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Get the Airbourne x Classic Rock bundle – includes vinyl LP and handwritten and signed lyric card
The Classic Rock x Airbourne bundle comes with a "gold nugget" vinyl LP of the band’s upcoming album, a handwritten and signed lyric card, and a copy of Classic Rock with a bespoke cover
Trivium and In Flames announce huge co-headline tour, Paleface Swiss and Vola supporting
The two bands will play across Europe and the UK from March to May
The vital advice Bruce Dickinson gave Dave Mustaine during his cancer battle
One metal icon and cancer survivor gave some helpful words to another
Ministry pull no punches in anti-Trump video for We Hate
Tired of Donald Trump's "self-aggrandising AI slop", Ministry turn the tables on "Hair Mussolini" with colourful AI video
Watch a young Black Sabbath confuse the hell out of stoned European hippies one week before Paranoid became a hit single
Black Sabbath’s performance of Paranoid at Jazz Bilzen festival in August 1970 is a sweet snapshot of metal history
MTV have scrapped the ‘Best Rock’ category at their Video Music Awards after 37 years
Looking for rock music at this year's MTV VMAs? Good luck with that
Get an exclusive Ghost puff print t-shirt and Metal Hammer cover variant with this limited edition bundle
Metal Hammer have teamed up with Ghost for a world exclusive bundle! Here's what's inside
Latest Metal Hammer Features
The messy story behind Nightwish's Bye Bye Beautiful - the most controversial song of their career
Nightwish's angry-sounding goodbye song for Tarja Turunen left her replacement Anette Olzon in a difficult position
Why it took Loathe six years to release new album A Stranger To You
Loathe looked set to capitalise on the acclaim of 2020's I Let It In And It Took Everything. They didn't release a proper follow-up for six years
Judas Priest and Elegant Weapons guitarist Richie Faulkner made us a playlist
Iron Maiden, Jimi Hendrix and Pantera are just some of the artists that make Richie tick
"I very much connect to shadow." How three family tragedies and the surprise support of Alice Cooper saw Holy Wars make one of 2026's most emotional metal albums
Holy Wars have channelled grief into their art - but they won't be defined by it
Biff Byford reveals why he thinks Metallica have never covered a Saxon song
Metallica have never covered Saxon on record – could an old beef be the reason why?
The story of Sabbat’s cult late 80s pagan-thrash classic Dreamweaver: Reflections Of Our Yesterdays
UK thrashers Sabbat made an overlooked classic with their second album, Dreamweaver: Reflections Of Our Yesterdays
Latest Metal Hammer Reviews
Deftones dazzle in front of 50,000 fans at their biggest ever UK headline show at All Points East Presents Outbreak
Deftones light up east London with a spell-binding headline set at APE/Outbreak 2026
Castle Rat look like future headliners at Bloodstock: review
Castle Rat have barely played a dozen gigs in the UK, but pulled a massive crowd for their early afternoon slot at Bloodstock
Judas Priest's Bloodstock set is a triumphant homecoming: review
Rob Halford confirms Judas Priest are working on a new album as they bring some of heavy metal's greatest anthems home to Bloodstock
Nevermore make a triumphant return to the UK: Bloodstock review
The new line-up of Nevermore proves a fitting celebration of their legacy - and a hopeful new beginning
Bleed From Within just proved why they deserve to be given a chance to headline Bloodstock
Scotland's premier metal export absolutely smash it on Bloodstock's main stage
Slaughter To Prevail pass their big Bloodstock test with flying colours (and lots of breakdowns)
Slaughter To Prevail prove themselves worthy headliners with a crushingly heavy, fire-powered set at Bloodstock
