Metal Hammer

“Him was and is my life.” 🥀🩸 HIM ARE ON THE COVER OF THE NEW METAL HAMMER 🥀🩸 Buy yours now magazinesdirect.com/uk/metal-hamme…

"It’s strange to grow up feeling like 230lbs of mucus and then see all these girls taking their clothes off and throwing them at you." Why one of 90s metal's most unlikely sex symbols wrote a 60s pop bop Austin Powers would be proud of loudersound.com/music/its-stra…

Former Turnstile guitarist Brady Ebert facing possible life sentence after charges upgraded to attempted first-degree murder loudersound.com/bands-artists/…

Former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted celebrates all clear from throat cancer loudersound.com/bands-artists/…

The 10 best new metal songs you need to hear right now loudersound.com/music/tracks-s…

"Welcome to the carnival of sin." Corpse-painted nuns, sparklers and songs about sex: Dogma's sold-out UK tour comes to Wolverhampton loudersound.com/bands-artists/…

"It looked like somebody had been sliced to bits with a chainsaw." Beavis And Butt-Head, Pantera and TiKTok - how sludge metal legends Crowbar have suddenly become bigger than ever loudersound.com/bands-artists/…

"And then that Wicked movie came out, and I was so p*****!" How Ariana Grande's blockbuster sequel ruined one key plan for the new Foo Fighters album loudersound.com/music/and-then…

"Everyone always looked at me like I was an alien. When I moved to the UK, it felt like freedom." The French misfit who found a home in the British metal scene - and has become one of its most exciting young vocalists loudersound.com/music/everyone…

"Eddfest could even become a festival that didn't have Iron Maiden in it, just bands in the same spirit." Bruce Dickinson says Iron Maiden's Knebworth party could continue without them loudersound.com/music/bruce-di…

"This band was and is my life." The new issue of Metal Hammer magazine celebrates 30 years of HIM with a world exclusive Ville Valo interview loudersound.com/music/this-ban…

"We live in a secluded village where the belief in witches was still very much alive just a few decades ago." Meet WitcheR, the duo exploring Hungary's wild and magical folklore through black metal loudersound.com/music/witcher-…

"I said, ‘You are making a huge mistake – you get pulled over for any reason and they find those guns in there… well, there’s nothing more wrong than being shot with your own gun.’" How Megadeth reinvented themselves with Countdown To Extinction loudersound.com/music/albums/m…

"All the melancholy and darkness could be traced to my dog. He was my furry brother." Gothic metal legend Ville Valo reveals some of the surprising influences behind his much-missed band, Him loudersound.com/music/all-the-…

"God bless America’s judicial system. It proves that even Metallica can get a fair hearing!" How the world's biggest metal band put on a chaotic gig in a car park - and infuriated politicians, a stadium and half a city in the process loudersound.com/features/metal…

"Our casting team reached out to fans from all around the world. They provided the emotion, the soul and the humanity." Iron Maiden's creative director Ben Smallwood grew up around the band – and now he's helping tell their story loudersound.com/bands-artists/…

"This album is the absence of God. It’s a futuristic, pre-apocalyptic record." The album that made it clear Ghost were about to become one of the biggest metal bands on Earth loudersound.com/music/albums/g…

"Most of what I listen to in my car is Adele. She's the greatest vocalist of her generation." Exodus are back, but don't expect retro thrash loudersound.com/music/exodus-g…

“Seeing Maiden live shows is an expression of joy, of pleasure, of commitment with music”: Javier Bardem reveals how Iron Maiden changed his life loudersound.com/news/how-iron-…

"We were a bunch of Black kids whose parents had passed away and we were feral." From falling out with Manic Street Preachers and writing songs for Ozzy Osbourne to a number one album, how Skindred's Benji Webbe became a British metal icon loudersound.com/bands-artists/…