Latest Metal Hammer News
Campaign launched to posthumously award Ace Frehley honorary astronaut status
NASA, are you listening?
King Diamond given lifelong honorary award by Danish Arts Foundation
Award will see King Diamond paid up to £22,000 ($26,000) every year to continue creating "art of the highest quality"
“Learned from the greatest". Watch Ozzy Osbourne's toddler grandson bite the head off a toy bat
Cuteness overload as Kelly Osbourne's two-year-old son pays unique Halloween tribute to the late Ozzy
Biohazard’s Evan Seinfeld on the NSFW side-hustle that made him more money than music
Biohazard frontman Evan Seinfeld has no regrets about his career in adult entertainment
Dave Mustaine explains why Megadeth reimagined Metallica’s Ride The Lightning for their final album
Megadeth’s leader calls his sped-up rendition of the Metalli-classic a mark of “respect” towards his ex-bandmates
TesseracT share first new music from upcoming live release RADAR with video for the emotive Tender
TessearcT will release concert film RADAR and soundtrack album , RADAR O.S.T. in December
David Draiman says Disturbed need a “nice, long break” as controversial European tour comes to a close
Some of the metal band’s recent shows were rocked by cancellation and protests, in response to their singer signing an Israeli Defence Force artillery shell last year
Latest Metal Hammer Features
The story of the landmark Alice In Chains album that paved the way for Nirvana’s Nevermind
A year before Nirvana broke out with Nevermind, Alice In Chains Seattle’s grunge scene on the map
The best new metal bands you need to hear in November 2025
Deathcore newcomers Face Yourself, NWOBHM revivalists Seven Sisters, bone-faced black metallers Abduction and videogame inspired alt metallers Luna Kills, these are the new metal bands you need to hear in November 2025
The huge Linkin Park hit that Chester Bennington didn’t even want on Hybrid Theory
Even Chester admitted that he was wrong
How one rap legend helped bring hip hop to the nu metal generation
The idea of Ice Cube and Korn sharing a bill might not seem strange now, but in the 90s, it was a thrilling novelty
"These typical metalheads, long-haired with their jackets, they’re the ones standing there and singing Backstreet Boys and Cascada." Five minutes with Electric Callboy, the band "making metal accessible"
Electric Callboy have metalheads singing along to 90s pop classics, and they love it
Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: October 31 2025
Kreator, Electric Callboy and Kim Dracula are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!
"I've always hated it. I sound like a little kid!" From label interference to an acrimonious split, the story behind the classic Evanescence song that Amy Lee (eventually) learned to love
It's one of Evanescence's biggest songs, but it's safe to say Amy Lee was not keen on it at first
Latest Metal Hammer Reviews
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
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
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
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
