The harsh reality of being a metal band from India By Ali Cooper published 20 March 19 Demonstealer, frontman of Indian metal band Demonic Resurrection, reveals the reality of trying to make it in a country where heavy music struggles to be heard
New Years Day invited us into the studio to talk about their new album By Ali Cooper published 5 March 19 “I’m tired of slicing open a vein and bleeding everywhere for a record. I’m starting to realise I don’t have to.”
The People vs Nergal: “When are you going to stop being an emo?” By Ali Cooper published 8 February 19 We asked you to grill the Behemoth frontman. And you grilled him
The 10 best cheesy rock albums, as chosen by Soilwork’s Björn ‘Speed’ Strid By Ali Cooper published 3 January 19 Kicking it old school, Swedish style
Bullet For My Valentine to headline a stage at Slam Dunk 2019 By Ali Cooper published 20 November 18 Exclusive Slam Dunk have announced Bullet For My Valentine for next year’s festival, alongside Glassjaw, Turnstile and more
New Band Of The Week: Those Damn Crows By Ali Cooper published 5 November 18 Coming from the home of Welsh rock music and related to the 21st-century’s biggest UK metal band – it feel like destiny for Those Damn Crows
New Band Of The Week: Follow The Cipher By Ali Cooper published 9 July 18 After writing for Sabaton, Ken Kängström decided to take his own bombastic ambitions one step further
How powerlifting helped Walls Of Jericho's Candace Puopolo's mind and body By Ali Cooper published 23 May 18 We sit down with Walls Of Jericho vocalist Candace Puopolo to talk about her passion for powerlifting and how it has changed her life
Howard Jones: 'The Devil You Know albums are basically dead now' By Ali Cooper published 3 May 18 The former Killswitch Engage frontman Howard Jones has rebranded and is ready to roar again
Within Temptation's Sharon Den Adel: The 10 Records That Changed My Life By Ali Cooper published 15 February 18 We rummage through the record collection of Within Temptation vocalist Sharon Den Adel
Delain's Charlotte Wessels: The 10 Records That Changed My Life By Ali Cooper published 7 February 18 We raid the record collection of Delain's frontwoman Charlotte Wessels
The story behind Orphaned Land's new album Unsung Prophets & Dead Messiahs By Ali Cooper published 8 January 18 Orphaned Land take aim at the state of the world with their new album Unsung Prophets & Dead Messiahs
Wednesday 13 and Courtesans at Islington Academy, London - live review By Ali Cooper published 8 December 17 Not yet rated The Gospel - live
What Halloween really means to Wednesday 13 By Ali Cooper published 24 October 17 Wednesday 13 reveals how he fell in love with Halloween and why he'd want to die first in a horror movie
How metal is Northlane's Marcus Bridge? By Ali Cooper published 15 September 17 Pitting your heroes against the test that really matters: Metal Hammer's Metal Test. This month, Northlane's Marcus Bridge steps up to the plate
Rage's Peavy Wagner shows us his, erm, bone collection By Ali Cooper published 14 September 17 The frontman of the vintage German metal heroes bloody loves bones. No, really!
Mike D'Antonio's toy collection is the coolest and geekiest thing ever By Ali Cooper published 13 August 17 Killswitch Engage bassist Mike D’Antonio lets us snoop around his nerd haul
Broken Hope's Jeremy Wagner shows us his Jeff Hanneman collection By Ali Cooper published 27 June 17 When he’s not laying down death metal riffage with Broken Hope, Jeremy Wagner curates the world’s biggest Jeff Hanneman collection
Just how metal is Misfits guitarist Doyle? By Ali Cooper published 27 June 17 Pitting your heroes against the only test that matters: Hammer's Metal Test! This month, Misfits legend Doyle takes the chair
Five minutes alone with Wednesday 13 By Ali Cooper published 16 May 17 The horror punk hero talks new music, scary TV and whether that Murderdolls reunion will ever happen…
Just how metal is He Is Legend's Schuylar Croom? By Ali Cooper published 2 May 17 Pitting your heroes against the only test that really matters
How metal is Emmure's Frankie Palmieri? By Ali Cooper published 6 April 17 Pitting your heroes against the only test that matters: This month, Emmure's Frankie Palmieri takes on Hammer's Metal Test.
We meet the people behind Crypt Of The Wizard, London's new metal record shop By Ali Cooper published 4 April 17 When we found out that a brand new, dedicated metal record shop had opened in London, we had to go investigate
Opeth’s Mikael Akerfeldt: 10 albums that changed my life By Ali Cooper published 2 April 17 From The Beatles to a Satanic Ritual, these are the albums that made Opeth’s Mikael Akerfeldt the man he is today
Just how metal is Firewind's Gus G? By Ali Cooper published 10 March 17 Every month, we pit your heroes against our metal test. Next up, Firewind shredder Gus G...