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UNCOVERED: 3 - The Untold Story

"We were conscious of not wanting to f*** this up." Loathe are one of the most hyped young British metal bands of the 2020s. So why has it taken them six years to release new album A Stranger To You?

Loathe looked set to capitalise on the acclaim of 2020's I Let It In And It Took Everything. They didn't release a proper follow-up for six years

Metal Hammer · Aug 24

"I needed hope and he gave me it." The vital advice Iron Maiden legend Bruce Dickinson gave Megadeth's Dave Mustaine during his cancer battle

One metal icon and cancer survivor gave some helpful words to another

Metal Hammer · Aug 24

"We did a Ouija board ‘cause we wanted to speak to the Devil." From idolising Hendrix to touring with Iron Maiden and Judas Priest, this is Richie Faulkner's life story, told through the songs he loves the most

Iron Maiden, Jimi Hendrix and Pantera are just some of the artists that make Richie tick

Metal Hammer · Aug 23

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"I very much connect to shadow." How three family tragedies and the surprise support of Alice Cooper saw Holy Wars make one of 2026's most emotional metal albums

Holy Wars have channelled grief into their art - but they won't be defined by it

Metal Hammer · Aug 23

Ministry pull no punches in anti-Trump video for We Hate. "We just felt it necessary to give 'Trumplethinskin' a dose of his own medicine"

Tired of Donald Trump's "self-aggrandising AI slop", Ministry turn the tables on "Hair Mussolini" with colourful AI video

Metal Hammer · Aug 23

Watch a young Black Sabbath confuse the hell out of stoned European hippies one week before Paranoid became a hit single

Black Sabbath’s performance of Paranoid at Jazz Bilzen festival in August 1970 is a sweet snapshot of metal history

Metal Hammer · Aug 23

“The paganism was never a problem. All of us shared an interest in that side of things”: The story of Sabbat’s cult pagan-thrash classic Dreamweaver: Reflections Of Our Yesterdays

UK thrashers Sabbat made an overlooked classic with their second album, Dreamweaver: Reflections Of Our Yesterdays

Metal Hammer · Aug 22

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MTV have scrapped the ‘Best Rock’ category at their Video Music Awards after 37 years

Looking for rock music at this year's MTV VMAs? Good luck with that

Metal Hammer · Aug 21

A week in the life of the Metal Queen, Doro Pesch. "I had no friends, so reading helped me through some pretty tough times"

Doro: Night owl, gym regular, painter, reader, film lover, spiritualist

Metal Hammer · Aug 21

Get an exclusive Ghost puff print t-shirt and Metal Hammer cover variant with this limited edition bundle to celebrate their new concert film 2 Big To Rig

Metal Hammer have teamed up with Ghost for a world exclusive bundle! Here's what's inside

Metal Hammer · Aug 21

"I would hope that whoever told you that you are ugly is not anyone you would call a friend." Evanescence's Amy Lee shares some beautiful advice with a fan - and explains why "being an Instagram star" is not the important part of making art

The Evanescence singer was unimpressed to hear the cruel remarks one of her fans received

Metal Hammer · Aug 21

"We are to Vikings what the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are to turtles." Eihwar have brought chaos to the European folk metal scene with their Viking war trance - could they be its next big thing?

French duo Eihwar are one of the funnest and most unique things to hit the alternative music scene in recent years

Metal Hammer · Aug 21

Ghost share performance of Umbra from forthcoming Skeletour concert film 2 Big To Rig

2 Big To Rig will be haunting cinemas and IMAX theatres worldwide from August 26

Metal Hammer · Aug 20

Enslaved share transcendent new single, Solar Will, as they announce new album, Mið

Norwegian prog metal trailblazers Enslaved will release their latest album, Mið, in October

Metal Hammer · Aug 20

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Metal Hammer · Aug 20

“I ground myself to the bone for this record." Motionless In White celebrate 20 years with their first ever Metal Hammer cover

Celebrating their 20th anniversary with new album Decades, Motionless In White are on our new cover

Metal Hammer · Aug 19

"I didn’t kill anybody, I didn't bully anybody. I just made some stupid mistakes - and I am not a Nazi." Alex Terrible addresses the controversies surrounding Slaughter To Prevail

Slaughter To Prevail's Bloodstock appearance reignited the debate around the band's controversies. But Alex Terrible isn't shying away from criticism - and acknowledges his mistakes

Metal Hammer · Aug 19

Demon Hunter vs KPop Demon Hunters: Christian metal band sue Netflix alleging copyright infringement over hit animated movie

Seattle metallers argue that cartoon demon hunters are causing confusion and infringing upon their career

Metal Hammer · Aug 18

“We feel that we have been seriously misled and let down”: GoFundMe launched for Indonesian metal bands stranded in Ireland after being allegedly abandoned by promoter

Deadsquad, Jasad and Death Vomit cancelled gigs in Cork and London after accommodation and transport plans fell through

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Metal Hammer · Aug 18

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

Megadeth have at least two songs left over from their final album – but Dave Mustaine isn’t sure he’ll release them: “If I could play old songs, why wouldn’t I want to focus on new songs instead?”

MegaDave names two (possibly three) offcuts from the thrashers’ self-titled swansong

Metal Hammer · Aug 18

Ozzfest confirms return to Birmingham’s Villa Park next year

The venue hosted Ozzy Osbourne’s final show shortly before his death last summer

Metal Hammer · Aug 17

“I was just lying on a stretcher with intravenous liquid going in”: Ghost’s Tobias Forge remembers the severe food poisoning that forced him to cancel Mexico gig last year

The costumed hard rockers scrapped the first of three shows in Mexico City, which was set to be filmed for their upcoming documentary 2 Big To Rig

Metal Hammer · Aug 17

“I was 18 when I recorded it, so we didn’t know anything about writing, about recording, about singing”: Nightwish’s Floor Jansen on her worst album – and the prog metal deep cut which makes her cry

The velvet-voiced symphonic metal singer details the soundtrack of her life

Metal Hammer · Aug 17

Queens Of The Stone Age announce new album title via bloody game of five-finger fillet. "Does it hurt? Of course it hurts!"

Those of a nervous disposition are advised to look away now

Metal Hammer · Aug 16

Abbath drummer apologises to fans as frontman abandons festival set after two minutes

Abbath suffer another live disaster as frontman leaves fans feeling shortchanged

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