This rock band just let fans pick their concert’s setlist – while they were performing onstage
Art rockers Leprous hosted the world’s first ‘real-time song request’ show and (potentially) opened up new avenues for live music
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"Let’s hope this supergroup is one that sticks around for a while." Current and former members of Anthrax, Machine Head, Exodus, Shadows Fall and more unite for ripping first Category 7 album
Category 7 put on a hell of a first showing for their debut album
Ghost – Rite Here Rite Now soundtrack review: “that Friday feeling” in musical form
Despite being recorded across two nights in The City Of Angels, Ghost’s new soundtrack/live album is a devilishly good time
"An ambitious blend of groove, death and nu metal elements, with frenzied Afrobeat polyrhythms." Dzikkuh proves Togo's Arka'n Asrafokor are the band every metalhead should know in 2024
Cited as "Togo's only metal band", Arka'n Asrafokor set their sights on global recognition with ambitious second album
Botswana death metallers Overthrust unleash another solid slab of noise with Slaves Of Myth
Botswana's premier death metal cowboys return
Orange Goblin have made one of their very best records - and one of the best metal albums of 2024
Orange Goblin have thrown absolutely everything at their 10th studio album
Graphic Nature Who Are You When No One Is Watching? Album review
Graphic Nature kicked doors down with their nu metalcore debut in 2022. Now they're ready to take on the mainstream
"We need to make this happen again." Cypress Hill make hip hop history with the London Symphony Orchestra (and a former member of Fear Factory) at the Royal Albert Hall
What started as a gag on The Simpsons becomes a part of music history as hip hop legends Cypress Hill celebrate their 1993 breakthrough Black Saunday with a full orchestra
Visions Of Atlantis have proven that 'pirate metal' is more than a silly gimmick with the epic Pirates II - Armada
Epic symphonic metal meets swashbuckling adventurousness on Visions Of Atlantis' latest album
Skindred steal Friday night at Glastonbury
Skindred don't do bad sets, but this was something special
London punks High Vis take on Glastonbury, and win
London's High Vis bring grit and passion to Worthy Farm
“This is the best gig ever!” Voice of Baceprot thrill Glastonbury, and vice versa
Voice of Baceprot storm Glastonbury in thrilling fashion
Nothing More Carnal Metal Hammer album review
Even with guest stars including David Draiman and Eric V of I Prevail, Nothing More's seventh album falls short of its potential
Bridear Born Again Metal Hammer album review
Working with producer Fredrik Nordström, Bridear's fifth album highlights how the Japanese band are tackling trad metal
Pearl Jam live review: Manchester Co-Op Live Arena June 25 2024
Eddie Vedder might be stricken with illness, but a vocal crowd help make Pearl Jam's Manchester show a success against the odds
Scene Queen's debut album is a naughty, fearless, genre-splicing knockout
Scene Queen has lived up to the hype in salacious style with Hot Singles In Your Area
Bad Breeding know that Britain's ruling class think we're scum
A damning state-of-the-nation address from Stevenage punks who refuse to give up hope
Within Temptation are arena-conquering stars on Worlds Collide Tour: Live In Amsterdam
Recorded during Within Temptation's co-headline tour with Evanescence, Worlds Collide shows a band at the apex of their powers
