The Story Behind The Song: Balls To The Wall by Accept By Dom Lawson published 12 August 17 Guitarist Wolf Hoffmann delves into one of the 80s’ most iconic metal anthems
We go inside the studio with Palm Reader By Hywel Davies published 12 August 17 The UK hardcore firebrands gear up for another round of madness
Grant The Sun - Grant The Sun album review By Connie Gordon published 11 August 17 Nordic noisemakers career along the sonic spectrum
Dawn Of Disease - Ascension Gate album review By Edwin McFee published 11 August 17 Germany’s Scandic-styled death metallers tune to the dark
Atriarch - Death As Truth album review By Dean Brown published 11 August 17 Anguished Oregon quartet dangle the baby over the bathwater
Leprous - Malina album review By Tom O'Boyle published 11 August 17 Norway’s progressive metallers head towards the next dimension
The 10 best CBGBs shows of all time, as chosen by Prong's Tommy Victor By Briony Edwards published 31 July 17 Prong's mainman Tommy Victor has spent the last 30+ years on the frontline of New York's heavy music scene. Here, he recounts the 10 best shows he ever witnessed at the legendary CBGBs
I, The Betrayer: "Norway is back at the front" By Metal Hammer published 25 July 17 Oslo’s I, The Betrayer are doing their country proud with some heavy metal thunder
Youth gone wild: meet London post-metallers Wren By Metal Hammer published 25 July 17 London’s Wren play bowel-shaking post-metal beyond their years
Stone Sour, Halestorm, Epica and more feature on Hammer Goes 90s covers CD By Metal Hammer published 25 July 17 Free only with The 90s Issue
Introducing Igorrr: metal's maddest new noise By Metal Hammer published 25 July 17 Igorrr’s brutal multi-genre mash-ups are metal’s most exciting new prospect
Jay Wud have stared down adversity to be a voice for metal in the Middle East By Metal Hammer published 23 July 17 How riff giants Jay Wud are helping to bring heavy music to Lebanon
The 10 records from the 90s that changed Ginger Wildheart's life By Dom Lawson published 23 July 17 The ex-Wildhearts man picks the 10 albums that provided the soundtrack to his life in the 90s
Cellar Darling: "We get drunk and weird" By Metal Hammer published 22 July 17 Eluveitie off-shoot Cellar Darling are a folky, proggy delight
Sleep Token: goofy gimmick or serious art? By Metal Hammer published 22 July 17 The gimmick may be goofy, but Sleep Token’s music is no laughing matter
Currents: making waves in the djent-metal underground By Metal Hammer published 22 July 17 Currents match banging tunes with dark matters
How metal is Prong's Tommy Victor? By Stephen Hill published 21 July 17 Pitting your heroes against the only test that matters: The Hammer metal test! This month, Tommy Victor tackles our special 90s edition
Counting Days' Charlie Wilson explains pro wrestling's appeal By Merlin Alderslade published 21 July 17 Charlie Wilson, axeman for rising UK metallers Counting Days, talks to us about his love of 90s pro wrestling
Fresh Meat: Introducing your new favourite metal bands By Metal Hammer published 21 July 17 Shibalba, Kabbalah and Loviatar are the best new bands from metal's underground this month
Mutate and survive: How black metal got weird in the 90s By Dayal Patterson published 21 July 17 Although innovation was always at the heart of black metal’s DNA, the 90s saw a period of wild experimentalism that broke down all remaining doors of perception