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Slaughter To Prevail frontman Alex Terrible has once again confronted the controversies that have followed him and his band, insisting that while he has made mistakes in his past, he is not a Nazi and does not want to hurt or discriminate against anyone. Few vocalists in modern metal generate quite as much noise away from the microphone as Alex...

Twenty years. Countless breakdowns. Mountains of black clothing. Enough hairspray to punch a hole through the atmosphere. And now, finally, a Metal Hammer cover. 🖤🔥 Motionless In White are celebrating a massive milestone in their career as the Pennsylvania metalcore giants mark 20 years as a band — and they’re doing it by appearing on their first-ever cover of Metal...

STOP WHAT YOU’RE DOING. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. 🚨🎸⚡ In one of those rock announcements that makes you immediately start checking flights, hotels and the remaining balance on your credit card, Foo Fighters are officially opening for AC/DC at a very special one-night-only show in St. Louis, Missouri. Yep. FOO FIGHTERS. Supporting AC/DC. Someone has clearly activated the stadium-rock...

What was supposed to be an international metal adventure has turned into a nightmare for a group of Indonesian death metal musicians left stranded in Ireland after a planned gig in Cork fell through. Now, the metal community is being asked to do what it does best: rally together and help get these musicians home. 🤘❤️ A GoFundMe fundraiser has...

Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell has revealed the heartbreaking news that his cancer has returned, despite undergoing a donor bone marrow transplant that had previously left him in complete remission. The Northern Irish guitar legend, who has been battling Hodgkin lymphoma since 2013, has spent more than a decade undergoing chemotherapy, immunotherapy and stem-cell treatments while continuing to make music...

Cardiff nightlife is preparing to say goodbye to one of St Mary Street’s most recognisable watering holes, with Walkabout reportedly set to close permanently on Saturday, 5 September 2026. And if you’ve ever stumbled through Cardiff city centre after a gig, rugby match, football game, Christmas party or one of those nights where “we’re only having one” somehow became 3am…...

The fallout from Sid Wilson’s departure from Slipknot continues, with clothing brand HEXED confirming it will no longer be affiliated with the longtime DJ following his exit from the masked metal giants. In a short statement posted to its official Instagram account, HEXED addressed the situation after apparently receiving a flood of questions from fans. The message read: “Since Sid...

Today’s a massive day for thousands of young people across Wales and the rest of the UK — GCSE Results Day! 📚🤘 Whether you get exactly the grades you were hoping for, absolutely smash your expectations, or things don’t quite go according to plan, remember one thing: A handful of letters and numbers on a piece of paper do not...

Forget looking across the Atlantic for the next big thing — some of the most exciting noise in rock and metal is being made right here in Wales. From sweaty Cardiff venues and Swansea rehearsal rooms to the valleys, North Wales and beyond, the Welsh underground is absolutely bursting with riffs. And we bloody love to see it. 🐉🔥 Wales...

If there’s one guitarist who clearly didn’t get the memo about slowing down, it’s Slash. The top hat. The Les Paul. The curls. The wah pedal getting absolutely battered. More than four decades into one of rock’s most recognisable careers, Slash is having an absolutely ridiculous 2026 — bouncing between his love of the blues, a mammoth Guns N’ Roses...

Well then… this is one crossover absolutely nobody had on their 2026 bingo card. 😳🔥 American Christian metal veterans Demon Hunter have reportedly launched legal action involving Netflix and AEG over the enormously successful KPop Demon Hunters name, turning what sounds like the setup to the strangest festival bill imaginable into a full-blown trademark scrap. Yep. Demon Hunter vs KPop...

One songwriter. Two bands. A mountain of massive tunes. And one argument guaranteed to get considerably louder after the third pint. 🍺🔥 There are certain debates that rock fans simply cannot resist. Beatles or Stones? Metallica or Megadeth? Original Guns N’ Roses or the reunion years? And then there’s this absolute pub-table grenade: Oasis or Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds...

The pub giant is cracking down on one of modern Britain’s most irritating habits — and plenty of punters will probably be raising a pint to this one. There are certain sounds you expect when you walk into a British pub. 🍺 Glasses clinking. 😂 Someone laughing far too loudly three tables away. ⚽ A bloke passionately explaining why his...

Another round of worrying news has landed for Britain’s pub scene, and this one involves one of the biggest names behind the bar. Greene King, Britain’s second-largest pub company, has confirmed it is reviewing around 65 pubs for potential sale as part of a major shake-up of its enormous UK estate. Yep. Sixty-five pubs could be changing hands. And while...

There are band reunions. There are massive band reunions. And then there’s Oasis getting back together after 16 bloody years. Now one of the biggest rock ’n’ roll comeback stories Britain has ever witnessed is heading to cinemas in Oasis: Don’t Look Back In Anger, a new documentary charting Liam and Noel Gallagher’s incredible return for the mammoth Oasis Live...