The 10 heaviest metal breakdowns of all time When the beat drops, these songs by Metallica, Slayer and more hit like a freight train Metal Hammer · Sep 1
“I was gonna design a guitar that was for soloing specifically”: More frets equals more shred for Brandon Ellis as he unveils signature Jackson Kelly with 27 stainless steel frets and serious Seymour Duncan firepower The Cannibal Corpse touring guitarist's Kelly is finished in Gold Crackle and comes loaded with his Dyad Parallel Axis humbucker and a Gotoh double-locking vibrato MusicRadar · Jul 1
The 10 heaviest metal breakdowns of all time When the beat drops, these songs by Metallica, Slayer and more hit like a freight train Metal Hammer · Jun 24
"I’ve been whipped, stabbed and had to have surgery. Most recently, I got licked on the tongue by Alice Cooper's snake." Nita Strauss shares the battle scars that shaped her into a modern guitar hero From Alice Cooper to Demi Lovato and her own solo work, Nita Strauss has become a modern metal icon Metal Hammer · Jun 18
Slayer to play two special US shows celebrating 40 years of Reign In Blood this autumn Cannibal Corpse, the Cavaleras and Crowbar are among the support acts for the gigs in Minnesota and California Metal Hammer · Apr 21
“I’ve got to credit Slipknot because they referenced Morbid Angel and Cannibal Corpse in interviews. I went out and bought all those records”: How Josh Middleton crushed his inner elitist to unleash a brutal Sylosis album for his teenage self The New Flesh finds the UK metal stalwarts “regressing” to their teenage selves and Middleton taking a leaf out of Obituary and Deicide’s book with hench riffs you can hum, grooves you can move to MusicRadar · Feb 22
"When I'm peeling the sprouts, it's nice to hear Cannibal Corpse or Obituary just to maintain a bit of edge": Justin Hawkins on Christmas, being back in arenas, supporting Iron Maiden, brother Dan being a rock star, Yungblud and more The Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins is currently on the road with his Justin Hawkins’ Rides Again... Again! tour Louder · Jan 13
"We had a call saying, 'We just got a call from Jim Carrey. He’s making a movie and wants you to be in it.'" How one of the most violent songs in the history of metal ended up being championed by a Hollywood legend How death metal provocateurs Cannibal Corpse wrote the song that made them infamous Metal Hammer · Dec 11, 2025
Sleep Token have released the official colouring book you never knew you needed The masked metal band have teamed up with Rock N’ Roll Colouring, who’ve previously made colouring books for Iron Maiden, Motörhead, Cannibal Corpse and others Metal Hammer · Dec 6, 2025
The Tom's Guide team predicts our Spotify Wrapped playlists — from Taylor Swift to Cannibal Corpse Spotify Wrapped could be coming soon, so the Tom's Guide team has sat down to think about what's going to appear in our Wrapped this year. Tom’s Guide · Dec 3, 2025
“You can play everything from Cannibal Corpse to Steely Dan on this if you want to”: Brendon Small of Dethklok is selling some crazy gear on Reverb – including a fretless Iceman and some Epiphone prototypes we’ve never seen before Some of the strangest metal guitars you'll see– who ever thought to mod an Iceman by taking out the frets? The co-creator of Metalocalypse's brother did MusicRadar · Jul 23, 2025
“I’m getting arm cramps just watching this”: The brutal shred-fest that has quietly become one of our biggest playthrough videos Four years ago, we published this video of Erik Rutan. It's since become one of our most-watched videos Guitar World · May 21, 2025
"I had an idea for an album about people bottling Jesus's vomit." Rivers Of Nihil's Adam Biggs on concept records, working with Cannibal Corpse and not buying the hype for Metallica and Rush Rivers Of Nihil might be modern prog metal masters, but that doesn't mean they sign from the same hymn sheet as everyone else Metal Hammer · May 8, 2025
“I pushed myself to down-pick faster and make the riffs more aggressive. Maybe it’s the old man in me struggling to feel young and fighting back against aging”: How Killswitch Engage went to thrash metal bootcamp to deliver their face-ripping return This Consequence is the sound of pent-up aggression, a creative release after Killswitch were stopped in their tracks. Dynamic duo Adam Dutkiewicz and Joel Stroetzel talk frontmen, riff tactics, and why nothing was too grimy for this Guitar World · Apr 21, 2025
Metal Hammer · Feb 9, 2025 "I’ve been whipped, stabbed and had to have surgery. Most recently, I got licked on the tongue by Alice Cooper's snake." Nita Strauss shares the battle scars that shaped her into a modern guitar hero From Alice Cooper to Demi Lovato and her own solo work, Nita Strauss has become a modern metal icon
Metal Hammer · Jan 10, 2025 "Cannibal Corpse have made it to a level where they’re playing to thousands." Gatecreeper want to make death metal as big as possible Arizonan death metallers Gatecreeper put out one of 2024's best albums - and they're just getting started
Metal Hammer · Jan 9, 2025 "Snoop Dogg said he’d had over a billion streams and made less than $43,000 – that should scare the **** out of everyone." Ice-T on Body Count, dream collabs and more Ice-T reflects on the rage behind Cop Killer, the best rap and metal albums and dream collabs as he answers your questions
Metal Hammer · Dec 30, 2024 Prog metal heroes Nevermore tease reunion with cryptic social media vignette The American band’s ranks have included Jeff Loomis (ex-Arch Enemy), Chris Broderick (In Flames/ex-Megadeth), Pat O’Brien (ex-Cannibal Corpse) and late singer Warrel Dane
The Independent UK · Nov 28, 2024 The 13 most controversial album covers of all time, from The Beatles to Nirvana: ‘We’re all naked really’ THE COUNTDOWN: From flagrant nudity to cartoon bestiality, there are all sorts of reasons cover art can spark controversy. Kevin E G Perry picks some of the most memorable examples
Metal Hammer · Oct 22, 2024 "90% of everything we own was either severely damaged or completely destroyed." Cannibal Corpse guitarist Erik Rutan and his family have had their lives devastated by Hurricanes Helene and Milton Cannibal Corpse guitarist Erik Rutan updates fans on the profound damage two huge hurricanes have caused
Metal Hammer · Sep 30, 2024 “It’s like The Eras Tour except not at all”: Cannibal Corpse condense three decades of violence into 75 minutes at rabid London show Supported by Schizophrenia, Immolation and Municipal Waste, Cannibal Corpse bring one of the most stacked extreme metal bills of 2024 to the UK’s capital
Metal Hammer · Mar 13, 2024 “I shouldn’t speculate why we were singled out, other than because we were massively offensive”: how Cannibal Corpse became death metal’s first million selling band Blood, guts and Jim Carrey – the epic story of death metal provocateurs Cannibal Corpse
Guitar World · Feb 29, 2024 “This is f**king 4K s**t”: Erik Rutan and Rob Barrett on why Chaos Horrific is one of the grimmest releases from the Cannibal Corpse death metal meat grinder How disgustingly low tunings and custom-built metal machines gave new rager Chaos Horrific a hellish weight and physicality as the death metal institution found joy in new extremes
Metal Hammer · Dec 16, 2023 The 10 best death metal albums of 2023 From old school veterans Obituary and Cannibal Corpse to newcomers Crypta and Burner, death metal was brilliantly brutal in 2023
Creative Bloq · Nov 17, 2023 The history of rock band logos, from the 1960s to the present day From The Beatles to today's biggest bands, this is how rock band logos continue to evolve.