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Korn announce first UK and Europe headline tour in over a decade
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Love Vinnie Vincent? Then you'll probably be OK with the two-million-dollar price tag for his new album
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James Hetfield proposes to partner Adriana Gillett underwater while swimming with whale sharks
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Sebastian Bach sorry for relationship with 17-year-old Christina Applegate
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Latest Metal Hammer News

Korn announce first UK and Europe headline tour in over a decade
By Merlin Alderslade published
This is gonna be huge!

Love Vinnie Vincent? Then you'll probably be OK with the two-million-dollar price tag for his new album
By Fraser Lewry published
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
By Fraser Lewry published
She said yes!

Sebastian Bach sorry for relationship with 17-year-old Christina Applegate
By Stef Lach published
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
By Stef Lach published
Thrash guitar hero Gary Holt on life on the road with Slayer and Exodus

Motorhead guitarist Phil Campbell dead at 64
By Classic Rock last updated
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
By Paul Brannigan published
Good news for lovers of low end metallic grooves
Latest Metal Hammer Features

How Katy Perry ended up as a backing singer for nu metal stars P.O.D.
By Briony Edwards published
In 2006, years before she became one of the biggest stars on the planet, Katy Perry found herself a gig with nu metal favourites P.O.D.

Shawn Crahan was just another anonymous American teenager until he found Clown
By Paul Brannigan published
Shawn Crahan was just another anonymous American teenager until he found Clown

A break-up, live wolves and a Spider-Man director: the story of Evanescence's Call Me When You're Sober
By Merlin Alderslade published
Needing a follow-up to one of the biggest albums of the 2000s, Amy Lee wrote some brutally honest lyrics and a classic song to soundtrack them

Why Devin Townsend had to abandon King Crimson, Yes and Gentle Giant for AC/DC and Bon Jovi
By Phil Weller published
His 2024 album PowerNerd was a risky, vulnerable and honest facing of his demons, which he’d been avoiding until a dam broke in his mind

Phil Campbell interview: My life in Motörhead
By Dave Ling published
In 2010, Classic Rock interviewed late Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell about his brilliant quarter century in one of rock'n'roll's greatest bands

How a punk legend helped resurrect the career of an American icon in less than half an hour
By Simon Young published
Glenn Danzig wrote Thirteen for Johnny Cash's 1994 album American Recordings
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Latest Metal Hammer Reviews

Powerwolf conquer Wembley Arena: Review
By Rich Hobson published
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
By Stephen Hill published
Lamb Of God's new album is their best since Resolution - at the very least

Foo Fighters return to their punk roots in Manchester
By Rich Hobson published
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
By Rich Hobson published
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
By Rich Hobson published
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
By Dom Lawson published
Megadeth will be missed, but what a final record to leave us with





