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"He's jetlagged, he's dead, he wants to see a real ****ing circle pit!" Watch Bad Omens' Noah Sebastian join Bring Me The Horizon on stage for a ripping Antivist in Cardiff last night

Modern metal icons unite!

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Sleep Token's Take Me Back to Eden was the most streamed metal album released in 2023 on Spotify

Sleep Token remain one of the most popular new bands in metal and here's the receipts to prove it

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"I got tired of seeing my own face, or seeing a stranger’s opinion of me every day. I don’t think that’s healthy." Bad Omens' Noah Sebastian recently deleted all his social media, and his new interview with Metal Hammer might explain why

Noah isn't very comfortable with the attention he's received as frontman of one of the world's most hyped modern metal bands

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The new issue of Metal Hammer stars four brand new cover stars: Bad Omens, Hanabie, Lorna Shore and Scene Queen!

Meet your New Heavy cover stars for 2024

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“Kirk Hammett said, ‘Ah, Cannibal Corpse – that’s an interesting name!’” 20 legendary metal bands remember their first shows

Everybody starts somewhere! Metallica, Iron Maiden, Slipknot and more remember their first times onstage.

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"When you bare it all, you’ve got nothing to hide." David Ellefson on the sex scandal that got him fired from Megadeth

Former Megadeth bassist David Ellefson takes a philosophical view of the controversy that saw his tenure with the thrash legends come to an end

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Metal Hammer's 50 best albums of 2023 (and the stories behind them)

Sleep Token, Creeper, Within Temptation: 2023 has been a massive year for metal, and these 50 records represent the very best the year has had to offer

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Metal Hammer writers' top metal albums of 2023

Judge not, lest ye be judged yourself. What albums would you have picked?

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Metal Hammer writers name their best gigs of 2023

From the monolithic Metallica to rising stars like Green Lung, these are the greatest shows that Team Hammer saw this year

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“On this last tour, you can tell that something has happened." Tobias Forge discusses Ghost's impressive levelling-up during their most recent North American tour

It's Ghost's world, we're all just living in it!

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Synyster Gates on the reactions to Life Is But A Dream: "I think, for a lot of people, this is the death of Avenged Sevenfold."

Avenged Sevenfold stand by their bold latest album, but their guitarist knows that for some fans it may be a step too far

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"I was just trying to channel Ozzy." Metallica's Rob Trujillo reveals the 72 Seasons song he'd take to a desert island

Rob Trujillo is particularly proud of one song on Metallica's latest studio album

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"Collaborate with Amy Lee? That would be incredible!" Guitar hero Sophie Lloyd on why Evanescence mean so much to her - and to rock music in general

Sophie Lloyd explains how Evanescence's classic debut album Fallen impacted her as a young music fan

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Louder's writers pick their 10 favourite albums of 2023

Our staff and contributors individually pick the 10 albums that have shaped their year

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The 50 best metal albums of 2023 - as voted by the readers of Metal Hammer

From Metallica to Sleep Token, Avenged Sevenfold to Babymetal, these are the best metal albums of 2023 - as voted by you!

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"The grunge scene had a lot of that moody stuff going on, but when we had come about, it had been years since the grunge thing really popped.” Mark Tremonti explains what set Creed apart from the rest

According to the guitarist, Creed had a unique appeal compared to other bands around them at the time

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Metallica's Rob Trujillo: “Most people that I talk to have found a place in their heart for St. Anger"

Metallica's bassist suggests people really don't hate St. Anger as much as you might think

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"They’re fearless. Their ability to just be themselves and their confidence, it’s mind-blowing." Synyster Gates reveals the young artist that reminds him the most of Avenged Sevenfold - and it might surprise you

Few bands do it like Avenged Sevenfold, but guitarist Synyster Gates has picked the artist that he feels carries their same sense of artistic fearlessness

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Tobias Forge reveals he's started writing a new Ghost album, explains why he's happy to work with outside writers: “What they all have in common is that they all come from a rock background.”

Ghost's leader is already writing for the follow-up to last year's brilliant Impera

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Creeper's Sanguivore is Metal Hammer's album of the year

Creeper's magnificent vampire rock opera is officially Metal Hammer's album of 2023. Plus, the top 50 revealed!

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Iron Maiden’s Nicko McBrain reflects on ministroke: “I thought, ‘This is it, I’m not going to be able to play.’”

Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain says he feared for his career after suffering a transient ischaemic attack (TIA) in January

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The new issue of Metal Hammer is a massive celebration of 2023 starring Metallica, Iron Maiden, Ghost, Babymetal, Avenged Sevenfold and more – and it comes with five exclusive gifts!

Get a Metallica patch and art print, a Ghost badge, an Iron Maiden poster and a 2024 calendar!

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Order your limited edition Sleep Token bundle – featuring a hand-stamped art print and exclusive cover variant

There are only 300 available, so get yours now!

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Avenged Sevenfold announce North American tour dates for 2024

Avenged Sevenfold will hit the US and Canada next spring for the next leg of their Life Is But A Dream...world tour, with Poppy and Sullivan King in tow

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"Evanescence breaking out proved everybody wrong. It gave me hope, it was a huge middle finger.” Halestorm's Lzzy Hale on why Evanescence's Fallen was such an important, empowering album for 21st century rock, and the advice Amy Lee once gave her

Halestorm frontwoman Lzzy Hale is a big Evanescence fan - and with good reason!

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