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"Lemmy said: 'I’ve got some friends in Texas. Do you need any weapons?'" After years of trauma, Corrosion Of Conformity are on the comeback trail - for the second time

Stoner-metal icons Corrosion Of Conformity are back in the groove

Metal Hammer · May 7

Hear Slipknot’s Corey Taylor rage against social media on new Motionless In White single Playing God: “The internet has gotten worse and worse”

The furious track is taken from the metalcore quintet’s upcoming album Decades

Metal Hammer · May 6

Ex-Arch Enemy singer Alissa White-Gluz has joined British power metal heavyweights DragonForce: “I can’t wait forthe fans to see her and hear what we have been working on”

The band will give their first performance with their new, two-vocalist lineup at US festival Welcome To Rockville this weekend

Metal Hammer · May 6

"I had that thing of, 'I don’t wanna play that song because every time I sing it, I start crying.'" From falling in love with Nirvana to channelling Iron Maiden and embracing activism, some life lessons from Within Temptation's Sharon den Adel

Fronting one of Europe's biggest metal bands has given Sharon a special kind of insight through her career. Here's what she's learned

Metal Hammer · May 5

"There were nights when everything felt like it might collapse." Inside Thailand's passionate but criminally ignored metal scene, from alley bars to open air festivals

We head inside the Thai metal scene via the country's biggest rock festival, Rock Alarm. Our hosts? Bangkok metalcore crew Defying Decay

Metal Hammer · May 5

“I’m just looking forward to seeing you all again." Devin Townsend announces return to live performance after enforced hiatus

Devin Townsend's Metamorphosis tour of the UK and EU starts on September 1 and runs through to October

Metal Hammer · May 5

"We built this band like a battleship." Five Finger Death Punch announce huge European and UK tour, including biggest ever UK headline show, with Lamb of God and Bleed From Within to support

Arena metal main eventers Five Finger Death Punch will be bringing some US and UK riff monsters with them for the ride when they hit the UK and Europe in 2027

Metal Hammer · May 5

"We're not a bunch of poodles." Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson explains why the band didn't get too hands on in the making of their new documentary, Burning Ambition

You might assume that Iron Maiden wanted strict creative control over the definitive telling of their story. You'd be wrong

Metal Hammer · May 5

"We thought Venom were excellent. But then they came to New York and we found out that they weren't joking." Why the Beastie Boys were disappointed to discover that British metal legends Venom weren't a comedy band

Venom: unlikely heroes to the New York hardcore community

Metal Hammer · May 4

"We didn’t have television in Israel and when I first saw the news, I thought there was a guy inside the box." Condoms, coffins and capitalism: a far-reaching interview with Gene Simmons of Kiss

Kiss legend Gene Simmons has been on this planet for over seven decades. Here's some things he's learned...

Metal Hammer · May 4