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Listen to Ozzy Osbourne and Randy Rhoads play the blues on a rehearsal tape lost for 46 years
By Paul Brannigan published
A little slice of heavy metal history has been unearthed in an attic after 46 years

Papa Roach announce huge UK tour including some of their biggest headline shows ever
By Merlin Alderslade published
Who'd have thought we'd be seeing this band headline London's biggest arena?!

Faith No More's Roddy Bottum on hair metal
By Stef Lach published
Queer icon Roddy Bottom of Faith No More recalls the "ugly" side of hair metal

Ghost’s Tobias Forge says it was a relief when he lost his anonymity: “I can’t eclipse what Ghost is. I’m not interesting enough.”
By Matt Mills published
Forge was revealed to be the man behind the band when he was sued by four former members in 2017

Maynard James Keenan thinks people have relegated Puscifer to the “third side-project category”
By Matt Mills published
The singer believes the band have been “marginalised” due to the greater commercial success of his other two projects, Tool and A Perfect Circle

Dave Mustaine looks back on Metallica's wild, violent early days
By Paul Brannigan published
Metallica's early years were a wild ride

Twisted Sister cancel 50th anniversary reunion tour as Dee Snider quits
By Paul Brannigan published
The future of Twisted Sister will be decided in the coming weeks

A lounge cover of Sabbath Bloody Sabbath was “the creepiest thing” Ozzy Osbourne ever heard
By Matt Mills published
Pop-rockers The Cardigans put a chilled-out spin on the Black Sabbath song in 1994, and singer Nina Persson says the Prince Of Darkness was freaked out by it

Sleep Theory, President, Castle Rat and Paleface Swiss star on four special new Metal Hammer covers
By Eleanor Goodman published
The New Heavy 2026 has arrived, and it's starring four of the most exciting young bands in metal today

Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine on why now is the right time to say goodbye
By Merlin Alderslade published
Dave would love to continue Megadeth even longer, but it just isn't on the cards

Turnstile vow to keep making music in solidarity with "voices that are buried"
By Paul Brannigan published
Turnstile reaffirm their commitment to calling out injustice "in a time of heightened state violence"

Long-awaited Slipknot project Look Outside Your Window is finally being released
By Fraser Lewry published
Look Outside Your Window was recorded while Slipknot were in the studio making 2008's All Hope Is Gone album

President vocalist blasts comparisons to Sleep Token as “lazy”
By Matt Mills published
Mr President doesn’t see the similarities between his band and the other masked, anonymous, pop-metal sensations dominating heavy music discourse

Mike Portnoy responds to rumours he was in the frame to join Rush following the death of Neil Peart
By Merlin Alderslade published
As much as the idea of Mike Portnoy drumming with Rush would be a prog fan's dream, Portnoy had a very respectful attitude to the idea

Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson’s next album features Sepultura members and is being recorded at Dave Grohl’s studio
By Matt Mills published
Sepultura guitarist Andreas Kisser lets some big details slip in a new social media post

The classic 90s album that changed the life of Epica's Simone Simons
By Merlin Alderslade published
She's a household name in her home country, and it was the voice of a fellow metal icon who helped her on her journey

New Metallica x Dr. Martens collection are Hardwired to impress… wherever you may roam
By Scott Munro published
Metallica join forces with Dr. Martens for new limited-edition boot and shoe designs - and both are available right now
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