METAL HAMMER

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FLOOR JANSEN IS UNSTOPPABLE

DURING HER 10 years and counting as the

TILL THE END

PRESS/ROBERT JOHN. IN EARLY 2015, Motörhead went into

MEET THE METAL MEOWLISHA

The cat charity run by Obituary’s Donald Tardy will give you fuzzy feelings about fuzzy felines

WHEN WERE YOU FIRST BURIED ALIVE BY LOVE?

Ex-Him frontman and newly minted solo artist Ville Valo answers your questions on love, pornography and… sheep

THE SLAYLIST CASSYETTE

From club bangers to emo anthems, Cassyette picks out the songs that made her a nu gen star

PUPIL SLICER

The mathcore gang’s ringleader Katie Davies details a second album even more “deranged” than the last

SHANE EMBURY

Napalm Death’s chief sonic architect shares tales of poverty, brushes with celebrity and telling Nazis to fuck off

THE BOOK OF HEAVY METAL (MARCH OF THE METALLIANS) DREAM EVIL

Fredrik Nordström spent the 90s revolutionising extreme metal as a producer. But in the new millennium, his own band were bringing classic metal back in a big way

HOLY FAWN

Call it post-metal, blackgaze or alternative… the Arizona quartet are taking heavy music in divine new directions

ESCUELA GRIND

The rap-quoting New England grindcore progressives endorsed by Kurt Ballou and Napalm Death

SKIN FAILURE

Former Black Peaks frontman cuts loose with some unhinged crossover thrash

ISAFJØRD

Post-rock luminaries celebrate Iceland’s music and landscapes

CHUGGABOOM

The tongue-in-cheek nu metalcore pranksters bringing a bit of levity to the scene

HOARD ALMIGHTY

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

"LIFE IS SHORT TIME IS NOT ENDLESS"

From the pandemic to her recent cancer surgery, the last few years have been a rollercoaster for Nightwish’s Floor Jansen. Now, she’s ready to embark on a brand-new chapter

BITTER SWEET SYMPHONIES

Tuomas Holopainen says Nightwish’s albums are his “children”. So naturally we asked him to rank them from worst to best, because we’re cruel like that…

THE NEW BLACK

Beyond The Black might just be symphonic metal’s next megastars. Fronted by former pop star and magician’s assistant Jennifer Haben, they’re determined to bring you under their spell

THE GIGS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD

From the moment when metal was born to the shows that launched the genre’s biggest superstars, these are the 10 most landmark concerts ever

MONSTER, INC

Epic songs, Satanic Panics and real-life Eddie Munsons – this is the story of metal’s decades-long love affair with Dungeons & Dragons

DANNY ELFMAN

He’s the goth-theme daddy whose compositions soundtracked a generation of macabre Tim Burton classics – and that’s before we get started on that Coachella performance. We chat to a living legend

GOOD Omens

How did Bad Omens transform from an average metalcore band into a fast-rising phenomenon? It’s all thanks to pop music and better mental health, says frontman Noah Sebastian

CAN I PLAY WITH MADNESS

Yes, you can! As it’s cold outside, we wanted to bring you some Iron Maiden activity fun. First colour Eddie in, and then try to find him in two awesome illustrations. Good luck!

IN FLAMES

In Flames are ready to restore their reputation

AVATAR

Avatar: tailor-made for mayhem Dance Devil Dance CENTURY

BIG | BRAVE

Big | Brave: the captivating voice of resistance

CODE ORANGE

Code Orange: remakeable, but still unbreakable What’s Really

DELAIN

Delain embark on a bold new adventure Dark

HOST

Host: Gregor Mackintosh and Nick Holmes regain their

INSOMNIUM

Insomnium examine the deep, dark roots of fear

MÅNESKIN

Måneskin are giving more than you bargained for

STEEL PANTHER

Steel Panther: still partying like it’s 1987 On

VOLBEAT

SKINDRED / NAPALM DEATH

BLEED FROM WITHIN

HUMANITY’S LAST BREATH / ALLT

CLUTCH

GREEN LUNG

ALTER BRIDGE

HALESTORM / MAMMOTH WVH

ANAAL NATHRAKH / SIGH

Sigh: short for ‘psychedelic black metal mindfuck’ DE

FIVE MINUTES WITH JUSTINE JONES EMPLOYED TO SERVE

Their screamer-in-chief talks record labels, TikTok and playing massive arenas