Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Metal Hammer

“You’ll see a lot of hoods up and masks on and fire ceremonies”: some lad from Boyzone thinks that modern musicians are carrying out live Satanic rituals at shows

We'll be honest, we didn't have 'ex-boy band singer accuses world's biggest pop star of performing demonic rituals' on our predictions for 2024

Metal Hammer

"But oh my God, he's just awesome. Power, resonance, tone... fabulous": Bruce Dickinson names some of his favourite singers

Iron Maiden man Bruce Dickinson talks about his favourite vocalists in the lead-up to the release of new solo album The Mandrake Project

Metal Hammer

"Tony Iommi ain't got charisma, it's like watching a lamp post with a guitar on": in 1986 Ozzy Osbourne invited Smash Hits magazine to join him on tour in Japan. The Prince of Darkness had a lot on his mind

Ozzy Osbourne wasn't afraid to speak his mind when interviewed in Tokyo by Smash Hits magazine in the summer of 1986

Metal Hammer

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

If you think AI technology is all fun and games, you clearly haven't seen the new 'Mike Patton as Britney Spears' Toxic video

Mike Patton is one of rock's most brilliantly versatile vocalists, but you've never seen him like this before, and will never want to again

Metal Hammer

"I may be naive, but what performer wants his audience dead?": Watch comedian Bill Hicks point out the absurdity of Judas Priest's subliminal message trial

In 1990 Judas Priest were taken to court over alleged subliminal messages, a year later comedian Bill Hicks pointed out the absurdity of the situation

Metal Hammer

“They don’t know how to make a bad album!” Metal Hammer writers battle it out over which Ghost album is best

Every Ghost album is a fan-favourite, but which one is the ultimate in their devilish discography? We got the five biggest fans in Team Hammer to fight it out.

Metal Hammer

"The Mandrake Project flies by but still feels like an epic journey": Bruce Dickinson's first solo album in almost 20 years is a resounding triumph

The Mandrake Project sees Bruce Dickinson return to solo output almost 20 years after A Tyranny Of Souls

Metal Hammer

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

“Without me begging him, it wouldn’t have happened”: Wife of Slayer’s Tom Araya says she “harassed” him for over a year to reunite the band

Thrash metal fans have the wife of bassist/vocalist Tom Araya to thank for Slayer getting back together, according to one of her social media posts

Metal Hammer

"A Limp Bizkit is a sad, lumpy body part": Watch these Gen Z music fans react to classic nu metal songs

Does Gen Z like nu metal? YouTube series REACT finds out, while testing the generational group on their knowledge on bands such as Limp Bizkit, Korn and System Of A Down

Metal Hammer

"It's not over": Bruce Dickinson is ready to start writing again for the follow up to his forthcoming new solo album The Mandrake Project, says he "already has 10 or 12 different ideas for it"

Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson is a busy man, and is already keen to start work on his next project

Metal Hammer

Plans to erect a statue of Motorhead icon Lemmy have been approved in the Staffordshire town where he was born

A giant 2.2metre statue of Motorhead's Lemmy will be erected in Burslem as Stoke-on-Trent Council approves plans

Metal Hammer

“Lääz Rockit were headliners, and the band in the middle was Metallica.” The story of Lääz Rockit: the unsung thrash heroes who changed the future of metal’s biggest band

With a pioneering sound, packed-out San Francisco shows and a kinship with Metallica, Lääz Rockit could have been the fifth part of the Big Four. So why did they call it quits as early as 1992?

Metal Hammer

“Tesseract are pushing for broad appeal while maintaining their intelligence – and it’s working!” Tesseract, Unprocessed and The Callous Daoboys just played the progressive metal concert of 2024

At a sold-out London extravaganza, prog metal intellectuals Tesseract make a stunning play for the heavy music mainstream, backed by two of their genre’s finest up-and-comers

Metal Hammer

Watch video for previously unreleased Linkin Park track Friendly Fire as band detail upcoming singles collection

Linkin Park announce new singles compilation and release video for previously unreleased song Friendly Fire

Metal Hammer

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Metal Hammer

Mick Mars: If Motley Crue wanted me to write songs with them again, of course I would

Ex Motley Crue guitarist Mick Mars appears to have softened his stance and says he's open to working with the band again

Metal Hammer

The 11 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Judas Priest, Anette Olzon and Alcest are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

Metal Hammer

10 brilliant but overlooked records turning 40 this year

1984 was the year that metal broke big in America, but these 10 albums don't always get the dues they deserve

Metal Hammer

"You can’t help but feel captivated by her presence on stage." Poppy wraps up her UK tour with an unforgettable, eccentric show in London

Poppy’s latest material might trail deeper into electro-pop, but her KOKO show proves that she's still a metal girlie through and through.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Metal Hammer

“The risk was getting too big”: UK festival promoters express concern that rising expenses and the cost of living crisis endangers future events, as nine festivals disappear from the summer '24 schedule

Fears grow that Britain's festival culture is under threat as some formerly high-profile events are forced to sit out summer 2024

Metal Hammer

"What I love about the metal community is that you get to rage safely." Jada Pinkett Smith explains the unique challenges - and joy - she got from fronting her own metal band, Wicked Wisdom

At a time where there were virtually no prominent Black women fronting bands in the scene, Jada took a risk and started her own metal band

Metal Hammer

"I don't know, I'm the bass player": Tim Commerford admits he has no idea if Rage Against The Machine have broken up

Bassist Tim Commerford addresses Rage Against The Machine's alleged split and admits his prostate cancer diagnosis affected him on the band's ill-fated comeback tour

Metal Hammer

"I've already started humming and strumming": Ville Valo is planning to work on new music this year

Ville Valo explains what he misses most about HIM, but says he's still planning on working on a sequel to Neon Noir in 2024

Metal Hammer

TesseracT announced as headline act for Radar Festival

Earthside, Kyros, Vower and Hail The Sun also added to the Radar festival bill

Metal Hammer

"This is highly evolved, ferociously intelligent brutality." Job For A Cowboy have returned after a decade away with a modern deathcore masterpiece in Moon Healer

Job For A Cowboy return in spectacular style for their first album in ten years

Metal Hammer

“It’s all just great rock and roll, that’s the only way to describe it.” There’s a Lemmy Kilmister solo album featuring Dave Grohl out there somewhere, and we desperately need to hear it

Motörhead leader Lemmy Kilmister recorded a solo album with Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl, The Damned, Joan Jett and more during his final years. Almost a decade after his death, where on earth is it?!

1 … 94 95 96 97

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.