The crowd inside Franklin Music Hall Saturday night was, in many respects, a standard mass of heavy metal mayhem. Pumping ...

From Cradle of Filth to Whitechapel, Bloodywood to Spiritbox, these are some of the best metal releases of 2025 so far.

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Meet Knocked Loose spin-off spinkickers Church Tongue, Siberian black metallers Grima, Texan metalcore mob Catch Your Breath ...

In the college rock world, Sinead O’Connor was the bright new voice with The Lion and the Cobra album. She was joined in the ...

The Saxon frontman takes Hammer reader's questions - and definitively answers whether Vikings or Saxons would win in a fight ...

Babymetal, Sleep Token and Machine Head are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

Fans of the genre know that these metal bands are great but those who aren't in the know may find them offensive.

They are capable of magnificence, but expecting greatness from bands at all times is an unrealistic target to set for our ...

Two metal acts from Fresno and Spain bring their current tandem tour to Sunday when Haunt and Hitten take the stage at the Bottom of the Hill with local openers Blackwülf.

Arguably the best metal band of all time, Metallica has released 12 albums. From Master of Puppets to The Black Album, we've ...

In November, just after the election from hell, I became a metalhead. It was an accident, but it’s too late to reverse course now. Before saying more about that, I want to step back in time.