fandom
Tobias Forge, aka Papa V Perpetua, talks dark matters and working towards a "newer, better, bigger" Ghost
How Metallica’s Black Album killed thrash metal
The band that helped create thrash pretty much killed it
How Kreator made Pleasure To Kill, the vicious 80s classic that put German thrash on the map
Kreator’s second album, Pleasure To Kill, proved that America didn’t have the monopoly on thrash
"We refused to believe we didn't have something special." From triumph to tragedy and triumph again, how Linkin Park became the first true metal breakout of the 21st century
Linkin Park are among the most successful and influential bands the entire nu metal movement ever produced
Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: June 27 2025
Lorna Shore, Papa Roach and Witch Club Satan are among the best new metal songs this week, plus new cuts from Sinsaenum, Halestorm, Scene Queen and more.
The Conjuring star Vera Farmiga embraces metal in The Yagas
The Conjuring star Vera Farmiga's band The Yagas draw on everything from Nine Inch Nails and Judas Priest to The Cure and AC/DC
Why heavy metal is turning its back on booze
Metal stardom has long been synonymous with drinking and excess. However, the genre’s musicians are giving up alcohol younger and younger. We investigate why.
Kirk Hammett on his new book, a new solo album and why Metallica will never retire
Metallica's six-string king has his sights firmly set on the future
Meet Kuunatic: the Japanese band mixing Shinto, Sci and folk-doom
Drawing on Shinto, sci-fi and traditional Japanese folk, Kuunatic are one of metal's most fascinating new bands
