Latest Metal Hammer News
"He had this ability to pull this beautiful sadness out of the bass": Watch Fred Durst pay tribute to late Limp Bizkit bassist Sam Rivers
Fred Durst releases video tribute to the "gifted, unbelievably sweet and wonderful" Sam Rivers
Limp Bizkit bass player Sam Rivers dead at 48
Limp Bizkit mourn the loss of their "heartbeat" as bassist Sam Rivers dies at the age of 48
Slipknot are suing anonymous owner of the slipknot.com domain name
The metal giants have been using slipknot1.com for more than 20 years as someone else owns the preferred web address
At The Gates urge fans to donate to Swedish cancer charity following death of frontman Tomas Lindberg
Lindberg died in September after being diagnosed with adenoid cystic carcinoma, a rare oral cancer
Farewell to The Spaceman: The world of rock pays tribute to Ace Frehley
Tributes to Ace Frehley have come from Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Peter Criss, Bruce Kulick and more
Kiss legend Ace Frehley dead at 74
"Ace’s memory will continue to live on forever!" The former Kiss guitarist's family have confirmed his passing in a statement
Former Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley reportedly on life support suffering from brain bleed
Founding Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley cancelled his 2025 dates earlier this month after suffering a fall
Latest Metal Hammer Features
How ‘the Radiohead of metal’ broke free from nu metal to blaze their own unique trail
The story of one of the 90s most pivotal albums
The lost Nine Inch Nails supergroup that could have united two of the rock’s most iconic singers
This early 2000s project could have been asbolutely huge
Five chaotic minutes with Vukovi's Janine Shilstone
Nobody does chaotic fun like Scottish alt. metallers Vukovi
How a long wait for a dealer almost turned a Ministry gig in Nottingham into disaster
There's a reason drugs are bad, kids, and this chaotic night in Nottingham was one of them
The five albums that changed Ace Frehley's life
In 2018 late Kiss legend Ace Frehley picked the five records that guided his path towards the stars
The A-list comedy superstar who teamed up with two nu metal bands for the weirdest collaboration of the early 2000s
The nu metal era was a weird time
Latest Metal Hammer Reviews
What happened when Killswitch Engage brought one of the year’s biggest metal lineups to Wembley Arena
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
On their comeback album Dissonance Theory, Coroner embrace all the speed and brutality of thrash while leaving the cliches at the door
Think Sabaton go on about war too much? Do they have the album for you!
Sabaton mix it up on album 11
Bleed From Within just played the biggest show of their lives and pulled out all the stops
Bleed From Within hit a new apex at London’s O2 Kentish Town Forum, where they were backed up by special guests, bagpipe players and an uber-passionate audience
Looking for the best thrash metal album of 2025? Testament have your back with Para Bellum
40 years in, Testament are still doing it louder and better than most bands that arrived in their wake
We're not sure we can do justice to just how epic Parkway Drive's Wembley show was
Surely a Download Festival headline set is on the cards after this?!
