and the creative impact that the band’s choices of “cover songs” as singles has had over the years. Petar and Brandon discuss Mastodon separating with Brent Hinds after 25 years and how we were ...

Our picks for the Heaviest Song by 11 Big Hair Metal Bands proves that the genre, which relied so heavily on simple pop sensibilities, packed a harder punch than its detractors were willing to ...

Last week, upcoming wrestling biopic Queen of the Ring was being promoted by a tender Kansas cover from Corey Taylor and Bad Omens. Now, another cover from the soundtrack has stepped into the ring: an ...

Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. There’s something satisfying about the heft and feel of a metal credit card. Whether it’s the cachet that comes with owning one ...

In the new issue of Metal Hammer, we choose five rising artists and put them on the cover. This year, your New Heavy cover stars are: Electric Callboy, Jinjer, Slaughter To Prevail, Bambie Thug and ...

We use the terms “legend” and “icon” to describe influential musicians. And there are some years in music history where it almost feels as though something supernatural has taken place.

Bad Omens teaming up with Corey Taylor, Employed To Serve and Deafheaven are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite! When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

It's not very often that the worlds of slam death metal and EDM cross over, but that's exactly what happened when big-time DJ Marshmello bombarded a European crowd with downtuned brutality.

Shining has a greater number of outstanding covers than any other black metal band. In fact, their 2011 EP of cover songs, Lots of Girls Gonna Get Hurt, was recently reissued with some very ...