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“Putting out a concept album about Moby-Dick could be career suicide”: Mastodon explain why Leviathan is so obsessed with the white whale

Mastodon explain why 2004 classic Leviathan is so fascinated with Herman Melville’s classic novel in a new interview

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“Everyone thinks it’s Zorro, or Kung Lao from Mortal Kombat”: Crypta frontwoman explains “bad” Beyoncé tattoo

Crypta singer/bassist Fernanda Lira paid tribute to her pop hero with a near-unrecognisable Beyoncé tattoo, and she’s not a fan of her own ink

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“We were a bunch of dirty, stinky pirates!” Order your limited edition Metal Hammer x Mastodon bundle – featuring an exclusive Leviathan t-shirt!

This Leviathan-inspired shirt – featuring artwork by Metallica, Foo Fighters and Sleep Token collaborator Luke Preece – is only available via the Metal Hammer webstore

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“We hired male strippers to come onstage and dance”: Kittie’s Morgan Lander names her goofiest tour memory

The nu metal-era stars loved pranking their tourmates on a run of shows with Killswitch Engage, Shadows Fall and Poison The Well

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“There are three songs that don’t sound like anything we’ve done before”: Anthrax have written “13 or 14 songs” for new album

The thrash metal masters haven’t released a new record since For All Kings in 2016

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"I was just really, really ****ing tired." Nightwish singer Floor Jansen explains why making new album Yesterwynde was a challenging experience

Between her cancer battle and pregnancy, recording Nightwish's latest album offered some different challenges

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The 15 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Heriot, Fever 333 and Leprous are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

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“We’re lucky to be alive!” Nightwish are on the cover of the new Metal Hammer – and it comes with two exclusive gifts

The new issue of Metal Hammer comes with a special Nightwish keyring and an art print of Floor Jansen

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“For a pissed-off, disillusioned teenager that hated the government, Banned In D.C. was the moment I found my tribe”: The 10 best Bad Brains songs according to Killswitch Engage’s Jesse Leach

Killswitch Engage singer and Bad Brains uber-fan Jesse Leach’s ultimate 10-track Bad Brain playlist

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“We smoked so much weed that we set off the fire alarms and almost killed everybody with the gas that was going to be released”: The story of Machine Head’s Burn My Eyes, the debut album that revitalised 90s metal

On the 30th anniversary of Machine Head’s Burn My Eyes, mainman Robb Flynn looks back on the making of his band’s classic debut

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Order your limited edition Machine Head 'Diamonds In The Rough 92-93' red/black Splatter vinyl

There are only 250 available, so get yours now!

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Order your world exclusive Metallica Ride The Lightning t-shirt with Metal Hammer

The bundle includes an exclusive t-shirt design you can't get anywhere else, alongside a special 'clean' cover version of our latest magazine

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”Every time you go into the mainstream, I get really uncomfortable”: Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt declined to join an Abba tribute band at Eurovision this year

Opeth’s leader was approached to help celebrate 50 years of Abba’s 1974 Eurovision win, but turned the chance down

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"If people thought last season was big and wild, just wait." Jamie Campbell Bower teases 'gnarly' new season of Stranger Things, reveals bands he’s using to get back into character as Vecna

Jamie Campbell Bower - aka Stranger Things big bad Vecna - and drummer Kyle Adams talk new band BloodMagic, influences and the most important band in rock and metal right now

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Hammerfall singer doesn’t like being called ‘power metal’: “I think heavy metal is enough”

Joacim Cans pulls Hammerfall away from the power metal genre in a new Metal Hammer interview

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“I’m three years younger than Jesus. I’m just waiting to be crucified”: how Ville Valo went darker than ever on HIM’s Venus Doom

HIM’s Venus Doom was the sound of a band peering over the edge of the abyss, as Ville Valo explained when Metal Hammer spoke to the singer in 2007

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"It was my life for 16 years." Charlotte Wessels on having to adapt after leaving Delain

The former Delain singer discusses leaving the symphonic metallers and the next chapter of her career

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"I was too drunk." Guns N' Roses man Duff McKagan on the "first and only" time he met Prince

Duff has some serious regrets about meeting the iconic Prince, but it seems he actually made a solid impression

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“A noose was put in my family’s garage.” Rage Against The Machine’s Tom Morello remembers the racism he endured as a kid

The Rage Against The Machine guitarist reflects on the darker details of his Chicago childhood in the new issue of Metal Hammer

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“We’ve really fought. In one day something can blow up into a full-scale war. There’s been days I’ve quit the band”: how System Of A Down turned friction into genius with Toxicity

In 2001, Metal Hammer joined System Of A Down in their Hollywood HQ to talk about their brilliant second album, Toxicity

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The new issue of Metal Hammer celebrates 40 years of Metallica’s Ride The Lightning and the year that thrash exploded

The cover features brand new, official Metallica artwork

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“Nu metal? No guitar solos! Everyone played with their pants down round their ankles… It was a bleak period, but we came through it”: how Megadeth kicked off the 2010s with the blazing Th1rt3en album

In 2011, Dave Mustaine invited Metal Hammer into his inner sanctum

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"The security guard opens it up, and of course in there is a sword." European folk superstars Heilung reveal some of the unique challenges that come when your live show features bones, weapons and animal bits

Heiling have had to navigate some tricky situations to bring their legendary live show around the world

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Serj Tankian explains offer for System Of A Down to replace him: “I think it would take something away… but I would be OK with it”

System Of A Down’s frontman recently told Metal Hammer that he gave the band the option to continue without him

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Didn’t catch Ghost’s Rite Here Rite Now in cinemas? Watch the film on a global livestream next week

Tobias Forge’s pop-metal pontiffs will stream their new concert/narrative film worldwide on July 20

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