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For over three decades, Metal Hammer has brought the biggest and the best in the world of metal each and every single month. From exclusive interviews with the biggest bands in our game to celebrating the rise of the new artists taking our genre into its next chapter, we represent heavy music in all its many forms, offering world class features, unbiased reviews and special looks inside the scenes no one else will talk about. Be it heavy metal, punk, hardcore, grunge, alternative, goth, industrial, djent or the stuff so bizarre it defies classification, you'll find it all here and backed by the best writers and photographers in our game. If you like heavy music on any level, welcome to your new favourite magazine.

METAL HAMMER

ALEXI LAIHO WAS A TRUE ONE-OFF

MEET THE BAND

POST-METAL

IT’S A LONG WAY TO THE TOP • A new documentary produced by Fozzy’s Chris Jericho is chronicling one cult band’s unlikely heavy metal fairy tale

10 THINGS WE LEARNED THIS MONTH • What’s been blowing our tiny brains

GOT ANY MAKE-UP TIPS? • …was just one of the questions our lovely readers posed to the Godfather Of Shock Rock himself, Alice Cooper!

JOHANNES PERSSON • The Cult Of Luna frontman loves Sepultura and 90s hardcore, so is it any wonder his band are among metal’s heaviest?

A.A. WILLIAMS • One of the underground’s leading young stars shoots the shit on The Matrix, being the only goth in the village and, er, emotional pudding

PERTURBATOR • Is synthwave’s Parisian prince leaving the scene behind?

PLEASURE TO KILL BY KREATOR • While The Bay Area conquered the US metal scene in ‘86, a German trio had produced an anthem that’d help ignite Germany’s own thrash revolution

ELITISM IS KILLING THE SCENE • …is just one of the thoughts you lot shared with us this month. Here are some more!

#TWEETS

THE BIG DEBATE • In our recent feature with the band, Amaranthe’s Elize Ryd talked about the necessity of standing out from the crowd if you’re going to make it in the metal scene.

HAMMER STEREO • What’s been blowing our office speakers

DIVIDE AND DISSOLVE • This Melbourne drone duo want to crush your speakers – and smash white supremacy

VOLCANOVA • Iceland isn’t known for its stoner rock. One band is ready to change that

ENFORCED • We like hardcore, we like metal, we like Enforced! Hooray!

RÏCÏNN • Igorrr’s amazing singer has her own project – with no chickens in sight

GHØSTKID • The new project from the former Eskimo Callboy frontman is so good even Mille from Kreator is involved!

IN THE KNOW • What your favourite bands are listening to

WILD AT HEART • Last month, metal mourned as news broke that Children Of Bodom founder Alexi Laiho had died at the age of 41. He was known as an electrifying musician – the proud ‘Wildchild’ who could light up a fretboard. But he was also a gentle soul and a devoted friend

ALEXI REMEMBERED • His peers and friends pay their respects to a true legend

THE REBIRTH OF EPICA • Burned out and overstretched, Epica pressed pause on the band in 2018. New album Omega might be the end of a trilogy, but it ’’also marks a bright new beginning

PAWS FOR THOUGHT • When he’s not busy making music with Epica, Mark Jansen’s out there saving animals!

DAMaGE INC • By 1986, thrash metal was outgrowing its violent playground in the dives of San Francisco, and Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax were poised to release albums that would change the face of music forever. This is the story of the year that thrash broke, by the people who were there

NEVER LOOK BACK • After the 2020 Australian bushfires halted their plans, Architects regrouped, relocated and set about preparing...