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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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GOING TO BRAZIL • From gang rivalry to Sepultura’s rise, new book United Forces explores Brazil’s extreme metal scene in the 80s

HOW DOES IT FEEL TO START AGAIN? • K.K. Downing is back with KK’s Priest – but how will he fare against your questions on guitars, Judas Priest and superior biscuits?

CHRIS HARMS • Aerosmith, Iron Maiden and Soilwork have all left their mark on Lord Of The Lost’s larger-than-life frontman

SVALBARD • Britain’s premier blackened post-metallers are going extra dark with album number four

TOBIAS FORGE • Shock rock, bad glam bands and wanting to be Venom: inside the brain of Ghost’s benevolent overlord

SOLITUDE CANDLEMASS • Recorded in a bomb shelter, the song that introduced Candlemass to the world is less about Armageddon or loneliness than killer hangovers

WE DEMAND BEEF! • …and other requests, pleas, protests and praises you had to offer on our massive 2000s issue!

SHEPHERDS REIGN • They’ve supported Alien Weaponry, and now these New Zealand-based groove metallers are bringing Polynesian culture to the masses

CRYPTA • Ex-Nervosa members find new life in grizzly death metal

OTTTO • Crossover thrash, melodic hardcore and alt rock collide in electrifying LA band’s debut

IN THE KNOW • What your favourite bands are listening to

ALLFATHER • The Kent quartet using sludgy thrash metal to rightfully bludgeon the far right

WALLOWING • Extreme metal weirdos explore strange new worlds

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

STAND UP AND SHOUT • It would be easy for Within Temptation to coast on their reputation as symphonic metal veterans. Instead, new album Bleed Out is a daring rallying cry for freedom

A Gothic Romance • Inspiring Heartagram tattoos and celebrity adoration, Love Metal was the masterpiece that took Him from Finnish unknowns to the buzz band on everyone’s lips

I rowed a boot in the Hrctic Sea at Gom!"

COREY TAYLOR • Broken necks, melting masks, and booze-fuelled near-death experiences – welcome to the chaotic life of an icon

THE Prince OF WALES • Skindred’s Benji Webbe loves Newport and Newport loves Benji Webbe right back. And the city’s favourite son is about to give Metal Hammer his personal guided tour

CAN YOU FEEL MY HEART? • When Vexed frontwoman Megan Targett lost her grandpa, the band wrote an EP about thinking positive. Insincere and hollow, they scrapped it to make one of 2023’s most authentic albums

LIFE AFTER METAL • Watchmaking, surgery, working on Love Island and standing in for Daniel Craig – these musicians prove that walking away from bands can lead down some interesting career paths

NOISE bastard NOISE • Biffy Clyro, Dave Lombardo and a whole lot of rage – this is how Simon Neil and Mike Vennart conjured up Empire State Bastard, 2023’s most unlikely extreme metal supergroup

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