David Stagg

David Stagg is the Owner and Editor of HM Magazine. He enjoys horror movies, minimalism, and Brighton and Hove Albion football.

David Stagg

David Stagg is the Owner and Editor of HM Magazine. He enjoys horror movies, minimalism, and Brighton and Hove Albion football.

HM Album Reviews

Adelaide

Shipwrecks

Adelaide (not to be confused with the now-defunct English band of the same name) brings some heaviness with their second EP, Shipwrecks, but the lack of well-written lead parts...

News 6 Jan 14 Beartooth

Beartooth adds new guitarist

HMTV 6 Jan 14 Memphis May Fire

Memphis May Fire showing in-studio clips from upcoming album sessions

HM Album Reviews

Revival Hymns

Pauhu

Revival Hymns doesn’t say a lot, and they don’t need to. Their record, Pauhu, is a speak-softly-carry-a-big-stick kind of thing. If you’re a fan of My Epic’s latest, Behold,...

HM Album Reviews

Cheisrah

Deafbreed

Cheisrah is an independent metalcore band from Bangalore, India, and their debut record, Deafbreed, has sex appeal: wonderful artwork; great album name; effective, professional photography. And while the final...

News 4 Jan 14 Impending Doom, In the Absence of Fear

Impending Doom guitarist Manny Contreras releases ‘The Thoroughfare’

News 3 Jan 14 Children 18:3, Lessons

Children 18:3 launches Kickstarter to fund final release

News 3 Jan 14 Mouth of the South

Mouth of the South posts ‘Transparency’ download for free

HMTV 3 Jan 14 Signum Regis

Signum Regis streams ‘The Ten Plagues,’ feat. Matt Smith (Theocracy)

HMTV 2 Jan 14 Skarlett

Watch: Skarlett’s ‘Those Who Live by the Sword’

News 2 Jan 14 Michael Sweet, Stryper

Michael Sweet (Stryper) announces solo album and book

News 2 Jan 14 The Devil Wears Prada

The Devil Wears Prada joins Warped Tour lineup

News 2 Jan 14 As I Lay Dying, Family Force 5, Five Iron Frenzy, Korn, Megadeth, Morbid Angel, Skillet, Sleeping Giant, Thousand Foot Krutch, Tim Lambesis, Watain

The Top 10 Posts on HM Magazine from 2013

HMTV 1 Jan 14 Close Your Eyes

Watch: Close Your Eyes start the new year with a new video for ‘The End’

News 31 Dec 13 Sins

Stream Sins’ newest EP, ‘The Sky is Falling’

HMTV 31 Dec 13 Extol

Extol lands coveted spot on NPR’s Top 10 Metal Albums

News 30 Dec 13 Conveyer

Listen: Conveyer streaming full album, ‘Worn Out,’ to be released tomorrow

News 29 Dec 13 War of Ages

War of Ages to begin recording sixth album next week

News 28 Dec 13 Frances Cone

Frances Cone wants your help funding their next non-metal EP

News 27 Dec 13 Deafheaven, Megadeth

Megadeth’s ‘Super Collider’ dubbed Worst Album of the Year by Metacritic users

HMTV 27 Dec 13 Pantokrator

HM Exclusive: Pantokrator’s ‘Revolution’ official lyric video from upcoming ‘Incarnate’

HM Magazine Exclusive

HMTV 25 Dec 13 Silent Planet

HM Exclusive: Silent Planet premieres ‘Tiny Hands’

HM Magazine Exclusive

HMTV 25 Dec 13 Final Surrender

HM Exclusive: Final Surrender premieres new video for ‘Refresh’

HMTV 25 Dec 13 Close Your Eyes

Guitar players: Watch Close Your Eyes guitar and bass run-throughs for ‘The End’

News 24 Dec 13 Phinehas

Listen: Phinehas’s Christmas gift to us, ‘O Come O Come Emmanuel’

News 23 Dec 13 Solamors

Solamors offering free full album stream today and tomorrow

News 22 Dec 13 Devin Shelton, Emery

Devin Shelton will write you a song for a fee

News 21 Dec 13 Texas In July

Texas in July begin work on new album

HMTV 21 Dec 13 I The Breather

Watch: I The Breather posts new song, lyric video for ‘The Setting Sun’

News 20 Dec 13 Skillet

Skillet announces co-headlining tour with Third Day, We As Human to support

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