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

WE’RE SATANIZED!

MEET THE BAND

A NIGHT AT THE OPERA

THE GIG OF THE CENTURY • We asked Sharon Osbourne to tell us what we can expect from Black Sabbath’s epic reunion show

HAMMER STEREO • What’s been blowing our office speakers

WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU WANT TO BE ZAKK CALM? • Does guitar legend Zakk Wylde ever chill out, and can he face up to your tough questions?

NINA SAEIDI • Lowen’s vocal powerhouse talks Warhammer, cheesy Iranian pop – and why she vibes with goblins

EINAR SELVIK • Wardruna’s mainman talks Satanic panics and freedom of speech. Just don’t mention the ‘V’ word…

RIGHT SIDE OF THE BED ATREYU • With pop choruses, 80s guitars and emo-friendly lyrics about heartbreak, this breakthrough single helped redefine metalcore

GORE. • The Texan outfit exploring femininity via metalcore with an R’n’B twist

MELTED BODIES • Los Angeles alt metal weirdos making a madcap, panic attack-inducing racket

DAWN OF OUROBOROS • Genre-defying extremity inspired by blackgaze and… molecular biology?

TAYNE • Clanging industrial that bridges Godflesh and Gaga

BLOOM • The Aussies using melodic hardcore to embrace emotional intensity

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

PERPETUA MOTION • A new frontman. Unmasked Ghouls. And a bombastic sixth album that’s going all existential on us. Welcome to the era of Papa V Perpetua

"SATANIZED IS A SONG ABOUT LOVE″ • Tobias gives us his track-by-track breakdown of Ghost’s blockbuster new album, Skeletá

THE WRITE STUFF • Fear, anger, loss, the idiocy of the 21st century – Randy Blythe has a lot on his mind. And the Lamb Of God singer is laying it all out in his new book

“THAT PERIOD OF MY LIFE WAS LIKE A HORROR MOVIE” • In this exclusive excerpt from Randy Blythe’s new book, the singer looks back on pulling himself out of alcohol and drug addiction – and the clarity that came with it

SKIN • The frontwoman of Skunk Anansie has headlined Glastonbury, written songs with Lemmy, and toured with everyone from David Bowie to Rammstein. Just don’t call her a role model…

BIRTH SCHOOL METAL • She’s starred on American’s Got Talent, guested with Spiritbox, and is the youngest person ever to play Download. But 13-year-old Harper is just getting started

RISE ABOVE • As Employed To Serve’s power couple, Justine Jones and Sammy Urwin have overcome personal and professional struggles to build a DIY empire at the heart of the underground scene

“THEY’RE SOLID HUMAN BEINGS” • How Jesse Leach ended up on the new ETS album

“IT ABSOLUTELY RIPS!” • Svalbard’s Serena Cherry on her guest spot on Fallen Star

SWAMP THINGS • Louisiana enigmas Acid Bath were the great lost 90s sludge metal band, inspiring even Slipknot. But 28 years after tragedy prematurely ended their career, they’re back to settle unfinished business – and they’re bigger than ever before

“THEY’RE MY FaVoURiTE BAnd” •...