Latest Features on Metal Hammer
Remembering the ridiculous ad campaign for Guitar Hero Metallica
You’ve not seen macho marketing until you’ve seen metal’s biggest band tie old people to a tree and make their home explode
10 nu metal bands who should have been massive
The nu metal explosion took heavy music into the mainstream like never before, but some of its most promising names sadly fell by the wayside
The story of the Kiss classic inspired by the tragic death of a fan
Producer Bob Ezrin sang the guitar solo to Ace Frehley so he could learn it – and Detroit Rock City went on to become Kiss's second-most-played song
How horror punk prince Wednesday 13 built a career beyond Murderdolls
I Walked With A Zombie proved Wednesday 13 could go it alone - and the approval of his young daughter sealed the deal
Rising Italian black metallers Bianca are bringing a new vision to the genre
One of the most exciting bands in the European underground are twisting black metal into new shapes without compromising its DNA
A metal fan’s guide to prog legends Rush
Side long epics, mad concepts and unlikely hit singles – how Canadian visionaries Rush laid down the blueprint for prog metal
How the bizarre Eat You Alive video brought an end to Limp Bizkit's golden era
Limp Bizkit were the biggest band on Planet Earth by the end of 2000. Less than three years later, things had gone terribly wrong
Nowhere2Run uphold Code Orange's boundary-pushing mentality
Code Orange is dead. Long live Nowhere2Run
How As Everything Unfolds rebuilt after tragedy
After losing her partner, As Everything Unfolds vocalist Charlie Rolfe retreated into daydreaming to process her trauma
How Metallica and Marianne Faithful united for one of the metal icons' most controversial hits
When Marianne Faithful got a phone call from Lars Ulrich asking her to collaborate with Metallica, she didn't believe it
Insane post-hardcore, hobby horses and cowboy cosplay: Meet Uncultivates
Meet the rootin' tootin' cowboys out of, erm, Cork, Ireland who are pioneering 'yee-hardcore'
“A loss of feeling in their hands after only one song”: When Tesseract played on a stage made of ice
Lapland show at minus 20 degrees presented unique problems – and they weren’t even sure anyone would be there to watch
The Hu's Enkush Batjargal shares his life lessons
From growing up in Communist Mongolia to revolutionising folk metal, The Hu's Enkush Batjargal shares his wisdom (and why swordfighting with a horsehead fiddle is a bad idea)
How Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor pulled back from the abyss to make Year Zero
In 2007, Nine Inch Nails released their fifth album, Year Zero, after Trent Reznor threw off his demons
The 10 best football songs to sing during the World Cup
There's more to football songs than Sweet Caroline or that Atomic Kitten abomination, it turns out
How Nita Strauss became a modern guitar hero
From Alice Cooper to Demi Lovato and her own solo work, Nita Strauss has become a modern metal icon
“It might seem odd for a death metal band to love him”: The prog rock icon who gave Gojira their identity
The French band were struggling for a direction before they deliberately introduced the eclectic British musician’s influence – then they started going places
