Former Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Jake E. Lee expected to recover after being shot multiple times in Las Vegas
The shooting took place as Jake E. Lee was out walking his dog
The shooting took place as Jake E. Lee was out walking his dog
Alex Van Halen reveals that Ozzy Osbourne was in the frame to front a new look Van Halen at the start of the millennium, and Ozzy says that he was up for it
Co-vocalist Joel Hokka reveals the band whose success made Blind Channel realise they can step away from the spotlight
Chelsea Wolfe announces her final offering from She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She, and shares a music video for Place In The Sun (Unbound)
The Aussie metalcore stars will be supported by Thy Art Is Murder and The Amity Affliction when they demolish arenas next year
August's Bloodstock line-up just got even bigger with the likes of Ministry, Nailbomb and Fear Factory joining the bill
Jury in Santa Cruz, California finds Theo Lengyel guilty of murdering his girlfriend Alice 'Alyx' Herrmann in December 2023
German prog metallers The Ocean will perform the whole of Holecene and the best of Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic / Cenozoic on European dates
Devin Townsend will release his latest album PowerNerd, the first of a new trilogy of releases, in October
Pop punk legends The Offspring will hit the UK next year!
New music is a vital part of the package that thrash metal icons Metallica want to keep giving their fans
Improbably Poppy is a twisted Sesame Street with creepy vibes, dark humour & threats of violence. It's brilliantly bonkers
In 2014, metal star, movie director and bona fide horror hound Rob Zombie named the worst movie in history – and tore it to shreds
The werewolf-obsessed keyboardist of Powerwolf also has secret ambitions to be a truck driver
From Aces High to Rime Of The Ancient Mariner, we’ve arranged everything on Iron Maiden’s 1984 classic in reverse-order of magnificence
It’ll be fangs, coffins and fake blood at Wembley Arena later this month
Alice Cooper was the original shock rocker who paved the way for Kiss, Slipknot and every parent-baiting rock and metal act that followed
In 2011, Metal Hammer boarded Ed Force One to join Iron Maiden in South America for scenes of madness, mayhem and pisco sour
How Opeth seized the prog metal throne with 2001’s genre-defining Blackwater Park album
2013 was a banner year for Metallica – a brand new record label, their first gigs in China and the ambitious but divisive 3D movie Through The Never
From such stars as Dream Theater and Myles Kennedy to an array of up-and-coming talent, hear the best new music of the week – and vote for your favourite!
How have Scorpions, Trouble and an obscure power metal band shaped one of melodeath’s biggest names? Michael Amott and Daniel Erlandsson explain.
After their first show in five years, System Of A Down's Daron Malakian admits Scars On Broadway already have their third album ready and waiting
Judas Priest remind Sacramento why they are and always will be Metal Gods
Evanescence roll out the hits and some modern anthems in a emotionally resonant set at Aftershock
UK metal national treasures Architects bring the bangers to Aftershock
Poppy brings her unique, genre-hopping sounds to the Aftershock party
Imminence dazzle a packed-out Ballroom with their bewitching orchestral metal
Halestorm confirm their status as one of modern rock's most reliably enjoyable live bands
The Offspring hit a late-career peak with fired-up 11th album Supercharged
Almost 20 years since his last ful-length album, Shavo Odadjian is roaring back with his heaviest band to date
Not content with mastering melodeath Mikael Stanne is leading a goth pop revolution with Cemetery Skyline's debut, Nordic Gothic
The Los Angeles band's mix of angst and anthems prove to be as effective - and emotionally resonant - as ever
Across five blistering songs, Reading bruisers Sylosis summarise everything that makes them one of Britain’s best metal bands