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Wardruna fans! Order this exclusive 2LP Birna vinyl and signed art card bundle, only through the Metal Hammer store

Pick up a 2LP version of Wardruna’s shamanic new album, along with a signed memento you won’t find anywhere else

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“Two years ago, I was robbed in São Paulo. Two guys on motorcycles put a gun to my head”: Slipknot’s Eloy Casagrande explains the hidden meanings in his mask – including that gruesome bullet hole

The design also references Brazilian culture and Slipknot’s late founding drummer, Joey Jordison

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“Man, it was amazing, the reactions we got for a Britney Spears cover. A lot of kids were super-mad at us”: The rocket-fuelled rise of Finnish hellraisers Children Of Bodom

Children Of Bodom did as much as HIM and Nightwish to put Finnish metal on the map

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It was darker than other bands but. It really got me to let go of the old and embrace the new”: The late 80s alt-metal album that Korn guitarist Head says accidentally invented nu metal

The alt-metal classic that came out of nowhere and changed everything

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“We didn’t want to do a cheap cash-in, a quick reunion album. We took our damn time”: How extreme metal legends Celtic Frost returned from the dead with the Monotheist album

The story of the second coming of Celtic Frost

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“Some of the people I thought were good were actually bad. I felt a lot of betrayal and uncertainty”: Killswitch Engage’s Jesse Leach explains the trauma and anger behind new album This Consequence

Jesse Leach tried to write “words of wisdom” for Killswitch Engage’s next album, but it ended up containing the angriest songs of their career

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“It used to be an adventure, that’s why I did all those drugs. But after a while it stops being awesome and that’s the reality”: How Bring Me The Horizon’s Oli Sykes faced his own demons to make That‘s The Spirit

Oli Sykes pulled himself of the darkness for BMTH’s 2015 album That’s The Spirit

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“Walk into a strip joint and nine times out of 10 you’ll hear this song. It brings tears to my eyes”: The chaotic story of Girls, Girls, Girls, the album that almost killed Motley Crue

The album that kicked Motley Crue to the next level – and nearly killed them

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"Once again, our justice system has failed survivors." Games of Thrones actress Esme Bianco speaks out as news breaks that Marilyn Manson will not face criminal charges in relation to allegations of sexual assault and domestic violence

After a four year investigation, Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman says sexual assault charges levelled at Marilyn Manson could not be proven beyond a reasonable doubt

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"People told me our records had saved their life." How Big Brave bounced back from burnout to create a unifying cry in A Chaos Of Flowers

Burned out in 2021, Big Brave's Robin Wattie looked to accounts of "women, people of colour and queers" to draw strength and inspiration to keep going

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Watch Linkin Park’s Emily Armstrong prove her vocal prowess in her first take recording Heavy Is The Crown

The nu metal titans have released the footage to promote an a cappella version of latest album From Zero

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The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Dream Theater, Killswitch Engage and Electric Callboy lead a stacked week of brilliant new metal singles. Plus, vote for your favourite!

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Watch Jay Weinberg drum Slipknot songs for the first time since parting ways with the nu metal icons in 2023

The now-Suicidal Tendencies drummer played two Slipknot songs during a recent clinic in Paris

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“Three guitars? I don’t get that. I’ll step down!” Iron Maiden fans rejoiced when Bruce Dickinson and Adrian Smith came back – but one member almost quit because of it

In 1999, longtime Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain threatened to leave the band over the prospect of an extra guitarist

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"Wardruna remain a genuine force of nature." Heilung might've played Glastonbury, but Birna shows Wardruna are still the grand daddies of Nordic folk

As one of the leading figures behind the Nordic folk renaissance, Einar Selvik returns to claim the crown with Birna

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Linkin Park have released an a cappella version of new album From Zero for all your Linkin Park a cappella needs

Love Linkin Park but hate the music? This is the album for you!

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"This album wouldn’t exist if I hadn’t toured with Cult of Luna." How avant-metal maverick Julie Christmas made the weird and wonderful Ridiculous and Full Of Blood

Julie Christmas explains the weird and wonderful processes behind Ridiculous And Full Of Blood

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"We're in debt to Slayer forever." Ice-T explains why Slayer's comeback is great for metal fans

Body Count frontman and self-professed Slayer superfan Ice-T talks the return of the Big Four's most notorious band

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Marty Friedman (ex-Megadeth) likens guitar playing to sex: “If you practise at home, you’re going to get good at practising at home. If you go out and do the real thing, you’re going to get good at doing the real thing.”

“Everything that I always say about this can be related to sex in some way,” the legendary guitarist admits

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"If Kurt Cobain and Chris Cornell were to decorate their shared home in heaven, they would use our Dirty Collection." Flexing an imaginary endorsement from two dead rock stars must surely be the weirdest and most random product launch idea ever

"These hues are our grunge heroes with a sexy AF personality." Of course they are hun

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“Everybody thought, ‘Now World War III is gonna come!’” Mille Petrozza reveals which classic Kreator track was inspired by 9/11

Influenced by the confusion and hostility that followed 9/11, Kreator wrote an anarchic thrasher that continued their 2000s comeback

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“President Trump, please put your ketamine-fuelled pet rocket monkey back in his cage”: Lamb Of God’s Randy Blythe verbally eviscerates Elon Musk following Tesla CEO’s controversial gesture

As Musk denies throwing a Nazi salute at the inauguration of President Donald Trump on Monday, the singer of Lamb Of God puts the “complete ***hole” on blast

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"We made a lot of people angry." When At The Drive-In released the brilliant Relationship of Command 25 years ago, their label boasted they would "save rock". Instead, the band hyped as 'The Next Nirvana' found themselves fighting to save their souls

“This band can save rock”, At The Drive-In's record company boldly declared as the Texan post-hardcore band prepared to release their third album, Relationship of Command. But six months later, the band fell apart. Now we know why

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10 crazy metal collaborations that took us totally by surprise last year

From ska-punk/metalcore crossovers to industrial threesomes, these team-ups showed metal is more collaborative than ever

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We made a timeline of everything that’s happened in human history using only Iron Maiden songs

Iron Maiden have written songs about dinosaurs, the Second World War and many, many things in between. So, here’s the history of Planet Earth as told through the metal legends’ lyrics.

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