Video time. Merl, Hill and Amit pay tribute to Suicide Silence frontman Mitch Lucker (RIP, brother), review Katatonia in Sweden and Pentagram in London, talk through Lamb Of God being announced for Bloodstock and the latest Download 2013 additions, plus preview Vans Warped UK, plus Opeth, plus Sonisphere, plus Tool, plus Phil Anselmo fighting Le...

OUT WEDNESDAY! Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson, Led Zeppelin, Deftones, Metallica, Motionless In White, Opeth, Soundgarden, KISS, Down, plus a free CD and cool free posters? You need the new issue of Metal Hammer in your life.

Opeth Guitarist Fredrik Akesson admits he had concerns over the band's direction in latest album Heritage

With our friends at Prog Magazine throwing their first ever awards bash this week, we thought we'd ask Opeth - who, as we all know, like a bit of prog themselves - to donate frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt to us for a few minutes to talk riffs.

The nominees for the 2012 Classic Rock Awards have been announced! Check out which metal acts have been represented in this year's award categories.