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New book puts Canadian prog metal pioneers Voivod in the spotlight

Jeff Wagner's 540-page biography, Always Moving: The Strange Multiverse Of Voïvod is published in November

Metal Hammer · Oct 1, 2025

Debate: who are the greatest metalcore band of all time?

Killswitch Engage? Converge? Architects? Tell us who’s the best of the blegh-st

Metal Hammer · Oct 1, 2025

Nine Inch Nails announce new North American tour dates for 2026

The Peel It Back tour isn't done yet, with Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross heading back out for a fresh batch of shows in the US and Canada

Metal Hammer · Oct 1, 2025

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"In Brazil, especially in the early 80s, it was all about Samba – nobody would talk about metal." Five minutes with Sepultura legend Iggor Cavalera

Hammer chats with global metal icon - and all-round metal legend - Iggor Cavalera

Metal Hammer · Oct 1, 2025

TesseracT celebrate tenth anniversary of Polaris with new clear vinly remastered reissue

TesseracT's third album, Polars, saw singer Dan Tompkins return to the band's line-up

Metal Hammer · Oct 1, 2025

The long lost album from Joey Jordison's post-Slipknot project Vimic is finally here. But does it live up to his legacy?

Almost a decade since Vimic first released music, their debut album Open Your Omen is finally here

Metal Hammer · Oct 1, 2025

"The whole day felt bigger than music or sport; it was about women showing strength, power and unity on a global stage." Watch Sophie Lloyd shred Bon Jovi, Black Eyed Peas and more at the Women’s Rugby World Cup final

The renowned YouTuber played in front of 82,000 people at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday

Metal Hammer · Oct 1, 2025

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4 brilliant new metal bands you need to hear this month

From Chepang's philosophical grindcore to Slung's sleek doomgaze, screamo revivalists Static Dress and chaotic metalcore mob Idle Heirs, these are the bands you need to hear in October 2025

Metal Hammer · Oct 1, 2025

Watch the wholesome trailer for new BBC documentary Sharon & Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home, which airs later this week

The hour-long film airs on October 2 and chronicles the Black Sabbath singer and his wife/manager’s move from the US to the UK

Metal Hammer · Oct 1, 2025

“You tour for so long. You’ve got a family, a mortgage, and you come home from America after eight weeks with £100. That’s unsustainable”: Dan Tompkins had to leave Tesseract – so what brought him back for third album Polaris?

2015 album saw the djent pioneers continue their move away from frenzied metal to thought-provoking prog, meaning the singer had to embrace a new way of creative thinking

Metal Hammer · Oct 1, 2025

Ozzy Osbourne's face appears on the side of New Zealand's tallest building

Metal Hammer · Oct 1, 2025

"We had a decision to make as to whether we wanted to carry on or not": Steve Harris on Nicko McBrain's departure from Iron Maiden

Nicko McBrain announced his retirement from touring with Iron Maiden earlier this year

Metal Hammer · Sep 30, 2025

Sick Of It All singer Lou Koller says his oesophageal cancer has returned

The hardcore vocalist was first diagnosed with the disease in summer 2024 and said he was cancer-free in May

Metal Hammer · Sep 30, 2025

An old skit of Ozzy Osbourne acting as Gandalf The Grey in The Lord Of The Rings is going viral, and it’s magical

Glorious footage of The Prince Of Darkness battling a Balrog is doing the rounds on multiple social media platforms

Metal Hammer · Sep 30, 2025

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Metal Hammer · Sep 30, 2025

“People were letting surfers fall hard into the crowd”: Fans at recent Sleep Token show reportedly dropped crowd-surfers, and now everyone is arguing about concert etiquette

A woman who attended Louder Than Life festival claims that she was knocked out after a crowd-surfer got dropped on her during Sleep Token’s performance

Metal Hammer · Sep 30, 2025

Watch Slayer charge through Hell Awaits during the fieriest rehearsal video you’ll probably ever see

Lots of metal bands want to tear the house down – Slayer are doing their damnedest to burn it down

Metal Hammer · Sep 30, 2025

Lamb Of God seem to be teasing new music for later this week

The Richmond groove metal heavyweights are hinting that something will go down on Thursday, October 2

Metal Hammer · Sep 30, 2025

Trivium and Bullet For My Valentine’s spat was blown out of proportion, says support act: “Whatever was going on, they were professional enough to keep it from affecting the tour”

Bleed From Within supported Trivium and Bullet For My Valentine at multiple US shows, and singer Scott Kennedy says the co-headliners’ falling-out “wasn’t as bad as it was made out to be”

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Metal Hammer · Sep 30, 2025

"Smell this! It smells like my childhood!" Bombsites, buttocks, and two encounters with Ozzy Osbourne

Interviewing the Prince Of Darkness was not like interviewing other members of the rock royalty

Metal Hammer · Sep 30, 2025

“I became more and more angry. Love is like a mental disease that everybody wants to catch… It can feel so damaging when you’re in the middle of it”: Opeth and the making of Sorceress

Mikael Åkerfeldt on his violent games, hotel balcony prank, soaking a label exec in vodka, and being left to make music his own way

Metal Hammer · Sep 29, 2025

"It's Axl like you've never seen him before, on the front lines of a battle for humanity's future": Introducing Axl Rose: Half-human, half-robot comic book hero

Join Axl Rose as he becomes entwined in a deadly conspiracy

Metal Hammer · Sep 29, 2025

"There’s really no way you should be ignoring this band." If you're going to dive into one metal album this week, you should probably make it Orbit Culture's excellent Death Above Life

Orbit Culture return with yet more evidence of why they're one of the best bands in the current European metal scene

Metal Hammer · Sep 29, 2025

Ghost announce 2026 North American tour

North America! Prepare to get Ghosted!

Metal Hammer · Sep 29, 2025

Thrice – Horizons/West review: timeless elegance from one-time post-hardcore wonderkids

The California four-piece offer another platter of soulful rock’n’roll that bucks trends and plucks heartstrings

Metal Hammer · Sep 29, 2025

"Nobody liked the song when I put it in the cut!" Why Peacemaker showrunner James Gunn used a cult Swedish metal band to soundtrack that shocking episode six twist

The new episode of Peacemaker featured a hell of a plot twist - and showrunner James Gunn turned to heavy metal to soundtrack it

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