Why the return of Linkin Park was so important
The countdown, the comeback, the controversy - Linkin Park's return was one of the biggest stories of 2024
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We went backstage with Powerwolf, Hammerfall and Wind Rose on the power metal tour of the year - and it was absolutely ludicrous
Inside the biggest (and most over the top) power metal tour of 2024
A metal fan’s guide to Deep Purple, one of hard rock’s original Holy Trinity
Along with Sabbath and Zeppelin, Deep Purple helped craft the primordial goop that spawned metal
Conjure up some Yuletide magic with Justin Hawkins' amazing Christmas playlist
The only music you'll need this Christmas Day is this brilliant, ludicrous playlist from The Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins
How Max Cavalera came through his personal dark ages to make Soulfly’s Omen album
Quitting? That’s not Max Cavalera’s style
Metal Hammer writers name their top albums of 2024
Want to know what our writers and staffers have been spinning in 2024? Here’s the breakdown of every Metal Hammer contributors’ album of the year lists
The 10 best death metal albums of 2024
From the cosmic death exploration of Blood Incantation to the welcome return of Nails and Job For A Cowboy, these are the 10 albums that defined death metal in 2024
How Manowar helped invent power metal with Hail To England
Bow down before Manowar’s false metal-slaying third album, 1984’s Hail To England
The tangled tale of X Japan, Japan’s biggest rock band
Fame, death and resurrection – X Japan’s Yoshiki looks back on his band’s unique journey
From GN’R and Pantera to Ozzy Osbourne and God, Zakk Wylde is the most connected man in rock
It’s Zakk Wylde’s world - we just live in it
How Queensryche made conspiracy theory-based masterpiece Operation: Mindcrime,
Metal’s all-time greatest concept album? Operation: Mindcrime could be it
"Babymetal were written into the script as a placeholder. I didn’t think we’d actually get them!" Heavier Trip director Juuso Laatio on making 2024's most metal movie
Juuso Laatio talks directing Babymetal, 'playing' Wacken and whether we'll ever get that Impaled Rektum album
Bullet For My Valentine's Matt Tuck and Trivium's Matt Heafy answer your questions
Two of metal's best Matts answer questions from their biggest fans (and no, we still don't know who the next Metallica is)
Giant Walker chase an audience who wouldn’t normally bother with their style of groovy riffs
With elements of Deftones and Soundgarden in their experimental approach, Newcastle quartet want to preach their prog news at the heavier festivals
Nightwish’s constant reinvention could be a chain reaction that explodes out of control
With close harmonies and a full orchestral suite on Human. :||: Nature. the band proved it was capable of endless expansion. But the experience of being mobbed and drowned out in South America offered pause for thought
"Slash comes up to me and gives me a hug, and that was a moment that I will take to my grave." We asked Myles Kennedy to make us a playlist, and what he gave us is pure gold
From rock icons like Guns N' Roses and Queens Of The Stone Age to metal behemoths Gojira, it's safe to say Myles Kennedy knows his way around a riff
"I had one mate who was massively into Deep Purple but they were a bit too proggy for me." How Frank Skinner became a born-again metalhead
Frank Skinner on the "inspirational" Judas Priest, playing in a cult Birmingham band and the heavy metal sitcom that never was
How Blood Incantation made death metal nerdier and cooler than ever
Mixing death metal, prog, krautrock and a dozen other ingredients besides, Blood Incantation made one of 2024's most essential records with Absolute Elsewhere
Serj Tankian on System Of A Down, heritage and the importance of staying active
Although System Of A Down haven't released a new album in almost 20 years, that hasn't stopped frontman Serj Tankian from remaining a prolific force
