Latest articles by Rich Hobson
Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: July 4 2025
Judas Priest, Lord Of The Lost and Warkings are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!
Slayer's return to the UK was chaotic but ultimately triumphant
Amon Amarth, Anthrax, Mastodon and Hatebreed supported Slayer for their spectacular UK comeback
Brilliant new metal bands you need to hear in July 2025
From the Bring Me The Horizon and Architects approved Amira Elfeky to Nordic folk metal songstress Sylvaine, nu metalcore stars Uncured and industrial metaller Harpy, these are the metal bands you need to hear in July 2025
The 10 greatest metal bands from Birmingham
10 brilliant metal bands that show Birmingham really is the home of metal
Motörhead ring the changes on Another Perfect Day, initial dismay now a distant memory
Joined by Thin Lizzy guitarist Brian Robertson, Motörhead's Another Perfect Day has increased in stature over the years – just don't mention the shorts
Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: June 27 2025
Lorna Shore, Papa Roach and Witch Club Satan are among the best new metal songs this week, plus new cuts from Sinsaenum, Halestorm, Scene Queen and more.
"You saved my life": Mike Bordin's words of support to Ozzy Osbourne in 1990
In 1990 Faith No More teamed up with Ozzy Osbourne and James Hetfield to play War Pigs. But after the show, FNM drummer Mike Bordin recalls consoling a downcast Ozzy
Kirk Hammett on his new book, a new solo album and why Metallica will never retire
Metallica's six-string king has his sights firmly set on the future
Metal Hammer writers name the albums they’d listen to during a zombie apocalypse
As 28 Years Later lurches its way towards box office success, we suggest the rock and metal albums that would best soundtrack a zombie killing spree
Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: June 20 2025
Biohazard, Omnium Gatherum and Beyond The Black are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!
10 classic rock and metal tunes you (probably) forgot were released as movie tie-ins
From U2 in a Batman movie to Korn in Tomb Raider and Slayer in Dracula, these songs have outshone the movies they were first featured in
8 things we learned at Download Festival 2025
From Spiritbox and President to Cradle Of Filth, Anaal Nathrakh and erm, The Vengaboys, these are the bands that ruled and defined Download Festival 2025
Korn have finally headlined Download - and it was an absolute triumph
Metal legends Korn have finally taken the spot they deserve - and to the surprise of no one, they absolutely smashed it
Sleep Token prove their doubters wrong during spellbinding Download headline set
Sleep Token confirm their status as the biggest thing to hit metal in a generation
"This is a band reaching the apex of their powers."
Within Temptation have a hard task trying to draw Weezer's crowd away, but those who have turned up have been treated to something special
Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: June 13 2025
Orbit Culture, Helloween and Burning Witches lead a hefty line-up for this week's best new metal songs
What it was like at Mystic Festival 2025
From watching Hatebreed cover Slayer in the rain to spectacular sets from King Diamond, Witch Club Satan, Sepultura and more, this is what it was like at Mystic Festival 2025
The 10 best Sleep Token songs ever
From obscure masked metal curios to Download headliners and record-breaking streams, Sleep Token are the biggest thing to hit metal in a generation. Here are their 10 best songs so far
"Apparently, pretending to play guitar on a public path is a criminal offence."
UK metalcore mob Malevolence have found the hill they'll die on - falling foul of a nature charity formed in the Victorian era
Does a new-look Katatonia mean a bold new era? Of course not, but Nightmares As Extensions Of The Waking State is a gloomily gorgeous listen all the same
The first Katatonia album without Anders Nyström is just about what you'd expect, but it's still very, very good
The story behind Coheed And Cambria's The Suffering
Good Apollo Vol. One... might've reinvented Coheed And Cambria as prog metal stars, but The Suffering was pure power pop bliss
"Future festival headliners without a doubt."
Babymetal celebrated 15 years with a massive metal celebration in front of 20,000 fans at London's O2 Arena.
"It took Bring Me The Horizon 10 years to get into arenas. Sleep Token did it in less than five." Inside the rise of Sleep Token, by those who were there
Sleep Token have become the biggest metal band of their generation. We spoke to the people who witnessed and assisted their meteoric rise
