Tag Archives: Metal Hammer

Metal Hammer reveal top 50 metal albums of 2018 so far…

Posted by on June 22, 2018

While we recently revealed the top-selling rock and metal of the year thus far, Metal Hammer went ahead and made a list of ‘The 50 Best Metal Albums of The Year So Far.’ We can only assume this list will change as we are expecting to see albums from Coheed and Cambria, Deafheaven, Omnium Gatherum, […]

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2018 Metal Hammer Golden Gods reveals nominees for public vote awards

Posted by on March 29, 2018

The 2018 Metal Hammer Golden Gods awards in association with Monster Energy will take place on Monday, June 11th at Indigo2 in London, England. Hatebreed’s Jamey Jasta will be the host, and today (29th), nominees for the public vote awards have been revealed. Fans can place their vote by the below links: Best British Band: […]

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Architects hope to make late guitarist proud with new album

Posted by on January 4, 2018

Back in August 2016, Architects founding member and guitarist Tom Searle passed away after a three year battle with cancer. The band’s upcoming album will be the first without Searle and the band hopes to make an album he would have been proud of. The British band was featured on the cover of the latest […]

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Metal Hammer reveal ‘100 Best Albums of 2017’

Posted by on December 15, 2017

Metal Hammer have unleashed their year-end list of 100 Best Albums of 2017 and this one, is filled with surprises. For starters, we were thrilled to see Vuur, the new project featuring ex-Gathering vocalist Anneke Van Giersbergen make the cut, as well as Battle Beast, Dragonforce, and Alice Cooper. However, it also includes Mastodon, Code […]

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Are these the 100 best metal songs of the ’90s?

Posted by on August 10, 2017

Metal Hammer have taken it upon themselves to come up with the 100 best metal songs of the ’90s. Why they did that, we’re not sure, but it’s quite a diverse list. It could be argued that some of the bands on it, like Smashing Pumpkins and Jane’s Addiction, aren’t really all that metal. And […]

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Let’s compare ‘Metal Hammer’ and “Spin’s lists of top nu-metal tunes

Posted by on July 5, 2017

  Three years ago, the UK edition of Metal Hammer unleashed their top forty nü metal songs of all time. Yesterday (4), the list resurfaced online and it seems a few of these selections could raise a handful of arguments and debates. Check out their list below: 40) Ill Niño – “What Comes Around” 39) […]

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And the Metal Hammer Golden God award winners are…

Posted by on June 13, 2017

  Given that Metal Hammer came very close to ceasing to exist last year, the fact that they were able to throw their 15th annual Golden Gods awards is quite an acheivement. The UK awards show took place last night and featured performances from Avatar, Clutch, Mastodon, and Orange Goblin, whose frontman Ben Ward started […]

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And the 2017 Metal Hammer Golden Gods nominees are…

Posted by on April 5, 2017

On Monday, June 12th, the Metal Hammer Golden Gods awards will take place at London’s IngiO2 at The O2. The nominees have been announced for the awards, which will be hosted by Chris Jericho of WWE and Fozzy fame, and here’s who are up for awards:  Best New Band: Zeal & Ardor Venom Prison Brutai […]

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Metal Hammer saved by Future Publishing

Posted by on January 9, 2017

While many refer to 2016 as the year of the grim reaper, killing off celebrities and washing away Mariah Carey’s career, we found out that TeamRock laid off over 70 employees right before Christmas. The British publishing company purchased Metal Hammer for over $10 million in 2013. Three years later, they found themselves drowning in a […]

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Metal Insider’s 10 most shocking moments of 2016

Posted by on December 30, 2016

Well, it’s been a year, 2016 has. A year where a gorilla getting shot was one of the least shitty things that happened, 2016 opened with the metal community still in shock over the passing of Lemmy and closed with the death of Princess Leia and her mom a day later, meaning all bets are […]

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