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When one viral song turned Jinjer into Ukraine's biggest ever metal band
After fleeing war and needing a hit to keep their career going, Jinjer struck gold with a simple live video that set the internet alight
From Midsommar to Simon Cowell, how Spiritbox's Holy Roller became a viral metal classic
Spiritbox were already on the way to becoming modern metal stars, but their brilliant Holy Roller video sealed the deal
The story of President, metal's newest masked sensation
From an overpacked tent debut at Download Festival to sell-out shows across the Atlantic, President are quickly becoming one of metal's biggest new bands
How Katy Perry ended up as a backing singer for nu metal stars P.O.D.
In 2006, years before she became one of the biggest stars on the planet, Katy Perry found herself a gig with nu metal favourites P.O.D.
Shawn Crahan was just another anonymous American teenager until he found Clown
Shawn Crahan was just another anonymous American teenager until he found Clown
A break-up, live wolves and a Spider-Man director: the story of Evanescence's Call Me When You're Sober
Needing a follow-up to one of the biggest albums of the 2000s, Amy Lee wrote some brutally honest lyrics and a classic song to soundtrack them
Why Devin Townsend had to abandon King Crimson, Yes and Gentle Giant for AC/DC and Bon Jovi
His 2024 album PowerNerd was a risky, vulnerable and honest facing of his demons, which he’d been avoiding until a dam broke in his mind
Phil Campbell interview: My life in Motörhead
In 2010, Classic Rock interviewed late Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell about his brilliant quarter century in one of rock'n'roll's greatest bands
How a punk legend helped resurrect the career of an American icon in less than half an hour
Glenn Danzig wrote Thirteen for Johnny Cash's 1994 album American Recordings
The story of Mystifier, the blasphemous Brazilian black metal band who made Sepultura look like Bon Jovi
Mystifier proved that Norway didn’t have the monopoly on blasphemous black metal in the early 1990s
The turbulent story of Anvil, the band who claim to have brought heavy metal to North America
Anvil should have been huge, but fate had other plans
How a bleak anti-war song and a massive u-turn helped push Metallica to superstar level
Metallica got their mainstream breakthrough after breaking their ‘no videos’ rule
The Bronx once turned down a pile of money to wear chicken masks for a fast food advert
The Bronx kept their punk rock cred intact, while the Coq Roq commercial caught the eye of Slipknot's legal team
The album that Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale wants played at her funeral – and the pop record that became a drunken karaoke favourite
The albums that changed Lzzy Hale’s life
How rock’s most volatile band wrote the song that invented the 1990s – and then imploded
The greatest song ever to feature vocals from the singer’s pet dog
Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: March 13 2026
Sabaton, Devin Townsend and Corrosion Of Conformity are among the best new metal songs this week
A wild and weird weekend in Las Vegas with metal's most colourful band
They might've started out as a melodeath band, but these days Avatar are supporting Iron Maiden and Metallica and more colourful than ever
