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The best metal albums of 2026 (so far)

Lamb Of God, Dimmu Borgir, Evanescence: it's been a great year for metal (and we're not done yet)

Metal Hammer · Aug 18

Techno vikings, Ozzy tributes and post-apocalyptic landscapes: Mystic Festival's final year at Gdansk Shipyard is another triumph

Poland's biggest metal festival hosted everyone from Megadeth and Black Label Society to Ice Nine Kills, Blood Incantation, Cavalera and more

Metal Hammer · Jun 11

Rail firm bans Download festival-goers from bringing wheelie bins full of beer onto trains: “While it might seem like a great idea, it just isn’t safe”

“Our teams will be on hand at stations to support customers and help them complete their journeys, without their bins or trolleys, as smoothly as possible,” says East Midlands Railway

Metal Hammer · May 21

“Fans will experience something unprecedented”: Sabaton announce 2025 European tour featuring biggest-ever UK shows

The Swedish war machine will roll through Europe from November to December 2025

Metal Hammer · Nov 12, 2024

Anyway, here’s that deathcore cover of Tool’s Sober that you never asked for

Props to Ohio metal mob Backbiter for giving it a go, at least

Metal Hammer · Jun 11, 2024

Melodeath supergroup The Halo Effect (ex-In Flames, Dark Tranquillity) announce headline UK and Europe tour

Gothenburg’s melodic death metal stars will be joined by industrial outfit Pain in 2025

Metal Hammer · May 6, 2024

Judas Priest’s Rob Halford unknowingly gatecrashed AC/DC’s compound at Power Trip festival: “I look around and there’s Brian, sitting on a couch having a cigarette.”

Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford learned there are some spots even a Metal God isn’t allowed in at last year’s Power Trip festival

Metal Hammer · Mar 10, 2024

The 10 best doom and stoner metal albums of 2023

The end is nigh - but you can still check out these brilliant stoner and doom records from 2023

Metal Hammer · Dec 26, 2023

The 10 best goth albums of 2023

From Grave Pleasures and Creeper to Host and Ville Valo, these are the best gothic albums of 2023

Metal Hammer · Dec 25, 2023

The 10 best thrash metal albums of 2023

From Overkill to Gama Bomb, Hellripper to Nervosa, these are the best thrash metal albums 2023 had to offer

Metal Hammer · Dec 23, 2023