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A SATANIC SOIREE IN THE DEVIL’S ARSE

After holding their own Ghost tribute event in a cave, a group of intrepid fans are making even bigger plans

10 THINGS WE LEARNED THIS MONTH

What’s been blowing our tiny brains

DID YOU REALLY STEAL A CADILLAC?

Electric Callboy’s vocalists take your questions on grand theft auto and the gym – and explain why they’re cool being a ‘joke band’

MLNY PARSONZ

Royal Thunder’s powerful vocalist takes her cues from Sabbath, Metallica and… Whitney Houston?

EMPIRE STATE BASTARD

Biffy Clyro men get heavy with thrash legend Dave Lombardo and Bitch Falcon’s Naomi Macleod

JAY WEINBERG

From teenage Slipknot fan to becoming the band’s drummer, the master percussionist has plenty to share on finding your way in music

TWILIGHT OF THE THUNDER GOD AMON AMARTH

The hammer-hefting Swedes used tales of Thor to become the world’s favourite Viking metal band

A7X INVENTED A NEW GENRE: DMTCORE

…and other wild proclamations, condemnations and kind words you had to offer on our coverage of Avenged Sevenfold’s new album, Sevendust, Devildriver and more

THE BIG DEBATE

With Sleep Token’s Take Me Back To Eden reaching No.3 in the UK charts, Hammer’s Dave Everley dug a little deeper to ask why metalheads love bands in masks so much.

HAMMER STEREO

What’s been blowing our office speakers

BROTHERS OF METAL

Sweden’s answer to Manowar, this Sabaton-approved power metal Viking clan just wanna have fun

SKÁLD

The French pagan folk metallers with the gall (Gaul?) to take on Wardruna and Heilung

EYES

Danish rabble-rousers offer a sardonic take on hardcore

TO THE GRAVE

The Aussies using deathcore to preach animal rights

NIGHTED

Former folk metaller ups the fun with… synthwavy black metal?

DISTANT

What your favourite bands are listening to

HOARD ALMIGHTY

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

BACK TO THE FUTURE

Fan-favourite deep cuts, all-star football matches and a giant cyborg Eddie? Iron Maiden are back on the road on The Future Past Tour – and we’re in Prague with them

BIRDS OF FEATHER

The Raven Age prove the apple hasn’t fallen far from the Iron Maiden tree

HAPPY. SAD. ANGRY. HORNY.

…That’s how Armenian-American weirdbeards System Of A Down described their music when they first turned nu metal on its head 25 years ago. This is the story of their game-changing debut album

THE UNITED KINGDOM OF HEAVY

The British metal scene is more exciting now than it has been in years. Members of Heriot, Wargasm, Blackgold, Ithaca and Loathe join forces in our special round table to look at what the future holds

TAKE THE POWER BACK

Their revolutionary songs have earned them approval from Tom Morello and the Indonesian equivalent of a Grammy, but Voice Of Baceprot are just getting started

LORD OF THE LOST

Iron Maiden love them. King Charles has met them. And the Pope may or may not own one of their butt plugs. German electro-metal sensations Lord Of The Lost have just one question…

GODFLESH

Metallica, Fear Factory and Code Orange have all been inspired by Godflesh’s dense, agonising industrial metal. But for frontman Justin Broadrick, it’s a chance to escape the chaos in his head

FOO FIGHTERS

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