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WE’D JUST BEEN putting some finishing touches to last month’s issue when news broke right around 10pm on a Tuesday night, late in July: Joey Jordison was dead. It didn’t seem real then, and now, weeks later, it still doesn’t. Joey wasn’t just a powerhouse drummer and one of the most technically gifted musicians of his generation; he was an astonishingly talented songwriter, an enduring icon and, more than anything else, a sound dude who truly, deeply loved heavy metal.