Latest Metal Hammer News
Get Poppy’s new album Empty Hands on exclusive bone, violet and baby blue vinyl, exclusively through Metal Hammer
The nu gen icon’s next release drops on January 23 via SUmerian
Dave Mustaine on why Megadeth's final show might still be "three to five years" away
Megadeth fans, don't panic! You'll likely still have plenty of time to catch Dave and the boys on their final run
As campaign to save seven grassroots UK venues enters final days, organisers urge fans to donate whatever they can
The charity Music Venue Properties hopes to secure the future of clubs in Bedford, Stoke-On-Trent, Bedford, Nottingham, Brighton, Leeds, Sheffield and Newcastle by making them community-owned
Jake E. Lee explains why he felt like a “forgotten footnote” in Ozzy Osbourne’s legacy until Back To The Beginning
The guitarist was part of Ozzy’s solo band from 1982 to 1987 and played on two of his albums: Bark At The Moon and The Ultimate Sin
Deftones announce massive London show for 2026
Deftones will play London's Victoria Park next summer with a huge bill in tow!
Watch Brandi Carlile and Taylor Momsen perform Soundgarden's Black Hole Sun at Rock Hall induction
The Hall Of Fame have also released official footage of Toni Cornell's emotional Fell On Black Days tribute to her late father
Iron Maiden, Limp Bizkit, Bring Me The Horizon and The Offspring sign up for Hellfest 2026
Hellfest has announced another epic lineup for next year
Latest Metal Hammer Features
Getting to know Castle Rat, the fantasy metal sensations everyone's talking about
Their videos are viral, their lore is deep and their songs are bangers. We chat to Riley Pinkerton, the woman behind the brilliant Castle Rat
How Public Enemy and Anthrax united to create a whole new genre
How thrash kingpins Anthrax and hip hop titans Public Enemy created the greatest rap-metal song of all
The unlikely story of the last classic nu metal album
Nu metal was considered dead by 2005 – but one band from Australia ensured that the genre would bow out in a blaze of glory
How Blood And Thunder turned Mastodon from sludge metal underdogs to generational heavyweights
Making a snarling concept piece about Moby-Dick doesn’t sound like a move for mainstream appeal, but that’s exactly what Mastodon found with the lead single of 2004 masterstroke Leviathan
Sex, vampires and black lipstick: the story of Type O Negative's Black No. 1 (Little Miss Scare-All)
Allegedly written about a self-obsessed goth Peter Steele was infatuated with, there's a reason Black No. 1 is still on every self-respecting Halloween playlist
From Mafia-run streets to Lacuna Coil: the story of Cristina Scabbia's remarkable life
She's a modern metal icon with a hell of a life story. We delve into the career of Cristina Scabbia
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
