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Sleep Token, Deftones, Linkin Park, Ghost, Spiritbox, Nine Inch Nails and more among 2026 rock and metal Grammy Award nominees
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This footage of Indian metal sensations Bloodywood playing Halla Bol will convince you they’re the funnest thing in rock right now
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Killswitch Engage's Jesse Leach on the turmoil behind one of their biggest anthems
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Miss World Chile contestant stuns the world by singing death metal during competition semifinal
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Latest Metal Hammer News

Sleep Token, Deftones, Linkin Park, Ghost, Spiritbox, Nine Inch Nails and more among 2026 rock and metal Grammy Award nominees
By Matt Mills published
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
By Matt Mills published
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
By Merlin Alderslade published
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
By Matt Mills published
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
By Jerry Ewing published
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
By Matt Mills published
“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
By Jerry Ewing published
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
By Rich Hobson published
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
By Rich Hobson published
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
By Rich Hobson published
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?
By Paul Elliott published
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
By Tom Poak published
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
By Metal Hammer published
It features on one of metal’s great lost albums
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Latest Metal Hammer Reviews

Pupil Slicer have just made one of the most diverse, engrossing and essential heavy albums of 2025
By Paul Travers published
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
By Holly Wright published
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
By Dannii Leivers published
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
By Joe Daly published
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
By Matt Mills published
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
By Paul Travers published
You might not be surprised to find that the new Soulfly album bangs





