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.

MEET THE BAND

100 SONGS. A LIFETIME OF METAL

METAL HAMMER

PARTY LIKE IT’S 1999

PARENTAL ADVISORY: EXPLICIT MATERIAL • New music documentary Cover Your Ears drafts in members of Twisted Sister, Judas Priest and Rotting Christ to discuss music’s relationship with censorship

DOES METAL NEED MORE FASHION SENSE? • Fever 333’s Jason Aalon Butler answers your questions on style, giant chickens, and the time he got told off by Metallica’s tech crew

MICHAEL ‘MOOSE’ THOMAS • The former Bullet For My Valentine drummer and Kill The Lights founder talks hilariously heavy death metal, classic rock and surprising Oi! punk covers

ORANGE GOBLIN • They might have signed to a legendary doom label, but they’re embracing optimism on album 10

GLEN BENTON • The Deicide frontman might be a naughty boy, but that doesn’t mean he hasn’t learned things along the way – this is his wisdom

NYMPHETAMINE CRADLE OF FILTH • The gothic ode to love, lust and addiction that sparked commercial success and a Grammy nomination

HAND OF KALLIACH

THE 100 SONGS THAT CHANGED OUR WORLD • From metal’s original earthquaking anthems to the modern classics that are pushing things forward, this is the soundtrack to a musical revolution that has lasted 50 years and counting

CHRIS HARMS • The Lord Of The Lost leader has technically died three times, but that hasn’t stopped him taking on Eurovision, flying the flag for the LGBTQ+ community and promoting butt plugs

APOCALYPTICA

ABRAMS

ANOTHER NOW

ARHAT

ROTTING CHRIST

BLACKGOLD

CANDY

BEATEN TO DEATH

BAT Under

ARKA’N ASRAFOKOR

JULIE CHRISTMAS

COBRA THE IMPALER

DOPETHRONE

DEFECTS

EVERGREY

FOUR STROKE BARON

GURT

SMALL MERCIES

ERNTE

HAUNTED PLASMAI

HIGH DESERT QUEEN

HUNTSMEN

EXODUS

KULK

KATI RÁN Sála • Soul-searching Nordic folk with a warrior heart

MY DILIGENCE

MATRASS

LOWLIVES

WORLD SERVICE • Heavy metal uprisings from around the globe

RED ROT

RARITY

NOCTURNUS AD

REZN

SHRAPNEL

RELIQA

THOU

SEVERE TORTURE

RHAPSODY OF FIRE

SUFFERING SOULS

SOCK

SIG:AR:TYR

UFOMAMMUT

WITHERING SURFACE

WITHERFALL

THE TROOPS OF DOOM

SUNNATA

UMBRA VITAE

INFERNO FESTIVAL 2024 • Norway’s long-running extreme metal gathering unlocks the trve power of progression

ROADBURN 2024 • Chelsea Wolfe, Khanate and Blood Incantation take Tilburg to the outer limits

BLIND GUARDIAN

BRUCE DICKINSON • Iron Maiden’s unstoppable frontman takes the West Coast by surprise

BLIND CHANNEL • Finland’s Eurovision-storming nu metallers get down with the slickness

PUPIL SLICER

SYLOSIS

MYRKUR • A double dose of Scandinavian atmospherics from twin mavericks...