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"We’re gonna come back – it’s gonna be bigger than Oasis."
Tenacious D's Kyle Gass on the joke which caused the group's world to crumble around them
Meet the 67-million-year-old Triceratops skull named after Ozzy Osbourne
The late Black Sabbath frontman is now the subject of a dinosaur-themed tribute
"I’m surprised they didn‘t fire me!" Producer Michael Beinhorn on working with Soundgarden
The making of Soundgarden's fourth album was no picnic for the Seattle band
"We’re broke. We can't get jobs – and we just did two months in arenas and stadiums."
These Manchester doom punks are the latest band to reveal the hardships facing touring musicians
Iron Maiden respond to that jaw-dropping 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple scene
If you've seen the film, you know it has one of the most surprising and bonkers heavy metal needle drops ever
WWE's Drew McIntyre reveals what's on his workout mix - and the role music plays in his life
Listening to heavy music and lifting heavy stuff apparently go hand in hand. Who knew?!
Inkcarceration Festival announces 2026 line-up - including Bad Omens first festival headline
The three-day festival will return to Ohio State Reformatory from July 17 - 19
Latest Metal Hammer Features
How Orbit Culture became one of metal's most exciting new bands
Endorsed by Slipknot, Machine Head and Trivium, Orbit Culture are one of extreme metal's hottest new bands
What happened when a SWAT team swooped on ex-Queens of the Stone Age bassist Nick Oliveri
The former QOTSA bassist faced a potential prison sentence of up to 15 years
Car crashes, Satanism and 28 Years Later: the story behind Iron Maiden's The Number Of The Beast
From ominous omens to a horror film that got everyone talking, the legacy of The Number of The Beast is bigger than ever
How Iron Maiden got their man and made the album that sent them stratospheric
Iron Maiden's second album Killers was a powerful statement of intent, but one cog in the momentum-gathering machine was a little loose and needed replacing
Meet The Pretty Wild: the viral metal duo embracing that controversial 'baddiecore' tag
They're behind that 'cough-cough' mosh call you've probably seen all over metal TikTok
Inside the night James Hetfield caught fire - and Axl Rose caused a riot
A look back at one of the most chaotic gigs in the history of rock 'n' roll
Latest Metal Hammer Reviews
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
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
