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Metallica may have ‘stolen’ Spinal Tap’s album art, but the comedy-metal legends aren’t bitter about it
David St Hubbins downplays the idea of a feud between Spinal Tap and the world’s biggest metal band
The Darkness' Justin Hawkins responds to backlash over his criticism of Yungblud's Ozzy tribute
Justin Hawkins and brother Dan said some things about Yungblud that angered fans – but The Darkness frontman is doubling down
BBC announces rescheduled Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home documentary will be broadcast on October 2
Airing of documentary focussed on last chapter of Ozzy's life was delayed at the request of his grieving family
Iron Maiden are on the cover of the new Metal Hammer. And it comes with three exclusive gifts!
The new issue features exclusive interviews with Bruce Dickinson and Steve Harris – plus a 50th-birthday patch, keyring and art print
Iron Maiden announce more European shows for 2026, including phone-free Paris concert and secret UK date
The UK metal heavyweights will continue the Run For Your Lives tour with a second European leg in the summer
Pre-order your exclusive Metal Hammer x Creeper bundle, featuring a magazine cover unavailable in shops and new album Sanguivore II: Mistress Of Death on purple vinyl
Get your claws on a bundle you won’t find anywhere else, before Creeper’s new album drops on October 31
Paramount Plus to stream feature-length documentary about Ozzy Osbourne’s final years next month
Ozzy: No Escape From Now will be streaming from October 7
Mike Patton returns to action with new project AVTT/PTTN with folk rock stars the Avett Brothers
Listen to AVTT/PTTN's debut single Eternal Love now
Sleep Token kicked off their sold-out US tour and performed two never-before-played songs last night
The masked metal superstars put on a 15-song show at Gas South Arena in Duluth, Georgia
System Of A Down add second UK date to European tour with Queens Of The Stone Age and Acid Bath
The alt-metal band will play a second show at London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on July 15
The world of metal pays tribute to At The Gates frontman Tomas Lindberg
Tributes to Tomas Lindberg have come from Opeth, Napalm Death, Cradle Of Filth, Avatar, Exodus and many more
Watch Terrifier baddie Art The Clown ‘kill’ WWE wrestler Rhea Ripley during an Ice Nine Kills concert last weekend
Ripley and Art made special appearances during Ice Nine Kills’ Silver Scream Con in Massachusetts on Saturday
At The Gates vocalist Tomas Lindberg dies aged 52 following cancer battle
The frontman, known for his existential lyrics and characteristic scream, revealed last month that he was diagnosed with adenoid cystic carcinoma in December 2023
Soen announce new studio album, Reliance, will be released in January
Swedish prog metallers Soen share the powerfully emotive Primal, the first new music from their upcoming album Reliance
Kiss’s Gene Simmons claims he learned humility from Ozzy Osbourne
Simmons calls the late Black Sabbath singer’s attitude “a good lesson for idiots like me who sometimes, guilty as charged, get full of themselves”
Bloodstock festival adds Saxon as first-ever Thursday main-stage headliner; 26 other bands also confirmed
The UK heavy metal stalwarts will return to the top of the bill at the Derbyshire weekender, 25 years after they headlined the first-ever Bloodstock
Watch members of Iron Maiden and Tool jam a Jeff Beck song at a wedding last week
Maiden guitarist Adrian Smith and partially-retired drummer Nicko McBrain performed with Tool bassist Justin Chancellor at Smith’s daughter’s wedding on Friday
