Metal Hammer Reviews

Deftones get hot and heavy at first UK show of 2026

By Rich Hobson published 13 February 26

TikTok, baddiecore and the nu metal renaissance: Deftones are finally getting their dues

Beers, belly flops and the Bahamas: what it's like on the 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise

By Rich Hobson published 11 February 26

Anthrax, Paradise Lost, Eluveitie and more packed out this year's 70000 Tons Of Metal

This is the end, but Megadeth are leaving us with an absolute killer of a final album

By Dom Lawson published 10 January 26

Megadeth will be missed, but what a final record to leave us with

Health dance in the face of despair on new album Conflict DLC

By Matt Mills published 13 December 25

The lyrics on the L.A. trio’s sixth album observe the ugliness of 2025, while the music urges you to wiggle your worries away

Ice Nine Kills' A Work Of Art is metal's most shocking show: Review

By Rich Hobson published 12 December 25

Even if they don't carry on (Silver) Screaming, Ice Nine Kills prove they're ready for the big leagues with the brilliantly bonkers A Work Of Art tour

Sabaton's Legendary tour lives up to its name: Review

By Rich Hobson published 8 December 25

Thanks, but no tanks: history-loving Swedes Sabaton reinvent their stage show for the Legendary tour

British-Iranian metal mystics Lowen prove themselves as the next big thing with spellbinding London show

By Matt Mills published 5 December 25

Playing their biggest headline concert while backed up by dancers and a cellist, the rising prog metal band meld Persian folk and themes with full-throttle riffage

Harpy's debut EP is the horniest release of 2025 and it's not even close

By Emily Swingle published 25 November 25

Alt singer-songwriter Harpy tells us exactly what she wants via throbbing dark electro and writhing industrial metal. Subtle, this ain't

Aerosmith and Yungblud's One More Time EP is a surprising but welcome triumph

By Jack Rogers published 21 November 25

Rock's past and present meet in the middle and make a certain kind of magic in hopes of securing its future

Two years on from their farewell show in New York, Kiss return to the stage in Las Vegas

By Clay Marshall published 16 November 25

Kiss are back, and Classic Rock were there to witness it

Pupil Slicer have just made one of the most diverse, engrossing and essential heavy albums of 2025

By Paul Travers published 3 November 25

Roping in hardcore, mathcore, doom, black metal, industrial, post-rock...Pupil Slicer do it all in style on new album Fleshwork

Avatar’s Don’t Go In The Forest is the album for people who like their massive 80s-inspired tunes with a side order of creepiness

By Holly Wright published 28 October 25

Avatar finally go for the commercial jugular on Don’t Go In The Forest

Creeper are dead and loving it on brilliantly bloody new album Sanguivore II: Mistress Of Death

By Dannii Leivers published 27 October 25

Creeper are in full fangbanging mode on their excellent fourth album

Nine Treasures might be the next band to blaze a path out of Mongolia

By Joe Daly published 22 October 25

You might not have heard of Nine Treasures, but this is a great time to educate yourself

Psychonaut’s World Maker is a devastating space-metal odyssey everyone needs to hear

By Matt Mills published 22 October 25

Psychonaut are far from superstars in the metal scene, but World Maker deserves to change that

40 years in, Max Cavalera is still finding ways to freshen up his formula

By Paul Travers published 21 October 25

You might not be surprised to find that the new Soulfly album bangs

Much hyped UK metal hopefuls Conjurer are back to their very best on Unself

By Stephen Hill published 20 October 25

Conjurer's new album is the sign of one of the UK's most promising metal bands delivering once again

What happened when Killswitch Engage brought one of the year’s biggest metal lineups to Wembley Arena

By Matt Mills published 18 October 25

The venue may not be heaving, but Killswitch Engage, Hatebreed, Fit For An Autopsy and Decapitated still put on a night of top-to-bottom excellence

Coroner’s Dissonance Theory is the smartest thing to come out of thrash metal all year

By Matt Mills published 17 October 25

On their comeback album Dissonance Theory, Coroner embrace all the speed and brutality of thrash while leaving the cliches at the door