Alexisonfire’s guitarist Wade MacNeil and frontman George Petitt talk about their continuing rise to the top of the pile. Also, get your Alexisonfire tickets here. (more…)

“I always saw us being large and in charge.” Steel Panther are big business now, but it’s taken them 30 years to get there, one girl at a time. (more…)

Hammer scribe asks ‘Is rock’n'roll dead in the city of angels?’ (more…)

Chaos is in Denver to see Iron Maiden live! “What a great night, Dave Murray gave me a guitar pick, Adrian Smith gave me a guitar pick and one of his monogrammed wrist sweatbands…I almost soiled myself!” (more…)

Night number two in Ibiza with Grand Magus, Wolf, Pig Iron and Battlelore. (more…)

Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor is one third of How To Destroy Angels. The new EP is out and it sounds like Massive Attack. Exactly what has happened to Trent Reznor? (more…)

In tribute to Ronnie Dio who tragically died at the weekend, here is the unscene full transcript of a recent interview with the great man. “Some people consider me to be immortal, I’m certainly not. I have a long life in music. I’ll never stop. So I guess I am immortal.” (more…)

Hammer US correspondent Chaos chatted to Amon Amarth about their epic rise in the UK amongst other things, and we find out that they are human like us, well SUPER human anyway… (more…)

Matt Heafy of Trivium spoke to Hammer, telling us what his Top Ten Essential Metal Albums are. (more…)

Yes, we all hate emo. The whiny vocals, guitar-lite riffs and ridiculous fashion. Oh, and it’s massively popular. Just like hair metal. Read our blog on what the future might hold… (more…)