Latest Features on Metal Hammer
"It took Bring Me The Horizon 10 years to get into arenas. Sleep Token did it in less than five." Inside the rise of Sleep Token, by those who were there
Sleep Token have become the biggest metal band of their generation. We spoke to the people who witnessed and assisted their meteoric rise
Brilliant new metal bands you need to hear in June 2025
From heavygaze hard-hitters Love Is Noise and Blasphemer-sporting black metallers Ruim to Calgary goths Poltergeist and nu-gen punk Bex, these are the bands you need to hear in June 2025
"We found the sweet spot in the middle of our Venn diagram of Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Smashing Pumpkins." How Thornhill are bringing 90s cool to a new generation
The hottest band in Deftones-core, Australia's Thornhill have found the perfect balance on their third record, Bodies
The story behind Coheed And Cambria's The Suffering
Good Apollo Vol. One... might've reinvented Coheed And Cambria as prog metal stars, but The Suffering was pure power pop bliss
Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: May 30
From Lord Of The Lost and Babymetal to Avatar, Hanabie and Halestorm, these are the best new metal songs this week
How Alice In Chains came back from the brink
After the death of Layne Staley, it took Alice In Chains seven years to return with a new frontman and album. This is their story
Svalbard's Serena Cherry answers your questions
Which Pokémon would her bands be? How did she learn guitar? Why doesn't she play more power metal? These are the questions you asked Svalbard's Serena Cherry
The essential slow Slayer songs
Despite their reputation as one of thrash metal’s fastest bands, Slayer haven’t been afraid to lift the pedal from the metal on occasion. Here’s when they did it best.
The six bands that defined the final Portals festival
Julie Christmas, Brontide, Joliette and others helped Portals festival bow out with its most impressive lineup to date
Korn break down their iconic debut album track by track
Korn’s self-titled 1994 debut album changed the face of metal, even if they didn’t know it at the time
How Linkin Park defied the haters to make Hybrid Theory, the album that changed metal
In 2001, Linkin Park were dealing with sudden superstardom
This is what happened when Avenged Sevenfold’s M Shadows interviewed Ozzy Osbourne for Metal Hammer
Two generations came together when Avenged Sevenfold’s M Shadows met Ozzy Osbourne
The unholy story of Cacophonous Records, the underground 90s label that changed black metal
Cacophonous Records launched Cradle Of Filth and Dimmu Borgir on an unsuspecting world
How Judas Priest rose above darkness and death to make Turbo, their most divisive album
1986’s Turbo remains the most underrated album Judas Priest’s catalogue
“Sheer excitement!”: Appetite-era Guns N'Roses on memories of their first ever show together
Forty years ago, the fledgling GN’R line-up needed a new guitarist and drummer urgently. They found them and rock’n’roll has never been the same since.
All 20 Ronnie James Dio album ranked, from worst to best
Ronnie James Dio's albums with Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Heaven & Hell and Dio helped define what a hard rock singer can be
Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: May 23 2025
Electric Callboy, Blackbraid, Malevolence and many others have devastated our eardrums with new tunes this week. Hear them all and vote for your favourite here.
