
Will Marshall
Will's been a metal obsessive ever since hearing Trivium’s Ascendancy way back in 2005, and it's been downhill ever since. Since joining the Metal Hammer team in 2021, he’s penned features with the likes of rising stars Lake Malice, Scowl and Drain, and symphonic legends Epica. He’s also had bylines in Stereoboard, covering everything from Avenged Sevenfold to Charli XCX.
Latest articles by Will Marshall

Brilliant new bands you need to hear right now
By Alec Chillingworth published
Black metal covers of Justin Bieber, gothic post-punk revival and Linkin Park style nu metal from the former guitarist of letlive. - make sure you check out these brilliant new bands this month

Epica's Simone Simons: "I've been called the metal Barbie, but I don't give a damn"
By Will Marshall published
Simone Simons talks Disney covers, pastafarianism and how Epica worked out their collaborative EP The Alchemy Project

5 brilliant new bands you need to check out this month
By Matt Mills published
From Escuela Grind's progressive grindcore to tongue-in-cheek nu metal from Chuggaboom, these are the bands you need to hear this month

5 brilliant up-and-coming bands you need to check out this month
By Liz Scarlett published
From Californian hardcore heroes Scowl to Icelandic post-punks Kaelan Mikla and Brazilian black metal brutes Vauruva, these are the 5 new bands you need to check out this month

5 new bands you need to hear this month
By Rich Hobson published
From Gojira-style Swiss prog metal to anti-war Ukrainian death metal, these are 5 new bands you need to hear right now

"I want to be a household name like Slipknot or Slayer": 5 new bands you need to hear this month
By Dannii Leivers published
From gothic reflections of smalltown America to world-conquering deathcore, these are the five new bands you need to know this month

5 new bands you need to hear this month
By Matt Mills, Will Marshall, Alex Deller published
From Tory-bashing metalcore to experimental mathcore and Britain's answer to Every Time I Die - these are the five new metal bands you need to hear this month
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