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LONG LIVE THE KING

IN NOVEMBER 2019, Kerry King found himself out

THE JUICE IS LOOSE

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EUROVISION GOES …OUIJA-POP?

Ireland’s Bambie Thug and Norway’s Gåte are the latest metal-friendly acts to hit the song contest, giving a boost to the alternative scene

IF YOU AND JON BON JOVI FOUGHT NOW, WHO WOULD WIN?

Sebastian Bach faces down your questions on Skid Row, singing techniques and his seemingly endless supply of rock star beefs

EMMA BOSTER

From bruising hardcore to country and rap, these songs have shaped Dying Wish’s firebrand vocalist

PAIN

Peter Tägtgren’s industrial metallers are ready to hit the dancefloor like it’s 1999

LZZY HALE

The Halestorm icon talks discovering music through Hanson, Devil worship, and how she’d love to make the jump to the big screen

SILENCE SPEAKS WHILE SHE SLEEPS

How tragedy healed the rift between the DIY Sheffield crew and Bring Me The Horizon, resulting in a unifying British metalcore anthem

PALEDUSK

The genre-mashing metalcore quartet who have caught the ear of Bring Me The Horizon – sax solos and all

ALL FOR METAL

Sword and sorcery high fantasy set to rousing power metal

END

Will Putney’s metalcore mob open the floor for all-star ugliness

FUTURE STATIC

The Australians tackling trauma with buoyant metalcore

WHOM GODS DESTROY

Muscular heavy prog from monster musicians

HOARD ALMIGHTY

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

RETURN OF THE KING

The new album. The new band. That surprise reunion. How Kerry King made the most anticipated metal album of the year

“We never thought we would see this”

Not only have Within Temptation released a new single decrying the Ukraine war, singer Sharon den Adel flew to Kyiv to film the video. This is her firsthand account of visiting a warzone

“WE WANT TO BE THE BIGGEST HEAVY BAND IN THE WORLD!”

Armed with viral mosh calls and approved by the likes of Billie Eilish and Demi Lovato, Knocked Loose are fast becoming hardcore’s breakout success story

Season of the witch

Raw, abrasive and rage-fuelled, Witch Club Satan are the most provocative black metal band you’ll hear this year. But not for the reasons you’d expect

San Diego’s State of Mind

It’s been more than 30 years since P.O.D. formed in the city they call ‘The Big SD’. As the nu metal survivors gear up to release new album Veritas, they give us a guided tour of their hometown

AL JOURGENSEN

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SYMPHONY FOR THE DEVIL

What happens when the producer behind some of Rammstein’s greatest hits convinces members of Meshuggah, Watain, Opeth and more to go classical? We went to Estonia to find out

METALICA RELOADED

Apocalyptica are returning to their Plays Metallica… format for a new album – featuring collaborations with Rob Trujillo, James Hetfield and Dave Lombardo. Eicca gives us the inside story

KERRY KING

Kerry King: definitely not mellowing with age

ALIEN ANT FARM

Alien Ant Farm: still sounding fAntastic ~mAntras~ MEGAFORCE

KNOCKED LOOSE

Knocked Loose prepare a stealth run at the

LINKIN PARK

Linkin Park find themselves in a reflective mood

P.O.D.

P.O.D. report for nu metal revival duty Veritas

PALLBEARER

Pallbearer have transcended their doom origins Mind Burns

JUDAS PRIEST

SAXON / URIAH HEEP

SKINDRED

Skindred’s Benji Webbe is the hero we need right

GREG PUCIATO

Greg Puciato gives The Garage a shot of

BOTCH

Botch make a stunning last stand in the

DRAGONFORCE / AMARANTHE

Dragonforce: sorted for cheese and whizz Amaranthe: so

VUKOVI

Vukovi: Janine Shilstone reaches fever pitch KNIFE BRIDE

ALT BLK ERA

ALT BLK ERA bring a wrecking ball to

SPENCER CHARNAS ICE NINE KILLS

The horror-loving frontman talks Kurt Cobain cosplay, Halloween plans and the idea of a Silver Scream 3

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