Latest Metal Hammer News
Watch brand new Arch Enemy singer Lauren Hart crushing it at the band's comeback show
Lauren Hart looks like a perfect fit for the Swedish metal machines!
Guns N' Roses keyboardist Melissa Reese bows out of World Tour due to "personal reasons"
Melissa Reese became the first female member of Guns N' Roses when she joined the band a decade ago
Watch Zakk Wylde in emotional video for Black Label Society's Ozzy Osbourne tribute
Zakk Wylde and Black Label Society release video for Ozzy's Song – their touching tribute to the late Prince of Darkness
No plans for new Pantera music, but Charlie Benante wants live album
Pantera reunion drummer Charlie Benante hopes a live album will be released to document the controversial comeback
Ross 'The Boss' Friedman, founding guitarist with Manowar and The Dictators, dead at 72
News of Friedman's death comes just weeks after he was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's Disease
Get the new Metal Hammer with an exclusive Lamb Of God cover and lyrics t-shirt, only through the Louder webstore
This perfect package for diehard fans includes a cover and t-shirt you won’t find in the shops
Metallica producer: “Nothing happened in the band unless Cliff Burton nodded ‘yes’”
80s producer Flemming Rasmussen remembers Cliff Burton being the heavy metal titans’ unofficial musical leader
Latest Metal Hammer Features
How a childhood encounter with an absconded psychiatric inpatient inspired a song that helped changed the face of metal
The Dillinger Escape Plan recorded the genre-defining Calculating Infinity in 1999. Jim Fear is one such highlight.
How early 90s mega-tour Clash Of The Titans put thrash metal in arenas – and invented ‘The Big 4’
Starring Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax, Clash Of The Titans was one of the most important tours in metal history
“It’s magic. You really enter into it when you listen to it – the concept, the way they played it. It still has a huge impact even now”: The epic 70s prog album Lacuna Coil’s Cristina Scabbia wishes she had made – and the album that broke her heart
Goth metal, 80s pop and failed musical experiments – this is the soundtrack to Cristina Scabbia’s life
Did a televised protest against Limp Bizkit really force Zack de la Rocha to quit Rage Against The Machine?
In this archive interview, Tom Morello reveals the truth behind his bandmate's MTV Awards stunt, riots in the street and the original rage-quit
The best new metal songs this week: March 27 2026
Dimmu Borgir make a long-awaited return, Frozen Soul team up with Machine Head and a former Ghost guitarist launches his 'cartoon metal' band: these are Metal Hammer's tracks of the week
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
