Latest Metal Hammer News
Sabaton are on the cover of the new Metal Hammer!
We speak exclusively to Sabaton ahead of their brand new album, Legends
Watch Disturbed call for “unity” onstage as David Draiman continues to weather backlash for signing an Israeli bomb
The self-professed “fiercely pro-Israel” frontman tells an audience in Amsterdam, “The conflicts that are going on in this world don’t define us”
Avenged Sevenfold's M. Shadows records video message for freed Israeli hostages
Two Israeli hostages freed after peace deal are huge Avenged Sevenfold fans – and they received a personal message from frontman
Listen to Poppy’s amped-up take on a festive classic
The genre-splicing star has reworked Wham’s Last Christmas in her own inimitable style
"The more the value goes up, the more they're gonna hound us." An iconic 90s metal band are in talks about a possible tribute show in honour of their much missed frontman
And there are some... interesting choices on who could lead the tribute
Watch Nickelback's Chad Kroeger serenade Sammy Hagar with Metallica's Enter Sandman for his birthday
Sammy Hagar's birthday bash featured performances from Jerry Cantrell, Chad Kroeger and Belinda Carlisle
"We are cooking." New Slipknot music is on the way
A follow-up to 2022's The End, So Far could be just around the corner
Watch Gene Simmons officiate at 2025's most rock'n'roll wedding
The Kiss man presided over the wedding of Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante and former Butcher Babies singer Carla Harvey
Disturbed say they want their music to “heal” people after their singer signed a bomb and caused their Belgium gig to be cancelled
The Platinum-selling band say that music is “not about what divides us”, a year after frontman David Draiman signed a bomb set to be used by the Israeli Defence Force
Latest Metal Hammer Features
How Ozzy Osbourne made Mama, I'm Coming Home - with a stunning assist from Lemmy
There wasn't a dry eye in the house the final time he played this classic live
The story of Joey Jordison's post-Slipknot bands Vimic and Sinsaenum
Four years on from the passing of Joey Jordison, two of his bands are returning to active duty: but in very different ways
Here's every metal album that's ever gone to number one in the UK
From Iron Maiden to Sleep Token, here's every single time metal topped the album charts in the UK
In a haze of substance use and record label conflicts, Korn made the defining anthem of nu metal’s heyday
The chaotic story of Freak On A Leash, in singer Jonathan Davis’ own words
Endorsed by Slipknot, collaborating with Gojira and battling colonialism – how Mawiza became the most important new metal band of 2025
Mawiza’s thumping groove metal celebrates the language and traditions of South America’s Mapuche Nation
An audience with Spinal Tap legend David St. Hubbins
Spinal Tap singer/guitarist David St. Hubbins on beefing with Metallica, hanging with Ronnie James Dio and why they could never be Slipknot
Latest Metal Hammer Reviews
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?!
Ozzy: No Escape From Now is an imperfect but essential look at Ozzy Osbourne’s final years
Though it’s sometimes slapdash, Paramount Plus’s two-hour documentary offers impressive insight into the Prince Of Darkness’ late-life struggles
Can Vimic's Open Your Omens live up to Joey Jordison's legacy?
Almost a decade since Vimic first released music, their debut album Open Your Omen is finally here
If you're going to dive into one metal album this week, you should probably make it this one
Orbit Culture return with yet more evidence of why they're one of the best bands in the current European metal scene
