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For over three decades, Metal Hammer has brought the biggest and the best in the world of metal each and every single month. From exclusive interviews with the biggest bands in our game to celebrating the rise of the new artists taking our genre into its next chapter, we represent heavy music in all its many forms, offering world class features, unbiased reviews and special looks inside the scenes no one else will talk about. Be it heavy metal, punk, hardcore, grunge, alternative, goth, industrial, djent or the stuff so bizarre it defies classification, you'll find it all here and backed by the best writers and photographers in our game. If you like heavy music on any level, welcome to your new favourite magazine.

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CHANGE THE CHANNEL • A new documentary from 2021 Eurovision sensations Blind Channel celebrates success but warns against the dangers of burnout

HAMMER STEREO • What’s been blowing our office speakers

WHO IS THE NEXT NEXT METALLICA? • In the early 200os, Trivium were tipped as the successors to Papa Het and co. Ahead of their tour with Bullet, we got the Matts to answer your questions

MYLES KENNEDY • He sings for Alter Bridge, Slash and as a solo artist, but these are the songs that make him tick

EPICA • The symphonic metal veterans talk rebirth and resurrections ahead of their ninth album

SERJ TANKIAN • System Of A Down’s mercurial mastermind reflects on writing a memoir, getting advice from monks, and banana terracotta pie

HIGHER CREED • Creed were already a smash success after their debut, but the lead single from follow-up Human Clay turned them into a chart-topping phenomenon

LOWEN • The London-based prog doomsters reconnecting with their Iranian heritage and its mythology

ALTERIUM • Italian power metallers embracing speed, mythology and videogames

EL MOONO • Twisted, progressive alt metal with a huge heart

SLIFT • The psych-metal trio who became unlikely viral stars

FULCI • The gruesome Italian death metallers dedicating their craft to the Godfather Of Gore

HOARD ALMIGHTY • Box sets, underground oddities and all the essential merch you need this month

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ALIVE AND KICKING • As Papa Roach prepare to celebrate 25 years of Infest, nu metal’s great survivors look back on the incredible highs and painful lows of their rollercoaster journey

"THEY DIDN'T SPEAK A LICK OF ENGLISH!" • Ten killer Papa Roach collabs

NU MATAL’S GTREATEST DEEP CUTS • A lost Korn rarity, a Slipknot buried treasure, Serj Tankian’s favourite System Of A Down album track – these are the overlooked classics every nu metal connoisseur should hear

THE BIGGEST BANDS, THE MADDEST SOUNDS. THIS IS THE STORY OF NU METAL • From its birth in the early 1990s, to its current, much deserved resurrection, this Metal Hammer Special celebrates all the biggest bands, stories and songs from the monster that is nu metal.

"It’s hOlDiNG A miROR Up" • Kittie’s Morgan Lander on their ‘dark horse’ classic

WHY LINKIN PARK STILL MATTER • The countdown, the comeback, the controversy – how nu metal’s biggest band pulled off 2024’s most unexpected reunion

RISING SONS • They may have family connections to Slipknot, but Vended are ready to shake off the ‘nepo baby’ tag and silence the haters

SPROG ROCK • Vended aren’t the only band to feature the kids of famous musicians

THE POWER OF METAL COMPELS YOU! • Powerwolf, Hammerfall and Wind Rose, all on one bill? We go AAA in Germany for the power metal tour of the year

POWER TO THE PEOPLE • The metalheads of Stuttgart explain why this...