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"This band was and is my life." The new issue of Metal Hammer magazine celebrates 30 years of HIM with a world exclusive Ville Valo interview

Ville Valo looks back on 30 years of HIM, only in the new Metal Hammer

Metal Hammer · Apr 30

"We live in a secluded village where the belief in witches was still very much alive just a few decades ago." Meet the forest-dwelling duo exploring Hungary's wild and magical folklore through black metal

With a practicing witch as a vocalist, WitcheR really do practice what they preach

Metal Hammer · Apr 30

"I said, ‘You are making a huge mistake – you get pulled over for any reason and they find those guns in there… well, there’s nothing more wrong than being shot with your own gun.’" How Megadeth reinvented themselves with Countdown To Extinction

A freshly sober Megadeth entered the 90s with one goal: conquer the world at any cost

Metal Hammer · Apr 30

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"All the melancholy and darkness could be traced to my dog. He was my furry brother." Gothic metal legend Ville Valo reveals some of the surprising influences behind his much-missed band, Him

From beloved pets to a definitely not metal US singer-songwriter, Ville opens up on what helped Him find their identity

Metal Hammer · Apr 30

"God bless America’s judicial system. It proves that even Metallica can get a fair hearing!" How the world's biggest metal band put on a chaotic gig in a car park - and infuriated politicians, a stadium and half a city in the process

As Metallica prepare to reissue 1997’s Reload, we look back on the calamitous free gig that launched the album 29 years ago

Metal Hammer · Apr 30

"Our casting team reached out to fans from all around the world. They provided the emotion, the soul and the humanity." Iron Maiden's creative director Ben Smallwood grew up around the band – and now he's helping tell their story

Iron Maiden's much-heralded Burning Ambition film will hit cinemas on May 7 - and the band are on the cover of the new issue of Classic Rock

Metal Hammer · Apr 30

"This album is the absence of God. It’s a futuristic, pre-apocalyptic record." The album that made it clear Ghost were about to become one of the biggest metal bands on Earth

In this 2015 audience with Ghost mastermind Tobias Forge, he reflects on the band's rise - and admits he doesn't think they'll stick around forever

Metal Hammer · Apr 29

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Exodus mainman Gary Holt on his singer situation, cartel violence, and what he listens to in the car

"Most of what I listen to in my car is Adele. She's the greatest vocalist of her generation." Exodus are back, but don't expect retro thrash

Metal Hammer · Apr 29

"We were a bunch of Black kids whose parents had passed away and we were feral." From falling out with Manic Street Preachers and writing songs for Ozzy to a number one album, how Skindred's Benji Webbe became a British metal icon

Benji Webbe has faced his share of hardships - and come out as a resilient force of positivity in British metal

Metal Hammer · Apr 29

“Seeing Maiden live shows is an expression of joy, of pleasure, of commitment with music”: Javier Bardem reveals how Iron Maiden changed his life

The Dune, Skyfall and No Country For Old Men star appears in the British heavy metal band’s new documentary, Burning Ambition

Metal Hammer · Apr 29

"The industry told us, ‘You will have zero fans. You can't bring Satan into the gospel scene!'" How a Satanic doo-wop duo bewitched metal fans - without playing a single note of metal

Twin Temple are one of the most unlikely breakouts of the 2020s metal scene. This is their story

Metal Hammer · Apr 29

Metallica announce remastered reissue of 1997 album Reload, featuring never-before-heard demos, live recordings and more

The US metal titans gave 1996’s Load a similar treatment last summer

Metal Hammer · Apr 29

"Record the show, put it online. There are a lot of people who won't be able to see it, so let’s give them a little joy." John 5 on why he's bucking the anti-phone movement at gigs

Well-travelled and current Mötley Crüe guitarist John 5 is about to embark on a European tour

Metal Hammer · Apr 29

"When I sing Twisted Sister music, I'm like a steamroller. I'ma beast. I'm out of control." Twisted Sister's Sebastian Bach and Jay Jay French on life after Dee Snider

Sebastian Bach and Jay Jay French are interviewed in the new issue of Classic Rock, out today

Metal Hammer · Apr 29

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Metal Hammer · Apr 28

Ghost’s Tobias Forge, Metallica’s Kirk Hammett and Judas Priest’s Rob Halford among 50 guests to appear on new album celebrating 50 years of German metal institution Accept

Members of Korn, The Smashing Pumpkins and Scorpions will also be on the 19-song set

Metal Hammer · Apr 28

"No one in Panama is doing what we're doing." The awesome Central American metal duo named after a pastry who are breaking out of their country via big, fat riffs (just don't call them the new White Stripes)

Alphawhores don't have the most SFW name but its inspiration might just surprise you

Metal Hammer · Apr 28

“You haven’t truly danced until you’ve thrown shapes to Rational Gaze in a festival field”: Why Meshuggah are my comfort band

They’re arguably the heaviest and most technical band of all time, but they’re also extraordinarily easy to listen to

Metal Hammer · Apr 28

Slipknot become early frontrunner for ‘weirdest collaboration of the year’ award as (sic) pops up in hallucinogenic Gucci advert

Who knew that nine masked, bodysuit-wearing, baseball bat-wielding hooligans were so synonymous with fashion?

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Metal Hammer · Apr 28

“Genocide still occurs today. We have not learned our lesson of people over profits”: Watch System Of A Down’s Serj Tankian sing heartfelt prayer for genocide victims at Sick New World festival last weekend

The frontman sang the traditional prayer Der Voghormia, one day after Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day was recognised on April 24

Metal Hammer · Apr 28

"My chin hit this broken bottle on the stage. I pulled it out, there was blood gushing down my face." Lamb Of God's Randy Blythe comes clean on sobriety, UFOs and what he'd have as his final meal

Max Cavalera, Cristina Scabbia, Scott Ian and more grill Randy Blythe in an all-star interview

Metal Hammer · Apr 28

"Every song we came up with was like the greatest thing. Every time we'd write another it was like: 'Oh my god!'" The inside story of Master Of Puppets and the two-year whirlwind that took Metallica to the big time

From an El Cerrito garage to stadiums with Ozzy Osbourne – as told by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and more

Metal Hammer · Apr 28

Watch Megadeth play Metallica's Ride The Lightning for the first time

Megadeth gave a debut to Ride The Lightning at the Movistar Arena in Bogota, Colombia

Metal Hammer · Apr 27

"It's a violent, wild and out-of-control time, especially for women, but for all people." Evanescence's Amy Lee on why she's embracing having a platform in an increasingly troubled and dangerous world

Evanescence's leader is keenly aware that the world is going to hell, but she sees a light at the end of the tunnel

Metal Hammer · Apr 27

"I felt misunderstood by the German music industry. They called me too extreme." From Eminem teaching her about authenticity to the Nirvana song that made her pick up a guitar, this is the soundtrack to Mimi Barks' life

Nu gen provocateur Mimi Barks talks us through the songs that have defined her life

Metal Hammer · Apr 27

"Did we realise how important it would be? Hell no. We just wanted to make people dance." How an "evil disco" classic channelled Ministry, Prong and Salt 'N' Pepa to crown one of the 90s' last breakout metal bands

Static-X became main eventers of nu metal's second wave thanks to their classic banger, Push It

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