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Latest Metal Hammer News
'Lost' Deftones album Eros has reportedly leaked online, and fans are conflicted
The incomplete album which Deftones shelved in 2008 has apparently leaked
Ozzy Osbourne's iconic Back To The Beginning throne is going on display in Birmingham
The most metal seat of all time will be on display at the Ozzy Osbourne: Working Class Hero exhibition
Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante to miss multiple European tour dates on doctor's orders
Benante, who will miss some high-profile festival dates, will return to action with Anthrax next month
"People acted as if Gwar had changed, but Gwar didn't change. The world fricking changed." Blothar the Berserker on the right wing reaction to their gutting of Donald Trump
Gwar sliced up a grotesque caricature of the US President – and some on the right were less than happy
“They were full of angst and venom”: Iron Maiden reveal the toughest support acts they’ve ever had to follow
Opening for the veteran show-stealers is a difficult job, but Guns N’ Roses and Southern rockers Blackfoot each brought their A-game
Watch Bring Me The Horizon play Sempiternal cut Antivist with Lorna Shore singer Will Ramos at Hellfest
The Sheffield band headlined day one of the Clisson heavy metal weekender on Thursday (June 18)
Jack Osbourne responds to online backlash for attending Donald Trump's White House UFC Event
UFC Freedom 250 was held on the White House lawn as part of America's Quarter Millennium celebrations
Latest Metal Hammer Features
How horror punk prince Wednesday 13 built a career beyond Murderdolls
I Walked With A Zombie proved Wednesday 13 could go it alone - and the approval of his young daughter sealed the deal
Rising Italian black metallers Bianca are bringing a new vision to the genre
One of the most exciting bands in the European underground are twisting black metal into new shapes without compromising its DNA
A metal fan’s guide to prog legends Rush
Side long epics, mad concepts and unlikely hit singles – how Canadian visionaries Rush laid down the blueprint for prog metal
How the bizarre Eat You Alive video brought an end to Limp Bizkit's golden era
Limp Bizkit were the biggest band on Planet Earth by the end of 2000. Less than three years later, things had gone terribly wrong
Nowhere2Run uphold Code Orange's boundary-pushing mentality
Code Orange is dead. Long live Nowhere2Run
How As Everything Unfolds rebuilt after tragedy
After losing her partner, As Everything Unfolds vocalist Charlie Rolfe retreated into daydreaming to process her trauma
Latest Metal Hammer Reviews
Chilean extreme metallers Decessus made a hell of a first impression at Download
Decessus - the Chilean death metallers whose vocalist was crowned Miss World Chile - make their UK debut at Download 2026
Arizona extreme metal ragers Gatecreeper play one of Download 2026's most ferocious sets
Melding blunt force death metal with hardcore grit and some mighty hooks, Gatecreeper slay Download's Dogtooth tent
Bloodywood just showed Download why they're one of the best live bands in modern metal
A powerful, propulsive set of bouncy metal ragers takes things up a level at Donington
Emily Armstrong just made history with Linkin Park at Download in some style
Download's most significant set of 2026 ends the festival on a massive high
Architects' chaotic Download set suggests that the festival's second biggest stage needs a rethink
A frustrating stop-start affair undermines what should have been a celebratory show
Lowen bring Middle Eastern mysticism and big, crushing riffs to Download 2026
One of the most exciting bands in British metal put on a special showing for their Download debut
