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The 10 bands who won Download festival 2026
From historic headliners to exciting new bands, Download 2026 was one for the books. Here are the 10 best sets from this year's festival
Pixie boots, dad dancing, mistaken identity and falling off stage: Dream Theater’s early days
Today they’re known for the intensity of their polished shows. But of course, that’s not how they started out…
The stellar rise and tragic demise of Death, the band who pushed metal to new extremes
How late Death frontman Chuck Schuldiner helped lay down the blueprint for death metal – then tore it up
Why Margot Robbie refuses to be embarrassed about being a lifelong metalhead
We celebrate the Barbie star's love for Slipknot, Metallica and Bullet For My Valentine – and the fact she isn’t shy about it
The wild story of Ann Boleyn and Hellion, the long-lost band loved by Ronnie James Dio
Hollywood in the early 1980s: Hellion were in the right place at the right time, but tragedy and bad luck got in the way
How Type O Negative created goth metal's greatest album
Bloody Kisses made Type O Negative the biggest band on Roadrunner Records, its follow-up cemented them as goth metal's most iconic band
Zakk Wylde talks Ozzy, hot sauce and turning Mark Wahlberg on to metal
A fun, frantic five minute interview with Black Label Society leader Zakk Wylde
Former England legend Terry Butcher is a huge Iron Maiden fan and the original heavy metal footballer
Ex-England captain Terry Butcher on singing onstage with Iron Maiden, Steve Harris’ football skills and England’s chances in the World Cup
Why Dave Grohl ditched the Foo Fighters to make extreme metal supergroup Probot, featuring members of Venom, Sepultura, Motorhead and more
Tired of playing rock shows with Foo Fighters, Dave Grohl recruited his favourite vocalists for the all-star metal project Probot
Napalm Death vocalist Barney Greenway on Lemmy, free speech and lessons learned on the frontline of grindcore
Barney reflects on his life in music and fighting the good fight for almost four decades. Don’t call Napalm Death political, though.
In early 2001, Linkin Park went stratospheric. Here's a snapshot of a band during blastoff
Many questioned Linkin Park's authenticity. But one million albums later, that noise started to fade
Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: June 12 2026
unpeople, Bring Me The Horizon and Ho99o9 are just some of the bands who are vying for your vote in this week's new song round-up
How Mallavora 'traumitised' the Celebrity Traitors - and fought for diabled rights
Mallavora vocalist Jessica Douek might've lent her impressive talents to Celebrity Traitors, but she's using her platform to highlight the difficulties she faces as a person with a disability
The story of Jane’s Addiction’s Ritual De Lo Habitual, the debauched masterpiece that changed music
Forget Nirvana’s Nevermind – it was Jane’s Addiction's game-changing second album Ritual De Lo Habitual that ushered in the alternative rock decade
"My stroke was caused by stress." An audience with Tarja Turunen
In 2023, the original queen of symphonic metal shared some reflections on her past
From Metallica surprise shows to Slipknot triumphs, these are the 13 greatest Download festival sets ever
For over two decades, Download has been the premiere rock and metal festival in the UK. These are its finest moments
10 brilliant bands that broke up far too soon
Commemorating the metal and hardcore heroes who disbanded with so much more to give
