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I just spent four days at the muddiest metal festival on the planet - here's why I'm desperate to go back

Thousands of fans, hundreds of bands and tonnes of mud: but Wacken is still the best metal festival around

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“I don’t follow the rules of metal, which is probably wrong, and I’m sorry”: Metallica producer Bob Rock looks back on controversial Load and Reload albums

Rock is “glad” he and Metallica didn’t imitate the metal stars’ blockbuster Black Album when making its divisive follow-ups

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“The whole place went, ‘What on earth is this?!’ It was nuts. The crowd went mental”: The story of the Black Sabbath gig that changed history

At a gig just outside Birmingham on August 1, 1969, music changed forever

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Watch masked metal enigmas President cover Deftones classic at their first ever headline show

The mysterious President played a 6-track set in London and threw in a solid cover of Deftones' Change (In the House of Flies)

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“I had this idea, ‘We really need to make a hard rock jock jam!’”: Halestorm’s exclusive track by track guide to their new album Everest

Halestorm guitarist Joe Hottinger breaks down the band’s upcoming album Everest

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"Jacoby Shaddix is practically bouncing on the spot between songs, visibly thrilled." Headlining a major European festival for the very first time, Papa Roach's Wacken performance is a loud, proud and unbowed triumph. Pressure? What pressure?

Papa Roach deliver a career-defining headline set at Germany's legendary Wacken Open Air festival

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“There is some really bad-ass stuff on that album”: This legendary alt-metal band are sitting on an album recorded at the height of their success – but it may never come out

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"To be with them on that day, it was like a magical dream." Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan shares his memories of Black Sabbath's emotional farewell show, and his thoughts on the death of Ozzy Osbourne

The emotional weight of Black Sabbath's final bow had Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan in tears

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The 9 new heavy metal songs you need to hear this week

Listen to these killer new tracks from Spinal Tap, Primal Fear and Orbit Culture, then tell us which is your favourite

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You can now get an exclusive Babymetal Metal Hammer issue with a limited edition variant cover

Celebrate Babymetal's new album Metal Forth with this special edition cover!

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“I had to become the host of Headbanger’s Ball to get my video played!”: Hatebreed enlisted a Spider-Man director for a music video, then got banned from MTV

Jamey Jasta says he had to “infiltrate the system” for the hardcore band’s song I Will Be Heard to make the airwaves

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4 brilliant new bands you need to hear this month

From Metallica-endorsed alt-metallers Unpeople to satanic psych doomies Saturday Night Satan, Scottish prog metallers Tiberius and Salisbury shoegaze-revivalists Oversize, these are the bands you need to hear in August 2025

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I never listened to Black Sabbath growing up – this is why I got an Ozzy Osbourne tattoo the day after he died

It took a while for me to appreciate the Prince Of Darkness’ true influence on heavy metal, but after his death, I needed something to reflect how big a part of me he’d become

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This video of US pop superstar Sabrina Carpenter covering Ozzy Osbourne's Crazy Train as a 12-year-old is a wholesome and welcome reminder that the Prince of Darkness' timeless music will live forever

Long before she took over the world with songs such as Espresso and Please Please Please. pop superstar Sabrina Carpenter had a soft spot for classic rock and metal

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The 10 most important and interesting Iron Maiden shows ever, by manager Rod Smallwood

Iron Maiden's longtime manager Rod Smallwood tells ten stories of ten landmark shows

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"I'm always looking for the rainbow I can't find": At the Classic Rock Awards in 2008, Ozzy Osbourne gave one of his most revealing interviews

After picking up the Living Legend Award at the 2008 Classic Rock Roll Of Honour, Ozzy sat down to talk about being Ozzy Osbourne

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Elton John stars as Spinal Tap release new version of immortal classic Stonehenge

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues will arrive in cinemas in September

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"Half of my young fans were big Swifties, and now they’re doing goth make-up." Bambie Thug on converting Taylor Swift fans, leaving the Vatican "on read" and why they have a "doodle arm"

Nu gen singer-songwriter Bambie Thug gives us a brief but tantalising glimpse into their world

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"First you get slapped in the face, then you get shoved, then you get punched." Legendary record producer Andy Wallace on working with Nirvana, Rage Against The Machine, Slayer and Jeff Buckley on some of the greatest rock albums ever made

How Andy Wallace helped shape the sound of a generation

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Debate: what was metal's greatest decade?

70s? 80s? 90s? 00s? 10s? Which decade in metal has given us the greatest bands and albums?

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Animals As Leaderscancel Mexico, South America, and Australia tour dates due to "serious injury"

Instrumental prog trio Animals As Leaders cancel live shows after drummer Matt Garstka sustains a "serious arm injury that requires surgery".

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Order your exclusive Scars On Broadway t-shirt and Daron Malakian Metal Hammer cover now

The System Of A Down legend recently released Scars On Broadway's brand new album, Addicted To The Violence

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"What heavy music could become if it let go of outmoded notions of authenticity and genre loyalty." Babymetal's new album Metal Forth reaffirms their status as one of metal's most unique and exciting bands

Babymetal team up with a bunch of metal pals to make another bold stride forwards

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“He does feel a bit like our saviour. It’s good to know he’s kind of protecting us”: How Mike Portnoy helped save Avenged Sevenfold after the The Rev died

Dream Theater man’s stand-in role may have complicated his own position, but the younger band were grateful for his unflappable optimism as they fought to keep going

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Foo Fighters reportedly swap drummers with Nine Inch Nails

There's no official confirmation next, but Dave Grohl may have found his new man

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