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“We played the song and then the earthquake alarms started ringing! They had to move the festival the next year because of that.” How a death metal band ended up writing a song so catchy and bouncy it rocked a 1,600-ton bridge

You wouldn't have imagined this band writing something like this in their early days!

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“It was the most amazing thing. I couldn’t have written it better myself because it was just so perfectly me!" How Ozzy Osbourne produced his most emotional anthem with some inspiration from his wife Sharon - and a stunning assist from Lemmy

There wasn't a dry eye in the house the final time he played this classic live

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“Our town has been polluted by heavy metal!” Sabaton storm the cover of the new Metal Hammer

We speak exclusively to Sabaton ahead of their brand new album, Legends

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“Everyone was out of their minds. Alcoholic drug addicts. I just remember all the excess”: In a haze of substance use and record label conflicts, Korn made the defining anthem of nu metal’s heyday

The chaotic story of Freak On A Leash, in singer Jonathan Davis’ own words

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So Poppy has gone and made a metal cover of Wham’s Last Christmas and it sounds pretty crazy

The genre-splicing star has reworked Wham’s Last Christmas in her own inimitable style

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How big a Ghost fan are you? Take our devilishly hard Ghost quiz to find out!

Think you know your Papa IIs from your Papa IVs? Take our special Ghost quiz to see how you measure up

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“We had to pay the families of Charles Manson’s victims royalties from the song. And we’ve been doing that ever since”: With the inadvertent help of a notorious cult leader, one band became the kings of 90s goth metal

The song was not a commercial hit, but today it stands as a classic of its genre

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“There was some mild terrorism going on. They were exploding cars and banks and real estate. There was an ongoing war”: From a climate of violence, this band made one of modern metal’s most conscious, powerful anthems

Gojira played their early shows in a region battling for independence, and they siphoned that political spirit into their defining song

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Preorder Megadeth’s final album on limited copper/emerald vinyl, plus an art card signed by the band only available through Metal Hammer

Only 250 are in stock, so order fast!

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“I don’t know too many people that could have handled that pressure coming at you at such speed. It can be a deadly thing”: How grunge’s ‘worst’ band wrote the hit song that silenced the critics

It was written on a $25 guitar and became one of the biggest hits of 1994

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Preorder a limited-edition vinyl variant of Megadeth’s final album, plus an art card signed by the band only available through Metal Hammer

The thrash metal legends’ final album will drop next year

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Order your exclusive Iron Maiden bundle featuring an Eddie T-shirt you won't find in shops

The bundle also comes with an alternate Metal Hammer cover

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Ghost announce 2026 North American tour

North America! Prepare to get Ghosted!

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“I don’t try to point out stupidity, and I don’t like to make people feel bad – unless they annoy me”: The Beatles-inspired 90s song that finally gave these thrash heavyweights the mainstream hit that had eluded them

Just like the Pied Piper…

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“I’m so sorry about last night”: Watch Ghost frontman Tobias Forge apologise onstage for last-minute concert cancellation

The Swedish hard rock band cancelled the first night of a planned concert trilogy in Mexico City due to Forge contracting food poisoning

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Calling all Ghost fans! Get your hands on an exclusive array of bookazine bundles with a glow-in-the-dark t-shirt and puff print sweatshirt

Head to the Louder webstore and you can get Metal Hammer’s complete history of Ghost with a t-shirt and a sweatshirt you won’t find anywhere else

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Metal Hammer presents the ultimate Ghost fan pack: the story of every album and every era, including an exclusive patch and artcards

Ghost fans! Get your hands on this essential bundle about the complete history of the band

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Metal Hammer has teamed with Parkway Drive for an exclusive t-shirt and magazine package

Get your hands on this bundle before the Aussie metalcore crew hit the UK next month

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The US metalcore giants talk all about new album Violent Nature inside our latest issue

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“Huge, tattooed men were crying”: Joey Jordison’s sisters reveal how they helped one of the late Slipknot drummer’s unreleased albums see the light of day

The debut album by Joey Jordison’s post-Slipknot band Vimic will finally be released in October, four years after his death

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“It reminded me of discovering Deep Purple when I was 15 years old, except updated. Everything was really pushing forwards”: Bruce Dickinson reveals the Pau Di’Anno song that convinced him to join Iron Maiden

The song that changed the course of Iron Maiden

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“He just started drinking. We left his drunkenness in there, and it became a thing for us: drink and shred”: How a cult power metal band and an insanely successful video game brought shred guitar heroics to a new generation

All it took was one of the 2000’s most successful video games

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Metallica may have ‘stolen’ Spinal Tap’s album art, but the comedy-metal legends aren’t bitter about it

David St Hubbins downplays the idea of a feud between Spinal Tap and the world’s biggest metal band

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“This is the greatest rock’n’roll band in the world!”: Iron Maiden are on the cover of the new Metal Hammer. And it comes with three exclusive gifts!

The new issue features exclusive interviews with Bruce Dickinson and Steve Harris – plus a 50th-birthday patch, keyring and art print

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The best metal albums of 2025 (so far)

From Cradle of Filth to Whitechapel, Bloodywood to Spiritbox, these are some of the best metal releases of 2025 so far.

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