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Ozzy Osbourne to make public appearance at Comic Con days after retirement gig
Osbourne, along with members of his family, will be guests at the Birmingham edition of Comic Con Midlands, taking place from July 12 to 13
Get the new issue of Metal Hammer with a Volbeat cover – and a t-shirt you won’t find anywhere else
Metal Hammer has teamed with Volbeat to bring you an exclusive package celebrating their new album God Of Angels Trust
Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt explains why Steven Wilson stopped producing their albums
Prog idol Steven Wilson co-produced Opeth’s Blackwater Park, Deliverance and Damnation albums – Mikael Åkerfeldt explains why he didn’t return for Ghost Reveries
Watch the trailer for Every Time You Lose Your Mind, a new documentary saluting cult alt.rockers Failure
Watch the inside story of the rise, fall, and rise again of Failure
Watch Linkin Park thrill fans at UEFA Champions League final in Munich
Linkin Park were the star attraction of the 2025 Champions League final pre-match show – but not everyone was impressed
"I wish you nothing but a very sore arm!" Iron Maiden manager on fans who ignored plea not to use mobile phones
Iron Maiden's Run For Your Lives tour got off to a brilliant start in Budapest – even if some "selfish" fans broke no-phone rule
System Of A Down's Shavo Odadjian on the Serj Tankian lyrics that confused him the most
Even System Of A Down's own bassist has raised his eyebrows at some of Serj's unusual lyrics
Kirk Hammett picks the Metallica album where he got his playing "spot on"
Iconic Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett thinks he nailed his playing on this album in particular
Babymetal's Moametal reveals the touching message she'd give her younger self
Having started when she was just 11 years old, Moametal has already had an amazing career
Sleep Token are "the least metal thing I've ever heard" says TV host Richard Osman
"There's a very, very strong sense of Spinal Tap"
Babymetal are on the cover of the new Metal Hammer as they prepare to unleash star-studded new album Metal Forth
Japan’s biggest metal band and their special guests take us inside the exciting new album, only in the new issue of Metal Hammer
Babymetal get skull-smashingly heavy with Slaughter To Prevail on new single Song 3, postpone album release yet again
The grisly track will appear on Babymetal’s Metal Forth, now due on August 8, and on Slaughter To Prevail’s upcoming album
Download festival comments after artists speak out over “unsafe” toilets for trans people
Several musicians complained on social media after reports that the UK’s biggest rock/metal festival does not want trans people using the toilets of the gender they transitioned to
UK post-metal dynamos Svalbard to break up in 2026, announce farewell tour
Talking exclusively to Metal Hammer, singer/guitarist Serena Cherry describes her band’s split as a creative decision and says they have one song left to release
A.A. Williams reveals UK and Europe tour plans
London post-rock luminary A.A. Williams details upcoming shows
Watch Ghost's Tobias Forge sing Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody as Brian May and Roger Taylor look on
The performance came as Queen were awarded the Polar Music Prize in Stockholm by Sweden's King Carl Gustaf
The woman on the cover of Black Sabbath's debut album is raising funds for a cat rescue project
"Many Black Sabbath fans have asked me online for my autograph and to this day nobody has one" - Louisa Livingstone
