
‘I love being one of the forefathers of nu metal’: why Papa Roach’s Jacoby Shaddix will never disown his past
Papa Roach’s Jacoby Shaddix faces down the haters in the new issue of Metal Hammer, on sale now
Papa Roach’s Jacoby Shaddix faces down the haters in the new issue of Metal Hammer, on sale now
SOAD bassist Shavo Odadjian teams up with Phil Demmel and friends to cover Stone Temple Pilots’ Dead & Bloated
Step inside an old school games arcade as James Kent returns with Death Of The Soul from new album Lustful Sacraments
Hear Better Without You, the latest single to be lifted from the new Evanescence album, The Bitter Truth
Simone Simons spills the beans on Epica’s new album Omega on the brand new Metal Hammer podcast
Peter Steele meets Prince: yes, the internet’s mash-up master Denis Pauna is at it again
You can barely hear Jason Newsted’s bass on Metallica’s …And Justice For All, but one online hero has remedied that
The new issue of Metal Hammer is an epic rundown of the 100 greatest songs of the 21st century so far – and System Of Down’s Chop Suey! came out on top
Mastodon guitarist Brent Hinds recalls a lifetime of devoted worship in the church of AC/DC
Metallica mark Master Of Puppets turning 35 with a crushing TV performance of album opener Battery
British metal legend Paul ‘Hammy’ Halmshaw, founder of Peaceville Records, is terminally ill and needs our help
Master Of Puppets was released 35 years ago today, on March 3, 1986. Here’s Metallica playing the title track for the very first time, on New Year’s Eve 1985
Grunge, death, doom, mutant funk metal and one of the biggest albums in history - 1991 was when 90s really got started
You might think black metal and pop music are polar opposites, but White Void frontman Lars Nedland says otherwise
How German heavy metallers Accept took I'm A Rebel – a long-lost early AC/DC track written by Malcolm and Angus’s brother Alex – and made it their own
Slayer recorded more than 130 songs during their lifetime. We want you to tell us which one you think is best
How metal embraced pagan-folk mystics Heilung
“When I’m in my room thrashing about on my drum kit, Duality is one of the tracks I like to play,” says Rick Astley of his metalcrush on Slipknot
Meet the German punk-metal sensations who've already dented the charts and are intent on confounding your expectations
Glenn Danzig’s horror movies are bad. Really bad. And that’s what makes them so brilliant
In 1987, the ‘real’ GN’R bottled the mayhem of the Sunset Strip on their classic debut album Appetite For Destruction. Ousted drummer Steven Adler tells all
Serj Tankian on his return to rock with his new EP, his brilliant new documentary and his relationship with System Of A Down
Brit metal malcontents Conjurer check in from the studio as they work on “vile and disgusting” second album
The world according to Korn and Love And Death guitarist Brian ‘Head’ Welch
Scottish rockers Mason Hill finally release their assured debut album. Fans of Alter Bridge and Shinedown apply here
Modern metal heroes Architects continue their upward swing with new album For Those That Wish To Exist
Experimental metallers Senyawa mix the sublimely strange with the deliberately comic on new album Alkisah
Symphonic metallers Sirenia dust off their Fairlights on new album Riddles, Ruins & Revelations
Taylor Momsen’s crew pay tribute to fallen idols on new album Death By Rock And Roll
Alexander von Meilenwald – aka The Ruins Of Beverast – casts his net wide on new album The Thule Grimoires with stellar results
Halloween director and synthwave inspiration John Carpenter serves up immersive chills on new album Lost Themes III: Alive After Death
Finnish lunatics Korpiklaani put the grog to one side for something more serious on new album Jylhä
Cult Of Luna rope in grunge icon Mark Lanegan on album-sized EP The Raging River
German metalcore hopefuls Annisokay finally deliver on their promise with new album Aurora
Goth metal mavericks Tribulation put more swish into their capes with fifth album Where The Gloom Becomes Sound