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Metal Hammer
Metal Hammer
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Merlin Alderslade

This is the band Corey Taylor and Randy Blythe once picked as the future of metal

Corey Taylor posing with Randy Blythe

Young blood is vital to keeping any healthy genre alive, and metal is no exception. Though it's been a while since heavy music has reached the commercial heights of the 90s and early 2000s, the flow of exciting, vibrant, boundary-pushing young bands within the scene has never abated.

Back in 2017, Metal Hammer interviewed Slipknot/Lamb Of God frontmen Corey Taylor and Randy Blythe about the state of metal at the time, and they were quick to highlight one young band in particular that they believed represented the future of the scene.

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