The Latest Breaking News from Metal Hammer

The story behind Kiss's ultimate party anthem, Rock And Roll All Nite. "Every night we play it, it brings on a euphoria and a feeling of abandon in the crowd"

Kiss desperately needed a hit. So they wrote Rock And Roll All Nite, and it's become part of the cultural furniture

Metal Hammer · Aug 15

Slipknot confirm Sid Wilson is no longer in the band in since-deleted social media posts

Stories of Sid Wilson's sacking have circulated for two weeks and have now been (briefly) confirmed by the band

Metal Hammer · Aug 14

Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: August 14 2026

Mastodon, Green Lung and Noctule are among the best new metal songs you need to hear this week

Metal Hammer · Aug 14

“They got kicked out of their band because they wanted to shave their heads and call it Turd”: The story of Mr Bungle – how Mike Patton’s ex-high-school band made one of the strangest debut albums in heavy metal history

On this day in 1991, Mr Bungle’s self-titled debut came out – confusing many but inspiring Korn, Avenged Sevenfold and other greats

Metal Hammer · Aug 13

“Managed to avoid dying, so that was a good start”: Gofundme launched for beloved Metal Hammer, Classic Rock and Prog writer Dom Lawson following heart attack at Bloodstock festival

The decorated heavy metal journalist and author is recovering in hospital – support him here

Metal Hammer · Aug 13

Slipknot’s producer explains why he recorded Iowa with a broken back: “It put a very next-level diligence into those guys”

Ross Robinson took just one day off after getting seriously injured in a motocross accident

Metal Hammer · Aug 13

Bring Me The Horizon’s Oli Sykes and Spiritbox’s Courtney LaPlante to team up on new, original song If The Sun Burns Out Tonight

The track will drop in the autumn and serve as the theme music of Riot Games’ Valorant Champions Tour

Metal Hammer · Aug 12

“I tried to write the heaviest thing I could think of”: From Enter Sandman to Nothing Else Matters, the stories behind every song on Metallica’s Black Album

35 years ago, Metallica cemented themselves as the biggest metal band on Earth. This is your track-by-track guide to their landmark moment.

Metal Hammer · Aug 12

“I lost the tips of two fingers in an accident when I was 17. Doctors told me that I had no hope of playing guitar again. I refused to accept that”: The life and times of Tony Iommi, metal’s indestructible dark lord

If it wasn’t for Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi, the world would sound very, very different

Metal Hammer · Aug 12

“He felt like a metal uncle, and it’s so sad that he got taken away at such a young age”: Orbit Culture pay tribute to late At The Gates singer Tomas Lindberg

The rising stars were part of Lindberg’s final tour before he died of complications in his cancer treatment

Metal Hammer · Aug 11