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 UK

WASTED YEARS? NEVER.

BRENT HINDS 1974-2025

SUMMER 2026 IS A GO! • The first announcements for next year’s festival season have arrived – and we couldn’t be more excited

HAMMER STEREO • What’s been blowing our office speakers

IS THERE BAD BLOOD BETWEEN SPINAL TAP AND METALLICA? • Spinal Tap guitarist/vocalist David St. Hubbins takes your questions on The Four Horsemen, Sabrina Carpenter and kiss cams

MILKIE WAY • From getting onstage with Gaga to discovering punk via Tony Hawk, these songs shaped Wargasm’s irrepressible bassist/vocalist

SPENCER CHARNAS • Ice Nine Kills’ cosplaying vocalist on the lessons he’s learned about family, fandom and how best to dispose of a body

THE GUSH RAGING SPEEDHORN • How a Top 50 hit inspired by a comedy sketch almost turned these sludge metal brutes into the UK’s answer to Slipknot

DOMINUM • If Sabaton make power metal for tank enthusiasts and Powerwolf sate the werewolf lovers, this lot answer the question, “But what about zombies?”

FACE YOURSELF • Deathcore New Yorkers find authenticity in fury

SEVEN SISTERS • The Londoners slinging old school NWOBHM riffs with a flair for the dramatic

ABDUCTION • Bone-rattling black metal proving there’s more to mystery than just masks

LUNA KILLS • Finnish alt metal hotshots find their place with boss battle energy

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

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IRON MAIDEN ARE 50 • As metal’s most iconic band celebrate their golden jubilee, Steve and Bruce take us inside their epic half-century journey – and what comes next

MONSTER, INC • Iron Maiden wouldn’t be Iron Maiden without Eddie. This is the history of metal’s greatest mascot

LIFE AFTER JOEY • It’s been four years since former Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison died – but two of his bands are determined to keep his music alive with new albums

“HUGE, TATTOOED MEN WERE CRYING” • How Joey’s sisters Annie and Katie are celebrating their brother’s legacy

BRANN DAILOR • From former porn-store clerk to prog metal standard-bearer, these are the life and times of the Mastodon drummer/vocalist

DO OR DIE • After splitting with Butcher Babies, singer Carla Harvey threw herself into a career in the death industry, but something was missing. Enter Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante and The Violent Hour

THE STEALTH RISE OF I PREVAIL • Top 20 albums, headlining arenas and that Taylor Swift cover – post metalcore crew I Prevail are dragging heavy music back into the mainstream

BACK TO THE PRIMITIVE • Why Mawiza are on a mission to reclaim their Mapuche heritage

NATIVE BLOOD • Five other bands bringing their culture to metal

PARKWAY DRIVE • Run-ins with riot police, pyro to rival Rammstein and a show at the Sydney Opera House – here’s how five surfer dudes put Aussie metal on the map

DRIVE TIME • Parkway Drive’s essential...