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Foo Fighters reportedly swap drummers with Nine Inch Nails
There's no official confirmation next, but Dave Grohl may have found his new man
"Paul was a lovely person and good mate." Iron Maiden pay tribute to their original vocalist Paul Mario Day following his death, aged 69
Former Iron Maiden/More/Sweet frontman Paul Mario Day passed away at his family home in Australia on July 29
Here's what happened at Ozzy Osbourne's emotional funeral procession in Birmingham
Thousands of metal fans line the streets of Birmingham to say an emotional farewell to local hero and national treasure Ozzy Osbourne
How to watch Ozzy Osbourne's funeral procession in Black Sabbath's hometown
Ozzy Osbourne's funeral procession will be livestreamed globally today: here's how you can access the coverage, and pay your own respects to one of music's most beloved icons
Watch My Chemical Romance perform unreleased anthem War Beneath The Rain for the very first time
My Chemical Romance treat LA fans to an unreleased song from their never-completed fifth album The Paper Kingdom
Trivium to release long-awaited new song in early August
Guitarist Corey Beaulieu says the track has the “spirit” of the band’s 2005 breakthrough album, Ascendancy
Google ‘Ozzy Osbourne’. You won’t regret it.
The search engine has included a touching tribute to the Prince Of Darkness for those who look up his name
Latest Metal Hammer Features
"Ozzy goes, 'I thought it was some ***hole dressed as the guy from Kiss!'" Anthrax's Scott Ian reveals his most hilarious memory of the Prince Of Darkness
Scott Ian recalls a funny encounter with Ozzy Osbourne that took place at one fateful Halloween show
I have to stop fighting the overwhelming evidence: nu metal and metalcore are officially dad rock now
Slipknot t-shirts being sold by Debenhams. Spotify 'Dad Rock' mixes featuring System Of A Down, Avenged Sevenfold and Killswitch Engage. Game over, mates
Duff McKagan: "Sabbath were there for me before punk."
Guns N' Roses legend Duff McKagan shares what Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne mean to him
The highs, lows, controversies and epic comebacks of Slayer
How one Mercyful Fate-worshipping little band from California changed the face of metal forever
Tom Morelllo on how Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath changed his life
Rage Against The Machine's mercurial guitarist helped curate the Back To The Beginning spectacular. It was a job he'd been training for his whole life
All the essential new metal albums coming out in 2025 – and where to buy them
From the return of Sabaton and a Mastodon side-project to a blockbuster Slipknot reissue, these are the essential metal albums coming in the rest of 2025
Latest Metal Hammer Reviews
Priest's biggest UK headline gig is a victorious celebration
Judas Priest's biggest ever UK headline gig comes tinged with sadness, but also victorious celebrations
This is what it would sound like if The Cure were a death metal band – and it’s brilliantly bonkers
Hesitating Lights, the second album by Swedish noise-makers Floating, pairs post-punk riffs with extreme metal aggression to amazing, disorienting effect
Endorsed by Gojira, Slipknot and King Diamond, Mawiza have just put out one of 2025’s most important debut albums
Chilean groove metallers Mawiza explore their indigenous Mapuche Nation culture on colossal debut Ül
Bush's I Beat Loneliness review: Gavin Rossdale casts his gaze inward after putting the world to rights on The Art Of Survival
Gavin Rossdale proves a bit of earnestness and a whole lot of heart can make all the difference on Bush's I Beat Loneliness
Daron Malakian makes his bonkers, brilliant comeback with Scars On Broadway
Wild-eyed riffs, insane left-turns and lyrics blurring the surreal and poignant: Daron Malakian is at his best on the new Scars On Broadway album
Introducing Die Spitz, the best new band in the world
Introducing Die Spitz, your new favourite band
