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Lamb of God changed their logo because the old one looked like "a falafel restaurant menu"

Sometimes brands need a refresh – but Lamb of God's reason for designing a new logo is surely a first

Metal Hammer · Feb 14

"He would blow a fuse and get p**sed off at us and scream!" How an irate producer and 'Chris Rock' convinced Beastie Boys to finish what would be their biggest-ever song

Listen all of y'all, it's a Sabotage story behind the song

Metal Hammer · Feb 14

The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Corrosion of Conformity, Knocked Loose and a mega Napalm Death/Melvins collab are among the best new metal songs this week

Metal Hammer · Feb 13

"The tribe explained to us that the only way they wrote music was if someone dreamed of it." How a cult band headed deep into the Brazilian jungle, got help from an indigenous tribe and emerged with one of the 90s' defining metal songs

This track was truly trailblazing for heavy music

Metal Hammer · Feb 13

“We’re selling out shows, we’re climbing the bills, but there’s so much pressure to reach more success”: As one of the UK’s leading bands stop touring, we need to talk about the toxic effect a ruined music industry is having on heavy metal

Metalcore stars While She Sleeps are taking a hiatus from the road – if things don’t change, more artists will follow

Metal Hammer · Feb 12

"My brother died a year and a half ago...he got me into Iron Maiden when I was eight years old." How a tragedy, heavy metal and a cult 90s classic inspired one of 2026's best horror movies, Whistle

Director Corin Hardy shares how music played a big part in his killer new horror movie Whistle

Metal Hammer · Feb 11

"I was sitting near Judas Priest, Sharon and Ozzy, Joey from Slipknot was there...three surreal days." The cult Italian band that broke boundaries and became household names in metal thanks to this classic 00s album

Before this release, these gothic metallers weren't well known outside of their homeland. That quickly changed

Metal Hammer · Feb 11

"Gandalf is rocking out to dwarven metal while the guitarist from Anthrax commandeers soft serve ice cream." Mosh pits in hot tubs and stage dives over the sea: what it's like on the world's biggest heavy metal cruise

Anthrax, Paradise Lost, Eluveitie and more packed out this year's 70000 Tons Of Metal

Metal Hammer · Feb 11

"He says, 'Everyone knows what ****er means there. You can't show that in England. They'll edit it out.'" A wrestling legend shares how Ozzy Osbourne was "the voice of reason" when he appeared on WWE RAW

Trust Ozzy Osbourne to give American broadcasters a lesson in British swearing

Metal Hammer · Feb 11

"Anyone that wants to succeed in anything knows that it comes at a sacrifice." One of the UK's best metal bands announce that they won't be touring for the foreseeable future, fiercely criticise the cynical grind of the modern music industry

These Sheffield ragers will be sorely missed while they pause, recalibrate and plan to come back stronger

Metal Hammer · Feb 11