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“Why not go out swinging with the angriest sounds you can?”: Metal Hammer writers name the albums they’d listen to during a zombie apocalypse

A zombie looking at the camera, with the cover of Metallica album Kill 'Em All inset.

Zombies are metal as fuck. Emaciated, blood-soaked and ravenous for human flesh, they’ve been inspiring brutal music and album covers for decades, and they’ve proven just as fascinating to the mainstream as well. So, as 28 Years Later proves the enduring popularity of the undead by dominating the box office, we at Metal Hammer asked our writers what albums they’d pick to soundtrack their post-apocalyptic killing spree. From Metallica to Spiritualized, we received some diverse answers – and some pretty compelling reasons behind each pick.

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