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.

Sonic TEMPLE

Metal Hammer

HEAVY IS THE CROWN

MEET THE BAND

SPHERES OF MADNESS

IT’S BRITNEY, BITCH! • Britallica are the world’s first metal tribute act to 2000s pop princess Britney Spears

HAMMER STEREO • What’s been blowing our office speakers

DO YOU HAVE A SIBLING CALLED ROOF? • Floor Jansen talks first names, Nightwish’s curry club, and why she’s not part of the After Forever reunion

BILL BAILEY • The legendary comedian on the songs that made him air guitar in hotel rooms, get over break-ups and mourn Woolworths

JOHANNES PERSSON • Cult Of Luna’s growl-master on getting praised by Hollywood directors, working with Mark Lanegan and why he’ll never go pop

THE EAGLE HAS LANDED AVATAR • How castles, children’s stories and bare bums helped the Swedes reach a new creative peak

NETHERWILDS • Metal has plenty of heroes. Meet its first big villein – a medieval peasant, who’s also a TikTok star

RESTLESS SPIRIT • The Long Island sludge metallers turning grief into a riff-powered cosmic journey

KNUMEARS • The Californians bringing screamo to a new generation

SHOWING TEETH • The Nashville singer-songwriter unpacking religious trauma via visceral progressive metalcore

STORMKEEP • High fantasy black metal hijinks from members of Wayfarer and Blood Incantation

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

SUBSCRIBE TO METAL HAMMER AND SAVE 45%*!

THE PAiN AND RESURRECTiON OF MATT HEAFY • With their run of recent albums, Trivium have recaptured what made them brilliant first time around. But their frontman was entering his own personal hell – one he’s only just escaped

EARLY BIRD TICKETS ON SALE NOW!

EVEN IN ARCADIA • From masks and robes to dancers and live snakes, this is the ultimate visual history of Sleep Token

THE COMPLETE STORY OF SLEEP TOKEN

RIDE THE LIGHTNING • It’s the biggest metal event of the year: Metallica’s 24-date residency at the futuristic Las Vegas Sphere. Metal Hammer was there to witness the opening night

JAMEY JASTA • From writing PMA anthems to hosting more than 700 podcast episodes and getting advice from James Hetfield, the Hatebreed frontman has become one metal’s biggest personalities

SKA'D FOR LIFE • Ragga-metallers SiM broke out of Japan with their theme song for Attack On Titan. Now, with a little help from cats, they’re taking over the world

In Homine Satanas • In September, metal lost one of its most influential musicians and most outrageous characters. This is how Venom frontman Cronos changed the world

THE TAO OF TIM HENSON • He’s the modern guitar hero who wants to see guitar music die, when he’s not hanging out with Chino Moreno and Hans Zimmer. Is there more to the Polyphia man than provocation?

I LEARNED TO BELIEVE IN MYSELF • A year after her shock departure from Arch Enemy, Alissa White-Gluz is back with new band Blue Medusa. And this time it’s personal

ON...