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Articles by: Metal Hammer

Metallica’s James Hetfield and Lord Mayor of Portsmouth Tom Coles

A British city now has a new mayor who loves Metallica and speaks Klingon: watch his very metal inauguration

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Watch a British politician be inaugurated as Lord Mayor while listening to Metallica… and speaking Klingon

Tenacious D on the cover of Metal Hammer

Get your exclusive Tenacious D x Metal Hammer bundle – featuring an art card signed by Jack Black and Kyle Gass

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Tenacious D fans won’t want to miss this limited edition Metal Hammer bundle featuring an exclusive art print hand-signed by Jack Black and Kyle Gass – only 300 copies are available

The artwork from Tool’s Lateralus, Queensyche’s Operation MIndcrime and Mastodon’s Crack The Skye

A beginner’s guide to prog metal in 5 essential albums

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Brain-melting music meets head-scratching concepts – step into the epic world of prog metal with these five must-hear albums

Metallica’s James Hetfield singing onstage

Metallica are still hating on Ride The Lightning deep cut Escape even after all these years

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TikTokker: “Is Metallica’s Escape better than I remember it?” Metallica: “No!”

Five Finger Death Punch

Five Finger Death Punch pull out of Download

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Ivan Moody’s recent hernia surgery means Five Finger Death Punch have cancelled all shows until June 12 – including their appearance at the Download Festival

A collage of Metallica album sleeves

Vote for the best Metallica album

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Master Of Puppets? The Black Album? 72 Seasons? Here’s your chance to say once and for all what’s the greatest Metallica album

System of A Down, Korn and Deftones live at the Sick New World Festival

Here are Korn, Deftones and System Of A Down’s Sick New World setlists to prove that nu metal is alive and kicking in 2023

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Jonathan Davis even busted out his old school purple tracksuit at the Sick New World festival in Las Vegas this weekend

A death metal band playing the launch of the new Zelda game in Texas

Watch a death metal band start a circle pit outside a GameStop store while people queue for the new Zelda game

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If you were queuing at midnight at a Game Stop in Texas to buy the new Zelda, you could have witnessed death metallers Severance entertaining a bunch of young gamers

Sleep Token's Vessel on stage

Watch: A fan let off an almighty fart during a Sleep Token gig and totally killed the vibe

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You have to time these things better, buddy

Mystic Festival crowd

Why Mystic Festival remains one of Europe's most unique and essential metal holiday destinations

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A unique setting, a fantastic atmosphere and guaranteed lineups full of the best in heavy metal make Mystic a must for festival lovers across Europe

Dave Mustaine and Belinda Carlisle

Let's quietly reflect on that time Dave Mustaine blew a date with Belinda Carlisle due to heroin, pot and breath that smelled "like a skunk’s ass"

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The course of true love never did run smooth, as a wise man once noted

Mudvayne 2023

Mudvayne announce first headline tour in 14 years in dramatic fashion: 'An Event. On the Horizon... You, and the alien seed, MuDvAyNe'

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Mudvayne are to hit the road this summer with Coal Chamber and GWAR, and they're promising "An Event"

Babymetal

Watch Babymetal's intense live video for Light And Darkness

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Babymetal share Light and Darkness as single four previewing the release of The Other One, coming next month

Papa Emeritis in the latest Ghost video

It looks like Ghost are about to kill off Papa Emeritus IV in new Chapter 16 video Tax Season

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‘Nothing is certain except death and taxes!’: Ghost’s latest video hints that Papa Emeritus IV isn’t long for this world

Hoobastank and Rihanna

Wait, Rihanna nearly appeared on a Hoobastank song back in 2006?

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Hoobastank’s Doug Robb reveals epic Rihanna fail after rejecting a collaboration with the singer on their song Inside Of You

Slayer’s Kerry King and Slipknot’s Corey Taylor on either side of Metallica’s Master Of Puppets sleeve

13 musicians declaring their undying love for Metallica’s Master Of Puppets

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Slipknot’s Corey Taylor, Ghost’s Tobias Forge, ex-Slayer guitarist Kerry King and more bow down before Master Of Puppets

Metallica and Rihanna

Metallica joke about Rihanna Super Bowl ‘snub’: ‘We can’t believe she didn’t ask us to be her backup singer”

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Metallica post clip of themselves singing Rihanna’s 2012 hit Diamonds after the pop superstar’s Super Bowl Halftime Show appearance

Moby

Moby nearly formed a supergroup with members of Pantera and Mötley Crüe… and a metal band with Bjork

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A glimpse inside the crazy world of electronic music superstar Moby

Babymetal against a black background

Vote for the best Babymetal song ever

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Have your say on the greatest Babymetal song of them all

David Draiman/Joe Rogan

David Draiman offers to explain to Joe Rogan why perpetuating anti-Semitic stereotypes leads to "dangerous and disastrous consequences"

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Disturbed frontman David Draiman has spoken up about podcast host Rogan's controversial comments on Jewish people and money

Megadeth 22

Megadeth are being sued over the cover of The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead!

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Megadeth cover artist Brent Elliott White is suing the band and their label for copyright infringement

Iron Maiden 2021

Iron Maiden are lagging behind Cyndi Lauper, George Michael, Soundgarden and more in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame fan vote

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Iron Maiden are currently sixth in the Hall Of Fame fan vote – and only five will get on the final ballot

Fabienne Erni and Ghost’s Tobias Forge

Ghost’s Call Me Little Sunshine as a piano ballad is today’s epic Satanic weepie

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Listen to Eluveitie singer Fabienne Erni transform Ghost’s 2022 single Call Me Little Sunshine a sweeping piano ballad

Nightwish

Nightwish are working on a “pretty heavy” new album, according to Floor Jansen

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Nightwish singer Floor Jansen hints at the direction of the symphonic metal band’s next album, only in the brand new issue of Metal Hammer

Sam Smith on stage at the Grammys, and David Draiman

David Draiman is a big fan of Sam Smith's 'Satanic' Grammys performance: "I don’t want anyone ever saying that heavy metal live performances are too extreme for the Grammys"

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Sam Smith's devilishly fun Grammys performance has "set the bar", according to the Disturbed frontman