Latest Metal Hammer News
So there's a Sleep Token tribute band now and it honestly looks like great fun
Watch a video from Sleep Broken's performance in Milton Keynes this past weekend. What would Vessel make of this?!
Bad Omens announce 2025 European tour - including their biggest UK shows ever
One of metalcore's fastest-rising bands will return to the UK and Europe this winter
"It's what music should be." Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson on phone-free shows
While he says enforcing an all-out ban would be difficult, Iron Maiden frontman loves the concert vibe without phones
Watch Aston Villa FC pay tribute to Ozzy Osbourne before their first game of the new season
The Prince Of Darkness’ hometown team Aston Villa honour the late singer at Villa Park, site of his final gig
“He was thinking, ‘Wow, these guys are full on’”: Ben from Parkway Drive is teaching Chris ‘Thor’ Hemsworth how to play drums… for Ed Sheeran?
Even Norse gods need drum lessons
Dream Theater hook up with Z2 Comics for special Parasomnia graphic novel release
Reunited US prog metallers Dream Theater have released their new Parasomnia: The Graphic Album in various formats
How Nirvana rescued 'Weird Al' Yankovic from "the wilderness"
"Dave Grohl saw me perform in Seattle once and said it was the loudest show he had ever heard"
Latest Metal Hammer Features
An audience with President, metal's newest mysterious masked sensation
Following in the footsteps of Ghost and Sleep Token, President are taking the metal world by storm
We asked Bloodstock which metal singers would survive a zombie apocalypse
From hammer-wielding Swedes to gun-toting Motor City Madmen, these are the metal singers Bloodstock figured could weather a zombie apocalypse
All the essential new metal albums coming out in 2025 – and where to buy them
From the return of Sabaton and a Mastodon side-project to a blockbuster Slipknot reissue, these are the essential metal albums coming in the rest of 2025
Every Megadeth album ranked, from worst to best
Dave Mustaine has announced the metal icons’ final album – here’s how they got here
We asked metalheads to share their top hair care tips
From not washing too often to giving it a good go with eucalyptus, lavendar and herbal products, these are the top hair care tips Bloodstock had to offer
Metal Hammer's Tracks of The Week: August 15 2025
Lorna Shore, Paradise Lost and I Prevail are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!
Latest Metal Hammer Reviews
The most outspoken British metalcore band of the decade just played their last show, and we should all be in mourning
Ithaca wrap up a career of righteous rage with a triumphant set at Bristol festival Arctangent
I think I might have just watched Trivium play their greatest festival set ever
Self-proclaimed "kings of metal" Trivium set an impossibly high bar headlining Friday night of Bloodstock Open Air 2025
You’ve never heard of this space rock band, but they just put on one of the loudest, craziest and most incredible festival sets I’ve seen in my life
Though French cosmonauts Slift are very much a cult prospect, it’s only a matter of time before their mesmerising live shows make them superstars
Three young girls with an average age of 14 have just showed me that the future of heavy metal is in safe hands
Prodigal young drummer Yoyoka Soma put on an awe-inspiring showcase in London earlier this month
"One of the best metal albums of 2025 so far - extreme or otherwise."
Blackbraid III beefs up the sound and feel of his first two albums to spectacular effect
Heavy metal nuns Dogma just took over London's Black Heart
A sweaty, sold-out show, a confessional booth and sexually empowered heavy metal anthems. What's not to love?
Did we just see Mastodon play their best ever festival show? Yes, yes we did
Few would argue Mastodon are a band at their best outdoors. Their incredible Bloodstock set just changed that
"It’s a good omen that, prior to the band coming on, the entire field joins in unison to sing Ozzy Osbourne." Gojira's majestic set rounds off the greatest Bloodstock ever
From pre-show singalongs to a flawless showing by the band themselves, Gojira put on a set for the history books