Latest Metal Hammer News
Wes Borland cosplayed as James Hetfield during Limp Bizkit’s last concert with Metallica
Limp Bizkit’s run of North American shows supporting Metallica wrapped up last week
Black Sabbath’s Bill Ward has two new solo albums on the way
The seminal drummer says he doesn’t “give an ‘F’” as he records his first solo efforts in 10 years
Turnstile announce UK/Europe tour dates with The Garden and High Vis
Hardcore’s good time boys will trek across Europe in October and November
Deftones appear to be teasing the release of new music next week
The nu metal-era stars put up a graphic at their London concert on Sunday, hinting towards something going down on July 10
Iron Maiden release video to thank fans after huge London show
75,000 fans attended Iron Maiden's Run For Your Lives show at the London Stadium
Marilyn Manson UK show cancelled following protests
Local MP and pressure groups force the cancellation of Marilyn Manson’s show in Brighton, England in October
"We can finally be what I've always wanted to be": Wolfgang Van Halen's Mammoth drop WVH from name after acquiring trademark
Mammoth name is a tribute to Wolfgang's late father Eddie Van Halen
Latest Metal Hammer Features
Everything you need to know about Back To The Beginning, Black Sabbath’s reunion and Ozzy Osbourne’s final concert
From who’s playing to how to stream it, we answer all your questions about this summer’s Back To The Beginning extravaganza
How Metallica’s Black Album killed thrash metal
The band that helped create thrash pretty much killed it
How Kreator made Pleasure To Kill, the vicious 80s classic that put German thrash on the map
Kreator’s second album, Pleasure To Kill, proved that America didn’t have the monopoly on thrash
"We refused to believe we didn't have something special." From triumph to tragedy and triumph again, how Linkin Park became the first true metal breakout of the 21st century
Linkin Park are among the most successful and influential bands the entire nu metal movement ever produced
Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: June 27 2025
Lorna Shore, Papa Roach and Witch Club Satan are among the best new metal songs this week, plus new cuts from Sinsaenum, Halestorm, Scene Queen and more.
The Conjuring star Vera Farmiga embraces metal in The Yagas
The Conjuring star Vera Farmiga's band The Yagas draw on everything from Nine Inch Nails and Judas Priest to The Cure and AC/DC
Latest Metal Hammer Reviews
The Prodigy unleash chaos at Worthy Farm with the heaviest, most intense set of Glastonbury 2025
“I think we did Mr Flint proud”
An awestruck Glastonbury discovers that Charli XCX was bang on the money when she predicted the onset of Turnstile Summer
No offence Jarvis, but THIS is hardcore
Iron Maiden return to London’s East End for a gloriously flamboyant 50th birthday party
Iron Maiden come back to their birthplace and – armed with a new drummer, a stacked setlist and some extravagant visuals – show 75,000 people just how much they’ve grown
"The Melbourne crew have Glasto by the baps and balls." Aussie punks Amyl and the Sniffers just ripped Glastonbury a new one
"The crowd in front of the Other Stage is a bubbling sea of pits, dancing, headbanging and fist-pumping"
Native James just brought grime metal to Glastonbury - and Glasto lapped it up
The UK’s premier proprietor of grime metal makes a big impact on the Greenpeace stage
Heaven Shall Burn are one of metal's most criminally overlooked bands. Heimat is the perfect gateway album to fix that
German metalcore veterans Heaven Shall Burn deserve to be far bigger outside of their homeland. Is this the album that will make that happen?
