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The most ambitious song in death metal history
In 1996, Sweden’s Edge Of Sanity filled an entire album with one winding track, inspired by black metal, melodeath, prog and plenty more. It remains a towering achievement long after the band’s break-up.
"Metallica rented our equipment but the sound guy wasn't up to his job."
Former Nightwish bassist/songwriter Marko Hietala shares the 10 songs that changed his life
The Bloodywood guide to going viral
Bloodywood found an online fanbase through their amped-up covers of pop and Bollywood tracks. We asked guitarist Karan Katiyar about the dos and don’ts of going viral.
Wrestling legend Adam Copeland names his favourite song on each Metallica album
We sat down with the wrestler formerly known as Edge and wouldn‘t let him leave until he named the best track on each Metallica disc, from Kill ’Em All to 72 Seasons
Vexed are showing everyone just how much it costs to be a touring band - and it's eye-watering
Despite being a popular band in the UK metalcore scene, Vexed have had to turn to fundraising to ensure they can continue to tour
How Nightwish become the planet’s most epic symphonic metal band with Endless Forms Most Beautiful
Nightwish endured line-up changes and self-doubt to swing for the fences with 2015’s Endless Forms Most Beautiful
How Black Sabbath made Paranoid, the iconic album that rubber-stamped their greatness
Black Sabbath’s debut album laid down the blue print for heavy metal but Paranoid kicked it
Metal Hammer Tracks Of The Week: June 6, 2025
Start your summer right with these new noises from Sabaton, Killswitch Engage, Battle Beast and more, then vote for your favourite
"Me and Ozzy were a team. I never thought, 'What about me?'"
Sharon Osbourne looks back on a 40-plus year career in the music industry
From addiction and alcohol abuse to parenthood and poetry, here are Bert McCracken's life lessons
Bert McCracken has lived one hell of a life, that's for sure
Neckbreakker released one of 2024’s most exciting metal debut albums. Now they’re about to live their biggest dream.
Neckbreakker are making serious waves in the European metal scene – and with good reason
The twisted story of Tobias Forge’s favourite cult horror-metal band, Death SS
They were as infamous as they were influential, inspiring everyone from Venom to Ghost. This is how Death SS became a cult metal legend
Remember when Hollywood superstar Matt Damon transformed into an obnoxious punk rock singer?
As a major Hollywood player, Matt Damon didn't need to take a bit part as a snotty punk in EuroTrip, but his reason for doing so was sweet
The pretentious gatekeeping around Sleep Token points to a toxic heavy music culture
Don't get Sleep Token? That's fine, but let's stop it with the elitism, writes God Forbid's Doc Coyle
We've ranked every Killswitch Engage album from worst to best
Reordering the catalogue of one of metalcore's greatest bands in reverse order of awesomeness
The story of Within Temptation (so far)
From helping shape symphonic metal in the 90s to the romantic split that almost destroyed the band in the 2000s, this is the history of Within Temptation
Machine Head's Robb Flynn takes us on a tour of Oakland, California
From broken ribs and drug deals to playing arenas and stadiums around the world, Robb Flynn has proved time and again he's metal's ultimate survivor
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
"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
