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“No Pro Tools, no tricks or whistles. We as a band helped change the production of heavy metal records”: With one song, Pantera reinvented their sound to become one of the most influential metal bands of all time

And the solo from Dimebag gave the world its first taste of a new guitar hero

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“I asked them, ‘What’s it like to be famous?’ and they all said, ‘We hate it’”: The story of the landmark grunge album that paved the way for Nirvana’s Nevermind but set the band that made it on the path to darkness

A year before Nirvana broke out with Nevermind, Alice In Chains Seattle’s grunge scene on the map

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“Brent’s got an entire album that hasn’t seen the light of day”: Brent Hinds had a trove of solo material that was never released, according to his former bandmate

Duane Trucks of Fiend Without a Face has shed light on some unheard material that the Mastodon guitarist created before his tragic death

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"I think the more metal people are, the nicer they are." Alter Bridge on the huge impact one wrestling star has had on their career - and why metalheads are the nicest people going

One metal-loving wrestling legend using an Alter Bridge song as his theme tune helped gain the band countless new followers

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“We thought, ‘Wow, that’s really cool – this was the guy that did all those crazy, terrible things’”: How Slayer made Angel Of Death – the fastest, freakiest and most controversial song in thrash metal history

The opening song from 1986’s Reign In Blood affirmed Slayer as thrash metal’s scariest scare-mongers

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Calling all moshers! Get the new Metal Hammer with an exclusive Malevolence cover and cross-body bag

Metalcore’s premiere pit-starters are on the cover of this exclusive edition of Metal Hammer’s latest issue, which comes with a bag unavailable in shops

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“Security will think that you’re either the wife or the girlfriendof someone, or a groupie”: Lacuna Coil’s Cristina Scabbia explains how women are “treated differently” in the heavy metal scene

The vocalist also talks about her early days in the Italian pop/dance world, exclusively in the new issue of Metal Hammer

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"Hearing them was like hearing Bowie for the first time…" The 10 best songs by AFI, as chosen by Creeper's Will Gould

Creeper frontman Will Gould picks his essential AFI playlist

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“We played the song and then the earthquake alarms started ringing! They had to move the festival the next year because of that.” How a death metal band ended up writing a song so catchy and bouncy it rocked a 1,600-ton bridge

You wouldn't have imagined this band writing something like this in their early days!

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“It was the most amazing thing. I couldn’t have written it better myself because it was just so perfectly me!" How Ozzy Osbourne produced his most emotional anthem with some inspiration from his wife Sharon - and a stunning assist from Lemmy

There wasn't a dry eye in the house the final time he played this classic live

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“Our town has been polluted by heavy metal!” Sabaton storm the cover of the new Metal Hammer

We speak exclusively to Sabaton ahead of their brand new album, Legends

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“Everyone was out of their minds. Alcoholic drug addicts. I just remember all the excess”: In a haze of substance use and record label conflicts, Korn made the defining anthem of nu metal’s heyday

The chaotic story of Freak On A Leash, in singer Jonathan Davis’ own words

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So Poppy has gone and made a metal cover of Wham’s Last Christmas and it sounds pretty crazy

The genre-splicing star has reworked Wham’s Last Christmas in her own inimitable style

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How big a Ghost fan are you? Take our devilishly hard Ghost quiz to find out!

Think you know your Papa IIs from your Papa IVs? Take our special Ghost quiz to see how you measure up

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“We had to pay the families of Charles Manson’s victims royalties from the song. And we’ve been doing that ever since”: With the inadvertent help of a notorious cult leader, one band became the kings of 90s goth metal

The song was not a commercial hit, but today it stands as a classic of its genre

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“There was some mild terrorism going on. They were exploding cars and banks and real estate. There was an ongoing war”: From a climate of violence, this band made one of modern metal’s most conscious, powerful anthems

Gojira played their early shows in a region battling for independence, and they siphoned that political spirit into their defining song

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Preorder Megadeth’s final album on limited copper/emerald vinyl, plus an art card signed by the band only available through Metal Hammer

Only 250 are in stock, so order fast!

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“I don’t know too many people that could have handled that pressure coming at you at such speed. It can be a deadly thing”: How grunge’s ‘worst’ band wrote the hit song that silenced the critics

It was written on a $25 guitar and became one of the biggest hits of 1994

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Preorder a limited-edition vinyl variant of Megadeth’s final album, plus an art card signed by the band only available through Metal Hammer

The thrash metal legends’ final album will drop next year

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Order your exclusive Iron Maiden bundle featuring an Eddie T-shirt you won't find in shops

The bundle also comes with an alternate Metal Hammer cover

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Ghost announce 2026 North American tour

North America! Prepare to get Ghosted!

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“I don’t try to point out stupidity, and I don’t like to make people feel bad – unless they annoy me”: The Beatles-inspired 90s song that finally gave these thrash heavyweights the mainstream hit that had eluded them

Just like the Pied Piper…

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“I’m so sorry about last night”: Watch Ghost frontman Tobias Forge apologise onstage for last-minute concert cancellation

The Swedish hard rock band cancelled the first night of a planned concert trilogy in Mexico City due to Forge contracting food poisoning

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Calling all Ghost fans! Get your hands on an exclusive array of bookazine bundles with a glow-in-the-dark t-shirt and puff print sweatshirt

Head to the Louder webstore and you can get Metal Hammer’s complete history of Ghost with a t-shirt and a sweatshirt you won’t find anywhere else

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Metal Hammer presents the ultimate Ghost fan pack: the story of every album and every era, including an exclusive patch and artcards

Ghost fans! Get your hands on this essential bundle about the complete history of the band

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