Latest Metal Hammer News
Not seen Arch Enemy’s new singer in the flesh yet? Watch pro-shot video of the melodeath band’s 85-minute Summer Breeze 2026 headline set
See Lauren Hart tackle Alissa White-Gluz- and Angela Gossow-era oldies, as well as two songs from 1996 debut Black Earth
Celebrate 25 years of System Of A Down’s Toxicity with this stunning amber vinyl – and a 7” single featuring a long-lost bonus track
The nu metal icons’ second album came out on September 4, 2001, and remains a stone-cold classic
Ex-Turnstile guitarist Brady Ebert threatens legal action against police, prosecutors and his own attorneys during attempted murder trial
The case against former Turnstile guitarist Brady Ebert takes a new twist
Brütal Legend 2 is finally happening – if the game’s developer can raise $100 million: “We’d love to do it, but a game like that requires significant funding”
Double Fine Productions tease a sequel to their 2009 cult classic title starring Jack Black and Ozzy Osbourne, but it’ll set supporters back nine figures
Bring Me The Horizon's Can You Feel My Heart is coming to Fortnite Festival
The band's 2013 single will be added to the globally popular video game off-shoot later this week
Saxon launch Gods Of Thunder album and release epic title track
Gods Of Thunder is Saxon's 25th album and will arrive ahead of their UK tour next year
Get the new issue of Metal Hammer with a Motionless In White cover and a UK-exclusive red vinyl copy of new album Decades
Read the full story behind the metalcore stars’ latest effort inside
Latest Metal Hammer Features
Inside the brutal creation of Slipknot's Iowa with producer Ross Robinson
Iowa remains the heaviest album to ever top the charts in the UK. Producer Ross Robinson shares stories from the making of the groundbreaking album
A metal fan’s guide to Deep Purple, one of hard rock’s original Holy Trinity
Along with Sabbath and Zeppelin, Deep Purple helped craft the primordial goop that spawned metal
Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: September 4 2026
Evanescence, Blue Medusa and Fear Factory are among this week's best new metal songs
“I’ve never done hallucinogenic drugs, but now it feels like I have”: Metal Hammer writers name their best festival sets of the summer
Linkin Park, Body Count and Oranssi Pazuzu made camping in the blistering heat worth it
The iconic metal album Jason ‘Jay And Silent Bob’ Mewes wishes he had made
The Clerks star on the occult metal classic that helps him fly, the album he speeds to and the record he wants played his funeral
“We were the band nobody wanted to book”: the twisted story of the first American black metal band
Before Emperor, before Immortal, and before the first Mayhem album, there was Von – the punk-loving tearaways who went “as far as human music can go”
Latest Metal Hammer Reviews
President live up to the hype with Blood Of Your Empire
They might be masked and mysterious, but the subjects and themes of President's debut are deeply personal
"Thank you for always making this feel like home." Turnstile strengthen and expand their UK Love Connection at feel-good All Points East show
Summer showers can't stop Turnstile sparking joy in London's Victoria Park
Turnstile have managed to unite Elton John and Dying Fetus and actually make it work
New Turnstile project Never Enough: Versions is a near-resounding success
Beartooth's Caleb Shomo vanquishes his demons on Pure Ecstasy
Trading out angst and pain for self-love and hope, Beartooth sound more powerful than ever
Mastodon triumph over tragedy with Marrow Deep
The departure of guitarist Brent Hinds in 2025 might've spelled disaster for Mastodon, but the prog metal pioneers are ambitious as ever
“A blur of Rhinestones sparkling in the spotlights”: Ghost offer a rare, stylish glimpse behind the curtain with concert film/documentary 2 Big To Rig
Sweden’s hard rock devil church celebrate their fans and crew alike in this dazzling backstage look. Mild spoilers ahead…
