ALL THE RAGE

GETTY RAGE AGAINST THE Machine will be inducted

SABATON

HAMMER

Future PLC, 121 - 141 Westbourne Terrace, Paddington,

WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING?!

WHEN AVENGED SEVENFOLD surprise-released seventh album The Stage

MEET THE BAND

EMILY SWINGLE WRITER In Emily’s first big feature

WHY DOES METAL LOVE MASKS?

As Sleep Token become the latest masked band to achieve breakout success, we investigate the trend that shows no signs of stopping

10 THINGS WE LEARNED THIS MONTH

What’s been blowing our tiny brains

IS THIS THE END OF SEVENDUST?

Frontman Lajon Witherspoon answers your questions about the band’s future, cocaine bears and zombie attacks

BRANDON SALLER

Atreyu’s drummer-turnedfrontman walks us through the soundtrack of his life

COREY TAYLOR

Bigger, bolder, more in-your-face… the singer promises his second solo album is going to turn some heads

DEZ FAFARA

The Coal Chamber and Devildriver frontman reflects on nu metal, working with Ozzy Osbourne and almost dying from Covid

VAGINA MINE PUSCIFER

The song that transformed Maynard James Keenan’s ‘gag’ solo project into a bizarre but brilliant meta metal band

OZZY NEEDS A GIANT THRONE

…and other suggestions, confessions, pledges of allegiance and words of enmity you had to offer on our special Tenacious D guest edit!

HAMMER STEREO

What’s been blowing our office speakers

ELEGANT WEAPONS

Members of Judas Priest, Rainbow and Pantera unite to create triumphant, trad-inspired modern metal

JESUS PIECE

NEW NOISE

PUNK ROCK FACTORY

The daft covers band winning over the hearts of metalheads en masse

DISTANT

The Dutch band bending space and time are deathcore’s hot new thing

FVNERALS

This oppressive drone metal duo are ushering forth the end of the world

BLACKBRAID

What your favourite bands are listening to

HOARD ALMIGHTY

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

THE AVENGED YOU KNEW IS DEAD

Powered by existentialism and hallucinogens, Avenged Sevenfold have just crafted the weirdest album by a major metal band in decades. Will it pay off?

"IT TAKES YOUR MIND FOR A SPIN!"

Your guide to every track on Life Is

CALIFORNIA DREAMIN'

A CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR YOU FROM PHIL SPECTOR

FULL SPEED OR NOTHING

Gigantic video towers, an in-the-round stage and 71,000 close friends. We join Metallica in Amsterdam as they kick off the epic M72 Tour

“I FELT LIKE I’D RUN A MARATHON!”

Architects frontman Sam Carter explains what it was like to open for The Four Horsemen themselves

BLONDE AMBITION

If Barbie went metal, she’d sound like gatekeeper-baiting ‘bimbocore’ heroine Scene Queen. And if the haters don’t like it, fuck ’em

STILL REIGNING

Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman died 10 years ago, but his influence lives on. His bandmates and friends look back at the enigma who gave thrash its extreme edge

MOSHING! MARRIAGES! MEAT HOOKS!

As Download turns 20, we meet some of the people who have helped make it the greatest metal festival on the planet

THE GODFATHER

Musician, label boss, festival organiser, YouTube chef – Sahil ‘Demonstealer’ Makhija is the most influential metal musician in India. But it’s been an epic struggle to make it this far

BRON AGAIN

Drugs and alcohol pushed Atlanta doomsters Royal Thunder to the edge… and beyond. But they’ve returned from extinction to make the year’s most redemptive album

