The new Metal Hammer Podcast is alive and kicking, baby! Hill and Merl usher in a new era and chat Bill Ward and Sabbath, Jesse Leach being back in Killswitch, the new issue and much more! Get stuck in.

(more…)

So basically, it’s like that Rollercoaster game from a few years back, but instead you build festivals and get your favourite bands to play. Oh, and it’s free. Nice.

(more…)

No, we’re not fucking around. Download have unleashed another whopper of a band announcement, with 14 new names joining the bill for Donington. Get your Download tickets inside!

(more…)

This week’s Podcast is live and pissed off. Back by popular demand (AKA his mum asked especially), Merlin returns to chat with Gill and Hill about Bloodstock, the new Iron Maiden DVD, Lamb Of God vs Ke$ha, the new Black Breath album, Download and some more troll-slaying…lisp-style. Here we gosh…

(more…)

They don’t fuck about, do they? Download promoter Andy Copping has revealed that hot on the heels of their recent announcement, Download will be adding more bands to the bill sooner than we thought…

(more…)

Given the (let’s be honest, slightly OTT) response to Chase & Status being announced for Download this week, we thought we’d get Merlin to take a trip down memory lane and look at some other controversial festival additions that actually ended up going down pretty well. Awwwww here goes…

(more…)

Metal Hammer n00b Merlin joins Gill and Hill to chat Iron Maiden, Hammerfest, Corey Taylor, Velvet Revolver, Meshuggah, Slipknot, Phil Anselmo, Machine Head, Sonisphere, Download, Killswitch Engage, Soulfly, Van Halen, Enter Shikari, Mutant, Black Breath. Subscribe in iTunes or head to the podcast page here to download it directly.

We’re still buzzing from the Download announcements yesterday that confirmed Machine Head, Lamb Of God and more will be hitting up Donington this June, and Lamb Of God are as excited about it as we are. Get your Download tickets inside!

(more…)

And then there was metal. Come inside to see which incredible names complete today’s additions to the lineup for Download 2012!

(more…)

Download promoter Andy Copping has let slip some more info on how many bands we’ll be getting this coming Monday – and has also confirmed the position of three of them on the bill! Iiiiiinteresting….

(more…)