PRAISE THE METAL GODS! Thrash legends Testament have just confirmed that they will be performing at this year’s Hard Rock Hell on Saturday December 1st. That’s pretty fucking cool right? The winter weekend of heavy metal debauchery just got even better and guess what? We’re running a competition to win Hard Rock H...

Video killed the Podcast star. Maybe. Click below to see the video from last week’s Metal Hammer Podcast, in which Messrs Hill, Merl and Amit talk: The new Metal Hammer issue, Testament‘s new song, sludge metal superstars, Iron Maiden not playing Invaders, rubbish support bands, The Safety Fire, Hellfest, James Hetfield trying to esc...

We're back on track for 201, babay! The return of High Fives (this week: our top five cover songs) and our weekly-troll-bashing is sandwiched with:The new Metal Hammer issue, Testament's new song, sludge metal superstars, Iron Maiden not playing Invaders, rubbish support bands, The Safety Fire, Hellfest, James Hetfield trying to escape Escape, W...

Testament are streaming a new song from their forthcoming album

Finland's LORDI will be recording a new album at WireWorld studio in Nashville, Tennessee, with renowned producer Michael Wagener, who was a founder of ACCEPT and worked with METALLICA, OZZY OSBOURNE, SKID ROW, DOKKEN, RAVEN, STRYPER, POISON, MEGADETH, ALICE COOPER, HELLOWEEN and TESTAMENT, among others. MichaelWagener.com reports: &...