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METAL HAMMER READERS, Tenacious D have taken over

…AND COMPUTERS FOR ALL

Non-profit organisation Metal For Nepal is working to help children in some of the country’s most remote regions become IT literate

10 THINGS WE LEARNED THIS MONTH

What’s been blowing our tiny brains

ARE LORNA SHORE BRINGING DEATHCORE BACK?

Lorna Shore’s growler-in-chief, Will Ramos, answers your questions on goblin screams, dream collabs and singing with a camera down his throat

The Dark Tower

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THE SLAYLIST SKYND

How Kate Bush, Korn and Pink Floyd inspired Australia’s true crime-obsessed industrial metal maverick

IN THE STUDIO URNE

Teaming up with Gojira’s Joe Duplantier for album #2, the British trio are one of metal’s most exciting new bands

ROB HALFORD

From collaborating with Trent Reznor to singing with Dolly Parton, these are the experiences that have made the Metal God

THE STORY BEHIND VOTE WITH A BULLET CORROSION OF CONFORMITY

The song that helped Corrosion Of Conformity transform from hardcore punk dirtbags into stoner superstars

I’M TIRED OF BANDS DISTANCING THEMSELVES FROM NU METAL

…plus other declarations and outbursts you had to offer about our stories online and our last issue, which featured a returning Metallica, Linkin Park, and a whole lot more!

THE BIG DEBATE

With Bring Me The Horizon’s Sempiternal turning 10,

HAMMER STEREO

What’s been blowing our office speakers

STEEL BEANS

How a Keith Moon-loving, kimono-wearing multi-instrumentalist became Tenacious D’s favourite new band

THE LUCID

David Ellefson and Fear Factory’s drummer collaborating with Insane Clown Posse? WTF?!

The Brit merging the emotional core of Linkin Park with pop sensibilities

PRESS GROWING UP IN Birmingham, the ‘home of

MARGARITA WITCH CULT

The Sabbath-country denizens bring party vibes to doom

GRAPHIC NATURE

Nu metalcore newcomers use their platform for vital conversations about mental health

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 GREATEST SHOWMEN

Getting booed by Tool’s audience, befriending a demonic Dave Grohl, giving Slash a ride on their private jet and pissing off Lemmy? This is the incredible story of Tenacious D

TENACIOUS D'S HALL OF FAME

True students of heavy, Jack and Kyle have always been inspired by rock and metal’s big hitters. These are the bands they’d induct into…

IRON MAIDEN

A weird torture device. The most enduring metal band of the 80s

AC/DC

The Aussie legends write riffs that fackin’ rip

METALLICA

The obviously named band that bonded Jack and Kyle

JUDES PRIEST

Creators of earworms, wearers of leather, gods of metal

BLACK SABBATH

Metal’s founding fathers turned the D onto the Devil

METALLICA

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WHEN THE D MET THE DOUBLE O

We asked Jack Black and Kyle Gass who they wanted to interview for this issue. They had one answer: Ozzy Osbourne

HIGHWAY TO HELL

Ronnie James Dio, Meat Loaf, Dave Grohl and a bunch of Hollywood A-listers? This the unhinged story of Tenacious D’s cult “comedy rock opera”, The Pick Of Destiny

“WHAT? DO I WANNA JOIN AC/DC?”

One minute, Brian Johnson was running his car-repair business on Tyneside. The next, he was in the Bahamas with Angus and co. recording what would become the biggest-selling rock album ever, Back In Black

THIS IS NOT THE FUNNIEST SONG IN THE WORLD...

These are just some tributes. As the kings of comedy metal, we asked Jack and Kyle to select 10 of their favourite rib-tickling tracks for our delectation

AMY LEE

THE HAMMER INTERVIEW

SLEEP TOKEN

Take Me Back To Eden

THE ACACIA STRAIN

Step Into The Light / Failure Will Follow

AS EVERYTHING UNFOLDS

Ultraviolet

BLOOD CEREMONY

The Old Ways Remain

SMALL MERCIES

Where EP is short for ‘Epic Potential’

CATTLE DECAPITATION

Terrasite

CURSE OF CAIN

Curse Of Cain

DEATHSTARS

Everything Destroys You

DEVILDRIVER

Dealing With Demons Vol. II

DAVE LOMBARDO

Dave Lombardo: still smashing it Rites Of Percussion

THE OCEAN

The Ocean ponder humanity’s role in our planet’s

VV KÆLAN MIKLA

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LAMB OF GOD

Lamb Of God: Randy holds on to the

BLOODYWOOD

Bloodywood: an exhilarating, all-embracing sonic fusion KEVIN NIXON

BEARTOOTH

MOTIONLESS IN WHITE / STRAY FROM THE PATH

IGORRR

Something’s gone aria with Igorrr’s Aphrodite Patoulidou Igorrr:

W.A.S.P.

The 80s have called and they want Blackie

ADAM ZAARS TRIBULATION

They might have lost their chief songwriter, but the future is bright for goth metal stars Tribulation