SMALL MERCIES

NO ONE DOES IT LIKE KORN

MORE THAN 25 YEARS since they first rumbled

MEET THE BAND

TRAVIS SHINN PHOTOGRAPHER Travis and legendary metal bands

BURKE SHELLEY

1950-2022

EVERY TIME I DIE: IS IT ALL OVER?

Rock music has been stunned by the news that, after weeks of turbulence within the band, ETID have split up

10 THINGS WE LEARNED THIS MONTH

What’s been blowing our tiny brains

WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE MONSTER MUNCH FLAVOUR?

Crisp-talk, weird sports, serious health issues and repairing old friendships – Tarja Turunen buckles up to face your burning questions

EVA KORMAN

Rolo Tomassi’s screamer-in-chief scrolls through her playlists and pulls up math-metal noise, epic indie rock and 80s pop bangers

MATT PIKE

The nine-toed stoner metal icon on juvenile delinquency, military school and his Olympic-level weed intake

DEVIN TOWNSEND

Prog-metal’s busiest maverick is letting go of his control-freak tendencies on new album Lightwork

FLYING WHALES GOJIRA

It’s the modern metal masterpiece that put France’s finest on the map. But Joe Duplantier has a very different view of it

I’M OBSESSED WITH ZEAL & ARDOR

...and some other melodramatic exclamations you decided to send our way this month!

THE BIG DEBATE

When it was recently revealed by Billboard that no new rock or metal albums made the top 200 selling records of 2021 in the States, you all had some very strong thoughts about it

HAMMER STEREO

What’s been blowing our office speakers

CASSYETTE

She went from writing rock anthems to serving up electronic bangers. And now the electro-metal provocateur is smashing those two worlds together

VRSTY

That Killswitch Engage/The Weeknd-inspired r’n’b-metal mash-up you ordered has arrived

SARGAS

The Iranian metal band finding purpose in futility

TUSKAR

Doom-sludge duo find light and hope amid the crushing filth of life

ARÐ

A doom-laden journey into the darkest legend of Northumbria

IN THE KNOW

What your favourite bands are listening to

HOARD ALMIGHTY

Box sets, underground oddities and all the essential merch you need this month

YOU CAN’T KILL KORN

Death, disease, paranoia and an absent Fieldy… and that’s all just in the past few years. Almost three decades in, Korn remain as turbulent as ever. But has kickass new album Requiem helped them finally turn a corner?

nu AnD IMPROVED

Heavy metal’s most obnoxious movement is back. From its OG stars experiencing second winds to the young bands taking it forward, this is the story of nu metal’s unlikely resurrection

HALLOWED GROUND

From Cradle Of Filth to Employed To Serve to, um, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater, The Number Of The Beast has continued to influence generations across metal. Forty years on, it may yet remain Maiden’s definitive masterpiece

JERRY CANTRELL

Not only is he the co-founder and chief songwriter of Alice In Fucking Chains, he’s acted in Oscar-winning movies, collaborated with Elton John and knocked Mariah Carey off the No.1 spot

VENOM PRISON ARE DEATH METAL'S MOST VITAL VOICE

From challenging gender conceptions to confronting death, racism and the refugee crisis, they’re refusing to let mainstream recognition dampen their message

Welcome To BLOODYWOOD

Ahead of their debut album, we asked internet-breaking New Delhi metallers Bloodywood to give us the ultimate guide to the places that made them

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT BATHORY

Thomas ‘Quorthon’ Forsberg’s legendary ‘band’ helped define two entire subgenres and are cited as inspirations by everyone from Watain to Enslaved. So why were they so underappreciated in their heyday?

KORN

Korn refocus their energies after the turbulence of

AMORPHIS

Amorphis remain confident of their choice of musical

ANNIHILATOR

Annihilator’s Jeff Walker takes his medicine Metal II EARMUSIC

BLOODYWOOD

Bloodywood: guardians of alacrity PRESS Rakshak SELF-RELEASED

CULT OF LUNA

Cult Of Luna step up to the plate once

HAMMERFALL

Hammerall prepare to take on ‘Cobra’ Kai Hansen

ROLO TOMASSI

Rolo Tomassi: still looking to the future Where

WORLD SERVICE

Heavy metal uprisings from around the globe

SAXON

Saxon refuse to pine for the old days

SLASH FEAT. MYLES KENNEDY AND THE CONSPIRATORS

Slash and co got a fresh perspective in

VENOM PRISON

Venom Prison: still pushing boundaries, still incandescent Erebos

VOIVOD

Voivod: still exploring fantastic new worlds Synchro Anarchy CENTURY

ZEAL & ARDOR

Manuel Gagneux doesn’t know what a neutral zone

METALLICA

CHASE CENTER, SAN FRANCISCO

POWERWOLF

PRIVATE VENUE, GERMANY

TRIVIUM

THE HANGAR, FLORIDA

ENSLAVED

PRIVATE VENUE, BJØRNAFJORDEN, NORWAY

DEAFHEAVEN

RIVERWOOD ART STUDIO, LOS ANGELES

ORANGE GOBLIN

KING CREATURE/URNE THE UNDERWORLD, LONDON

FIVE MINUTES WITH HENRY DE JONG ALIEN WEAPONRY

The Alien Weaponry drummer talks sleazy gigs, busted digits and overly enthusiastic fans