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.

METALLICA GIVE YOU HEAVY, BABY!

HAMMER

PRAISE THE LORDS

YOU WANTED JOHN WICK BACK. HE’S BACK • Keanu Reeves’ unkillable assassin returns – with a gloriously OTT metal-friendly soundtrack

JESSE LEACH • The Killswitch Engage frontman talks double-denim, second chances, and finding healing through ‘vision quests’

MIYAKO • She’s a power metal powerhouse, but Lovebites’ shredder has been inspired by everyone from Polyphia to Elton John

MANUEL GAGNEUX • A student of Basel’s Satanic and punk rock undergrounds, the Zeal & Ardor leader has a degree from the school of hard knocks

THE ACACIA STRAIN • The deathcore innovators are making a grind- and doominspired concept double-release

HEY MAN NICE SHOT FILTER • Richard Patrick’s anti-suicide anthem launched his post-Nine Inch Nails career – despite being misinterpreted as a dig at Kurt Cobain’s death

SABATON ISLAND? SIGN ME UP! • …and other such declarations, taunts and opinions you had to offer on our split cover run of Sabaton and Babymetal, plus recent features on Ville Valo, The Hu, Roadrunner United and more.

THE BIG DEBATE • Hollywood legend Jamie Lee Curtis suggested bands should start playing matinee shows out of consideration for older audiences. Though her choice of bands left something to be desired, we can’t say we hate the idea…

HAMMER STEREO • What’s been blowing our office speakers

ZULU • The boundary-pushing LA hardcore crew are blending brutal music with Black culture in the name of unity

BLACKGOLD • Mysterious masked nu metal revivalists who want to party like it’s 1998

THOTCRIME • Hyperactive cybergrind pioneers hoping to make a digital buzz

TEN56. • Ultra-heavy metallic hardcore crew putting the world on notice

EUPHROSYNE • Athenian post-black metal mixing savagery with heart

IN THE KNOW • What your favourite bands are listening to

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

THE BLACKER ALBUM • Written during the pandemic and anchored by some of James Hetfield’s darkest lyrics, 72 Seasons sees Metallica clawing for a way out of the shadows. We find out if they made it

"IT'S ABOUT MUSIC MOVING YOU"

LOUDERSOUND

BORN FOR ONE THING • Off the back of their most successful year ever, we joined Gojira in Paris for a spectacular homecoming show like no other. Here’s what went down

"HYBRID THEORY WASN'T AN ACCIDENT"

LOST AND FOUND • In February, Linkin Park released Lost, an unheard song from the Meteora sessions. Bassist Dave ‘Phoenix’ Farrell recalls its conception and discovery

YouTucher Shredder Trailblazer • YouTube guitar hero Sophie Lloyd has made the leap from internet fame to IRL stardom via a tour with MGK. Now she’s out to convince the doubters she’s for real – starting with herself

ICE-T • Groundbreaking metal icon, hip hop elder statesman, controversy magnet, friend of Megadeth, Lemmy, Slayer and...