Grand Magus’s JB Christoffersson, Wardruna’s Einar Selvik and mediaeval history lecturer Simon Trafford explain why heavy ...

Architects, Alien Weaponry and Whitechapel are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

The raw power begins Saturday, March 29, at INTEX Osaka, with the Sex Pistols (featuring Frank Carter on vocals), Bad Religion, Yellowcard, Pennywise and other surprises. Doors open at 11 a.m., and ...

Chicago avant-garde psych-metal band Yakuza, who’ve been going strong since 1999. Their 2000 debut full-length, Amount to Nothing, exhibits their beginnings in thrashy posthardcore and grind. Soon ...

Metal benefitted greatly from the mainstream in the 80s and, to some degree, in the 90s. There were a lot of bands that ...

Ghost, Judas Priest, Babymetal, Gojira, Knocked Loose... 2024 was a massive year for metal songs. But which song did you vote ...

Babymetal are one of the biggest success stories of the last 15 years - and one of the most unexpected. Metal Hammer caught up with the Japanese sensations in 2015, at the start of their meteoric rise ...

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Some were in pretty successful hair metal bands, but don't get mentioned often enough in discussions about metal's best ...

One of 24 bands slated to perform in the Pasadena procession, the Japanese school will mark its third appearance there on New Year's Day. It will join an international contingent of bands from Mexico, ...

What the band is made out of can range quite a bit. Common materials include everything from metal and rubber to leather and silicone. The material ought to work with your routine, whether that's ...