The best metal gigs of 2016 By Metal Hammer last updated 20 September 22 Whether they were career-defining headline shows or jaw-dropping festival sets, these were the gigs that floored us in 2016
Metal Hammer writers’ top metal albums of 2021 By Metal Hammer, Rich Hobson last updated 20 September 22 The full list of every Metal Hammer critic’s top 20 metal albums of 2021
The Top 20 best metal albums of 1990 By Metal Hammer last updated 20 September 22 20 killer albums that kicked off the decade that would transform metal forever
Lars Ulrich on the fall and rise of Metallica By Metal Hammer last updated 20 September 22 After conquering the world, Metallica let their creative impulses run riot – and have had a wobbly few years as a result. But as Lars Ulrich says, to succeed, you've got to take chances...
The 50 best metal albums of 2016 By Metal Hammer last updated 20 September 22 It’s the Big One. After countless debates, a few tears and plenty of late nights, we present the 50 albums that defined our 2016. Get stuck in...
We went to Dave Mustaine's Megadeth Boot Camp and this is what happened By Clay Marshall last updated 20 September 22 Marshmallows! Weddings! Frogs! We grabbed our overnight bag and headed down to the Megadeth Boot Camp at Dave Mustaine’s California residence. Let’s just say it was in tents...
Iron Maiden are releasing a comic series and it is going to be awesome By Metal Hammer last updated 20 September 22 Iron Maiden are releasing a comic series. SPOILER: there’s lots of Eddies
Coming home: Iron Maiden gear up for their first UK tour in six years By Dom Lawson last updated 20 September 22 It’s finally here! As Iron Maiden prepare for their upcoming UK tour, Steve Harris reflects on a metal legacy – and why we shouldn’t be kissing it goodbye quite yet
The bands you love celebrate 30 years of Metal Hammer By Metal Hammer last updated 20 September 22 Babymetal, Megadeth, Nightwish – we gathered a tribe of the bands you guys love to look back over the history of Hammer, of metal and to share their favourite memories of the last 30 years
The Top 10 best albums of 1990 By Metal Hammer last updated 20 September 22 The 10 albums that provided the soundtrack in 1990
Is there space for politics within metal music? By Dom Lawson last updated 21 June 22 Body Count frontman, activist, actor and hip hop legend Ice-T weighs in on why metal can take a stand
The new Metal Hammer Podcast is all about the best new music right now By Metal Hammer last updated 21 June 22 Want to know the best new metal albums? Check out the latest Metal Hammer Podcast
Louder Than Love: Metal Hammer remembers Chris Cornell By Mörat published 18 May 22 First published in 2017, Metal Hammer writer Mörat's tribute to his friend Chris Cornell remembers a frontman like no other
Every Rammstein album ranked from worst to best By Alec Chillingworth last updated 5 May 22 The back catalogue of Rammstein, Berlin’s finest, rearranged in order of greatness
The story behind Black Sabbath's Heaven And Hell By Malcolm Dome last updated 25 April 22 When Sabbath and Ozzy parted it seemed the Brummie metal gods had met their end. But as Tony Iommi tells Hammer, Ronnie James Dio was their rainbow in the dark
Machine Head: how The Blackening became the modern Master Of Puppets By Dom Lawson last updated 25 March 22 Robb Flynn looks back at the making of Machine Head’s masterpiece
Every Every Time I Die Album Ranked From Worst To Best By Jim Smallman, Rich Hobson published 20 January 22 Every Time I Die's game-changing, genre-defining discography ranked in order of greatness
Metal Hammer Podcast #189: Hammer meets Hell Bent For Metal By Metal Hammer published 15 November 21 The Metal Hammer Podcast meets Hell Bent For Metal to talk LGBTQ+ visibility in metal and how we should all be united
Lacuna Coil’s Live From The Apocalypse is the perfect aural antidote to the pandemic By Sophie Maughan published 22 June 21 Milanese metallers Lacuna Coil make a hard copy of their COVID-busting livestream on Live From The Apocalypse
Why the death of Sophie Lancaster should never be forgotten By Dave Everley last updated 6 May 21 British soap opera Coronation Street is running a hate crime storyline inspired by the murder of Sophie Lancaster. In 2017, we spoke to Sophie’s mother Sylvia about an issue that is close to every metal fan’s heart