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REVEALED: 18 - The Real Truth

10 amazing covers by massive metal bands that you’ve (probably) never heard

Iron Maiden going full prog! Ghost doing the Beatles! Black Sabbath smashing Smoke On The Water! Only completists have heard these extraordinary covers

Metal Hammer · Jun 3

“I’m out here owning my weird because of Alice Cooper. He gave me the permission”: Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale reveals the 10 albums that shaped her career

From Black Sabbath to Björk, this is the music that moulded modern hard rock’s leading lady

Metal Hammer · Jun 3

Two kids made their own Metallica video in 1989 and thinking about it, we're grateful we didn't have a camcorder then

This is what some young metal fans used to do before the internet was a thing

Metal Hammer · Jun 3

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"Together, we expand and defend The Realm!" Fantasy-themed rising stars Castle Rat announce biggest headline tour to date

Castle Rat's Summon The Beasts tour will be coming to a medium-sized venue near you soon

Metal Hammer · Jun 2

“Expect their already-soaring career to rocket even further after this”: Rising space rockers Slift aren’t just one of the scene’s best live bands – they’ve also made an immediate, dizzying master-stroke with new album Fantasia

The cosmonauts have shortened their songs for their fourth full-length, but they’re every bit as immersive and disorienting as before

Metal Hammer · Jun 2

Bulgarian president touts Iron Maiden as “remarkably down-to-earth people” after meeting metal veterans at Sofia stadium show

We’re not sure whether Iliyana Yotova is a metalhead, but she seems to like Iron Maiden all the same

Metal Hammer · Jun 2

Watch Metallica tear through Creeping Death and King Nothing during first concert of 2026 in Athens, Greece

The metal superstars are currently traipsing their way through European stadiums and will hit the UK towards the end of the month

Metal Hammer · Jun 2

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"People heard it and found it deeply offensive because they didn’t have the brain capacity to realise what it’s about." The story behind Ghost's most famous song - and what it really means

The story behind Ghost's viral mega-hit, and what its lyrics mean, in Tobias Forge's own words

Metal Hammer · Jun 2

10 terrible metal albums with one classic song

These metal albums were pretty much all stinkers – apart from one absolute banger that saved the day

Metal Hammer · Jun 2

“My portion of the song is all about Brent, and for Brent”: Mastodon return with trippy single Your Ghost Again, a tribute to late founding guitarist Brent Hinds

Hinds departed the band last March and died in a motorcycle accident, aged 51, in August

Metal Hammer · Jun 2

Roman legionaries! Lederhosen-clad dancers! Axl interviewed! Mythical Guns N' Roses documentary Perfect Crime leaked online

Perfect Crime has long been considered the Holy Grail of unreleased Guns N' Roses footage

Metal Hammer · Jun 1

"He thinks he's so tough, but afraid of a girl? Let's see." After 14 years of protest, Pussy Riot announce debut album, launch single with Avenged Sevenfold and challenge Vladimir Putin to a cage fight

Pussy Riot's debut album CYKA is out next week – watch the video for Candy Dopamine now

Metal Hammer · Jun 1

"When I see him in my dreams, he hasn't changed a bit. He is still my best friend." How Dave Grohl channelled his heartbreak over a devastating personal loss into one of Foo Fighters' most raw, emotional songs

"We were brothers. And when he passed away it had such a profound impact on me"

Metal Hammer · Jun 1

"The day we played, there were bears seen right across the river from the festival." Inside the fascinating new documentary that lifts the lid on enigmatic Nordic folk leaders Wardruna

Wardruna: Tracking Birna gives us a look inside the band's incredible live shows and unique creative process

Metal Hammer · Jun 1

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Metal Hammer · Jun 1

“My wife is gonna die of it one day. They don’t know when. What do we want to do with our time here? Who do we want to throw out of our lives?”: Norwegian proggers Green Carnation’s second Dark Poem explores loved ones in crisis

The theme is blood and the experiences are personal on the middle release of their trilogy, which was written and recorded in one go

Metal Hammer · Jun 1

"We leaned into it when we realised it ped people off, because I was a little shead." Black Veil Brides frontman Andi Biersack on being hated by metal fans, getting beaten up as Batman and chasing his dreams

He's years away from even hitting forty, but Andy Biersack has already had a hell of a career

Metal Hammer · Jun 1

New Evanescence album Sanctuary is the most vital thing Amy Lee has made in decades - and it's arrived at the perfect time

It's not quite perfect, but Sanctuary has given Evanescence a major modern upgrade

Metal Hammer · Jun 1

"We often felt like the strange duck on the festival bill because there was a woman in the band." How two modern metal icons united for a collaboration over a decade in the making

Metal fans couldn't believe their eyes when these two amazing singers appeared on the same song

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Metal Hammer · May 31

“Dee’s blessing was important to me. I have such a reverence for him, he wrote all of these great songs”: Sebastian Bach was “like a kid on Christmas morning” when he was asked replace Dee Snider in Twisted Sister

Sebastian Bach and Twisted Sister‘s Jay Jay French speak exclusively to Classic Rock about filling Dee Snider’s boots

Metal Hammer · May 31

Watch Dave Grohl join Sepultura onstage in Los Angeles to jam on a 90s classic

The Foo Fighters frontman joined the Sepultura at the Wiltern Theater in LA to add drums on Kaiowas

