The staff of Metal Hammer have banged their heads together to compile a video of their experiences of Slayer's rabid fans tearing support bands a new arsehole.Our 'Slay-er! Slay-er!' video comes on the eve of the Unholy Alliance whish sees Slayer sharing the stage with Trivium, Mastodon and Amon Amarth ...

Gill and Beez are in fine form as always as they discuss Slipknot and Metallica and review the new albums from All That Remains, Amon Amarth and Bring Me The Horizon.Gill also gets all chummy with his new favourite band, Underoath, who join us for a chinwag.[podcast]http://mos.futurenet.com/resources/metalhammer/mhp018.mp3[/podcast]You can also...

KAMPFAR and KORPIKLAANI have been confirmed for next year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 30 - August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows:AMON AMARTHCATHEDRALEINHERJERIN EXTREMOK...

ENSIFERUM bassist Sami Hinkka has checked in with this latest road report:"Damn I'm angry (with) myself, I was sleeping while we drove to San Francisco and I missed Alcatraz prison.We cant get our travel guitars to stay in tune. Damn. We change ...

'Twilight Of The Thunder God' has arrived!