Latest Metal Hammer News
Vote for the best metal album of 2025
We've crowned Ghost's Skeleta in the writer's poll - but which metal albums from 2025 excited you most?
Simon Cowell’s new boyband December 10 could be in legal trouble after getting confused for a Scottish metal group
In a now-deleted post, metal outfit December Tenth invited Cowell and co. to “get in touch with ourselves and our legal team”
Watch Avengers megastar Chris Hemsworth’s shambolic attempt to play drums with Parkway Drive earlier this year
Just because you’re worthy of wielding Mjölnir doesn’t mean you’re able to keep time
Sleep Token's manager has decoded the band's 2025 success, and what it means for rock and metal as a whole
After further securing their place as one of the world's biggest bands, the man who works closest with Sleep Token has some ideas about why it's happened
Los Angeles judge dismisses sexual assault and battery lawsuit filed against Marilyn Manson
Ashley Walters had accused Manson of abuse that took place while she worked as his personal assistant from 2010 to 2011
Rob Halford remembers the chaotic time Ozzy Osbourne visited Judas Priest in the studio
Wherever the Prince Of Darkness went, anarchy wasn’t far behind
Spinal Tap and Paul McCartney pay tribute to murdered film director Rob Reiner
Jack White has slammed US President Donald Trump for his "vile" reaction to the murder of Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele
Latest Metal Hammer Features
How one simple question led to Evanescence writing Bring Me To Life
It was a simple conversation with her future husband that helped Amy Lee write the anthem of a generation
How Scars helped Papa Roach shift from nu metal with their first power ballad
At a time when they could have been left behind, Papa Roach wrote a song that set them on a completely different course
How Elton John and Dave Grohl helped Alice In Chains heal from the loss of Layne Stayley
With Dave Grohl lending his studio and Elton John playing piano on the album's most emotional track, this was a truly special comeback
The story of Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat. – the secret debut album that started Slipknot’s ascent
Before Corey Taylor and before the nu metal takeover, Slipknot launched their career with a DIY release that put the Des Moines scene on notice
How a grunge legend alienated his entire fanbase with a curveball solo record
Not everyone wants to get on board when artists take a creative left turn
How a bold, boundary-breaking song with some taboo lyrics helped break Halestorm
Some of the lyrics on this modern classic were brave, but they helped laid the foundations for what was to come
Latest Metal Hammer Reviews
Health dance in the face of despair on new album Conflict DLC
The lyrics on the L.A. trio’s sixth album observe the ugliness of 2025, while the music urges you to wiggle your worries away
Ice Nine Kills' A Work Of Art is metal's most shocking show: Review
Even if they don't carry on (Silver) Screaming, Ice Nine Kills prove they're ready for the big leagues with the brilliantly bonkers A Work Of Art tour
Sabaton's Legendary tour lives up to its name: Review
Thanks, but no tanks: history-loving Swedes Sabaton reinvent their stage show for the Legendary tour
British-Iranian metal mystics Lowen prove themselves as the next big thing with spellbinding London show
Playing their biggest headline concert while backed up by dancers and a cellist, the rising prog metal band meld Persian folk and themes with full-throttle riffage
Harpy's debut EP is the horniest release of 2025 and it's not even close
Alt singer-songwriter Harpy tells us exactly what she wants via throbbing dark electro and writhing industrial metal. Subtle, this ain't
Aerosmith and Yungblud's One More Time EP is a surprising but welcome triumph
Rock's past and present meet in the middle and make a certain kind of magic in hopes of securing its future
