Tracks & Singles
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Paul Hardcastle admits he once used Hawkwind titles for his own songs
By Jo Kendall published
The multi-instrumentalist synth pop icon recalls trying and failing to play Silver Machine on a music store synth, years before he impressed Lemmy by asking about Orgone Accumulator

10 epic ballads that show there was more to thrash metal than speed
By Dave Everley published
There was more to thrash metal than speed

Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: May 9 2025
By Rich Hobson published
Parkway Drive, Battle Beast and Attack Attack! lead this week's best new metal songs. Plus, vote for your favourite!

"System Of A Down made me feel like I belonged in metal."
By Liz Scarlett published
Lowen vocalist Nina Saeidi picks the 10 records that changed her life

It's back! Prog's brand new Tracks Of The Week!! Cool new proggy sounds from Katatonia, Nosound, Hedvig Mollestad Trio and more...
By Jerry Ewing published
Great new prog, from L.O.E., Gaupa, Hiroe, Gaupa and more in Prog's Tracks Of The Week...

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
By Fraser Lewry published
Featuring Skunk Anansie, Gotthard, Fishbone and five other horsemen and horsewomen of the rockpocalypse

The story of the Pearl Jam record that the band admit they’re “never going to remember as one of the greats”
By Niall Doherty published
The Seattle rockers’ trickiest album was fraught with writer’s block and drug addiction and it’s not one guitarist Stone Gossard is in a hurry to listen to again.

How This Is A Call changed everything for Dave Grohl and introduced the world to Foo Fighters
By Niall Doherty published
The story of Foo Fighters’ debut single, which turns 30 next month, and why it's the song that Dave Grohl says saved his life
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