Latest Metal Hammer News
A brass bat has been attached to the birthplace of heavy metal in Ozzy-themed guerrilla protest
It's all kicking off in Birmingham
Tool, Bring Me The Horizon, My Chemical Romance, Shinedown, Halestorm, Megadeth, Alter Bridge and over 130 more bands will play next year's Sonic Temple festival in Ohio
The five-stage weekender will take place in Columbus, Ohio from May 14 to 17
Wolfgang Van Halen reacts to the term ‘nepo baby’
Naturally, the son of Eddie Van Halen has a complicated relationship with the phrase
Alter Bridge on the huge impact one wrestling star has had on their career
One metal-loving wrestling legend using an Alter Bridge song as his theme tune helped gain the band countless new followers
We asked Metallica’s Kirk Hammett to name the best Motörhead song and this is what he told us
“Lemmy opens up his voice and starts singing, my mind exploded!”
Mastodon’s Brent Hinds had an “entire album” of unreleased solo songs, according to former bandmate
“He sent me the whole album of tunes,” says Duane Trucks, who drummed in Hinds’ psychobilly side-project Fiend Without A Face
“We miss you. It’s been far too long. We found a solution.” A Perfect Circle announce first European tour for seven years
Maynard James Keenan and Billy Howerdel's alt metallers A Perfect Circle will tour the EU and UK for the first time since 2018
Latest Metal Hammer Features
“We were being told that we were going to be the new Nine Inch Nails, the new Nirvana, even though we don’t sound remotely like them”: The story of Godflesh – the cult metal duo worshipped by Metallica, Korn and Type O Negative
Godflesh are far from metal’s most famous band, but they’ve influenced Metallica, been asked to tour with Danzig and almost had one of their members hired by Faith No More
The story of the speed-freak anthem that was the most important song Lemmy ever wrote
A song written by the young Lemmy for Hawkwind has been through various twists - from Motörhead's own anthemic version to the unlikeliest remakes
Alter Bridge’s Mark Tremonti on the visionary extreme metal band who changed his life
You may not hear Tremonti favourites Celtic Frost in Creed and Alter Bridge’s music but they’re there
Ghost’s Tobias Forge on the anthem that turned his band from cult sensations into bona fide stars
Square Hammer opened Ghost’s 2016’s Popestar EP and cracked US radio for the Swedish occultists
This is what it’s like to audition for Metallica – and not get the job
Metallica’s line-up could have looked very different today if Robert Trujillo hadn’t got the job
The story behind Evanescence's chaotic first big awards win
Evanescence's Best New Artist win at the 2004 Grammys was well deserved - but fellow nominee 50 Cent and his hip hop pals were not happy
“I had no idea it would be such a catastrophic event in people’s lives!" How leaving Iron Maiden, A Nightmare On Elm Street and the acoustic album that never was led Bruce Dickinson to write Tears Of The Dragon
Tasked with kicking his solo career off for real, Bruce Dickinson produced one of the 90s' greatest metal power ballads
Latest Metal Hammer Reviews
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
Much hyped UK metal hopefuls Conjurer are back to their very best on Unself
Conjurer's new album is the sign of one of the UK's most promising metal bands delivering once again
