Latest Metal Hammer News
Slipknot tore Europe a new one during their tour this summer – this pro-shot footage from a Spanish festival proves it
The nine-piece played a particularly destructive show at Resurrection Fest in Viveiro, Spain in June
Watch fiery pro-shot footage of Gojira playing Olympic anthem Ah! Ça Ira! live at Bloodstock festival this summer
The metal stars kept the French Revolutionary spirit alive with their show in Derbyshire in August
Watch one of the greatest hardcore bands ever close their final farewell show
Swedish hardcore legends Refused say farewell in their hometown
"This was the whole infrastructure behind VOLA!" Danish/Swedish quartet launch crowdfunder after losing all their gear in storage facility fire
Danish/Swedish prog metallers VOLA turn to fans after losing all their gear after fire rips through their Copenhagen storage facility
John 5 reveals the secret to stepping into the shoes of Van Halen, Mick Mars and more
John 5 has picked up the axe for the likes of Mötley Crüe and Rob Zombie, and he's learned a few lessons along the way
Ghost's Mary On A Cross has officially just gone platinum in the UK
Ghost's biggest song has just achieved a major milestone
Ghost team up with charity to deliver food packages in Los Angeles via branded robot
Ghost's 'Skele-Bot' took to the streets of Inglewood to deliver food to people in need
Latest Metal Hammer Features
How two metal icons united for a collaboration over a decade in the making
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"When I see him in my dreams, he hasn't changed a bit." How Dave Grohl channelled grief into one of Foo Fighters' most emotional songs
"We were brothers. And when he passed away it had such a profound impact on me"
The 10 best progressive metal albums of 2025
Epic space operas, anticapitalist jazz odysseys, the return of Mike Portnoy – 2025 has been a brilliant year for progressive metal
How a disillusioned guitarist turned his bitter resignation letter into one of metal’s greatest anthems
Power metal godfathers Helloween were on the way to huge success in the 80s – but one member wanted out
A Perfect Circle have made four albums. These are the stories behind them all
A Perfect Circle’s Billy Howerdel breaks down his band’s four studio albums
How a dead psychic inspired Iron Maiden to make one of the maddest concept albums of the 80s
Maiden’s seventh album is the ultimate fan favourite
Latest Metal Hammer Reviews
Health dance in the face of despair on new album Conflict DLC
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
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
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
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
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
Rock's past and present meet in the middle and make a certain kind of magic in hopes of securing its future
