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The 20 most metal videogames ever

Doom, Skyrim, Brutal Legend - we dug through videogame history to pick out the most metal-friendly games of all time

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"I was so ****ed they called it punk!" Kerry King reveals the pop punk legends he's excited to see live this summer - even if he doesn't always agree with their genre label

Kerry King explains why punk hasn't evolved and thrash metal probably won't

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“They couldn’t get the chicken feathers and blood cleaned up quick enough”: the epic story of Motorhead in the 21st century

How Motörhead’s late 90s and early 2000s three-piece line-up more than lived up to past glories

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“Everybody hated punks in the 80s. It made it cool. It weeded people out”: how skate punk changed metal forever in the 1980s

Thanks to Suicidal Tendencies, JFA, Dr Know and more, skate punk was the fastest, most violent sound of the early 80s

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Every Leprous album ranked from worst to best

Ranking a back-catalogue as incredible as the Norwegian prog masters’ is a near-impossible job, but someone had to do it

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

Heriot, Fire From The Gods and All That Remains are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

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"For some people, we'll always be that band that lived in that house the police would always come out to." Scream's brilliant DC Special album is a love letter to a city and a punk scene that continues to inspire outsider art worldwide

US hardcore punk legends Scream are touring the UK and Europe this month with Soulside, promoting their first album in 30 years. Frontman Pete Stahl tells us the story behind their return

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Rising UK stoner metal heroes Green Lung will bring rural gloom to a town near you on Midsomer tour 2024

The rising doom metal stars are set to support Opeth and Clutch on the road this summer

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Palm Reader, Black Peaks and Toska members sound as magnificent as you’d expect in new band Vower

The incredibly promising alt-metal collective have released their debut single Shroud

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Slipknot and Meshuggah’s singers appear on heavy new songs by God Of War’s composer, and it doesn’t get more metal than that

Listen to Bear McCreary’s symphonic metal team-ups with Corey Taylor, Jens Kidman and more

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"Whether it has anything to do with being sober I don't know – but I needed a release": Slash tells the story of his star-studded debut solo album

Slash's band split. He was called a 'sell-out' and 'a cancer'. And through it all he emerged with the first great rock album of the last decade

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Please allow British metallers Heriot to turn your bowels inside out with their savagely heavy new single, Siege Lord

Just Heriot showing once again why they're one of the best young bands in the UK metal scene right now

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Avenged Sevenfold bassist reveals worst show the band ever played: “It started with 10 people and ended with five”

Avenged Sevenfold bassist Johnny Christ has looked back on the shocking experience of playing a sparse bar after City Of Evil came out

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Nightwish’s Tuomas Holopainen says upcoming single Perfume Of The Timeless is “eight-and-a-half minutes long”: “The chorus comes in at 3:30”

The keyboardist has also talked about the touring hiatus the symphonic metal outfit will take after September’s Yesterwynde album

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"I’m not positive I’ll be part of it, but there are plans to make Bloodmoon 2." Chelsea Wolfe answers your questions on horror movie soundtracks, witchcraft and if she'd front Type O Negative

We asked Hammer readers to put their questions to Chelsea Wolfe - this is what she had to say

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“To promote an album and play some football, it’s the ultimate for me”: The bizarre story of the time Iron Maiden became a football team

In 1998, Iron Maiden tried to promote Virtual XI by putting on football games with journalists and professional players. It was all a bit weird.

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"I get hugs from young people that come to our shows and they’re trying to come out to their parents or they’re afraid to." Halestorm's Lzzy Hale on the joy that coming out as bisexual has brought her

Lzzy is proud to be a positive figurehead for the LGBTQ+ community

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“Slipknot is so lucky to have you.” Members of Slayer, Megadeth, Rage Against The Machine and more react to Eloy Casagrande joining the metal icons

Heavy metal legends from Gary Holt to Nita Strauss have responded to the Slipknot drummer’s first statement since joining the band

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"Tommy Lee and Billy Idol liked our band; we were doing pretty well." Milquetoast could have made Helmet MTV superstars, but they weren't interested

When Milquetoast was picked up for 1994 cult hit The Crow, it looked like Helmet were about to hit the big time - but the New York band had other plans

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Indonesian metal sensation Voice Of Baceprot announce first-ever UK show

The viral trio will perform in London this June, ahead of a slot at the prestigious Glastonbury festival

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Watch Sleep Token play Take Me Back To Eden finale Euclid for the first time ever

The alt-metal collective debuted the 2023 ballad during their US tour last night

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“It is so beautiful. It is perfect.” Listen to Chelsea Wolfe’s dazzling cover of Spiritbox track Cellar Door

The gothic solo artist has offered a reliably bewitching take on one of modern metal’s greats

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Ghost announce first-ever concert film Rite Here Rite Now for global cinema release

The film, which combines footage of the metal cult’s 2023 Los Angeles concerts with an original story, will hit cinemas worldwide in June

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Cherym, Desert Sharks, Murder Club, The Amniotics among first wave of artists announced for Loud Women Fest 2024

The eighth staging of LOUD WOMEN fest will take place in London on September 7: tickets are on sale now

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"Dad was the guy that would get us Christmas presents and then steal them back to pawn them." Tragedy hasn't stopped Texans Frozen Soul from finding warmth in old school death metal

Frozen Soul's frost-obsession might seem strange for a Texan band, but their story is one of triumph over tragedy and essential escapism

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