Metal Hammer Features

Drawing on Shinto, sci-fi and traditional Japanese folk, Kuunatic are one of metal's most fascinating new bands

Danish shrieker King Diamond has returned to the road with "a horror show set to music"

As 28 Years Later lurches its way towards box office success, we suggest the rock and metal albums that would best soundtrack a zombie killing spree

Our guide to every full-length studio album made by one of alternative music's most fascinating and unpredictable creatives

Think Glastonbury Festival is all about mainstream artists? Think again

Biohazard, Omnium Gatherum and Beyond The Black are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

From denim vests to bullet belts and drawer after drawer of black t-shirts, this is how metal music developed its signature dress code

Skunk Anansie’s future hung in the balance, but a new album and the power of love changed everything

From U2 in a Batman movie to Korn in Tomb Raider and Slayer in Dracula, these songs have outshone the movies they were first featured in

Singer Nick Holmes talks to Metal Hammer about Paradise Lost’s new music, dealing with depression, and why the band aren’t returning to electronica any time soon

Mötley Crüe left behind them a trail of destruction and nine albums – here ranked from worst to best

From Spiritbox and President to Cradle Of Filth, Anaal Nathrakh and erm, The Vengaboys, these are the bands that ruled and defined Download Festival 2025

Motörhead’s appetite for virulent, violent melodies charted over the course of 23 ear-threatening albums

UK metal beloveds Svalbard, Orange Goblin and Ithaca will all split in the coming months. Their reasons why hint at a grim future for the country’s alternative artists.

Orbit Culture, Helloween and Burning Witches lead a hefty line-up for this week's best new metal songs

From watching Hatebreed cover Slayer in the rain to spectacular sets from King Diamond, Witch Club Satan, Sepultura and more, this is what it was like at Mystic Festival 2025

From obscure masked metal curios to Download headliners and record-breaking streams, Sleep Token are the biggest thing to hit metal in a generation. Here are their 10 best songs so far

"I can’t sit here with a clear conscience and say, It’s okay that it came out."

In 1996, Sweden’s Edge Of Sanity filled an entire album with one winding track, inspired by black metal, melodeath, prog and plenty more. It remains a towering achievement long after the band’s break-up.