Latest Metal Hammer News
Watch My Chemical Romance perform unreleased anthem War Beneath The Rain for the very first time
My Chemical Romance treat LA fans to an unreleased song from their never-completed fifth album The Paper Kingdom
Trivium to release long-awaited new song in early August
Guitarist Corey Beaulieu says the track has the “spirit” of the band’s 2005 breakthrough album, Ascendancy
Google ‘Ozzy Osbourne’. You won’t regret it.
The search engine has included a touching tribute to the Prince Of Darkness for those who look up his name
Jason Momoa looks back on moshing at Black Sabbath’s final show
The Aquaman and Game Of Thrones star, who emceed at Back To The Beginning, couldn’t help but join the melee at one point in the day
Black Sabbath's Geezer Butler recalls his very first meeting with Ozzy Osbourne, and the start of "the most incredible journey of our lives"
My brother said to me, "There’s something at the door asking for you"
"Iron Maiden's crew said, ‘We can't believe it. No middle fingers, no coins or shoes being thrown!'"
Lzzy Hale on why she relishes the challenge of winning over potential hostile crowds
Watch Phil Rudd return to the stage – with several AC/DC classics and a full orchestra
Rudd returned to action at a sold-out, 13,000-capacity show in New Zealand
Latest Metal Hammer Features
I have to stop fighting the overwhelming evidence: nu metal and metalcore are officially dad rock now
Slipknot t-shirts being sold by Debenhams. Spotify 'Dad Rock' mixes featuring System Of A Down, Avenged Sevenfold and Killswitch Engage. Game over, mates
Duff McKagan: "Sabbath were there for me before punk."
Guns N' Roses legend Duff McKagan shares what Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne mean to him
The highs, lows, controversies and epic comebacks of Slayer
How one Mercyful Fate-worshipping little band from California changed the face of metal forever
Tom Morelllo on how Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath changed his life
Rage Against The Machine's mercurial guitarist helped curate the Back To The Beginning spectacular. It was a job he'd been training for his whole life
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
A timeline of Ozzy Osbourne’s greatest film, TV and videogame cameos
From screaming “boobs!” at a TV in Austin Powers to spilling orange juice during The Decline Of Western Civilization, these are the Prince Of Darkness’ greatest pop-culture moments
Latest Metal Hammer Reviews
Priest's biggest UK headline gig is a victorious celebration
Judas Priest's biggest ever UK headline gig comes tinged with sadness, but also victorious celebrations
This is what it would sound like if The Cure were a death metal band – and it’s brilliantly bonkers
Hesitating Lights, the second album by Swedish noise-makers Floating, pairs post-punk riffs with extreme metal aggression to amazing, disorienting effect
Endorsed by Gojira, Slipknot and King Diamond, Mawiza have just put out one of 2025’s most important debut albums
Chilean groove metallers Mawiza explore their indigenous Mapuche Nation culture on colossal debut Ül
Bush's I Beat Loneliness review: Gavin Rossdale casts his gaze inward after putting the world to rights on The Art Of Survival
Gavin Rossdale proves a bit of earnestness and a whole lot of heart can make all the difference on Bush's I Beat Loneliness
Daron Malakian makes his bonkers, brilliant comeback with Scars On Broadway
Wild-eyed riffs, insane left-turns and lyrics blurring the surreal and poignant: Daron Malakian is at his best on the new Scars On Broadway album
Introducing Die Spitz, the best new band in the world
Introducing Die Spitz, your new favourite band
