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METALLICA GIVE YOU HEAVY, BABY!

WE’VE BEEN DESPERATE to get our hands on

PRAISE THE LORDS

GETTY INDUSTRIAL GOTHS LORD Of The Lost will

YOU WANTED JOHN WICK BACK. HE’S BACK

Keanu Reeves’ unkillable assassin returns – with a gloriously OTT metal-friendly soundtrack

JESSE LEACH

The Killswitch Engage frontman talks double-denim, second chances, and finding healing through ‘vision quests’

MIYAKO

She’s a power metal powerhouse, but Lovebites’ shredder has been inspired by everyone from Polyphia to Elton John

MANUEL GAGNEUX

A student of Basel’s Satanic and punk rock undergrounds, the Zeal & Ardor leader has a degree from the school of hard knocks

THE ACACIA STRAIN

The deathcore innovators are making a grind- and doominspired concept double-release

HEY MAN NICE SHOT FILTER

Richard Patrick’s anti-suicide anthem launched his post-Nine Inch Nails career – despite being misinterpreted as a dig at Kurt Cobain’s death

SABATON ISLAND? SIGN ME UP!

…and other such declarations, taunts and opinions you had to offer on our split cover run of Sabaton and Babymetal, plus recent features on Ville Valo, The Hu, Roadrunner United and more.

THE BIG DEBATE

Hollywood legend Jamie Lee Curtis suggested bands should start playing matinee shows out of consideration for older audiences. Though her choice of bands left something to be desired, we can’t say we hate the idea…

HAMMER STEREO

What’s been blowing our office speakers

ZULU

The boundary-pushing LA hardcore crew are blending brutal music with Black culture in the name of unity

BLACKGOLD

Mysterious masked nu metal revivalists who want to party like it’s 1998

THOTCRIME

Hyperactive cybergrind pioneers hoping to make a digital buzz

TEN56.

Ultra-heavy metallic hardcore crew putting the world on notice

EUPHROSYNE

Athenian post-black metal mixing savagery with heart

IN THE KNOW

What your favourite bands are listening to

HOARD ALMIGHTY

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

THE BLACKER ALBUM

Written during the pandemic and anchored by some of James Hetfield’s darkest lyrics, 72 Seasons sees Metallica clawing for a way out of the shadows. We find out if they made it

"IT'S ABOUT MUSIC MOVING YOU"

Your guide to every track on 72 Seasons

BORN FOR ONE THING

Off the back of their most successful year ever, we joined Gojira in Paris for a spectacular homecoming show like no other. Here’s what went down

"HYBRID THEORY WASN'T AN ACCIDENT"

After the runaway success of 2000’s Hybrid Theory, Linkin Park had something to prove. Could Meteora live up to the hype of the most successful debut of the 21st century?

LOST AND FOUND

In February, Linkin Park released Lost, an unheard song from the Meteora sessions. Bassist Dave ‘Phoenix’ Farrell recalls its conception and discovery

YouTucher Shredder Trailblazer

YouTube guitar hero Sophie Lloyd has made the leap from internet fame to IRL stardom via a tour with MGK. Now she’s out to convince the doubters she’s for real – starting with herself

ICE-T

Groundbreaking metal icon, hip hop elder statesman, controversy magnet, friend of Megadeth, Lemmy, Slayer and more – it’s the Body Count frontman’s world, we just live in it

WAIT AND BLEED

They’ve got the masks, the mayhem and Sid Wilson and Ross Robinson in their corner. Are the enigmatic Swollen Teeth the new Slipknot?

ANARCHY IN THE UK !

Mohawks, teargas and slam-dancing: how Brit-punk riot-starters Discharge, GBH and The Exploited changed metal forever

PUNK'S NOT DEAD!

The times metal bands bowed to their punk

METALLICA

California’s metal megastars seek out a personal route to redemption

DOZER

Sweden’s resurrected desert/stoner rockers look beyond the dunes

GRAVE PLEASURES

Post-punk pace-setters return to reclaim the throne

HEALTHYLIVING

Gothic-tinged explorations from beyond the gene boundaries

SMALL MERCIES

Where EP is short for ‘Epic Potential’

HOLY MOSES

Germany’s Queen of Thrash bows out in style

NETHERLANDS

Ever-evolving sludge duo get an all-star seal of approval

OHHMS

Progressive metallers uncover the human side of horror

OVERKILL

Thrash veterans prove you can teach old dogs new tricks after all

POWERWOLF

Teutonic power metallers refuse to go into standby mode

SERMON

Sermon: no slouches in the ecclesiastically minded masked

GOJIRA

ALIEN WEAPONRY / EMPLOYED TO SERVE ALEXANDRA PALACE, LONDON

BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE

South Wales’s metal powerhouse bond with their unruly neighbours

ROLO TOMASSI

Expansive post-hardcore heroes make a deep, emotional connection

KATATONIA

SÓLSTAFIR / SOM FORUM, LONDON

BATUSHKA

HATE / GHOSTS OF ATLANTIS THE DOME, LONDON

AVATAR

FORUM, LONDON

XENOYR NE OBLIVISCARIS

The Australian prog metal maverick talks bushfires, snake attacks and being boycotted by elitists