Photo by Nilina Mason-CampbellIron and Wine released their debut album in 2002, which in a weird way makes Sam Beam the spiritual godfather of the all the wispy beardy-folk masses swarming the planet in 2009. In any case, Beam's now deep enough into his career that Iron and Wine have enough material for a double-CD rarities compilation. And his...

This 4xCD box set covering 15 years of music from Manchester's legendary Factory imprint-- Joy Division, New Order, OMD, A Certain Ratio, Happy Mondays, and many more are represented-- has the difficult task of summarizing a famously wayward label.read more

 With Testament's special Metal Hammer-sponsored 'One Night Only' show coming up on March 25th at Islington Academy, we dip into the Hammer archives and bring you this report on Testament's 1990 show at the Hammersmith Odeon. Get your tickets to see Testament perform 'The Legacy' and 'The New Order' in ...

Up-and-coming riff-lords Sylosis have been added to the bill of Testament's 'One Night Only' show at Islington Academy on March 25th. Get your tickets now!Metal Hammer is priviliged to present legendary thrash metal icons Testament playing their classic albums ‘The Legacy’ and ‘The New Order’ and that they're joined by ...

War Child's Heroes charity comp is a covers collection on which veteran bands nominated artists from a younger generation to take a stab at one of their classic cuts (yesterday there was Lily Allen's take on the Clash). There are a few of no-brainers included in the set (see the Hold Steady doing Springsteen's "Atlantic City") but there is somet...