ADIOS, AMIGOS!

PRESS/ALLAN BALLARD ON APRIL 17, 1982, Motörhead released

METAL HAMMER

Future PLC, 121 - 141 Westbourne Terrace, Paddington,

EDITOR’S LETTER

WALK WITH US IN HELL NINE ALBUMS IN,

“AFRICA IS THE FUTURE OF METAL”

In his new book, author Edward Banchs meets the bands making an impact throughout the world’s second-largest continent

10 THINGS WE LEARNED THIS MONTH

What’s been blowing our tiny brains

WHAT COHEED SONG WOULD YOU PLAY TO AN ALIEN CIVILISATION?

Coheed And Cambria mastermind Claudio Sanchez tussles with your questions on The Amory Wars, the MCU and slitting a naked man’s throat

YUKO MORINO

THE SLAYLIST

AMY LEE

LIFE LESSONS

IN FLAMES

IN THE STUDIO

DEAD IN HOLLYWOOD MURDERDOLLS

THE STORY BEHIND

WHAT MORE COULD A MAGGOT WANT?

…and other heapings of praise, shade and everything in between concerning our nine-variant Slipknot cover, plus stories on Lacuna Coil, Ozzy Osbourne, Electric Callboy and beyond

SONJA

NEW NOISE

RAIN CITY DRIVE

NEW NOISE

DEFACING GOD

The Danes compelled by Lilith to fuse melodeath and symphonic black metal

HOAXED

Dark rock debutants explore the magic of the Pacific Northwest

SPITE

Californian deathcore bruisers out to conquer the world

HOARD ALMIGHTY

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

DO YOU SEE THE OMENS?

Lamb Of God do, and they’re not good. But despite living in a world of hate and unrest, Randy Blythe hasn’t let it stop him from trying to make a difference

THE NEW WAVE OF AMERICAN HEAVY METAL: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

Lamb Of God rose from the NWOAHM scene to become global metal superstars – but not all of their peers were so lucky. Twenty years on, this is what happened to the rest of American metal’s class of 2002

WASTING YOUR HATE

The haircuts, the eyeliner, the bluesy riffs – the mid-90s was the point where it wobbled for metal’s biggest band. But 25 years after Reload’s release, Metallica’s most controversial period is ready for re-evaluation

LZZY HALE

She’s won a Grammy, become a role model, and counts Rob Halford among her friends. Not bad for a woman who spent her childhood singing to trees in rural Pennsylvania

“HE WAS A PERFORMER, BODY AND SOUL”

He took Suicide Silence to new heights, helped define the entire deathcore genre, and inspired the next generation. Ten years on from his tragic death in a motorcycle accident, we remember Mitch Lucker

Can THE HU break America?

*TRANSLATION: “THE HU ARE COMING!”

SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES

Nightmarish. Disturbing. Transgressive. Weird. Hellraiser was the twisted fantasy horror that gave the world Pinhead and influenced generations of metal bands

DEVIN TOWNSEND

Devin Townsend: ready to give you a heavy

ARCHITECTS

The Classic Symptoms Of A Broken Spirit

ALTER BRIDGE

Alter Bridge check in at the riff factory

BRUTUS

Unison Life

SMALL MERCIES

Where EP is short for ‘Epic Potential’

DEAD CROSS

II

LACUNA COIL

Comalies XX

LORNA SHORE

Pain Remains

THE OTOLITH

Folium Limina

SKID ROW

The Gang’s All Here

SODOM

40 Years at War – The Greatest Hell Of Sodom

WEDNESDAY 13

Horrifier

TAYLOR HAWKINS TRIBUTE CONCERT

WEMBLEY STADIUM, LONDON

MACHINE HEAD / AMON AMARTH

Amon Amarth put Wembley to the torch THE

CANCER BATS

GRAPHIC NATURE THE FLEECE, BRISTOL

RESTART THE HEART

THE BLACK HEART, LONDON 

BRIDEAR

THE CASTLE AND FALCON, BIRMINGHAM

CASSYETTE

KID BOOKIE ISLINGTON ACADEMY, LONDON

FIVE MINUTES WITH IGGOR CAVALERA PETBRICK, CAVALERA CONSPIRACY

Legendary ex-Sepultura drummer talks roots, Roots and reinventing himself as an industrial noise maverick