The unbelievable rise of Opeth, the band who went from death metal no-hopers to prog royalty
Inside one of the most remarkable success stories in modern metal
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How hard rock supergroup Chickenfoot restarted the party on their second album, III
Chickenfoot’s second album, III, picked up where their debut left off
How Gojira turned tragedy into music to create a profound masterpiece in Magma
A life-changing loss shaped Gojira’s classic 2016 album Magma
The “pretty little ballad” that turned Blink-182 into all-conquering punk-pop titans
The trio needed one more song to complete their third album, so Tom DeLonge went home and summoned up a classic…
10 brilliant new Irish artists you should listen to before next St. Patrick's Day rolls into view
The Irish music scene continues to go from strength to strength, and here's further proof
New Order’s Peter Hook hails Groundhogs’ Split
Long before he started playing bass, but after discovering Wishbone Ash and Curved Air, he was introduced to the pioneering power trio’s 1971 album by a future bandmate
How Disturbed’s David Draiman became the metal star the press loved to hate
In the 2000s, sections of the UK press hated Disturbed – and singer David Draiman was trying to work out why
The life and times of Steve Hillage, the maverick guitarist who helped shape the sound of prog
Steve Hillage was one of the architects of 70s prog
"The music’s pretty progressive, but it’s not Rush is it? It’s not exactly Dream Theater." TesseracT's journey to debut album One
How young UK prog metal quintet TesseracT introduced themselves to the world back in 2010...
How Finnish glam-goth metal icons The 69 Eyes blazed a trail for HIM
Before Ville Valo and HIM, there was Jyrki 69 and The 69 Eyes
If you don’t like Bob Dylan's Bringing It All Back Home, you don’t like music. You should hand your ears back
It’s not when-Dylan-went-electric, it’s not when Dylan ditched protest songs: it's when Dylan laid the foundations for everything we love
The chaotic story of Black Sabbath’s Born Again and the booze-fuelled union of two rock legends
Black Sabbath’s Born Again: flawed classic or total disaster? Ian Gillan has opinions
How doomed Beach Boy Dennis Wilson made his solo masterpiece Pacific Ocean Blue
Beach Boys drummer and singer Dennis Wilson made a cult classic with 1977’s Pacific Ocean Blue – a few years later he was dead
How Pearl Jam channelled Pink Floyd and emerged with their weirdest ever single
The Seattle giants were determined to show they had moved on from being the band that had made Ten and Vs., and this strange lead single was their Exhibit A
Billy Gibbons’ wild tales of Jimi Hendrix, Keith Richards, Muddy Waters and Ministry
Meet the only man to have played with Hendrix, the Stones and Chad Kroeger from Nickelback
Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: March 21 2025
Lord Of The Lost, The Haunted and Malevolence are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!
Cool new prog you must hear from Matt Berry, Swallow The Sun, Alex Henry Foster and more in our all-new Tracks Of The Week
Ace new proggy sounds from AVAWAVES, Transcendence, TÖRZS, Constellations Of Atlas and more...
Elkie Brooks looks back on wild times with Vinegar Joe and six decades of rock'n'roll
Catch British singer Elkie Brooks on her farewell tour after more than half a century at the microphone
Propagandhi: “The KKK were phoning my house and threatening me”
Canada’s premiere punks talk about their new album At Peace, searching for comfort in the chaos and antagonising the KKK
