Rising UK stoner metal heroes Green Lung will bring rural gloom to a town near you on Midsomer tour 2024
The rising doom metal stars are set to support Opeth and Clutch on the road this summer
Just Heriot showing once again why they're one of the best young bands in the UK metal scene right now
Avenged Sevenfold bassist Johnny Christ has looked back on the shocking experience of playing a sparse bar after City Of Evil came out
The keyboardist has also talked about the touring hiatus the symphonic metal outfit will take after September’s Yesterwynde album
The viral trio will perform in London this June, ahead of a slot at the prestigious Glastonbury festival
The alt-metal collective debuted the 2023 ballad during their US tour last night
The gothic solo artist has offered a reliably bewitching take on one of modern metal’s greats
The film, which combines footage of the metal cult’s 2023 Los Angeles concerts with an original story, will hit cinemas worldwide in June
The eighth staging of LOUD WOMEN fest will take place in London on September 7: tickets are on sale now
The nu metal darlings’ booking agency is reportedly taking offers for their first tour since Chester Bennington’s death
The footage comes from the documentary Revival69: The Concert That Rocked The World
System Of A Down’s frontman weighs in on the state of US politics in 2024, shares a snippet of previously unreleased SOAD song A.F. Day
The Nine will trek across North America this summer and autumn, joined by Knocked Loose, Orbit Culture and Vended
Ranking a back-catalogue as incredible as the Norwegian prog masters’ is a near-impossible job, but someone had to do it
US hardcore punk legends Scream are touring the UK and Europe this month with Soulside, promoting their first album in 30 years. Frontman Pete Stahl tells us the story behind their return
Slash's band split. He was called a 'sell-out' and 'a cancer'. And through it all he emerged with the first great rock album of the last decade
We asked Hammer readers to put their questions to Chelsea Wolfe - this is what she had to say
In 1998, Iron Maiden tried to promote Virtual XI by putting on football games with journalists and professional players. It was all a bit weird.
When Milquetoast was picked up for 1994 cult hit The Crow, it looked like Helmet were about to hit the big time - but the New York band had other plans
Frozen Soul's frost-obsession might seem strange for a Texan band, but their story is one of triumph over tragedy and essential escapism
From "Melanin Punks" Oxymorrons to viral metalcore breakouts Resolve, French prog metallers No Terror In The Bang and punishing sludge noisemakers Meth, these are the new bands you need to hear in May 2024
Ozzy Osbourne once wanted to join the British Army. Fortunately for heavy metal, the British Army did not want Ozzy in their ranks
From Public Enemy and Dr. Dre to Nine Inch Nails and Rage Against The Machine, Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda guides us through the songs that helped make him a nu metal star
Eye's debut album Dark Light sees the Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard vocalist experiment with dreampop, shoegaze and electronica
Hailing from Beijing and sounding like they come from outer space, China's OU are pushing boundaries with new album II: Frailty
Six years since their last album, Floridian death metal legends Deicide offer an infernal comeback on album no. 13
Alien Ant Farm produce an enjoyable, nostalgic comeback
A minimal amount of effort leaves Papercuts severely lacking to anyone but the most casual of Linkin Park fans
Chelsea Wolfe brings her latest album She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She to life with a stunning main stage set at Roadburn Festival 2024
Clipping. show why hip hop's more extreme edges should be more embraced by the alternative scene
A surprise last-minute addition to Roadburn Festival 2024, trap metal star Backxwash shows just how far she's come from her Sabbath-sampling roots
Mixing layers of noise with ferocious grooves and pop-punk melodies, Unpeople are bringing something brand new to modern metal
Grunge forerunners and sludge metal pioneers Melvins are pushing the envelope again with their new - and 27th! - album Tarantula Heart
With album three, San Diego’s up-and-comers haven’t just jumped from introspective lyrics to apocalyptic fantasy – they’ve escaped their metalcore constraints along the way