Latest Metal Hammer News
Ross 'The Boss' Friedman, founding guitarist with Manowar and The Dictators, dead at 72
News of Friedman's death comes just weeks after he was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's Disease
Get the new Metal Hammer with an exclusive Lamb Of God cover and lyrics t-shirt, only through the Louder webstore
This perfect package for diehard fans includes a cover and t-shirt you won’t find in the shops
Metallica producer: “Nothing happened in the band unless Cliff Burton nodded ‘yes’”
80s producer Flemming Rasmussen remembers Cliff Burton being the heavy metal titans’ unofficial musical leader
Black metal giants Dimmu Borgir are returning with their first album in eight years
Grand Serpent Rising will come out on May 22 – listen to lead single Ulvgjeld & Blodsodel now
Judas Priest have started recording their next album: “I don't know if I’m allowed to say that, but I’ve said it”
Guitarist Richie Faulkner says the British metal veterans were in the studio for a month earlier this year
UK metal band on the cusp of breaking up detail the ludicrous costs of touring in the 2020s
From carnets to bus hire and visa applications that may be declined anyway, Svalbard’s Serena Cherry sounds off on the mounting costs that are making touring unsustainable
Alissa White-Gluz talks the next stages of her career
Alissa White-Gluz is working on two new albums with very different focuses
Latest Metal Hammer Features
The best new metal songs this week: March 27 2026
Dimmu Borgir make a long-awaited return, Frozen Soul team up with Machine Head and a former Ghost guitarist launches his 'cartoon metal' band: these are Metal Hammer's tracks of the week
How Waking The Fallen turned Avenged Sevenfold into rising stars
Waking The Fallen took metalcore to the next level - only for Avenged Sevenfold to ditch it on their next album
Every Lamb Of God album - ranked
Ranking the back catalogue of one of America’s greatest modern metal bands, from New American Gospel to Into Oblivion
A fake murder, a lawsuit and a very weird phone call: the story of Slipknot's Purity
Fans were left confused when this early Slipknot favourite suddenly disappeared from their debut album
Remembering Ozzy Osbourne's bizarre '90s collaboration with Miss Piggy
Never heard Ozzy and Miss Piggy's take on Born To Be Wild? Lucky you
How Nightwish merged science and music with Richard Dawkins
Thomas Holopainen studied biology before a career in music came calling, but never forgot his passion for the subject, or his admiration for the evolutionary biologist
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
