Metal Hammer

Metal Hammer, occasionally referred to as MetalHammer, is a monthly publication dedicated to heavy metal music. It is published in the UK by Future Plc and has various international editions handled by different publishers. The magazine covers a wide range of topics, showcasing both popular bands and lesser-known artists across the entire heavy metal genre.

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#20591

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#6356

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#58

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“If you’ve experienced failure and rejection, how can you possibly be anything but elated?”: How Bush’s Gavin Rossdale channelled frustration and loss into epic grunge ballad Glycerine

2 days ago | loudersound.com | Dave Everley

Somewhere in the south of France is a ski chalet called Chez Glycerine. It’s owned by producer Clive Langer, whose starry CV includes successful albums by Madness and Elvis Costello. But it was an entirely different band who inspired the name. “He was losing it,” Bush singer and guitarist Gavin Rossdale says of the gaff in question.
“People on their mobiles, getting bombarded with this information – it’s kind of like brainwashing”: Adrian Smith and Richie Kotzen are waging a two-man war on the modern world with Smith/Kotzen

3 days ago | loudersound.com | Dave Everley

When Richie Kotzen was 12 years old, he had two baseball T-shirts that he would wear to school. One was a Black Sabbath shirt with an image of the Grim Reaper holding a crystal ball and the number 666 on the front, the other was an Iron Maiden The Number Of The Beast shirt. “I was a Maiden fanatic,” he says, some 43 years later. “When I’d wake up for school, I’d put that record on and get dressed.
Public Service Broadcasting to perform The Last Flight at the Barbican in November

3 days ago | loudersound.com | Jerry Ewing

Public Service Broadcasting have announced two special live performances of their most recent album, last year's acclaimed The Last Flight, with the London Contemporary Orchestra, at London's Barbican Theatre in November. The band and the 20-piece string section from the orchestra will perform two shows on November 1, at 3pm and at 8pm.
"Rumours of my impending uselessness are much exaggerated." Robert Fripp responds to well-wishers after heart attack news

3 days ago | loudersound.com | Jerry Ewing

King Crimson's Robert Fripp has responded to an outpouring of well-wishers, following the news that he was recuperating after having suffered a heart attack. Yesterday we broke the news that Fripp suffered chest pains as he prepared to fly to Italy to perform at an Orchestra Of Crafty Guitarists event at Castione della Presolana in Bergamo, Italy, last month.
“It’s related to Won’t Get Fooled Again – the other side of the coin. We won’t get fooled again? Yes we will! This is Cloud Cuckooland”: Roy Harper tried to retire in 2013, but returned with Man & Myth instead

3 days ago | loudersound.com | Paul Sexton

As Britain’s most venerable folk-rock veteran, Roy Harper was ready to bow out in 2013, before being called back onstage by international applause. That year – at the age of 71 – he told Prog about his new album (and most recent to date) Man & Myth, and what else he wanted to achieve. It was a good theory: road-weary and happily settled in County Cork, Roy Harper had decided to retire.
Grunge may have burst the big-hair bubble, but it saved Heart

3 days ago | loudersound.com | Sian Llewellyn

In 2010, Heart released Red Velvet Car, their first album to hit the US Top 20 in two decades. To mark the album's release, Classic Rock sat down with the band's Ann and Nancy Wilson to discuss their path from classic rockers to multi-platinum, MTV-friendly goliaths and beyond. It was boredom that started it. You're in one of America's biggest bands, your album is at No.1, the tour seems endless - night after night the same in nameless, faceless hotels...
"I needed to be back on a stage. I made a few calls..." Roy Harper announces Final Tour Part Two

4 days ago | loudersound.com | Jerry Ewing

Prog folk legend Roy Harper has announced part two of his final tour, where he will play three major UK cities, London, Manchester and Birmingham in September and November, where he will be "celebrating all his classic tracks and timeless albums..."Accompanied by his son Nick Harper, Harper will play Manchester Bridgewater Hall on September 27, London Palladium on September 29 and Birmingham Symphony Hall on October 2. Harper last performed live on the first part of the Final Tour in 2019.
Iggy Pop, Sex Pistols, The Damned, Melvins, Jack White, Gorilla Biscuits among artists confirmed for new US punk rock festival

4 days ago | loudersound.com | Paul Brannigan

Iggy Pop, Sex Pistols, The Damned, Melvins, Jack White, Gorilla Biscuits, Lambrini Girls, Destroy Boys and Scowl are among the artists confirmed for New York punk and hardcore all-dayer CBGB Festival. Taking place on Saturday, September 27, at Under the Bridge Park in Brooklyn, the event - described on its website as "a festival for uplifting gourmandizers" - will be headlined by Iggy Pop and Jack White.
"Lemmy was one of us." Motörhead's legendary frontman Lemmy honoured with statue in the town where he was born

4 days ago | loudersound.com | Paul Brannigan

Hundreds of Motörhead fans travelled to Burslem, Stoke on Trent, this weekend to see a statue of local hero, and global icon, Lemmy unveiled. The 2.25m bronze-cast statue, created by sculptor and Motörhead fan Andy Edwards, was erected in Market Place in the town centre on May 9.
Pearl Jam release new limited edition 12 inch EP featuring songs from The Last Of Us, and share new video for Future Days

4 days ago | loudersound.com | Paul Brannigan

Pearl Jam have released a new EP compiling songs featured in the award-winning HBO drama series The Last Of Us.In the latest episode of the series (season 2, episode 5), set in Seattle, Bella Ramsey's character Ellie is shown singing the opening line of Pearl Jam's Future Days, a song originally recorded as the closing track on Pearl Jam's 2013 album Lightning Bolt.