Imperial Triumphant continue to confound with new single Hotel Sphinx, announce 2025 album Goldstar
Tech-metal’s masked wackadoodles have released their second single of 2024, with more delirium to follow next year
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Trivium’s Matt Heafy names the most personal song he’s ever written
In the new issue of Metal Hammer, Trivium’s leader names the song that most candidly deals with his mental health
The UK is currently going nuts about Chris McCausland, the blind comedian who dances to Kiss
Watch Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell tango to Rock And Roll All Nite by Kiss on Strictly Come Dancing
Download festival announces more than 90 bands for 2025, including headliners Green Day, Sleep Token and Korn
Weezer, Bullet For My Valentine, Spiritbox and dozens more have also been confirmed for the Donington extravaganza, taking place in June
My Chemical Romance to play The Black Parade in full on stadium tour
Emo overlords MCR reveal plans for 2025 stadium tour, with video teaser referencing "a great Dictator" and "THE CONCRETE AGE”
Michael Jackson’s Beat It was “too metal” before Quincy Jones stepped in, claims guitarist
Michael Jackson metal? It almost happened, according to Thriller guitarist Steve Lukather
Ex-Iron Maiden singer Paul Di’Anno’s cause of death revealed
The vocalist’s family have specified how he died last month, aged 66
Sabaton announce 2025 European tour featuring biggest-ever UK shows
The Swedish war machine will roll through Europe from November to December 2025
"This will be the best damn tour of 2025." Papa Roach announce huge US tour with Rise Against and Underoath
This month's Metal Hammer cover stars Papa Roach will mark 25 years of Infest next year by teaming up with Rise Against and Underoath for a trek across the States
"It's not the high operatic singing thing!" Queensrÿche guitarist Michael Wilton announces new solo album
Michael Wilton will release his very first solo album Whip Vol. 1 in December
Watch Linkin Park debut brand new song Casualty and play a deep cut for the very first time
Linkin Park mixed up their setlist a little ahead of new album From Zero dropping this week
Saturday Night Live ran a hair metal sketch this weekend and it was exactly as bad as that sounds
Meet Snake Skin, your new least favourite fictional 80s band
Jerry Cantrell says some bands earn just "1000th of a cent" each time their song is streamed
Commenting on streaming revenues, Alice In Chains mainman says "It's a bad business model"
Alien Ant Farm kick CKY off co-headlining tour as Dryden Mitchell claims he was punched in the face by Chad I Ginsburg
CKY frontman accused of punching Alien Ant Farm singer – resulting in swift removal from UK and Ireland tour
2025 Grammy nominations revealed: Metallica, Judas Priest, Spiritbox, Knocked Loose, Gojira, Pearl Jam and St. Vincent amongst metal and rock names nominated
Thrash legends, metalcore heavyweights and rising hardcore ragers are included in next year's Grammy nominations!
"This is like WWE." What happened when Papa Roach met Justin Timberlake - and got some sage advice from Korn bassist Fieldy
When nu metal survivors Papa Roach exploded in popularity through Last Resort, they found themselves rubbing shoulders with music A-listers
Papa Roach recreate the Last Resort video on Metal Hammer's new cover as they get ready to celebrate 25 years of Infest
Next year, Papa Roach will celebrate 25 years of their classic breakthrough album Infest. To celebrate, they're on the front cover of Metal Hammer!
The time My Chemical Romance's Gerard Way hit out at nu metal: "It set us back to the stone age...it's like a bunch of neanderthals had a microphone for 8 years and everybody had to deal with it"
In a newly-resurfaced 2007 interview, the My Chemical Romance frontman aired his ill-feelings towards nu metal, and said that he thought certain bands within the genre encouraged sexism, homophobia and "other forms of ignorance"
