Latest Metal Hammer News
Watch ex-Metallica bassist Jason Newsted cover Bob Seger’s Turn The Page at North American tour kickoff this week
Metallica put their stamp on the classic track with 1998’s Garage, Inc. album
Evanescence’s Amy Lee celebrates women’s “ever-growing” presence in rock and metal
The singer thinks it’s “badass” that bands with female members are topping charts in the US
Slayer and Anthrax members voice support for Yungblud following emotional Instagram post about Bludfest breakdown
"When I got off this stage I felt elated but 20 minutes later when I was in the shower on my own I had a breakdown"
Devin Townsend explains why he pooed in Steve Vai’s guitar case
The prog metal polymath sang in the guitar maestro’s solo band in the early 1990s
Iron Maiden to complete Run For Your Lives tour film at Eddfest
Iron Maiden's upcoming Eddfest show will now be captured for posterity
The Mars Volta announce Lucro Sucio; Unfinished Business, their first live album in over twenty years
The Mars Volta's new live album Lucro Sucio; Unfinished Business, is the result of an interactive campaign with the band's fans
Alissa White-Gluz is surprised no one leaked the news about her joining Dragonforce
The ex-Arch Enemy frontwoman joined the UK power metal darlings in May
Latest Metal Hammer Features
Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: July 3 2026
Peasant metal, Native American folk by way of black metal and gorgeously symponic power metal all appear in this week's best new metal songs.
How Gojira made one of modern metal’s most conscious, powerful anthems
The French crusaders played their early shows in a region battling for independence, and they channelled that political spirit into Flying Whales
How Blood And Thunder turned Mastodon from Southern misfits to 21st-century metal stars
Making a snarling concept piece about Moby-Dick doesn’t sound like a move for mainstream appeal, but that’s exactly what Mastodon found
Tragedy, black metal and Linkin Park: Gaerea are pushing boundaries in modern metal
Gaerea began in the realms of black metal, but now the mysterious Portuguese group are pushing boundaries
Every Metallica album ranked from worst to best
From game-changing debut Kill 'Em All to the emotionally-charged 72 Seasons, this is every studio album by metal's biggest band, ranked
Silent Planet: the first American band to play Ukraine during the Russian war
Singer Garrett Russell talks about the metalcore brutes’ experiences in the war-torn country last month
Latest Metal Hammer Reviews
Acid Bath make their UK debut with the hottest doom metal
Acid Bath's first ever UK gig comes almost 30 years since the band split - and weeks before they play stadiums with System Of A Down
Alexisonfire dominate London co-headliner with Billy Talent as they celebrate 20 years of Crisis
Billy Talent bring the production values, before Alexisonfire deliver a momentous set featuring time-tested songs, deep cuts and a live debut
Chilean extreme metallers Decessus made a hell of a first impression at Download
Decessus - the Chilean death metallers whose vocalist was crowned Miss World Chile - make their UK debut at Download 2026
Arizona extreme metal ragers Gatecreeper play one of Download 2026's most ferocious sets
Melding blunt force death metal with hardcore grit and some mighty hooks, Gatecreeper slay Download's Dogtooth tent
Bloodywood just showed Download why they're one of the best live bands in modern metal
A powerful, propulsive set of bouncy metal ragers takes things up a level at Donington
Emily Armstrong just made history with Linkin Park at Download in some style
Download's most significant set of 2026 ends the festival on a massive high
