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.

METAL HAMMER

AMASSIVE YEAR FOR METAL

THE BIG PICTURE IT’S A BOMBER!

DOWNLOAD TURNS 21! • Avenged Sevenfold might be Download Festival 2024’s only metal headliner, but with Machine Head, Babymetal and so many more on the bill already, there’s still plenty to love!

HOW MANY BANDANAS DO YOU OWN? • Caleb Shomo takes your questions on rock’n’roll fashion, ice cream and meeting Disturbed’s David Draiman

SOPHIE LLOYD • The shredder extraordinaire talks learning Mötley Crüe, working with Steel Panther and her love-hate relationship with Eruption

MARK TREMONTI • The post-grunge guitar hero shares parables from his time with Creed and Alter Bridge through to his solo band and beyond

WARNING SKINDRED • While born from infighting, the song gave the Welsh band their unifying live stunt – the Newport Helicopter

ARCH ENEMY

IHSAHN • The prog metal mastermind is digging into his Emperor roots for an ambitious metal/orchestral double album

NEW NOISE SiM • The Japanese reggae/nu metal fusion band finally taking the world by storm after almost 20 years – thanks to anime Attack On Titan

ASINHELL • Taking a break from arenas, Volbeat’s frontman returns to his dirty death metal roots

CREAK

BODY VOID

CELESTIAL SANCTUARY

IN THE KNOW

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

Magazines

Fightstar

METAL’S BIG HITTERS REIGNED SUPREME • We had Metallica’s comeback album and mega world tour, plus Iron Maiden’s Future Past run. But a wave of rising bands also delivered the goods, shoring up metal’s next generation

METALLICA MADE AN EPIC COMEBACK • 72 Seasons, Spinal Tap stage sets and celebrity moshpits – Rob Trujillo looks back on Metallica’s blockbusting year

OZZY RETIRED (OR DID HE?)

BARBIE TOOK OVER THE WORLD • A blockbusting movie meant Mattel’s iconic doll was everywhere in 2023 – and metal wasn’t immune to Barbiegeddon

IRON MAIDEN BRIDGED THE PAST AND THE FUTURE • Epic tours, live landmarks and gong mishaps – drummer Nicko McBrain looks back on an eventful 12 months

SLIPKNOT WERE EVEN MORE CHAOTIC THAN USUAL • Departures, mystery replacements, an uncertain future - this was the Year In Slipknot

DOWNLOAD SHOOK THINGS UP MASSIVELY • Metallica doubled up and Slipknot had a surprise for us, but Bring Me The Horizon pointed the way to the festival’s future

METAL WENT TO THE BALLET • Ballgowns, battle jackets and Tony Iommi. Why Black Sabbath – The Ballet was 2023’s surprise cultural success story

NU METAL 2.0 RULED EVERYTHING

LORD OF THE LOST BROUGHT BLOOD, GLITTER AND LATEX TO EUROVISION • They may have finished last at the song contest, but Lord Of The Lost’s Chris Harms wouldn’t change anything about 2023

A FARTING SLEEP TOKEN FAN WENT VIRAL • We tracked down the person who filmed the fart that was heard around the world

AVENGED SEVENFOLD TOOK A RISK • The Orange County megastars threw caution to...