UNBELIEVABLE: 6 | History Defined

"He was the Mad Max of rock 'n' roll." Lemmy is on the cover of the new Metal Hammer: we celebrate the man, the myth and the music of Motörhead

10 years since his passing and 50 years since Motorhead began, we celebrate a legend

Metal Hammer · Nov 13, 2025

Get Poppy’s new album Empty Hands on exclusive bone, violet and baby blue vinyl, exclusively through Metal Hammer

The nu gen icon’s next release drops on January 23 via SUmerian

Metal Hammer · Nov 12, 2025

"I think when things happen like the throat cancer, or my neck being fused, or the saturnine palsy in my arm, most people would stop." Dave Mustaine on why Megadeth's final show might still be "three to five years" away

Megadeth fans, don't panic! You'll likely still have plenty of time to catch Dave and the boys on their final run

Metal Hammer · Nov 12, 2025

“No Pro Tools, no tricks or whistles. We as a band helped change the production of heavy metal records”: With one song, Pantera reinvented their sound to become one of the most influential metal bands of all time

And the solo from Dimebag gave the world its first taste of a new guitar hero

MusicRadar · Nov 5, 2025

“I asked them, ‘What’s it like to be famous?’ and they all said, ‘We hate it’”: The story of the landmark grunge album that paved the way for Nirvana’s Nevermind but set the band that made it on the path to darkness

A year before Nirvana broke out with Nevermind, Alice In Chains Seattle’s grunge scene on the map

Metal Hammer · Nov 1, 2025

“Brent’s got an entire album that hasn’t seen the light of day”: Brent Hinds had a trove of solo material that was never released, according to his former bandmate

Duane Trucks of Fiend Without a Face has shed light on some unheard material that the Mastodon guitarist created before his tragic death

Guitar World · Oct 28, 2025

"I think the more metal people are, the nicer they are." Alter Bridge on the huge impact one wrestling star has had on their career - and why metalheads are the nicest people going

One metal-loving wrestling legend using an Alter Bridge song as his theme tune helped gain the band countless new followers

Metal Hammer · Oct 27, 2025

“We thought, ‘Wow, that’s really cool – this was the guy that did all those crazy, terrible things’”: How Slayer made Angel Of Death – the fastest, freakiest and most controversial song in thrash metal history

The opening song from 1986’s Reign In Blood affirmed Slayer as thrash metal’s scariest scare-mongers

Metal Hammer · Oct 23, 2025

Calling all moshers! Get the new Metal Hammer with an exclusive Malevolence cover and cross-body bag

Metalcore’s premiere pit-starters are on the cover of this exclusive edition of Metal Hammer’s latest issue, which comes with a bag unavailable in shops

Metal Hammer · Oct 23, 2025

“Security will think that you’re either the wife or the girlfriendof someone, or a groupie”: Lacuna Coil’s Cristina Scabbia explains how women are “treated differently” in the heavy metal scene

The vocalist also talks about her early days in the Italian pop/dance world, exclusively in the new issue of Metal Hammer

Metal Hammer · Oct 22, 2025