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"This album is the absence of God. It’s a futuristic, pre-apocalyptic record." The album that made it clear Ghost were about to become one of the biggest metal bands on Earth

In this 2015 audience with Ghost mastermind Tobias Forge, he reflects on the band's rise - and admits he doesn't think they'll stick around forever

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Want your mummy? Check out these five great horror movies featuring the undead creatures.

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"The vibe is definitely Slipknot except no screams." Slipknot fan compares Look Outside Your Window album to Pink Floyd after getting early listen, claims Lacuna Coil's Cristina Scabbia appears

Look Outside Your Window, a long-shelved project recorded in 2008, is due to come out on Record Store Day, April 18

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"There’s beauty in the fact we didn’t strangle each other at the end." Ville Valo would love to reunite goth metal icons HIM

Nearly 10 years after one of Finland’s biggest bands called it a day, their singer is hoping they can get back together

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"The Island record came out the same time as Bob Marley, and the Epic one at the same time as Boston. We were buried, and both became Frisbees." The story of the southern rock legends who took ten years to become an overnight success

A tale of terrifying underachievement

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Ever wanted to hear Blink-182, Creed and Chris Stapleton hail Satan? This guitarist is turning pop-punk, country and classical songs into black metal riffs

Imperial Triumphant’s Zachary Ezrin is giving a wide array of hit songs an icy makeover

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Toyota Might Build A Raptor Rival Called The Hammer: Report

It’s hard to believe the Ford F-150 Raptor launched 16 years ago and is currently in its third generation. Since then, Ram has introduced the 1500 TRX, a direct competitor, while Chevrolet has the Silverado 1500 ZR2. Toyota hasn’t responded yet, but it might be coming soon.

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“He was, like me, wanting to focus more on creative work, as opposed to touring, touring, touring”: Steven Wilson and Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt are going to make another album together

The celebrated prog musicians previously collaborated on 2012 album Storm Corrosion, and many fans are hankering for a follow-up

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"It didn’t hurt or anything. It was just ****ing scary.” We threw one of metal's most promising bands off a bridge

Endorsed by Gojira, Lamb Of God and Kerry King, Alien Weaponry are one of metal's most promising young bands

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"We beat Britney Spears!" The song that turned a group of Dutch goths living with their parents into one of Europe's biggest bands

With Ice Queen, Within Temptation helped to crystallise the scene we know today as symphonic metal

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Slipknot, Limp Bizkit, Evanescence and more: The 50 metal albums coming in 2026 that you should be excited about

Digging deep on announcements, rumours and pure speculation to find the 50 metal albums you should be keeping an eye out for in 2026

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"We have been talking about a Thor’s hammer that shoots fire or flashes." Viking metal's biggest band are taking cues from Iron Maiden for their next album

Amon Amarth have big plans when it comes to album 13 and the impending European tour

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“You have no idea how many walk out of the room every time we do that. Obviously, I’m glad that they leave”: Paleface Swiss vocalist is happy he offends people by kissing his bandmates

The deathcore band’s members take a stand against toxic masculinity by sharing a snog onstage

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“I was like, ‘I think it’d be cool if I die and spit up blood and yada yada yada’”: You’ve probably seen their larger-than-life sword’n’sorcery concerts on social media, but Castle Rat’s fantasy shows are rooted in very real death anxieties

The band’s performances are styled after fantasy imagery – but they’re also based on singer/guitarist Riley Pinkerton’s personal fears

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West Ham vs. Man Utd: Preview, Predictions and Lineups

The Red Devils have not defeated the Hammers at London Stadium in five years.

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“We have the same management, and we both wear masks. Is that it?!” President vocalist blasts comparisons to Sleep Token as “lazy”

Mr President doesn’t see the similarities between his band and the other masked, anonymous, pop-metal sensations dominating heavy music discourse

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"He figured we were gonna get knifed...some guys were swinging pool cues!" From Peaky Blinders bar fights to being Slipknot-endorsed, how four Swedish hillbillies became one of metal's most exciting bands

Endorsed by Slipknot, Machine Head and Trivium, Orbit Culture are one of extreme metal's hottest new bands

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“After scrapping two albums I went to the accountant to find out how many pennies were left in the piggy bank. The answer was not many”: How Bruce Dickinson gambled everything on his second solo album – and ended up leaving Iron Maiden because of it

Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson never intended to quit – but Balls To Picasso changed his mind

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Metal Hammer reader's poll - the best metal albums of 2025

From Ghost to Sleep Token, Babymetal to Spiritbox, these are the albums you said defined metal in 2025

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Get the new issue of Metal Hammer with an exclusive Megadeth cover and a copy of the band’s self-titled final album

Megadeth’s self-titled swansong drops on January 23, and you can get it on vinyl in a bundle with the latest issue of Metal Hammer

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‘Bring me a gigantic Gladiator who can cradle me like a baby!’: behind the scenes of the most joyous show on TV

When it first returned to our screens, people said Gladiators was a tired format. They had clearly forgotten the joy of watching half-clad hulks with silly names go to battle, says superfan Helen Pidd as she heads backstage

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Chloé Dygert launches fundraiser in support of track star Sarah Hammer amid serious health battle

America’s most decorated track cyclist has undergone seven surgeries and faces respiratory complications and mounting medical costs after a sudden vascular emergency

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Watch fiery pro-shot footage of Gojira playing Olympic anthem Ah! Ça Ira! live at Bloodstock festival this summer

The metal stars kept the French Revolutionary spirit alive with their show in Derbyshire in August

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“They were sprawled out in their birthday suits, bottles all over the place... it was a scene!”: Rob Halford remembers the chaotic time Ozzy Osbourne visited Judas Priest in the studio

Wherever the Prince Of Darkness went, anarchy wasn’t far behind

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