Mercyful Fate bring original lineup back to home turf in Copenhell 2020 By Alice Pattillo published 2 August 19 Danish heavy metal legends Mercyful Fate are the first band to be announced for Copenhell 2020 – and they're bringing back their original lineup!
Norwegian black metal titans 1349 unleash new track and announce new album release By Alice Pattillo published 31 July 19 Listen to 1349's merciless new track Enter Cold Void Dreaming taken from their long awaited seventh full-length album The Infernal Pathway
10 Essential Rap-metal songs as chosen by Neshiima By Alice Pattillo published 31 July 19 Scottish rap-metal act Neshiima take us on a tour of the songs that shaped them
Why Alice In Chains' Unplugged is the best live album ever made By Alice Pattillo published 30 July 19 Oh you thought it was Live After Death or No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith? One writer makes a pretty damn good case for this iconic MTV Unplugged session
Testament, Death Angel and Exodus announce joint UK tour dates By Alice Pattillo published 29 July 19 The thrash legends will kick off "The Bay Strikes Back" tour in Europe next year and have now added four UK shows
Mike Judge has "some ideas" for new Beavis and Butt-Head movie By Alice Pattillo published 29 July 19 Could Beavis and Butt-Head be making a return to the big screen?
This re-edited Yesterday trailer replaces The Beatles with GWAR and it's the best thing you'll see today By Alice Pattillo published 29 July 19 What if you woke up and GWAR didn't exist?
Watch Maysaloon's Jake Shuker perform at the Imperial War Museum By Alice Pattillo published 26 July 19 Exclusive: See Syrian metaller Jake Shuker performing at the Imperial War Museum as part of Rebel Sounds Live
Top 10 British underground doom metal bands as chosen by Surya By Alice Pattillo published 25 July 19 U.K. doom metal outfit Surya premiere their new album Solastalgia in full and pick their top contemporary doom acts
3TEETH's Metawar: The ultimate track-by-track guide in the band's own words By Alice Pattillo published 24 July 19 3Teeth frontman Alexis "Lex" Mincola talks us through the band's new album Metawar
Slipknot: The ultimate timeline of new album We Are Not Your Kind By Adam Rees, Alice Pattillo published 23 July 19 Updated Slipknot's new album We Are Not Your Kind is nearly upon us – here's what the 18-legged Iowan juggernaut have been doing since they last hung up their masks
Why you should be attending at least one smaller festival every year By Alice Pattillo published 22 July 19 We spoke to Rolo Tomassi, Heart Of A Coward, Loathe and more to discuss why you need to get out to one of this year's smaller UK fests like Guildford's Radar
Lamb of God officially part ways with drummer Chris Adler By Alice Pattillo published 19 July 19 Lamb of God reveal via Facebook that founding member and drummer Chris Adler will not be returning to the band
We went to a true black metal festival set in a historic Norwegian fortress and here's what we learned By Alice Pattillo published 19 July 19 The first year of Imperium festival saw black metal heavyweights like Kampfar, Taake, Destroyer 666 and Uada storm the gates of Fredriksten Festning in Halden, Norway
Nanowar Of Steel's Norwegian Reggaeton is the weirdest sh*t you'll see all year By Alice Pattillo published 8 July 19 Could this bizarre latin-pop black metal piss-take be this year's summer season beach hit?
10 awesome contemporary black metal bands from the UK By Alice Pattillo published 8 July 19 Up-and-coming British black metallers Necronautical pick their top bands from the UK's flourishing BM scene
10 Awesome Spanish extreme metal bands as chosen by Foscor By Alice Pattillo published 3 July 19 Catalan progressive post-black metal quintet Foscor pick their favourite extreme metal bands from their homeland of Spain
8 of the best South African metal bands as chosen by Deity's Muse By Alice Pattillo published 3 July 19 South African prog metallers Deity's Muse pick their top South African bands
How to build your free Sabaton tank! By Alice Pattillo published 2 July 19 This month's Metal Hammer comes with a FREE TANK! Watch how to assemble it
6 Things we learned at Birmingham's Home of Metal Summer Exhibitions 2019 By Alice Pattillo published 28 June 19 It's been 50 years since Black Sabbath emerged from the industrial depths of Birmingham and the city is celebrating with an entire summer of metal exhibitions and events
Listen to South African slam deathers Vulvodynia's brutal new album feat. Black Dahlia Murder's Trevor Strnad By Alice Pattillo published 28 June 19 Crushingly brutal South African slam metallers Vulvodynia exclusively stream their new album Mob Justice featuring members of The Black Dahlia Murder and Malevolence
Listen to Beastwars' new album chronicling vocalist's battle with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma By Alice Pattillo published 27 June 19 Listen exclusively to Beastwars' new album IV and learn, in his own words, how vocalist Matt Hyde overcame Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
Ex-Akercocke bassist's blackened thrash outfit Damim premiere creepy sci-fi horror video By Nathanael Underwood, Alice Pattillo published 21 June 19 London purveyors of blackened existential outrage Damim release new video for Rising Of The Lights and it's got distinct The Thing vibes
How the extreme and obscure dominated at this year's Download By Alice Pattillo published 18 June 19 This year's Download Festival stand-out performances might surprise you
5 Reasons why we are (and you should be) excited Tool are back By Eleanor Goodman, Alice Pattillo published 18 June 19 Tool's Download Festival set made us eternally grateful and super excited to see them finally headlining festivals again
