Latest Metal Hammer News
Love Vinnie Vincent? Then you'll probably be OK with the two-million-dollar price tag for his new album
The launch of the Vinnie Vincent Invasion's new album comes just months after the former Kiss man received flak for charging $225 for his Ride The Serpent single
James Hetfield proposes to partner Adriana Gillett underwater while swimming with whale sharks
She said yes!
Sebastian Bach sorry for relationship with 17-year-old Christina Applegate
Skid Row and new Twisted Sister singer Sebastian Bach famously derailed Christina Applegate and Brad Pitt's union
Gary Holt has seen it all with Slayer and Exodus – and he's not ready for it to end
Thrash guitar hero Gary Holt on life on the road with Slayer and Exodus
Motorhead guitarist Phil Campbell dead at 64
Phil Campbell passed away away following “a complex and major operation”
Metal Up Your Bass! TransAtlantic duo remaster entire early Metallica catalogue with bass parts restored and made louder
Good news for lovers of low end metallic grooves
Nu metal-styled Eurovision Song Contest entry under attack for allegedly promoting sexual strangulation
Alexandra Căpitănescu's Eurovision song Choke Me is facing criticism from campaigners against sexual violence
Latest Metal Hammer Features
How a punk legend helped resurrect the career of an American icon in less than half an hour
Glenn Danzig wrote Thirteen for Johnny Cash's 1994 album American Recordings
The story of Mystifier, the blasphemous Brazilian black metal band who made Sepultura look like Bon Jovi
Mystifier proved that Norway didn’t have the monopoly on blasphemous black metal in the early 1990s
The turbulent story of Anvil, the band who claim to have brought heavy metal to North America
Anvil should have been huge, but fate had other plans
How a bleak anti-war song and a massive u-turn helped push Metallica to superstar level
Metallica got their mainstream breakthrough after breaking their ‘no videos’ rule
The Bronx once turned down a pile of money to wear chicken masks for a fast food advert
The Bronx kept their punk rock cred intact, while the Coq Roq commercial caught the eye of Slipknot's legal team
The album that Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale wants played at her funeral – and the pop record that became a drunken karaoke favourite
The albums that changed Lzzy Hale’s life
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
