"We have been unpacking our surprises one by one." Mongolian folk-metal sensations The Hu announce new album Hun Listen to The Hu's new single Lost Souls featuring Nothing More frontman Jonny Hawkins Metal Hammer · May 20
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame class of 2026 revealed: Oasis, Phil Collins and Sade among the inductees The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has announced its class of 2026, with Phil Collins, Iron Maiden, Oasis, Sade and Wu-Tang Clan among the names being inducted. Euronews · Apr 14
Wu-Tang Clan and Queen Latifah lead Rock and Roll Hall of Fame US inductees Phil Collins, Iron Maiden, Billy Idol, Queen Latifah, Oasis, Sade and Joy Division/New Order are set to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame The Independent UK · Apr 14
Iron Maiden, My Chemical Romance, Limp Bizkit, Tool, Babymetal, Alice Cooper, Halestorm and almost 200 more bands to play huge Louder Than Life 2026 lineup One of America's biggest rock and metal festivals has unveiled its full lineup for 2026 Metal Hammer · Feb 23
"We don't let many people use our music but we felt it was a calculated risk." Iron Maiden respond to the jaw-dropping 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple scene that might have already produced 2026's best needle drop If you've seen the film, you know it has one of the most surprising and bonkers heavy metal needle drops ever Metal Hammer · Jan 20
"It was my first time hearing heavy metal – and I was terrified of it." Here are 8 spooky metal classics you need on your Halloween playlist this year Team Metal Hammer picks out some of the spookiest and most terrifying tracks you need to metal up your Halloween mix in 2025 Metal Hammer · Oct 31, 2025
Brazilian Chef Rejects Prince William's Vegan Banquet: 'It's Like Asking Iron Maiden To Play Jazz' Brazilian chef Saulo Jennings failed to get the chance to cook for Prince William's Earthshot Prize in Rio after organisers demanded a 100% vegan menu. He called the restriction 'a lack of respect' for Amazonian food traditions and sustainability. International Business Times UK · Oct 26, 2025
Founding Angel Witch bassist Kevin Riddles dead at 68 NWOBHM pioneer Kevin Riddles was also a member of Tytan, Paul Samson's Empire and Baphomet Metal Hammer · Jul 8, 2025
“The ultimate anti-everything symbol”: How heavy metal found its fashion sense From denim vests to bullet belts and drawer after drawer of black t-shirts, this is how metal music developed its signature dress code Metal Hammer · Jun 20, 2025
I got Metal Hammer’s writers to name the ‘bad’ metal albums they can’t get enough of From Metallica and Lou Reed’s Lulu to Iron Maiden’s No Prayer For The Dying, the Metal Hammer team band together to defend their favourite clangers Metal Hammer · Apr 7, 2025
“I used really weird things like the Tristan chord and the Prometheus chord to give some of the songs a mystical vibe”: With the return of Mike Portnoy, Dream Theater are fully reborn – and John Petrucci's still not done exploring new guitar frontiers Wielding naught but his signature Ernie Ball Music Man Majesty, Petrucci has been studying different types of scales and different types of chords – and he says having Portnoy back on the drum stool makes the prog-metal institution feel like they're all 18 again Guitar World · Mar 23, 2025
I’ve just discovered how many classic seventh records exist and it’s blown my mind Are you aware of how many incredible seventh records there are? Introducing the magnificent seven... Louder · Feb 22, 2025
“It’s one of my favourite Maiden albums - despite the fact that I'm not on it!”: Bruce Dickinson on the Iron Maiden classic he wishes he’d sung on He calls it “an updated version of Deep Purple In Rock” MusicRadar · Dec 13, 2024
"I wasn’t ready for a 13-minute song like Rime Of The Ancient Mariner." Members of Arch Enemy, Testament, Fozzy and Wargasm explain how Powerslave shaped modern metal Forget Number Of The Beast - these bands say Powerslave is Iron Maiden's greatest achievement Metal Hammer · Nov 19, 2024
Metal Hammer · Nov 9, 2024 “Am I Evil? was me trying to beat Black Sabbath’s Symptom Of The Universe. I was determined to come up with something heavier”: The story of Diamond Head’s Lightning To The Nations, the cult album that invented Metallica Diamond Head’s Lightning To The Nations should have turned them into NWOBHM-era superstars, but instead it inspired Lars Ulrich to start his own band
Metal Hammer · Oct 12, 2024 “If you’re a Maiden fan you’re like family. You’ve been with us on a long ride”: How Iron Maiden conquered the parts of the planet where other metal bands feared to tread In 2011, Metal Hammer boarded Ed Force One to join Iron Maiden in South America for scenes of madness, mayhem and pisco sour
Metal Hammer · Oct 6, 2024 Iron Maiden kick off The Future Past North American tour in San Diego: Official photos published The Future Past tour will wind its inexorable path through the US and Canada over the next six weeks
Metal Hammer · Aug 13, 2024 Watch Metallica’s Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo jam Ministry’s Just One Fix live onstage The Metallica duo have also done ‘doodles’ of songs by Iron Maiden, Prince, Abba and more
Metal Hammer · Jul 18, 2024 The 100 songs that changed metal From founding fathers like Black Sabbath, Rainbow and Judas Priest to metal's modern leaders such as Ghost, Sleep Token and Spiritbox, these are the songs that have defined a genre
Metal Hammer · Mar 23, 2024 We reviewed every film Iron Maiden have ever written a song about From Charge Of The Light Brigade to Children Of The Damned, we’ve watched and critiqued every movie The Beast have taken a track from
Metal Hammer · Mar 19, 2024 “What’s more satanic than a demon throwing a priest into the water, chained?!” Watch Jack Black react to classic album covers by Dio, Iron Maiden, Manowar and more Watch Tenacious D singer, Hollywood star and ultimate metalhead Jack Black give his thoughts on artworks from some of our genre’s greatest legends
The Guardian - UK · Mar 5, 2024 ‘The Bene Gesserit can kill with their voices. That’s what I try to do’: the musicians mining Dune for tunes Iron Maiden, Fatboy Slim and Grimes have all made music inspired by Frank Herbert’s 1960s sci-fi epic. So what makes ‘Dunecore’ different to other interpretive genres?
Metal Hammer · Feb 1, 2024 "It’s a rare chance to witness history being made, and it is a sight to behold." Steve Harris brings British Lion to London's Cart & Horses, the birthplace of Iron Maiden, for an emotional homecoming show Steve Harris' British Lion take over the Cart & Horses for a triumphant show in London
Metal Hammer · Jan 5, 2024 "We had a wicked circle-pit with Jason Momoa, Dave Grohl and Mike Clark": Rob Trujillo talks 72 Seasons, celebrity mosh pits and what comes next for Metallica Metallica bassist Rob Trujillo reflects on all things 72 Seasons, from the enormous M72 tour to the lack of ballads and how soon the band will hit the studio
Metal Hammer · Oct 31, 2023 The 10 spookiest heavy metal songs of all time These songs by Iron Maiden, Slipknot and Ghost could make for the perfect Halloween playlist