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The 10 heaviest metal breakdowns of all time

When the beat drops, these songs by Metallica, Slayer and more hit like a freight train

Metal Hammer · Sep 1

The 'terrible' metal albums (that aren't nearly as bad as people make out)

From Iron Maiden to Metallica, Slayer to Guns N' Roses, these are the 'dud' albums that deserve a second look

Metal Hammer · Aug 31

"I thought it’d be funny to ask Gerard Way if he wanted to sing on a song. He text straight back: 'Absolutely!'" From collabing with a My Chemical Romance legend to taking death metal to Red Rocks, five minutes with Frozen Soul's Chad Green

Frozen Soul are one of the most exciting bands in death metal right now - and it turns out MCR's Gerard Way agrees!

Metal Hammer · Jul 15

The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Robb Flynn teams up with Black Veil Brides, Tarja Turunen recruits Dani Filth and Korn bounce back in this week's best new metal song round-up

Metal Hammer · Apr 25

The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear this week

Dimmu Borgir make a long-awaited return, Frozen Soul team up with Machine Head and a former Ghost guitarist launches his 'cartoon metal' band: these are Metal Hammer's tracks of the week

Metal Hammer · Mar 27

"I was walking down the street and I saw this junkie washing out his needle with wine." How one of the most hyped metal bands of the 90s bounced back from firings, studio disasters and, erm, constipation

When Machine Head needed a good follow-up to their classic debut album, boy did they deliver - but not without facing some challenges

Metal Hammer · Mar 9

“Every song we came up with was like the greatest thing. Every time we’d write another it was like, ‘Oh my god’”: Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax and more remember how thrash metal took over the world 40 years ago

1986 was the year where thrash metal broke through. We got the genre’s leading bands to look back on those whirlwind 12 months.

Metal Hammer · Jan 30

“Once James Hetfield said he liked it, that was it. He said that it kicked his ass”: Nineteen years ago, this US metal band released their sixth album. Today it sounds like a Master Of Puppets for the 21st century

Machine Head’s The Blackening is one of the greatest metal records of the 21st century

Metal Hammer · Jan 1

“Stranger Things is a phenomenon, right? But it’s ending. I hope I reach the point where, when the time comes, we step away gracefully”: Robb Flynn wants Machine Head’s retirement to be like a hit Netflix finale

The Oakland thrashers aren’t bowing out yet, but when they do, their frontman wants it to put a bold exclamation point on their career

Metal Hammer · Dec 8, 2025

“Three hours of molten metal, raging pits and life-affirming sing-alongs!” Machine Head announce evening-with Europe and UK shows for spring 2026

Oakland’s groove metal pioneers will be playing some extensive sets when they return in the spring

Metal Hammer · Nov 25, 2025