DevilDriver’s Dez Fafara is living with a non-cancerous tumour in his head: “We can beat this f*cking thing!” He says that it has to grow before doctors can remove it Metal Hammer · Jul 28
“I got punched in the face and I punched back, and that’s crazy?” Machine Gun Kelly remembers his feud with Slipknot’s Corey Taylor a little differently to the rest of us The rapper-turned-rocker insists he merely “punched back” at the metal star, even though the spat stemmed from comments he made lambasting the heavy music scene Metal Hammer · May 6
Former Slipknot drummer Jay Weinberg reveals he first jammed with the band just 24 hours before they announced the departure of Joey Jordison Weinberg played with Slipknot from 2014 to 2023, and admits he has "no regrets" about his time in the band as he lines up new projects Metal Hammer · Apr 22
"I saw him mosh to a death metal band. I saw what changed my perspective on music" For one of deathcore's pioneering bands, it was a show in Montreal back in 1998 that helped them to kickstart the genre Despised Icon are largely credited as being one of deathcore's first bands, but according to them, the genre's roots go even deeper Metal Hammer · Dec 5, 2025
“One day it hit me, I want a Fender 7-string Stratocaster. I got a lot of ‘no’s”: How the Fender Custom Shop was convinced to make the firm’s first 7-string guitar Suicide Silence guitarist Chris Garza worked with the Custom Shop on its first 7-string Strat – and there's hope that the one-of-a-kind Fender can be the start of something bigger Guitar World · Sep 16, 2025
Machine Head toured America six days after 9/11: “Everybody in the front row was like, ‘Why am I here? Tell me it’s gonna be OK’” Robb Flynn looks back on Machine Head playing across the US less than a week after the September 11 terrorist attacks Metal Hammer · Apr 2, 2025
“The first one ever in history is actually this guitar. Honestly, it still doesn’t seem real”: Fender’s first-ever official 7-string Stratocaster has become a reality – and it could be in line for a wider release Chris Garza of Suicide Silence has just received the first-ever hardtail seven-string Fender Strat – it’s taken almost seven years to make, and he has big plans for the design Guitar World · Oct 24, 2024
What is the heaviest guitar riff of all time? Metal musicians have their say A Metallica stalwart emerges as a redoubtable contender against '00s heavyweights from Meshuggah and Gojira, as Baroness, GWAR, Halestorm and more are polled by Revolver MusicRadar · Mar 28, 2023