Latest Metal Hammer News
Spinal Tap announce Stonehenge concert film of "final" show with Eric Clapton and Shania Twain
Spinal Tap At Stonehenge: The Final Finale will arrive in IMAX cinemas next year
Swedish prog rockers Wolverine announce first new album for a decade
Swedish prog rock quintet Wolverine will release new album, Anomalies, in February
Iron Maiden announce Run For Your Lives North American tour for 2026 including Louder Than Life festival - and they'd like you to keep your phones away
North America needs to get ready to run for its life!
Calling all moshers! Get the new Metal Hammer with an exclusive Malevolence cover and cross-body bag
Metalcore’s premiere pit-starters are on the cover of this exclusive edition of Metal Hammer’s latest issue, which comes with a bag unavailable in shops
Foo Fighters release new song and announce 2026 tour with Queens Of The Stone Age
Foo Fighters will be back on the road in 2026!
Watch Parkway Drive’s Winston McCall drop out of a helicopter onto the Sydney Opera House, because he’s cooler than you in every way
That’s one heck of a way to announce a new live album
Disturbed’s David Draiman is beefing with John Cusack, after the Hollywood star called the singer “psychotic” for signing an IDF bomb
Draiman accuses Cusack of defending “a genocidal death cult”, as a photo of the Disturbed man writing “F*** Hamas” on an artillery shell continues to circulate
Latest Metal Hammer Features
The story of Slayer’s Angel Of Death – the fastest, freakiest and most controversial song in thrash metal history
The opening song from 1986’s Reign In Blood affirmed Slayer as thrash metal’s scariest scare-mongers
The bizarre story of Napalm Death and Extreme Noise Terror swapping singers in the 90s
These two underground favourites found themselves trading singers like football stickers in the 90s
“There was a real sense of excitement. We had a point to prove: this is the greatest rock’n’roll band in the world." How Iron Maiden went from East End outcasts to the world's most loved heavy metal band
Iron Maiden legends Bruce Dickinson and Steve Harris look back at 50 years of heavy metal history
This cult 90s film soundtrack mixed Slayer, Metallica and Korn with edm icons
Years after Judgement Night blazed a trail with hip hop and metal, this album seemed destined to do the same with metal and edm. So why didn't it?
An oral history of Iron Maiden's iconic mascot Eddie the 'Ed
An oral history of Iron Maiden's iconic Eddie the 'Ed by those who know him best
"Hearing them was like hearing Bowie for the first time…" The 10 best songs by AFI, as chosen by Creeper's Will Gould
Creeper frontman Will Gould picks his essential AFI playlist
Latest Metal Hammer Reviews
Nine Treasures might be the next band to blaze a path out of Mongolia
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
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
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
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
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