AVENGED SEVENFOLD

Life Is But A Dream

THE ARCANE ORDER

Distortions From Cosmogony BLACK LION

ARRIVAL OF AUTUMN

Kingdom Undone NUCLEAR BLAST

AVARICE

Avarice UPRISING

GODFLESH

Purge AVALANCHE RECORDINGS

BLACK SPIDERS

Can’t Die, Won’t Die

BLINDFOLDED AND LED TO THE WOODS

Rejecting Obliteration PROSTHETIC

BONGZILLA

Dab City HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS

BURIAL CLOUDS

Last Days Of A Dying World CHURCH ROAD

CHRONICLE

Where Chaos Thrives MIGHTY MUSIC

CLOAK

Black Flame Eternal SEASON OF MIST

THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

Metamorphosis

IMMORTAL

War Against All NUCLEAR BLAST

itSELF

The Absence SELF-RELEASED

DIETH

To Hell And Back NAPALM

DROTT

Troll BY NORSE MUSIC

ELEGANT WEAPONS

Horns For A Halo NUCLEAR BLAST

FROZEN SOUL

CENTURY MEDIA  Glacial Domination

GOZU Remedy

METAL BLADE / BLACKLIGHT MEDIA

HENGET

Beyond North Star SEASON OF MIST

A HORRIBLE DEATH TO A HORRIBLE MAN

Atmospheric Danes find a new take on the blackgaze formula

SMALL MERCIES

Where EP is short for ‘Epic Potential’

JAAW

Supercluster SVART

THE INTERSPHERE

Wanderer ODYSSEY MUSIC

JOHNNY THE BOY

You SEASON OF MIST

JOHN LUNN, EIVØR, DANNY SAUL

The Last Kingdom: Destiny Is All

THE MON

Eye SUPERNATURAL CAT

MOOR

Heavy Heart BLOOD BLAST / BELIEVE

NIBIRU

Anamorphosis ARGONAUTA

OLKOTH

At The Eye Of Chaos EVERLASTING SPEW

PUPIL SLICER

Blossom PROSTHETIC

ROYAL THUNDER

Rebuilding The Mountain SPINEFARM

ÓREIÐA

The Eternal DEBEMUR MORTI PRODUCTIONS

RADIEN

Unissa Palaneet SVART

RUÏM

Black Royal Spiritism – I – OSino Da Igreja PEACEVILLE

WORLD SERVICE

Heavy metal uprisings from around the globe

PA VESH EN

Martyrs IRON BONEHEAD

SPORAE AUTEM YUGGOTH

However It Still Moves PERSONAL RECORDS

SCAR SYMMETRY

The Singularity (Phase II – Xenotaph) NUCLEAR BLAST

SERVERS

The Vertical Plane UNDERGROOVE

SIRENIA 1977

NAPALM

SLEEP OF MONSTERS ΓΓΓ

SVART

SABBAT

Mad Gods And Englishmen NOISE

SÓL ÁN VARMA

Sól Án Varma VÁN

STELLAR CIRCUITS

Sight ToSound NUCLEAR BLAST

TERRIFIER

Trample The Weak,Devour The Dead EMPIRE

TORTURED DEMON

Rise Of The Lifeless SELF-RELEASED

USNEA

Bathed In Light TRANSLATION LOSS

VERMILION WHISKEY

Crimson & Stone SELF-RELEASED

VOMITORY

All Heads Are Gonna Roll METAL BLADE

YAKUZA

Sutra SVART

EINAR SOLBERG 16

INSIDE OUT

SABATON

BABYMETAL / LORDI FIRST DIRECT ARENA, LEEDS

INFERNO FESTIVAL

ROCKEFELLER / JOHN DEE, OSLO, NORWAY

UNEARTH

MISERY INDEX / YEAR OF THE KNIFE / LEACH / TURBID NORTH ISLINGTON ASSEMBLY HALL, LONDON

SWALLOW THE SUN

DRACONIAN UNDERWORLD, LONDON

DEVIN TOWNSEND

KLONE/FIXATION O2 ACADEMY, BRISTOL

LIMP BIZKIT

WARGASM / BLACKGOLD O2 ACADEMY, BIRMINGHAM

WITCH FEVER /GENDER CRISIS

ALT BLK ERA / BAMBIE THUG UNDERWORLD, LONDON

VOYAGER

BOSTON MUSIC ROOM, LONDON

WARBRINGER HELLRIPPER

THE DOME, LONDON

PROGNOSIS 2023

INDIGO @ THE O2, LONDON

ELECTRIC CALLBOY

BLIND CHANNEL / FUTURE PALACE HAMMERSMITH APOLLO, LONDON

THY ART IS MURDER

FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY / HERIOT THE DOME, LONDON

WEDNESDAY 13

SOUTH OF SALEM / SICK ’N’ BEAUTIFUL /

BENJI WEBBE

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