Latest Metal Hammer News
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
Black metal giants Dimmu Borgir are returning with their first album in eight years
Grand Serpent Rising will come out on May 22 – listen to lead single Ulvgjeld & Blodsodel now
Judas Priest have started recording their next album: “I don't know if I’m allowed to say that, but I’ve said it”
Guitarist Richie Faulkner says the British metal veterans were in the studio for a month earlier this year
Latest Metal Hammer Features
“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
How Waking The Fallen turned Avenged Sevenfold into rising stars
Waking The Fallen took metalcore to the next level - only for Avenged Sevenfold to ditch it on their next album
Every Lamb Of God album - ranked
Ranking the back catalogue of one of America’s greatest modern metal bands, from New American Gospel to Into Oblivion
Latest Metal Hammer Reviews
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
Beers, belly flops and the Bahamas: what it's like on the 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise
Anthrax, Paradise Lost, Eluveitie and more packed out this year's 70000 Tons Of Metal
This is the end, but Megadeth are leaving us with an absolute killer of a final album
Megadeth will be missed, but what a final record to leave us with
