Latest Metal Hammer News
Sharon Osbourne is in talks about bringing Ozzfest back
She’s hoping for a return next year, with a lineup that goes beyond rock and metal
Ice-T explains why he changed lyrics from Body Count’s Cop Killer to ‘ICE Killer’ last year
United States Immigration And Custom Enforcement agents have fatally shot two people on the streets of Minneapolis this month
Dave Mustaine doesn’t want to reunite with certain former Megadeth members because they bad-mouthed him in interviews
It doesn’t help that other ex-members have apparently given up their instruments, as well
Watch the trailer for Paul Di’Anno documentary Di’Anno: Iron Maiden’s Lost Singer, featuring Metallica, Slayer and Kiss members
Written and directed by Lemmy’s Wes Orshoski, the rock doc is due to come out later this year
How memories of a "surreal" first US trip re-lit a fire under one of Britain's best young bands
Marmozets announce first new album since 2018
Mötley Crüe claim comprehensive victory in legal battle with Mick Mars
Mick Mars must pay Mötley Crüe a portion of the advance he received for shows in which he did not subsequently perform
Basketball fan goes viral after suggesting their team lost because a Ghost concert cursed the arena
One Reddit user implies that the Charlotte Hornets embarrassed Orlando Magic on the court last week thanks to a recent show filled with “Devil imagery”
Latest Metal Hammer Features
Adrian Smith on how Smith/Kotzen got started, bonding over British rock and Iron Maiden's big homecoming
Guitarists Adrian Smith and Richie Kotzen are preparing to take their side project on the road with shows in the UK and Europe
The story of the love/hate hit that split the Judas Priest fan base
Rob Halford recalls how Judas Priest celebrated 1980s materialism - complete with sexy motor imagery and state-of-the-art studio technology
Every solo album by Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson ranked from worst to best
Even if you take The Beast out of the equation, Bruce Dickinson has had a magical career. Here are his seven albums in reverse-order of excellence.
The chaotic and confusing story of Metallica’s abandoned album
In 2001, Metallica hired an old army barracks in California to try and record album eight. The songs were scrapped when James Hetfield entered rehab, but many fans still want to hear them finished.
The dark, twisted, brilliant but largely forgotten grunge band who could have been bigger than Nirvana
The story of the cult Seattle band who should have become superstars but couldn't catch a break
The story of the post-hardcore takeover that didn’t quite happen
As nu metal’s commercial power began to wane, major labels desperately signed a bunch of bands with hardcore backgrounds, from My Chemical Romance to Cave In. A lot of them didn’t work out.
Latest Metal Hammer Reviews
This is the end, but Megadeth are leaving us with an absolute killer of a final album
Megadeth will be missed, but what a final record to leave us with
Health dance in the face of despair on new album Conflict DLC
The lyrics on the L.A. trio’s sixth album observe the ugliness of 2025, while the music urges you to wiggle your worries away
Ice Nine Kills' A Work Of Art is metal's most shocking show: Review
Even if they don't carry on (Silver) Screaming, Ice Nine Kills prove they're ready for the big leagues with the brilliantly bonkers A Work Of Art tour
Sabaton's Legendary tour lives up to its name: Review
Thanks, but no tanks: history-loving Swedes Sabaton reinvent their stage show for the Legendary tour
British-Iranian metal mystics Lowen prove themselves as the next big thing with spellbinding London show
Playing their biggest headline concert while backed up by dancers and a cellist, the rising prog metal band meld Persian folk and themes with full-throttle riffage
Harpy's debut EP is the horniest release of 2025 and it's not even close
Alt singer-songwriter Harpy tells us exactly what she wants via throbbing dark electro and writhing industrial metal. Subtle, this ain't
