Metal Hammer UK

For over three decades, Metal Hammer has brought the biggest and the best in the world of metal each and every single month. From exclusive interviews with the biggest bands in our game to celebrating the rise of the new artists taking our genre into its next chapter, we represent heavy music in all its many forms, offering world class features, unbiased reviews and special looks inside the scenes no one else will talk about. Be it heavy metal, punk, hardcore, grunge, alternative, goth, industrial, djent or the stuff so bizarre it defies classification, you'll find it all here and backed by the best writers and photographers in our game. If you like heavy music on any level, welcome to your new favourite magazine.

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SUITE LEAF

THE OSBOURNES ARE BACK! • The famous family have reunited for new episodes of their podcast, with conversations about Ozzy’s health and, erm, pets eating their own poo…

10 THINGS WE LEARNED THIS MONTH

WHAT’S THE MOST INTERESTING ANIMAL YOU’VE EVER KEPT? • Comedian, actor and multi-instrumentalist Bill Bailey takes your questions on concept albums, classic metal and critters

LZZY HALE • Taking singing cues from the likes of Heart and Soundgarden, these are the songs that changed the Halestorm icon’s life

AMARANTHE • Style-shifting Swedish metallers promise their most futuristic and ambitious album to date

MARIA BRINK • The In This Moment vocalist shares her thoughts on chasing your dreams, owning your past and why bigger is always better

SNAP YOUR FINGERS, SNAP YOUR NECK PRONG • The club metal anthem that gave them a taste of the success their New York peers were enjoying in the early 90s

UNITYTX • They’re the Texan band mixing hardcore and hip hop in exciting new ways – and making space for minority artists in the process

NEGATIVE VORTEX • Former Brazilian goregrind pioneers give death-doom a makeover

MILITARIE GUN • The LA mob pushing the boundaries of melodic hardcore

AGRICULTURE • Happy-go-lucky black metallers trade misanthropy and nihilism for spiritual optimism

DAEDRIC • The Texan artist taking The Elder Scrolls on a nu-industrial trip

HOARD ALMIGHTY • Box sets, underground oddities and all the essential merch you need this month

"IF I DON'T FEEL ANYTHING THEN WHY WOULD I EVEN DO THIS?" • A hit album, viral videos, secret listening sessions, an upcoming arena show – 2023 has been the year of Sleep Token. Hammer joins them in Los Angeles to hear Vessel finally speak

OBJECTS OF DESIRE • Members of Sleep Token’s fan community are showing their devotion to Vessel and co by creating amazing sculptures, tarot decks, battle jackets and more

BRING ME TO LIFE • Amy Lee was an unknown singer-songwriter until Fallen catapulted Evanescence to stardom. This is the inside story of a 21st-century masterpiece

FOR THOSE ABOUT TO ROCK • 80,000 people have gathered in the desert to watch AC/DC, Metallica, Iron Maiden, GN’R, Tool and Judas Priest play the ultimate festival. Welcome to Power Trip

ERIK DANIELSSON • The blood, the controversy, the death - how Watain’s frontman and figurehead became a Tolkien-loving, Christian-baiting black metal lifer

WELCOME TO THE bimbocore ERA

CHANTING FOR VENGEANCE • They perform rituals, invoke evil spirits, and even have a nun in their line-up – meet Dharma, Taiwan’s rising Buddhist metal band

HAPPINESS IS A WARM FUZZBOX • They saved their label Sub Pop from going bust and inspired the Seattle sound, and Mudhoney’s filthy tones are still as sweet as ever

SPIRITBOX • Canada’s alt metal sensations keep all their options open

BRIQUEVILLE • Belgium’s shadowy post-metallers offer...