Latest Metal Hammer News
At The Gates urge fans to donate to Swedish cancer charity following death of frontman Tomas Lindberg
Lindberg died in September after being diagnosed with adenoid cystic carcinoma, a rare oral cancer
Farewell to The Spaceman: The world of rock pays tribute to Ace Frehley
Tributes to Ace Frehley have come from Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Peter Criss, Bruce Kulick and more
Kiss legend Ace Frehley dead at 74
"Ace’s memory will continue to live on forever!" The former Kiss guitarist's family have confirmed his passing in a statement
Former Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley reportedly on life support suffering from brain bleed
Founding Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley cancelled his 2025 dates earlier this month after suffering a fall
Somewhere there's a recording of Ozzy Osbourne duetting with Madonna
Ozzy Osbourne and Madonna ended up singing on the same song in 1983 - but Madonna wouldn't release it
Sabaton are on the cover of the new Metal Hammer!
We speak exclusively to Sabaton ahead of their brand new album, Legends
Watch Disturbed call for “unity” onstage as David Draiman continues to weather backlash for signing an Israeli bomb
The self-professed “fiercely pro-Israel” frontman tells an audience in Amsterdam, “The conflicts that are going on in this world don’t define us”
Latest Metal Hammer Features
Metal Hammer's Tracks Of The Week: October 17 2025
Gaerea, Cavalera Conspiracy and Despised Icon are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!
How In Flames made a death metal classic heavy enough to rock a 1,600-ton bridge
You wouldn't have imagined this band writing something like this in their early days!
How Ozzy Osbourne made Mama, I'm Coming Home - with a stunning assist from Lemmy
There wasn't a dry eye in the house the final time he played this classic live
The story of Joey Jordison's post-Slipknot bands Vimic and Sinsaenum
Four years on from the passing of Joey Jordison, two of his bands are returning to active duty: but in very different ways
Here's every metal album that's ever gone to number one in the UK
From Iron Maiden to Sleep Token, here's every single time metal topped the album charts in the UK
In a haze of substance use and record label conflicts, Korn made the defining anthem of nu metal’s heyday
The chaotic story of Freak On A Leash, in singer Jonathan Davis’ own words
Latest Metal Hammer Reviews
Coroner’s Dissonance Theory is the smartest thing to come out of thrash metal all year
On their comeback album Dissonance Theory, Coroner embrace all the speed and brutality of thrash while leaving the cliches at the door
Think Sabaton go on about war too much? Do they have the album for you!
Sabaton mix it up on album 11
Bleed From Within just played the biggest show of their lives and pulled out all the stops
Bleed From Within hit a new apex at London’s O2 Kentish Town Forum, where they were backed up by special guests, bagpipe players and an uber-passionate audience
Looking for the best thrash metal album of 2025? Testament have your back with Para Bellum
40 years in, Testament are still doing it louder and better than most bands that arrived in their wake
We're not sure we can do justice to just how epic Parkway Drive's Wembley show was
Surely a Download Festival headline set is on the cards after this?!
Ozzy: No Escape From Now is an imperfect but essential look at Ozzy Osbourne’s final years
Though it’s sometimes slapdash, Paramount Plus’s two-hour documentary offers impressive insight into the Prince Of Darkness’ late-life struggles
