Latest Metal Hammer News
Sleep Token, Deftones, Linkin Park, Ghost, Spiritbox, Nine Inch Nails and more among 2026 rock and metal Grammy Award nominees
The 66th Annual Grammy Awards will take place in Los Angeles on February 1
This footage of Indian metal sensations Bloodywood playing Halla Bol will convince you they’re the funnest thing in rock right now
Check it out as the New Delhi trio continue their European tour with Halestorm
Killswitch Engage's Jesse Leach on the turmoil behind one of their biggest anthems
Killswitch Engage's My Last Serenade might have sparked the 2000s metalcore boom, but there was a darkness behind the scenes
Miss World Chile contestant stuns the world by singing death metal during competition semifinal
Ignacia Fernández, singer of Santiago death metal band Decessus, has gone viral after bringing heavy music to Chilean airwaves
Opeth announce live show at Pompeii's legendary Amphitheatre for July 2026
Swedish prog metallers Opeth will also play concerts in Halifax, Dublin and Rättvik in support of The Last Will And Testament
Will Ramos was ready to quit music before joining Lorna Shore
“I was like, ‘I need to start thinking about real jobs,’” the deathcore singer reveals in a new Metal Hammer interview
Dutch prog metallers Textures announce Genotype, their first new album for a decade
Textures will release their new album, Genotype, on January 23 and will tour Europe and the UK in early 2026
Latest Metal Hammer Features
Metal Hammer's Tracks Of The Week: November 7 2026
Mayhem, Lord Of The Lost and Skindred are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!
“There were kids falling through ceilings, flying through glass, jumping off roofs”: The story of Slipknot’s Duality
Slipknot were one of the biggest names of the nu metal era – then the lead single from their third album made them immortal
"It felt like my head was going to explode." Alligator murder, police raids and abandoned adult theatres: the story of the chaotic video shoot that helped make an underground 90s band cult legends
Long before nu metal bands were getting arrested for making music videos, Acid Bath were setting a precedent
The story of the magical Saxon classic inspired by heavy metal music, heavy metal fans and... Toto?
Saxon were cruising the New Wave of British Heavy Metal... and their signature tune celebrated it
Why Diary Of A Madman should be remembered as more than the album that kicked off Ozzy's crazy years
A year on from Blizzard Of Ozz, Diary Of A Madman found Ozzy Osbourne and his band at their fiery peak, just before it all came crashing down - watch exclusive video
The unreleased Korn album we’ve been waiting 20 years to hear
It features on one of metal’s great lost albums
Latest Metal Hammer Reviews
Pupil Slicer have just made one of the most diverse, engrossing and essential heavy albums of 2025
Roping in hardcore, mathcore, doom, black metal, industrial, post-rock...Pupil Slicer do it all in style on new album Fleshwork
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
