Latest Metal Hammer News
Iron Maiden announce epic Knebworth show for 2026 - plus two huge festival dates
Iron Maiden's Run For Your Lives world tour has added three massive dates for next year
Get the new issue of Metal Hammer with an I Prevail cover and t-shirt you won’t find in the shops
The US metalcore giants talk all about new album Violent Nature inside our latest issue
Kid Rock is banned from performing in California
Governor Gavin Newsom says the American Bad Ass singer makes “horrific music”
US prog rockers Elder unveil 18-minute new work Liminality/Dream State Return
Berlin-based US progressive rock quartet Elder have released epic new song Liminality/Dream State Return on vinyl and digitally
Emmy-nominated actor apologises for having picture taken with Marilyn Manson
Chloë Sevigny says she’s “truly sorry” for posing for a photo with Manson, who has been accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women
"You're surrendering your senses completely to this little fascist in your hand." Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson really hates mobile phones
Iron Maiden singer despises cell phones at gigs and doesn't want to perform for "a bunch of Android twerps"
This iconic black metal band have announced they’re splitting up – but not before one final album
Will our favourite bands please stop retiring?!
Latest Metal Hammer Features
Debate: who are the greatest black metal band of all time?
From Mayhem to Emperor, black metal is full of fearless innovators, and we want you to tell us which band reign supreme
Five hilarious minutes with Gwar front-thing, Blöthar The Berserker
Blöthar on the alarming return of Gwar's adopted dinosaur, Trump props and when things have gone too far, even for them
Joey Jordison’s sisters reveal how they helped one of the late Slipknot drummer’s unreleased albums see the light of day
The debut album by Joey Jordison’s post-Slipknot band Vimic will finally be released in October, four years after his death
“We want to inspire the next generation." From playing Glastonbury to get the sel of approval from Tom Morello Nova Twins are smashing barriers
From playing for a field of sheep to electrifying thousands at Glastonbury, Nova Twins are leading the charge for alternative music's next generation
How a cult power metal band and an insanely successful video game brought shred guitar heroics to a new generation
All it took was one of the 2000’s most successful video games
Our track-by-track guide to Nine Inch Nails' excellent Tron: Ares soundtrack
The first ever soundtrack under the NiN name is as good as a new album proper. Here’s our track-by-track guide through its epic 24 songs
Latest Metal Hammer Reviews
President King Of Terrors: Can metal's most hyped newcomers live up to the buzz?
A masked, mysterious band taking the metal world by storm? We're getting major deja vu...
"Musical insanity comes in many forms. Igorrr are attempting them all at once."
Avant-garde maniacs Igorrr are breaking brains with a little help from Mr. Bungle's Trey Spruance
Paradise Lost Ascension review: The godfathers of goth metal still find glee in gloom
17 albums in, Paradise Lost remain masters of the gothic arts on new album Ascension
"Everything about this band rules hard." Fantasy doom metal heroes Castle Rat have made one of 2025's most epic metal albums in The Bestiary
Looking like they've stepped out of the world of Conan The Barbarian, Castle Rat are one of metal's most vibrant new bands
I Prevail Violent Nature review: the metalcore heavyweights' fourth album is a little hit and miss, but the hits go hard
They might be divisive, but Violent Nature proves I Prevail are still swinging for the fences on album 4
"It’s bat***, bug****, bull****. If you really dislike the band, it’s utter dog****." Between The Buried And Me finally bite off more than they can chew with The Blue Nowhere
They might be prog metal geniuses, but Between The Buried And Me are also still fallible
