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“I hate the term ‘thinking man’s metal’. That kind of term could hurt the band”: The story of Opeth’s Blackwater Park, the album that changed prog metal forever

How Opeth seized the prog metal throne with 2001’s genre-defining Blackwater Park album

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“I am absolutely proud of it. It was a big risk for us. Everything good usually is”: How Metallica tried to reinvent the rock movie with Through The Never

2013 was a banner year for Metallica – a brand new record label, their first gigs in China and the ambitious but divisive 3D movie Through The Never

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"I was freaking out and bawling in the studio." Korn's classic debut album at 30: the weirdness, the trauma and the birth of nu metal

On October 11 1994, five misfits from Bakersfield, California would release an album that would change metal forever

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"There’s always going to be resistance from other sides when a big movement happens." Poppy makes her debut on the cover of Metal Hammer in a world exclusive interview

Genre-splicing star Poppy appears on Metal Hammer's cover for the first time ahead of new album Negative Spaces

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“No one ever interferes with us creatively and we’d like to keep it that way”: The story of Karnivool, prog metal’s most elusive band

It’s been more than a decade since Karnivool released an album – this is the how they became the prog metal fan’s favourite cult prog metal band

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“We weren’t trying to better Iron Maiden. We were trying to better Michael Jackson!”: The metal fan’s guide to Def Leppard

From the NWOBHM to the world – how Def Leppard became one of the biggest British rock bands of all time

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“The doctor told me if I carried on drinking at the same pace I’d start bleeding out of every orifice”: How Zakk Wylde kicked the booze and saved his own life

Zakk Wylde was one of rock’s great wildmen – until he was told to kick the booze or die

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“It’s devastatingly bleak in a way that resonates into our deepest self”: In his only interview, Sleep Token’s Vessel named his favourite album from the 1990s

Sleep Token’s singer gave Metal Hammer his first and last interview in 2017. When he did, he named the 90s alt-rock record that moves him most.

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“It took a minute to come around to the idea that I wanted to be in Evanescence again. I’ve been defined by it but it’s not the whole picture”: How Amy Lee reconnected with herself on Evanescence’s self-titled third album

Evanescence’s self-titled third album saw the band return after a long hiatur - but Amy Lee had to work out whether she wanted to continue with the band first

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“I’m watching American TV and it’s like ‘Wow, man… what is this? This isn’t my America’”: How Machine Head followed a 21st century metal classic with Unto The Locust

Machine Head’s Unto The Locust was the follow-up to career high-point The Blackening – but Robb Flynn wasn’t feeling the presssure

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“They would tell us directly to our faces, ‘You’re not going to last’”: Other bands hated Slipknot on their first Ozzfest tour – but Sharon Osbourne saved them

Jealous bands would “shit talk” Slipknot when they made their breakout appearance on the 1999 Ozzfest

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“I’m not saying my doing something else saved Slipknot, but it certainly saved me”: How Stone Sour made the leap from Corey Taylor’s ‘other band’ with Audio Secrecy

In 2010, Stone Sour released their third album Audio Secrecy – and finally shook off the ‘side project’ tag

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Nightwish’s Floor Jansen wants to collaborate with Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale

Jansen admits she was “starstruck” the first time she met the Halestorm frontwoman

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“Lemmy wrote the words, but I told him exactly what I wanted to say”: We asked Ozzy Osbourne to pick his favourite Ozzy Osbourne song. This is what he chose

Ozzy Osbourne doesn’t have a “favourite” Ozzy Osbourne song, but if push comes to shove this 90s ballad would be it

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"A true believer, sharp as a knife, heart of gold." A tribute to Michelle Kerr, the ass-kicking, passionate PR legend who helped shape modern metal as we know it

Michelle Kerr, PR for Slipknot, Machine Head, Slayer, Megadeth and many more, died on Saturday. She leaves behind a legacy as one of the metal industry's most beloved figureheads

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“There’s new artwork, there’s music that’s so punk rock from board tapes, there’s audio, visuals, everything”: Slipknot are planning a 25th anniversary reissue of their iconic debut album

Exclusive: Clown tells Metal Hammer about the upcoming reissue of Slipknot’s debut album

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Metal Hammer, Classic Rock, Louder and Prog team up to launch brand new merch store - get exclusive designs, vinyl, signed artist bundles and more

From exclusive band designs you can't get anywhere else to awesome memorabilia and signed rarities, we've got it all

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Watch the full, pro-shot footage of Meshuggah decimating Summer Breeze festival last month

Tech-metal masters Meshuggah played a crushing 80-minute set at Summer Breeze in August, and you can watch the whole thing online for free

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“People are gone. Craig’s out. Chris is out, Joey’s out, Paul’s out. The band is different... we’re not that close anymore”: Shawn Crahan on the current state of Slipknot

Shawn 'Clown' Crahan on the current state of Slipknot

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"We were nobodies, anonymous and faceless, but it felt like maybe we had a shot." The new issue of Metal Hammer is a bumper celebration of Slipknot’s debut album – and comes with an exclusive patch and charm

The latest issue of Metal Hammer magazine comes with two gifts and 28 pages of Slipknot

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"The ultimate musical island-hopping adventure!" Listen to new Nightwish single An Ocean Of Strange Islands now

The latest preview of new Nightwish album Yesterwynde is here

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Order your limited edition Mimi Barks x Metal Hammer bundle – featuring an exclusive t-shirt, a signed art print and two temporary tattoos

There are only 300 available, so get yours now!

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Order your limited edition Nightwish x Metal Hammer bundle – featuring an exclusive t-shirt!

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"I have a lot of compassion for them...they’ve lost good people." What Mushroomhead think of fellow masked metallers Slipknot now

The beef between Slipknot and Mushroomhead was legendary in the nu metal era, but Steve 'Skinny' Felton says it was exaggerated by the media

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“I had, like, 18 whiskies”: The unhinged story of how jazz karaoke led to post-rock idol Julie Christmas waking up in bed with a tinned ham

The noise/post-rock maverick gives a bizarre anecdote about canned meat in the new issue of Metal Hammer

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