Latest Metal Hammer News
AC/DC's Stevie Young hospitalised in Argentina
The news comes ahead of three scheduled shows at Estadio River Plate in Buenos Aires
Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine’s memoir In My Darkest Hour, looking back on his cancer battle, to come out in September
The book will detail the thrash singer/guitarist’s life after being diagnosed with a squamous cell carcinoma at the back of his tongue in 2019
Lzzy Hale looks back on the disasters Halestorm endured to make their first album
The Pennsylvania hard rockers also survived a producer stepping down and their A&R guy being fired by their label
Watch the first trailer for new Iron Maiden documentary Burning Ambition
We've finally got a proper glimpse of the biggest heavy metal documentary coming in 2026!
At The Gates have posted a moving new tribute to frontman Tomas Lindberg
The melodic death metal innovators have also explained how they were able to record their new album following Lindberg's cancer diagnosis
Gary Holt reckons he's due some cash from Metallica for his role in writing Creeping Death
Gary Holt jokes that his lyrics on Exodus' 1983 demo Die By His Hand should entitle him to a cut of those sweet Metallica royalties
Cillian Murphy draws parallels between his Peaky Blinders anti-hero Tommy Shelby and Ozzy Osbourne
Why Tommy Shelby and Ozzy Osbourne share common ground
Latest Metal Hammer Features
Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt on 25 years of Blackwater Park and why he might stop growling again
We caught up with the progressive metal mastermind and made him begrudgingly talk about his band’s magnum opus
The story of Limp Bizkit's Nookie - and why it's a more poignant song than you might think
What seemed like a throwaway lyric tacked onto a catchy Bizkit banger actually had some profound meaning for Fred Durst
Paleface Swiss are challenging masculinity in metal
Inspired by Slipknot, Paleface Swiss have rapidly evolved into one of extreme metal's most boundary pushing bands
When one viral song turned Jinjer into Ukraine's biggest ever metal band
After fleeing war and needing a hit to keep their career going, Jinjer struck gold with a simple live video that set the internet alight
From Midsommar to Simon Cowell, how Spiritbox's Holy Roller became a viral metal classic
Spiritbox were already on the way to becoming modern metal stars, but their brilliant Holy Roller video sealed the deal
The story of President, metal's newest masked sensation
From an overpacked tent debut at Download Festival to sell-out shows across the Atlantic, President are quickly becoming one of metal's biggest new bands
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
