Latest Metal Hammer News
Mercyful Fate, Electric Callboy and Motionless In White announced as Bloodstock 2027 headliners
Children of Bodom, Corrosion of Conformity, Acid Bath and Green Lung also on bill for Bloodstock Open Air in 2027
Former Korn, Limp Bizkit, Smashing Pumpkins, Ministry manager Peter Katsis dead at 69
Tributes paid to one of the key figures behind the nu metal explosion
Hear Ghost’s Tobias Forge sing on re-imagining of Accept deep cut Save Us
The re-recording comes from a star-studded tribute album celebrating 50 years of Accept, out next month
Linkin Park announce new documentary Unshatter and tie-in album
The film, directed by band member Joe Hahn, will hit cinemas on September 30
Get the new issue of Metal Hammer with an exclusive Dominum cover, brain stress ball and signed art card
We took the rising zombie-metal stars to an escape room in Germany – find out what happened and get your hands on these limited-edition goodies!
System Of A Down’s Serj Tankian says drummer John Dolmayan is tired of Donald Trump despite past support of US president
Dolmayan called Trump “the most attacked president in history yet the greatest friend to minorities” in 2020
Slipknot’s Sid Wilson reportedly sacked for mistreating bandmates, ex-fiancée Kelly Osbourne tears into the DJ
Neither Wilson nor Slipknot have commented on claims that he’s been fired
Latest Metal Hammer Features
Inside Slaughter To Prevail's bloodiest gig ever
Slaughter To Prevail's Blood4Blood is the first event of its kind: metal bands, bare-knuckle fights and buckets of blood
Meet Excide, the band looking to reinvent hardcore
South Carolina's Excide aren't afraid to mix things up
Venom frontman and godfather of black metal Cronos on his brilliantly bizarre double life
Best known as the godfather of black metal, Cronos is also a birdwatcher, a fitness instructor, a multimedia engineer, a pepperhead and a Kate Bush nut
Addiction, Doris, Riots and Tub Tarts: An A-Z Of Metallica
Your alphabetical guide to the world’s biggest metal band
Dream Theater, Voivod, Watchtower and the rise of prog metal
Refusing to be talked out of merging classic vibes with thrash-infused attitude, North American musicians took up the 70s prog torch and ran into the 80s with it – sometimes very, very fast
“I was struggling. I had a real problem with alcohol again”: Napalm Death’s Shane Embury goes prog to search his soul
The bassist’s desire to “jump into the unknown” inspired Bridge To Revolution, his most progressive album yet, as the Rush fanatic continues work on his Cardiacs-inspired project
Latest Metal Hammer Reviews
Opeth's only UK gig of 2026 is an undeniable triumph: review
Opeth, Paradise Lost and Katatonia in God's Own Country on Yorkshire Day? It's a match made in heaven
Electric Callboy hit the apex of their dance-metal era with floor-filling new album Tanzneid
The electronicore six-piece double down on everything that’s made them festival crowd-pleasers
Mongol champions The Hu take after their hard rock heroes on long-awaited new album Hun
The folk metal horde have been endorsed by Metallica and Iron Maiden – and their third album bears those icons’ influence
Motionless In White finally find their identity on Decades
More than 20 years since starting, Chris Cerulli and co. escape the shadow of their influences and revel in dark humour
System Of A Down's UK return was electric, euphoric and one of the best stadium shows in recent memory
"Are System Of A Down back?!" one fan on our row remarked. Yes, yes they absolutely are
Bring Me The Horizon's crushing Count Your Blessings show is a reminder of how ferocious they can be
Bring Me The Horizon roll back the years with their heaviest show in well over a decade