Metal Hammer · May 31

“It’s more than just an exhibition. People want to be part of something, whether that’s signing the condolence book or just being part of a bigger event”: Inside the Birmingham museum that’s keeping Ozzy Osbourne’s legacy alive

The Home Of Metal’s Ozzy Osbourne: Working Class Hero is the ultimate hometown tribute to The Prince Of Darkness

Metal Hammer · May 30

"We were the first heavy metal band." Roger Daltrey says The Who pioneered the genre of music we all love so much

The Who frontman says they pushed the boundaries of volume and onstage antics before anyone else

Metal Hammer · May 30

"It’s about those times when you’ve got no feeling left or you just don’t care." The song that helped Linkin Park kiss goodbye to the nu metal era - and that got a new lease of life courtesy of one rap megastar

Few bands have two separate versions of one song celebrated equally as classics, but Linkin Park did that

Metal Hammer · May 30

“I was giving it everything I had to keep up with the song's intensity, and just making it through to the end was already a challenge:” Babymetal reveal the story behind one of their earliest fan favourites

Babymetal tell us about 15 of their most important songs in the brand new issue of Metal Hammer

Metal Hammer · May 30

"That wall of snow hit my house with hurricane force. The blizzard of the century had arrived." How celebrated Canadian post-hardcore band Alexisonfire distilled the horror of a ruinous five-day storm on Crisis, the title track of their 2006 masterpiece

29 people lost their lives in The Great Blizzard of 1977, as documented by author Erno Rossi in White Death

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REVEALED: 18 - The Real Truth

10 amazing covers by massive metal bands that you’ve (probably) never heard

“I’m out here owning my weird because of Alice Cooper. He gave me the permission”: Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale reveals the 10 albums that shaped her career

Two kids made their own Metallica video in 1989 and thinking about it, we're grateful we didn't have a camcorder then

"Together, we expand and defend The Realm!" Fantasy-themed rising stars Castle Rat announce biggest headline tour to date

“Expect their already-soaring career to rocket even further after this”: Rising space rockers Slift aren’t just one of the scene’s best live bands – they’ve also made an immediate, dizzying master-stroke with new album Fantasia

Bulgarian president touts Iron Maiden as “remarkably down-to-earth people” after meeting metal veterans at Sofia stadium show

Watch Metallica tear through Creeping Death and King Nothing during first concert of 2026 in Athens, Greece

"People heard it and found it deeply offensive because they didn’t have the brain capacity to realise what it’s about." The story behind Ghost's most famous song - and what it really means

10 terrible metal albums with one classic song

“My portion of the song is all about Brent, and for Brent”: Mastodon return with trippy single Your Ghost Again, a tribute to late founding guitarist Brent Hinds

Roman legionaries! Lederhosen-clad dancers! Axl interviewed! Mythical Guns N' Roses documentary Perfect Crime leaked online

"He thinks he's so tough, but afraid of a girl? Let's see." After 14 years of protest, Pussy Riot announce debut album, launch single with Avenged Sevenfold and challenge Vladimir Putin to a cage fight

"When I see him in my dreams, he hasn't changed a bit. He is still my best friend." How Dave Grohl channelled his heartbreak over a devastating personal loss into one of Foo Fighters' most raw, emotional songs

"The day we played, there were bears seen right across the river from the festival." Inside the fascinating new documentary that lifts the lid on enigmatic Nordic folk leaders Wardruna

“My wife is gonna die of it one day. They don’t know when. What do we want to do with our time here? Who do we want to throw out of our lives?”: Norwegian proggers Green Carnation’s second Dark Poem explores loved ones in crisis

"We leaned into it when we realised it p***ed people off, because I was a little s***head." Black Veil Brides frontman Andi Biersack on being hated by metal fans, getting beaten up as Batman and chasing his dreams

New Evanescence album Sanctuary is the most vital thing Amy Lee has made in decades - and it's arrived at the perfect time

"We often felt like the strange duck on the festival bill because there was a woman in the band." How two modern metal icons united for a collaboration over a decade in the making

“Dee’s blessing was important to me. I have such a reverence for him, he wrote all of these great songs”: Sebastian Bach was “like a kid on Christmas morning” when he was asked replace Dee Snider in Twisted Sister

Watch Dave Grohl join Sepultura onstage in Los Angeles to jam on a 90s classic

“It’s more than just an exhibition. People want to be part of something, whether that’s signing the condolence book or just being part of a bigger event”: Inside the Birmingham museum that’s keeping Ozzy Osbourne’s legacy alive

"We were the first heavy metal band." Roger Daltrey says The Who pioneered the genre of music we all love so much

"It’s about those times when you’ve got no feeling left or you just don’t care." The song that helped Linkin Park kiss goodbye to the nu metal era - and that got a new lease of life courtesy of one rap megastar

“I was giving it everything I had to keep up with the song's intensity, and just making it through to the end was already a challenge:” Babymetal reveal the story behind one of their earliest fan favourites

"That wall of snow hit my house with hurricane force. The blizzard of the century had arrived." How celebrated Canadian post-hardcore band Alexisonfire distilled the horror of a ruinous five-day storm on Crisis, the title track of their 2006 masterpiece

"We leaned into it when we realised it ped people off, because I was a little shead." Black Veil Brides frontman Andi Biersack on being hated by metal fans, getting beaten up as Batman and chasing his dreams