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"We expected a few hundred people to be there and it was several thousand. We were terrified!" Deftones, Sleep Token, Bad Omens...The Pretty Wild? Meet the viral metal duo officially embracing that controversial 'baddiecore' tag

They're behind that 'cough-cough' mosh call you've probably seen all over metal TikTok

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Metal Hammer reader's poll - the best metal albums of 2025

From Ghost to Sleep Token, Babymetal to Spiritbox, these are the albums you said defined metal in 2025

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UK recorded music market grows for an 11th consecutive year in 2025

The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) said British artists such as Olivia Dean and Lola Young led a British music revival over the past 12 months.

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“2025 has seen tentpole releases from Ghost and Sleep Token, but for each of them, there’s been at least a dozen records begging for attention”: The best metal albums that you almost definitely missed this year

From psychedelic Brazilian black metal to space-faring tech-death, you won’t discover these excellent albums in many other places

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The 10 best alt-metal and nu metal albums of 2025

Babymetal, Bloodywood and Sleep Token pulled influence from some esoteric places this year, and they lifted metal to new heights in the process

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Haters, look away now: Sleep Token’s Even In Arcadia has been certified Gold in the United Kingdom

The masked metal superstars have shipped 100,000 units or equivalent of their latest album in their home country

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Sleep Token accused of copyright infringement by photographer who claims picture was used on merch without permission

The tables appear to have turned on Sleep Token, who have previously taken a hard line on copyright issues

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Vote for the best metal album of 2025

We've crowned Ghost's Skeleta in the writer's poll - but which metal albums from 2025 excited you most?

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"The audience for heavy music is absolutely growing. It feels like expansion, not nostalgia" Sleep Token's manager has been speaking about the band's extraordinary success in 2025, and what it means for rock and metal as a whole moving forwards

After further securing their place as one of the world's biggest bands, the man who works closest with Sleep Token has some ideas about why it's happened

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Iron Maiden, Ghost, Babymetal and more star in Metal Hammer’s blockbuster End Of Year issue, which comes with an exclusive Iron Maiden pin badge, Halestorm sticker and a 2026 heavy metal calendar

The new issue of Metal Hammer is the biggest of the year, and it’s on sale now!

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From Sleep Token breaking records to Xenomorphs rocking out to Tool, these are the 11 metal songs that defined 2025

Whether topping charts or going viral, metal made a big impact in 2025 - here's the proof

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Sleep Token’s Caramel has been named the best song of 2025 by The New York Times

Sweet news for the world-beating pop-metal outfit

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Sleep Token have released the official colouring book you never knew you needed

The masked metal band have teamed up with Rock N’ Roll Colouring, who’ve previously made colouring books for Iron Maiden, Motörhead, Cannibal Corpse and others

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From Sleep Token to Ghost, metal is full of gimmicks right now. Is it helping or hindering the culture?

Are all these gimmicky bands a good thing for the genre, or has it all gone a bit too far?

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The Conversation

By hiding their faces, metal bands maximise the emotional punch of their music

In 2024, along with 20,000 others, I attended a sold-out metal show in Manchester. Unlike most concerts at the Co-op Live Arena, however, none of us in the packed-out venue knew who we were actually seeing. The band was Sleep Token – a masked and anonymous collective formed in London…

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Sleep Token, Deftones, Linkin Park, Ghost, Spiritbox, Nine Inch Nails and more among 2026 rock and metal Grammy Award nominees

The 66th Annual Grammy Awards will take place in Los Angeles on February 1

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"We went on straight after Chappell Roan." From a platinum-selling Taylor Swift cover to hanging out with Post Malone, I Prevail have quietly become one of metal's hottest bands

I Prevail should be up there with Bad Omens and Sleep Token as metal's next big crossover success

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Tattoo designer says Sleep Token's record label had her Instagram shut down over alleged copyright infringement

Fans have hit out at the action taken by Sleep Token's label and management firm

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“There’s a weird sexual energy with a lot of it”: Country star Hardy loves Sleep Token, urges the haters to look past genre tags

Musically and aesthetically, the Mississippi musician thinks Sleep Token are “really, really cool”

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“People were letting surfers fall hard into the crowd”: Fans at recent Sleep Token show reportedly dropped crowd-surfers, and now everyone is arguing about concert etiquette

A woman who attended Louder Than Life festival claims that she was knocked out after a crowd-surfer got dropped on her during Sleep Token’s performance

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"We're not trying to make sexualised music." Deftones' Chino Moreno on the nu metal revival, conspiracy theories and whatever the hell Baddiecore is

Deftones might be nu metal elder statesman, but they've never been more popular - or influential

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Watch Sleep Token cover Bruce Springsteen’s Dancing In The Dark during sold-out American tour

Vessel performed The Boss’s 1984 hit by himself during his band’s show in Philadelphia on Wednesday

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Sleep Token kicked off their sold-out US tour and performed two never-before-played songs last night – see the setlist and watch videos here

The masked metal superstars put on a 15-song show at Gas South Arena in Duluth, Georgia

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"It’s incredible to feel like part of something." Inside the devoted fanbase of Sleep Token, the biggest metal band of the decade

Dressing up, deciphering codes and creating sex playlists: We explore the cult of Sleep Token at their biggest show to date

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British metal has ruled the world this summer – just this once, I’m actually proud of my country

From Black Sabbath’s blockbuster farewell to Sleep Token’s first time as a Download festival headliner, all eyes have been on the British metal scene in recent months. Rightfully so.

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