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Founded in 1983, Metal Hammer is the global home of all things heavy. We have breaking news, exclusive interviews with the biggest bands and names in metal, rock, hardcore, grunge and beyond, expert reviews of the lastest releases and unrivalled insider access to metal's most exciting new scenes and movements. No matter what you're into – be it heavy metal, punk, hardcore, grunge, alternative, goth, industrial, djent or the stuff so bizarre it defies classification – you'll find it all here, backed by the best writers in our game.

Articles by: Metal Hammer

Limp Bizkit’s Wes Borland and Queen Kwong’s Carre Callaway onstage

Limp Bizkit’s Wes Borland launches legal action against ex-wife Carré Callaway for defamation

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“This action is simply a tactic to bully, intimidate and silence me,” says Carré Callaway after ex-husband Wes Borland accuses her of revealing details of their 2019 divorce

Kerry King and Dave Mustaine playing guitar onstage separately

Slayer’s Kerry King pays tribute to Dave Mustaine: “He’s a f**king awesome guitar player“

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In the brand new issue of Metal Hammer, Kerry King recalls being blown away by the future Megadeth leader at an early Metallica show

Nightwish seated on a wooden bench

Vote for the greatest Nightwish song ever

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Nemo? Storytime? Nymphomaniac Fantasia? Have your say on the best Nightwish song of them all

Lars Ulrich and TikTokker playing St Anger on beer keg

Metallica’s St Anger played by some guy whacking a beer keg with a baseball bat sounds pretty much identical to the original

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A TikTokker has given Metallica’s St Anger the beer keg/baseball bat makeover it has always deserved

Margot Robbie and Cate Blanchett

Cate Blanchett sneered at Margot Robbie for liking metal, and the internet is pissed off

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“I don't want to be mean, but Cate Blanchett is a dick”: the internet responds to Cate Blanchett dissing metal

Idaho couple Madi Danger and Jay Aspen get married

A hearse, black cake and Ozzy Osbourne: is this the most heavy metal wedding ever?

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Idaho couple Madi Danger and Jay Aspen had the metal wedding to end all metal weddings

Ville Valo against a black background

Get an exclusive signed Ville Valo lyric sheet with this special limited edition issue of Metal Hammer

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The new Metal Hammer x Ville Valo bundle features a signed lyric sheet and an exclusive cover – and it’s limited to just 300 copies

The Terminator robot and Metallica’s James Hetfield

Watch a real-life robot band play Metallica’s Enter Sandman and Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit

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The band of the future is here… and it’s a bunch of robots

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This is Ville Valo’s track by track guide to the new VV album Neon Noir

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Every track on VV’s Neon Noir album in Ville Valo’s own words

Slayer standing against a dark background

The greatest Slayer songs ever, picked by Corey Taylor, Ghost’s Tobias Forge, Dani Filth and more

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Metal's all-star players pick the Slayer songs that changed metal

Jay Weinberg at the House of Masks

Watch Slipknot drummer Jay Weinberg share the history behind his masks

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Slipknot's Jay Weinberg visits The House Of Masks and gives owner AJ Good an exclusive insight into the evolution of his masks

Kerry King

Kerry King was angry when Slayer ended: “That livelihood was taken away from me”

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Ex-Slayer guitarist Kerry King reveals his reaction to the band’s split in the brand new issue of Metal Hammer

Lzzy Hale and Chris Daughtry

Listen to Lzzy Hale and Daughtry join forces on a killer cover of Journey classic Separate Ways

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“Chris Daughtry and I have been threatening to unleash a duet for years” says Lzzy Hale, as the duo unleash heavy Journey cover

Marilyn Manson attends the 2020 Vanity Fair Oscar Party

Judge dismisses one of the sexual assault lawsuits filed against Marilyn Manson

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Ashley Morgan Smithline's case against Marilyn Manson has been dismissed by a Los Angeles judge

Ville Valo with a cloak over his head

Ville Valo wishes Him had ended sooner than it did: “The spark was no longer there”

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Ville Valo opens up about Him’s split and his debut solo album Neon Noir in the new issue of Metal Hammer

Alien Ant Farm's Dryden MItchell on-stage in Mexico, December 2022

Alien Ant Farm vocalist Dryden Mitchell faces battery charge after allegedly placing a fan's hand on his genitals

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Broward State Attorney’s Office files a first-degree misdemeanour charge against Alien Ant Farm frontman Dryden Mitchell after incident in Fort Lauderdale, Florida

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Ville Valo is back, and he’s on the cover of the brand new issue of Metal Hammer

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Ville Valo, Kerry King, Robb Flynn, Polyphia and the ultimate 2023 preview – only in the brand new issue of Metal Hammer

Slipknot in Latin America video recap

Slipknot share access all areas video footage from their December Latin America tour and we can't hide our envy

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Slipknot toured Latin America in December 2022, and new footage from the trek suggests it was wild

System Of A Down standing against a white wall

John Dolmayan says System Of A Down should have replaced Serj Tankian years ago: “He hasn’t wanted to be in the band for a long time”

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System Of A Down’s John Dolmayan says the band have “wasted 15 or 20 years” trying to make a new record with Serj Tankian

20 iconic metal albums that turn 20 in 2023

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Iron Maiden, Metallica, Evanescence – these classic albums all celebrate their 20th birthday this year

ESP School of Metal Guitar

ESP School of Metal Guitar: how to play guitar like Iron Maiden

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Learn the playing secrets of some of the finest guitarists in metal with ESP's new video series

Slipknot group shot

Slipknot’s Clown hints that the unreleased Look Outside Your Window album will finally come out this year

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“It’s one of the best things I’ve ever done in my life,” says Slipknot’s Clown of the semi-mythical Look Outside Your Window

Metallica, 2022

Metallica’s Enter Sandman has passed 1 billion plays on Spotify

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Metallica’s 1991 classic Enter Sandman joins Spotify’s 1 billion club

Alice In Chains’ Layne Staley singing into a microphone onstage

Watch previously unseen footage of one of Layne Staley’s last ever shows with Alice In Chains

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Video of one of Layne Staley’s final shows from 1996 has appeared on YouTube

Metallica’s James Hetfield playing an acoustic guitar onstage

Metallica have dropped footage of their acoustic cover of Thin Lizzy’s Borderline, and Phil Lynott would be proud

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Watch pro-shot footage of Metallica’s previously unreleased unplugged cover of classic Thin Lizzy deep cut Borderline record at December’s Helping Hands concert