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Paul Di'Anno stands alone as the only legendary frontman of Iron Maiden, at least according to Blaze Bayley

Former Iron Maiden singer Blaze Bayley hails the late Paul Di'Anno as the band's most iconic vocalist

Metal Hammer · Aug 8

Metal legends Sepultura are bowing out in style as they steal the show at Bloodstock 2026

The Brazilian metal machine is on its final lap, and their incredible showing at Bloodstock might just be the set of the day

Metal Hammer · Aug 8

Lamb Of God are still setting the bar for live heavy metal as they crush it with an explosive, deceptively fun performance for Bloodstock's 25th anniversary

With their third headlining slot at Bloodstock Festival, Lamb Of God are basically the house band by this point

Metal Hammer · Aug 8

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From Avenged Sevenfold to Neurosis and Stray From The Path, why more and more metal bands are surprise-releasing albums: “At what point do people critique success on sales rather than how big your balls are?”

As heavy artists grow sick of music industry convention, surprise releases have become increasingly common – but are they worth the commercial risks?

Metal Hammer · Aug 8

Sevendust's 30-Year odyssey: Success, near-bankruptcy and new purpose: "It's been tough. We survived what many people wouldn't have survived."

Sevendust were a gold-certified, shit-hot live act making serious money – but they weren’t seeing any of it. Staring down bankruptcy and on the brink of collapse, they refused to be knocked down

Metal Hammer · Aug 8

Mercyful Fate, Electric Callboy and Motionless In White announced as Bloodstock 2027 headliners

Children of Bodom, Corrosion of Conformity, Acid Bath and Green Lung also on bill for Bloodstock Open Air in 2027

Metal Hammer · Aug 7

Former Korn, Limp Bizkit, Smashing Pumpkins, Ministry manager Peter Katsis dead at 69

Tributes paid to one of the key figures behind the nu metal explosion

Metal Hammer · Aug 7

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Opeth's prog metal majesty is a triumph at only UK gig of 2026: "It looks like they've opened a portal to another dimension."

Opeth, Paradise Lost and Katatonia in God's Own Country on Yorkshire Day? It's a match made in heaven

Metal Hammer · Aug 7

"You could very easily die in there." Slaughter To Prevail, bare-knuckle boxing and brain injuries: Inside the bloodiest, most brutal metal gig ever.

Slaughter To Prevail's Blood4Blood is the first event of its kind: metal bands, bare-knuckle fights and buckets of blood

Metal Hammer · Aug 7

Excide don't want to be Turnstile or Knocked Loose. They want to create something new: "Post-hardcore just meant trying new and different things."

South Carolina's Excide aren't afraid to mix things up

Metal Hammer · Aug 6

Cardio, corpse paint and Carolina Reapers: Venom frontman Cronos opens up about his brilliantly bizarre double life

Best known as the godfather of black metal, Cronos is also a birdwatcher, a fitness instructor, a multimedia engineer, a pepperhead and a Kate Bush nut

Metal Hammer · Aug 5

Hear Ghost’s Tobias Forge sing on a brand-new re-imagining of Accept’s classic heavy metal deep cut Save Us, featuring Anthrax bassist Frank Bello and Korn drummer Ray Luzier

The re-recording comes from a star-studded tribute album celebrating 50 years of Accept, out next month

Metal Hammer · Aug 5

Linkin Park announce new documentary Unshatter and tie-in album; watch trailer and live footage of Somewhere I Belong here

The film, directed by band member Joe Hahn, will hit cinemas on September 30

Metal Hammer · Aug 5

Electric Callboy hit the apex of their dance-metal era on floor-filling new album Tanzneid – with a little help from Babymetal and The Offspring: “It may not represent a dramatic reinvention, but it doesn’t need to”

The electronicore six-piece double down on everything that’s made them festival crowd-pleasers

Metal Hammer · Aug 5

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Metal Hammer · Aug 4

Addiction, Doris, Riots and Tub Tarts: An A-Z Of Metallica

Your alphabetical guide to the world’s biggest metal band

Metal Hammer · Aug 4

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We took the rising zombie-metal stars to an escape room in Germany – find out what happened and get your hands on these limited-edition goodies!

Metal Hammer · Aug 4

System Of A Down’s Serj Tankian says drummer John Dolmayan is tired of Donald Trump despite past support of US president: “I know so many Armenians in Los Angeles who voted for Trump and now regret it”

Dolmayan called Trump “the most attacked president in history yet the greatest friend to minorities” in 2020

Metal Hammer · Aug 4

Slipknot’s Sid Wilson reportedly sacked for mistreating bandmates, ex-fiancée Kelly Osbourne tears into the DJ: “I want to be happy and I have a beautiful son to raise. Leave me alone.”

Neither Wilson nor Slipknot have commented on claims that he’s been fired

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Metal Hammer · Aug 4

“I was struggling at home and struggling on tour. I’ve had a real problem with alcohol again”: Inspired by a Neil Peart quote, Napalm Death’s Shane Embury embraced his prog tendencies to search his soul

The bassist’s desire to “jump into the unknown” inspired Bridge To Revolution, his most progressive album yet, as the Rush fanatic continues work on his Cardiacs-inspired project

Metal Hammer · Aug 3

"They draw a crowd size which would have once been reserved for Iron Maiden or Metallica." Burning keyboardists, flying tanks and free suncream - inside Wacken Open Air 2026

The world's biggest metal festival puts on a weekend to remember for its 35th anniversary

Metal Hammer · Aug 3

Get the new issue of Metal Hammer with an exclusive Electric Callboy cover and art print

The electronicore outfit’s new album, Tanzneid, is out this week

Metal Hammer · Aug 3

Five Finger Death Punch, Helloween, Electric Callboy, Knocked Loose, Dragonforce and many more announced for Wacken Open Air 2027 lineup

Germany’s biggest metal festival will return from July 28 to 31

Metal Hammer · Aug 3

Megadeth announce first UK headlining tour since 2015 plus European dates, Black Label Society and Testament supporting

Dave Mustaine’s departing thrashers are bringing their farewell tour across the pond

Metal Hammer · Aug 3

"There was a guy shooting at us from his balcony. It turned out he’d been sniffing glue." The story of the UK's only top-10 nu metal hit

A's Nothing bore all the hallmarks of a nu metal banger - but its creators couldn't have been further from the genre

Metal Hammer · Aug 2

Sharon Osbourne gives an update on Ozzfest – and confirms there will be a Back To The Beginning film: “Ozzy’s legacy isn’t fading”

Exclusive: Sharon Osbourne on the rebooted Ozzfest, a film of the Back To The Beginning show, the mooted Ozzy biopic and that controversial AI avatar

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