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YOU WONT BELIEVE: Hammer - What They Never Told You

Martin Scorsese asked to make a Hammer horror film but got rejected

Hollywood icon Martin Scorsese was a huge fan of Hammer in his youth, but the beloved horror studio ignored his advances in the 1990s.

BANG Premier · 14h ago

Which story was inspired by rogue waves hitting the Queen Mary? The Saturday quiz

From the Battle of Watling Street and dingo dollars to Atomic Monster, Hammer and Troma, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

The Guardian - UK · Sep 26

Get the new issue of Metal Hammer with a Motionless In White cover and a UK-exclusive red vinyl copy of new album Decades

Read the full story behind the metalcore stars’ latest effort inside

Metal Hammer · Sep 2

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Mastodon fans! Get a t-shirt unavailable in the shops and an exclusive Metal Hammer cover, only through Louder

Celebrate the release of the metal masters’ album Marrow Deep in style

Metal Hammer · Sep 1

Now Showing: discover the top home cinema testers for picture and sound this month

From Hammer Horror to Nolan's latest

What Hi-Fi? · Aug 29

"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

I saw behind-the-scenes of a 4K movie restoration — and it's made me appreciate the quality of my 4K Blu-rays more than ever now I understand the 'ethical dilemmas' and artistry involved

Ever wonder how a film gets to 4K Blu-ray? I visited Silversalt Restoration's studio and saw the magic of film restoration in action.

TechRadar · Aug 15

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Get the new issue of Metal Hammer with an exclusive Dominum cover, brain stress ball and signed art card

We took the rising zombie-metal stars to an escape room in Germany – find out what happened and get your hands on these limited-edition goodies!

Metal Hammer · Aug 4

Five Finger Death Punch, Helloween, Electric Callboy, Knocked Loose, Dragonforce and many more announced for Wacken Open Air 2027 lineup

Germany’s biggest metal festival will return from July 28 to 31

Metal Hammer · Aug 3

Sharon Osbourne gives an update on Ozzfest – and confirms there will be a Back To The Beginning film: “Ozzy’s legacy isn’t fading”

Exclusive: Sharon Osbourne on the rebooted Ozzfest, a film of the Back To The Beginning show, the mooted Ozzy biopic and that controversial AI avatar

Metal Hammer · Aug 2

Get the new issue of Metal Hammer with an exclusive Loathe cover and t-shirt designed by bassist Feisal El-Khazragi

Celebrate the release of the metalcore band’s new album A Stranger To You in style

Metal Hammer · Jul 30

“I have nothing against 50 Cent, but what does that even mean?!” AFI were told to collaborate with 50 Cent in the mid-2000s

Their A&R wanted to get the attention of a label boss who’d just declared that rock’n’roll was dead

Metal Hammer · Jul 30

Viking death metal berserkers Amon Amarth still Vikings, still death metal, still berserk on new single Gjallarhorn; upcoming album The Allfather Awakens announced

Will you accept their 10-song offering on October 2?

Metal Hammer · Jul 22

A year without Ozzy Osbourne: all the biggest tributes, covers and controversies since the Prince Of Darkness’ death

Award wins, all-star celebrations, a divisive AI avatar – these are the ways that Ozzy’s passing rocked the heavy metal world

Metal Hammer · Jul 22

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Metal Hammer · Jul 8

Hear Viking death metal berserkers Amon Amarth go fully acoustic on shocking new ballad Upphaf

The Swedes call it a “quiet moment” ahead of the “fury” of their as-yet-unannounced 13th album

Metal Hammer · Jul 3

“There was some mild terrorism going on. They were exploding cars and banks and real estate. There was an ongoing war”: From a climate of violence, Gojira made one of modern metal’s most conscious, powerful anthems

The French crusaders played their early shows in a region battling for independence, and they channelled that political spirit into Flying Whales

Louder · Jul 2

"Depression isn't the kind of thing that’ll just go away." Dream collabs with Lady Gaga and David Hasselhoff, Eurovision and touring with Iron Maiden: an interview with Lord Of The Lost's Chris Harms

They've played Eurovision, supported Iron Maiden and topped the charts: Lord Of The Lost aren't dialing back their ambitions

Metal Hammer · Jun 29

“I remember them telling me, ‘You don’t play angry’”: Bassist in Serj Tankian and Daron Malakian’s pre-System Of A Down band was fired for not being “angry enough”

David Hakopyan was a member of Hollywood rockers Soil before they re-named themselves and dominated the nu metal era

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Metal Hammer · Jun 25

A must-have for Bring Me The Horizon fans: get the new issue of Metal Hammer in a Count Your Blessings mega-bundle with a t-shirt, poster and vinyl copy of the Repented re-recording

Limited to just 500 copies!

Metal Hammer · Jun 9

“Screens and fake news and artificial intelligence… we don’t need that in the way of our connections”: How Sepultura made their technophobic final statement, The Cloud Of Unknowing

As Brazil’s groove metal heroes prepare to call it quits, we speak to guitarist Andreas Kisser about their swansong EP

Metal Hammer · Jun 7

“A few others were singing about the underside of life, but we had the heaviness to hammer the subjects home.” The inside story of Black Sabbath’s stoned masterpiece Master Of Reality

How Black Sabbath pushed metal to ever heavier levels on their immortal third album

Inverse · May 28

68 Years Later, A Shocking Horror Classic Will Finally Be Seen As It's Meant To Be

Hammer Horror's original Dracula starring Christopher Lee is coming back to theaters this October, with three minutes of censored footage restored.

Metal Hammer · May 28

“Things are spiralling out of control!” Evanescence are on the cover of the latest issue of Metal Hammer, which comes with two exclusive gifts

Evanescence fans, you're gonna wanna get all over this one

The Independent UK · May 27

Dracula being re-released after almost 70 years with gruesome footage that caused original audiences to faint

It will be the first time audiences in UK and US have ever seen the shocking scenes

Metal Hammer · May 20

“I played Doom before I was even into metal. A lot of my love of thrash comes from slaying beasts in Doom”: How Doom and its iconic soundtrack converted the next generation of metalheads

The 1993 shoot-’em-up was wildly violent and hugely successful. Thanks to Bobby Prince’s awesome soundtrack, it was also beloved by the metal crowd.

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