Killswitch Engage announce UK and Europe tour, with Hatebreed, Fit For An Autopsy, and Employed To Serve among supporting cast
Killswitch Engage's first UK/European headline tour in six years includes massive Wembley Arena date
Ghost become first hard rock act in four years to top US album chart but miss out in the UK
Skeletá has also had the biggest vinyl sales week for a hard rock album in more than three decades
Metallica’s Kirk Hammett admits he “should be a lot better” at playing guitar
Metallica’s lead guitarist offers an honest appraisal of his own playing during an interview with Metal Hammer
Ghost's $130 Papa V Perpetua 'Ghildo' sells out in minutes
Only 666 of Ghost's 7-inch purple adult toys were made available – and fans snapped them up swiftly
"Metal is the most positive thing in the world". Max Cavalera tells it like it is
Sepultura founder and Soulfly star Max Cavalera thinks metal is the greatest – and who are we to argue?
"The universe is not fair like that." Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson tells new bands they'll get nowhere without self-belief
Iron Maiden frontman offers advice to young musicians looking to make their mark
Watch Donny Osmond headbanging to The Osmonds’ Crazy Horses played at 33rpm and sounding like a lost doom metal classic
We always suspected The Osmonds were secret doom fans
This acoustic guitar virtuoso has turned Sleep Token’s Euclid into the most gorgeous instrumental you’ll hear this weekend
UK guitar wizard Mike Dawes has released a studio version of his Euclid cover, after live recordings of it went viral last year
Hear Deftones frontman Chino Moreno’s remix of The Cure track Warsong
It’s taken from the transformative project Remixes Of A Lost World, out on June 13
Sepultura’s Iggor Cavalera: “We didn’t like how metal was made in Europe or in America”
Sepultura’s original drummer explains why the Brazilian metal scene was so enamoured with the Devil in the 1980s
Listen to metalcore heroes Loathe’s first new song in three years, Gifted Every Strength
The Liverpudlians have returned to their metal roots in teeth-gnashing fashion
Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler and Soundgarden members have been added to Black Sabbath’s farewell show, Sharon Osbourne reveals
The legends will join Metallica, Slayer, Guns N’ Roses and other rock/metal stars at Villa Park in Birmingham on July 5
Former Possessed guitarist killed by police in California after gun battle outside his home
Brian Montana, a former member of death metal pioneers Possessed, dies aged 60, following fatal escalation of dispute with a neighbour
Ozzy Osbourne will only sing five solo songs at his final show this summer, support act Sammy Hagar reports
And one of them will be No More Tears
Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson has 18 songs demoed for new solo album, will record it next year
The Mandrake Project was Bruce’s first solo album in 19 years, and he seems to have no intention of taking that long again
Sharon Osbourne remembers first thoughts when she laid eyes on Ozzy: “What the f*ck?!”
Sharon Osbourne first saw her husband at a Black Sabbath show when she was 18 – and it was unlike anything she’d experienced before
Metallica are going to re-release their Load
The metal titans’ controversial sixth album is getting remastered and reissued via an expanded package, featuring demo versions and live recordings
