Latest Metal Hammer News
Blaze Bayley on being inducted into the Rock Hall
Maiden's 90s vocalist admits it's a "real privilege" to be included with artists like Billy Idol, Joy Division and Oasis in this year's nomination
Shawn Crahan explains how Cristina Scabbia ended up on Look Outside Your Window
Scabbia, who was in a relationship with ’Knot guitarist Jim Root from 2004 to 2017, lends her voice to two songs on the long-delayed project
"Listen LOUD." Trent Reznor on the forthcoming Nine Inch Noize album
The story behind the new Nine Inch Nails and Boys Noize collaboration
Slipknot DJ Sid Wilson pays tribute to his late former bandmate Joey Jordison
Slipknot’s founding drummer departed the band in 2013, before dying in July 2021 aged 46
Watch R&B superstar Thundercat play bass for his former band, thrash metal hellraisers Suicidal Tendencies, at Coachella last weekend
The man born Stephen Bruner was a member of the California band for almost 10 years before leaving to focus on his solo career
Slipknot fan compares Look Outside Your Window album to Pink Floyd, claims Lacuna Coil's Cristina Scabbia guests
Look Outside Your Window, a long-shelved project recorded in 2008, is due to come out on Record Store Day, April 18
Ville Valo would love to reunite goth metal icons HIM
Nearly 10 years after one of Finland’s biggest bands called it a day, their singer is hoping they can get back together
Latest Metal Hammer Features
From a much-loved bomber to a creaking mechanical fist: The story of Motörhead's Spinal Tap moment
It probably worked on paper
7 metal songs from the year 2000 that were way ahead of their time
Metal was in a time of serious evolution as the New Millennium dawned, and these seven bands were already getting ahead of the pack
Blood brothers: Bob Ezrin on his long, strange trip with Alice Cooper
Visionary producer Bob Ezrin – who steered Alice Cooper to his greatest triumphs – looks back on decades of madness, mayhem and macabre genius
10 songs that Limp Bizkit guitarist Wes Borland wishes he had written
10 songs which shaped Limp Bizkit guitarist Wes Borland's life and music
Meet Royale Lynn, the Nashville singer-songwriter who's ditched country for metal
Royale Lynn decided to embrace her love of heavy music and embark upon a drastic career change
How tragedy, a stint in Sleep Token and the circus has defined Shields' unusual career
Shields have been through the ringer to get back together, but it's been worth it
Latest Metal Hammer Reviews
Mysterious Viking war trance duo Eihwar bring a party like no other to London
Eihwar bring the bangers to the UK capital
Kreator bring demons, wicker men and the most fire this side of Parkway Drive to stunning London show
Supported by Nails, Exodus and Carcass, the German luminaries reach a new level of pageantry
Powerwolf conquer Wembley Arena: Review
Powerwolf might have enough pyro to level a city, but they've got singalongs to unite the masses
Lamb Of God's new album Into Oblivion is their best in well over a decade
Lamb Of God's new album is their best since Resolution - at the very least
Foo Fighters return to their punk roots in Manchester
Dave Grohl winds back the clocks with a very sweaty, very intimate show in Manchester
Deftones get hot and heavy at first UK show of 2026
TikTok, baddiecore and the nu metal renaissance: Deftones are finally getting their dues
