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"Thank you for always making this feel like home." Turnstile strengthen and expand their UK Love Connection at feel-good All Points East show

Summer showers can't stop Turnstile sparking joy in London's Victoria Park

Metal Hammer · Aug 29

Fear Factory have just released their first new song in five years – and there’s a secret Terminator connection: “We've always sung about the relationship between man and machine, and now it's caught up to reality”

Roboticist dropped on August 29 – and fans of the Terminator series will get the significance

Metal Hammer · Aug 29

Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: August 28 2026

Amon Amarth, Turnstile (via Dying Fetus) and In This Moment are among the best new metal songs this week

Metal Hammer · Aug 29

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"My mind got the better of me after being a half-mile closer to the centre of the earth. An epic rock 'n' roll death – what a way to go." What happened when Queens of the Stone Age played a tiny show deep inside a German salt mine

The band's unique 2007 show was filmed but footage has remained locked up in a record label vault ever since

Metal Hammer · Aug 29

How Ozzy Osbourne conquered personal demons and bitter contract wars to eclipse Black Sabbath. "Part of me wanted to say to them, you fired me, and now I don’t need you, so f*** you"

Forty years after the release of The Ultimate Sin, this is the story of how a fragile but defiant Ozzy Osbourne took on his former band – and won

Metal Hammer · Aug 28

Turnstile have somehow managed to unite Elton John, Hayley Williams, Slayyyter and Dying Fetus and actually make it work. Never Enough: Versions is one of 2026's boldest and most entertaining releases

New Turnstile project Never Enough: Versions is a near-resounding success

Metal Hammer · Aug 28

“A catchy, spirited and uplifting reincarnation”: Beartooth’s Caleb Shomo vanquishes his demons on Pure Ecstasy

Trading out angst and pain for self-love and hope, Beartooth sound more powerful than ever

Metal Hammer · Aug 28

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Metal For Nepal launch emergency fundraising appeal following devastating flash flood which left 332 dead, with more than 900 people still missing

"The heavy metal and tattoo community has always shown up for people in need, and this moment is no different"

Metal Hammer · Aug 27

"We wanted to be bright and funny." How Slipknot, Linkin Park and the Backstreet Boys helped turn a car salesman and a nurse into metal's biggest party-starters, Electric Callboy

Electric Callboy might've earned online hype for their fun videos, but their passion is no joke

Metal Hammer · Aug 27

"Not for the first time, they have snatched joy from the jaws of heartbreak." Mastodon triumph over tragedy with Marrow Deep

The departure of guitarist Brent Hinds in 2025 might've spelled disaster for Mastodon, but the prog metal pioneers are ambitious as ever

Metal Hammer · Aug 27

“He and Eddie Van Halen were the only two I really stayed in touch with”: Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi on collaborating with Queen guitarist and “best friend” Brian May for new solo album From The Dark

May contributes to the song Death Wake on Iommi’s long-awaited solo comeback

Metal Hammer · Aug 27

Miss Chile delivers crushing death metal vocal during Miss World pageant. "Getting to bring metal to the Miss World stage was an incredible experience"

Watch Decessus singer Ignacia Fernández reprise her triumphant performance from last year's Miss World Chile contest

Metal Hammer · Aug 27

Want to make music like Sleep Token? Bassist III and guitarist IV show off new signature instruments with vocal-free version of Vore

Jackson and Charvel announce guitar and bass models based on the pop-metal superstars’ specs, starting at £1,399

Metal Hammer · Aug 26

“We could bring Pink to the dark side”: Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale reveals her dream non-rock collaborators

The Grammy-winning hard rockers have already teamed up with Slash and The Hu and covered Lady Gaga, amongst others

Metal Hammer · Aug 26

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Metal Hammer · Aug 26

After 50 years of pioneering heavy metal, Accept are in the mood to celebrate. "I wouldn't even have thought we would last five years, to be honest, let alone fifty"

Accept's Teutonic Titans 1976-2026 features guest appearances from Rob Halford, Kirk Hammett, Billy Corgan and more

Metal Hammer · Aug 26

"You're going to see an oversized bat eat the head off of a human." Take a look inside Universal Studios' Ozzy Osbourne: Prince of Darkness haunted house

Be afraid, be very afraid

Metal Hammer · Aug 26

“A blur of Rhinestones sparkling in the spotlights”: Ghost offer a rare, stylish glimpse behind the curtain with concert film/documentary 2 Big To Rig

Sweden’s hard rock devil church celebrate their fans and crew alike in this dazzling backstage look. Mild spoilers ahead…

Metal Hammer · Aug 25

Soundgarden announce return to the stage with The Pretty Reckless's Taylor Momsen and Pearl Jam's Mike McCready

Soundgarden will perform at halftime during the Seattle Seahawks' NFL season opener

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Metal Hammer · Aug 25

"I had an A&R guy at one label tell us that we were the next U2." The story behind Helmet's Meantime, the alt.rock masterpiece that even Beavis and Butthead thought was "cool"

Helmet's Meantime is still shaping modern metal, 34 years after its release

Metal Hammer · Aug 25

Nightwish have six songs written for their next album: “Every time I sit in front of my keyboard, I’m like, ‘Ah yeah, this is great!’”

Work is underway on the followup to 2024’s Yesterwynde

Metal Hammer · Aug 25

"She goes, 'I love your beard' and starts to clean it!" What happened when country icon Dolly Parton met Judas Priest frontman and heavy metal legend, Rob Halford

Two icons met in the most unusual of circumstances and it left an indelible impression on Rob Halford

Metal Hammer · Aug 25

“Jaw-droppingly immersive, to the point that I might have cried”: Why Arctangent is my favourite festival ever – and how the 2026 edition proved it all over again

The 12th Arctangent was another showcase of genre-splicing talent, laden with quality and fostering the friendliest atmosphere I’ve ever felt at a festival

Metal Hammer · Aug 25

“This is going to be one hell of a bill”: Trivium and In Flames announce huge co-headline tour, Paleface Swiss and Vola supporting

The two bands will play across Europe and the UK from March to May

Metal Hammer · Aug 24

"We avoided being seen together at the airport." The messy story behind Nightwish's Bye Bye Beautiful - the most controversial song of their career

Nightwish's angry-sounding goodbye song for Tarja Turunen left her replacement Anette Olzon in a difficult position

Metal Hammer · Aug 24

Deftones dazzle in front of 50,000 fans at their biggest ever UK headline show at All Points East Presents Outbreak

Deftones light up east London with a spell-binding headline set at APE/Outbreak 2026

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