Metal Hammer

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Metal Hammer

January 2019 issue
Editor	Eleanor Goodman
Categories	Music magazine
Frequency	Monthly
Publisher	Future (UK) Axel Springer SE (Germany)
Total circulation (ABC Jan – Dec 2015[1])	20,961
Founder	Wilfried F. Rimensberger Jürgen Wigginghaus
Founded	1983
Country	United Kingdom
Based in	London
Language	English
Website	www.loudersound.com/metal-hammer
ISSN	0955-1190

Metal Hammer is a heavy metal music magazine and website founded in 1983, published in the United Kingdom by Future, with other language editions published by different companies available in numerous other countries. Metal Hammer features news, reviews and long-form articles covering both major and underground bands in heavy metal, as well as covering rock, punk, grunge and other alternative music genres.