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100 SONGS. A LIFETIME OF METAL

AFTER WE DECIDED on the theme for this

MEET THE BAND

DAVE EVERLEY ASSOCIATE EDITOR The Ultimate Master Of

PARTY LIKE IT’S 1999

JONATAHN WEINER SLIPKNOT ARE BACK! After teasing their

PARENTAL ADVISORY: EXPLICIT MATERIAL

New music documentary Cover Your Ears drafts in members of Twisted Sister, Judas Priest and Rotting Christ to discuss music’s relationship with censorship

DOES METAL NEED MORE FASHION SENSE?

Fever 333’s Jason Aalon Butler answers your questions on style, giant chickens, and the time he got told off by Metallica’s tech crew

MICHAEL ‘MOOSE’ THOMAS

The former Bullet For My Valentine drummer and Kill The Lights founder talks hilariously heavy death metal, classic rock and surprising Oi! punk covers

ORANGE GOBLIN

They might have signed to a legendary doom label, but they’re embracing optimism on album 10

GLEN BENTON

The Deicide frontman might be a naughty boy, but that doesn’t mean he hasn’t learned things along the way – this is his wisdom

NYMPHETAMINE CRADLE OF FILTH

The gothic ode to love, lust and addiction that sparked commercial success and a Grammy nomination

HAND OF KALLIACH

The husband-and-wife duo fusing Gaelic folk music and melodeath to explore Scotland’s rich mythology

THE 100 SONGS THAT CHANGED OUR WORLD

From metal’s original earthquaking anthems to the modern classics that are pushing things forward, this is the soundtrack to a musical revolution that has lasted 50 years and counting

CHRIS HARMS

The Lord Of The Lost leader has technically died three times, but that hasn’t stopped him taking on Eurovision, flying the flag for the LGBTQ+ community and promoting butt plugs

APOCALYPTICA

Plays Metallica Vol. 2

ABRAMS

Blue City

ANOTHER NOW

Hex

ARHAT

Secrets Of Ancient Gods

ROTTING CHRIST

PRO XRISTOU

BAT Under

The Crooked Claw

BEATEN TO DEATH

Sunrise Over Rigor Mortis MAS-KINA RECORDINGS Oslo’s grindcore outcasts

BLACKGOLD

Back With Another One

CANDY

It’s Inside You RELAPSE Forward-thinking fury from the hardcore/industrial

ARKA’N ASRAFOKOR

Dzikkuh

JULIE CHRISTMAS

Ridiculous And Full Of Blood

COBRA THE IMPALER

Karma Collision

DEFECTS

Modern Error

DOPETHRONE

Broke Sabbath

ERNTE

Weltenzerstörer

EVERGREY

Theories Of Emptiness

FOUR STROKE BARON

Data Diamond

GURT

Satan Etc

SMALL MERCIES

Where EP is short for ‘Epic Potential’

EXODUS

British Disaster: The Battle Of ’89 (Live At The Astoria)

HAUNTED PLASMAI

I

HIGH DESERT QUEEN

Palm Reader

HUNTSMEN

The Dry Land

KULK

It Gets Worse

LOWLIVES

Freaking Out

MATRASS

Cathedrals

MY DILIGENCE

Death. Horses. Black

KATI RÁN Sála

SVART

REZN

Burden

NOCTURNUS AD

Unicursal

RARITY

Lower Feeling

RED ROT

Borders Of Mania

WORLD SERVICE

Heavy metal uprisings from around the globe

RELIQA

Secrets Of The Future

RHAPSODY OF FIRE

Challenge the Wind

SEVERE TORTURE

Torn From The Jaws Of Death

SHRAPNEL

In Gravity

THOU

Umbilical

UFOMAMMUT

Hidden

SIG:AR:TYR

Citadel Of Stars

SOCK

3243

SUFFERING SOULS

An Iconic Taste Of Demise

SUNNATA

Chasing Shadows

THE TROOPS OF DOOM

A Mass To The Grotesque

WITHERFALL

Sounds Of The Forgotten

WITHERING SURFACE

Exit Plan

UMBRA VITAE

Light Of Death

INFERNO FESTIVAL 2024

ROCKEFELLER / JOHN DEE, OSLO

ROADBURN 2024

O13 / THE TERMINAL, TILBURG

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THE NIGHT ETERNAL

BRUCE DICKINSON

WHISKY A GO GO, LOS ANGELES

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SYLOSIS

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MYRKUR

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MIDNIGHT

CYCLONE / HIGH COMMAND / VACUOUS NEW CROSS INN, LONDON

HANNAH GREENWOOD CREEPER

A classically trained pianist, violinist and pianist, Hannah is Creeper’s secret weapon – and a lowkey comedian to boot

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