Latest Metal Hammer News
Turnstile's Brendan Yates reveals bucket list side-quest ambition
The history-making hardcore vocalist wants to break new ground
Evanescence made a surprise appearance at The Game Awards last night
Evanescence are capping off their year in style!
Ghost's Skeletá has been named the album of the year by Metal Hammer
Ghost's fabulous latest album is officially our album of the year - but who else made the list?
Iron Maiden, Ghost, Babymetal and more star in Metal Hammer’s End Of Year issue
The new issue of Metal Hammer is the biggest of the year, and it’s on sale now!
Brian May gifts best friend Tony Iommi a special present
The five decades-plus friendship between Brian May and Tony Iommi is a rare and precious thing
Gene Simmons says sorry for controversial comments about the late Ace Frehley
Gene Simmons' apology came shortly after a Senate hearing in which he claimed successful musicians were treated "worse than slaves"
Pelagic Records have announced the first wave of bands for the 2026 edition of Pelagic Fest
Pelagic Fest will be taking over Maastricht next August for another weekend of wonders
Latest Metal Hammer Features
"It’s strange to be thinking, ‘Are we an arena band?’, but I guess we are. Thank you, Metallica!" From Art The Clown and Pinhead to Rose McGowan and Damien Leone, Ice Nine Kills are bringing their Silver Scream Convention to the UK this weekend
To cap off their very first UK arena headline tour, horror-lovers Ice Nine Kills are hosting their own star-studded horror convention
How Her Ghost In The Fog turned Cradle Of Filth into household names in metal
How one of Britain's most infamous metal bands wrote their major breakthrough hit
Drama, violence and Jim Carrey: the story of Cannibal Corpse's Hammer Smashed Face
How death metal provocateurs Cannibal Corpse wrote the song that made them infamous
Best Christmas gifts for Iron Maiden fans: Rock the festive season with our pick of perfect presents
From clothes to colouring books, these Maiden-related pressies are sure to go down a treat over the festive season
The story behind Alice in Chains frontman Layne Staley's final recording
"I didn’t recognize him. He looked like an 80-year-old man"
Neil Fallon on Clutch, corporations and Christmas
"There’s a lot of joy that we don’t see at home": Clutch begin another run of UK Christmas shows next week
Latest Metal Hammer Reviews
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
Two years on from their farewell show in New York, Kiss return to the stage in Las Vegas
Kiss are back, and Classic Rock were there to witness it
