“metal’s getting sexier!”

A new album in Private Music and a whole new generation of fans who find their music sexy? Deftones are having a major resurgence – and Chino Moreno is as surprised as anybody

THE HAMMER INTERVIEW

How death metal crawled from the swamps of Florida in the late 80s to push noise to new extremes

The biggest new band of the decade attract devotion like no other – but why? We asked the worshippers who gathered to witness their landmark Download headlining set

From fashion weeks to your ‘For You’ page, balletcore is taking centre stage. But for WH ’s fashion features editor, there’s a more sinister side to the look – one that signals a change to the way we feel about our bodies in 2025

A new wave of podcasters, writers and social media stars want you to abandon your feminism. Cécile Simmons speaks to them to find out why, and whether they’ll succeed…