Metal Hammer UK

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.

METAL HAMMER

SABATON & BABYMETAL = SABAMETAL? BABYTON?

WHISKY A GO-GOAT

WHEN VEGANS ATTACK • Electronica musician Moby has teamed up with legends of our world for a surprising new activism documentary

10 THINGS WE LEARNED THIS MONTH

HOW CAN I LEARN THROAT SINGING? • The Hu have gone from viral sensations to all-conquering metal heroes, but how will bandleader Gala fare against your questions?

DEBBIE GOUGH • Heriot’s snarling guitar-slinger picks the songs that hooked her on heaviness and noise

GRAVE PLEASURES • Finnish post-punks prove that not all goth is gloom

IVAR BJØRNSON • From black metal’s violence to Peter Steele’s threesomes, the Enslaved mastermind has seen it all and somehow survived

ANCHOR CAVE IN • Cave In were underground metalcore darlings, but 2003’s Antenna was their shot at the big time – and it almost ended the band for good

FLOOR JANSEN CAN SING THE PHONE BOOK • …and other bold claims, complaints and cheerful words of support you had to offer on our massive Nightwish cover, In Flames comeback and more

DEATH PILL • The Ukrainian hardcore punk trio fighting for a better world against a backdrop of sexism, war and uncertainty

SPIDER GOD

NAUT

ANNISOKAY

ERASE THEORY

HOST

HOARD ALMIGHTY

THE NORSE CODE • Sabaton have taken their own island. Well, kinda. As their mission to conquer Europe continues, we head to Gotland to find out what the hell is going on

INTO THE METAL VERSE • WORDS: ELEANOR GOODMAN • INTERVIEW TRANSLATION: TYLER MARIKO MCABEE ART DIRECTION & DESIGN: YODAMETAL (ROKUSHIKI) • DESIGN: RINOMETAL (ROKUSHIKI) • PHOTOGRAPHY: SUSUMETAL (PROGRESS-M)

55 MUSICIANS. 36 BANDS. ONE ALBUM… AND A LOT OF HANGOVERS • In 2005, some of music’s biggest names teamed up for an audacious all-star album and gig. This is the story of Roadrunner United - metal’s very own Avengers Assemble

SECRET MEETINGS PIGS'BLOOD.MURDER? • With a new co-vocalist and killer new album The Seventh Son on the way, Bury Tomorrow have levelled up. But what the hell is with the knives and cult behaviour?

TOM G WARRIOR • He was the ridiculed outsider who became a trailblazer with Celtic Frost, earning the approval of H.R. Giger and inventing the death grunt. We meet an extreme metal legend

the hard men • Circle-pits, viral videos and the kind of buzz other bands would kill for – how Malevolence became British metal’s 17-year overnight success story

BABYMETAL The Other One COOKING VINYL

FLOOR JANSEN

AUGUST BURNS RED Death Below SHARPTONE

BURY TOMORROW

DAWN RAY’D

ENSLAVED

LOVEBITES

SUICIDE SILENCE

RESURRECTIONS

TRIVIUM • Orlando’s unflagging metal warriors light the way for the next generation

SLEEP TOKEN • UK’s shadowy pop/metal missionaries cast their spell over west London

HEILUNG • Shamanic folk icons host a night of wild reverie

TARJA • Finland’s operatic standard bearer...