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“Had we not made this record the way it sounded, I’m not certain there would have been another album”: How Opeth ditched the death growls and fully embraced prog on Heritage

In 2011, Opeth released Heritage – and cut the the last cord with their death metal past

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“Every time I hear it on the radio it’s like, ‘I’m glad they’re playing this instead of Crazy Train!’” Slayer’s Kerry King names his favourite Ozzy Osbourne song, and it’s one of his most obscure

When we asked Slayer’s guitarist to name the best Ozzy Osbourne track, he picked the deepest of deep cuts

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4 brilliant new metal bands you need to hear this month

From Folterkammer's femme-dom black metal to Belushi Speed Ball's 'pizza thrash', Dermabrasion's occulty goth rock and the bizarre alt. metal of Battlesnake, these are the bands you need to hear in September 2024

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‘Born to be a Hammer’: West Ham sign Colombia forward Manuela Paví

West Ham have signed the 23-year-old Manuela Paví for an undisclosed fee from the Colombian side Deportivo Cali

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“Putting out a concept album about Moby-Dick could be career suicide”: Mastodon explain why Leviathan is so obsessed with the white whale

Mastodon explain why 2004 classic Leviathan is so fascinated with Herman Melville’s classic novel in a new interview

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Podcasts of the week: Get set for the Paris Paralympics with tales of true grit

Olympic hero Michael Johnson and archer Matt Stutzman interview stars including Kadeena Cox in Rising Phoenix. Plus: five of the best podcasts about classic movies

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“We hired male strippers to come onstage and dance”: Kittie’s Morgan Lander names her goofiest tour memory

The nu metal-era stars loved pranking their tourmates on a run of shows with Killswitch Engage, Shadows Fall and Poison The Well

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"It was my life for 16 years." Charlotte Wessels on having to adapt after leaving Delain

The former Delain singer discusses leaving the symphonic metallers and the next chapter of her career

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“Every time I go on tour, I miss it a lot”: What are Babymetal’s favourite foods? We found the answer!

We got Japan’s kawaii metal stars to put together their dream menu, from hamburgers to simmered pumpkin

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“In a world of dunces, everything bad is blamed on the devil. Yet it’s the Church who promote a lot of things that are genuinely bad for mankind”: how Ghost kicked things to the next level with Infestissumam

In this classic 2013 interview, Ghost mainman Tobias Forge talks ambition, success and Satan

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“I don’t mess with mescaline any more. I did enough acid back in the day”: how Mastodon made a psychedelic prog metal masterpiece with Blood Mountain

Mastodon’s third album Blood Mountain saw them going from underground favourites to metal’s brain-frying new heroes

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“We posted it and went to bed. We woke up and it was viral.” Jinjer reflect on whirlwind success of breakthrough track Pisces

The Ukrainian metal stars admit that their viral track was a make-or-break moment in the new issue of Metal Hammer

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“If it was up to me, I’d make it the Big Five”: why Testament deserve to be at thrash’s top table

Testament’s 2012 album Dark Roots Of Earth was another classic from thrash’s most dependable band

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"We need more Bowies, more Princes, more Eazy-Es." Fever 333's Jason Aalon Butler talks dream collabs, the legacy of Letlive. and the stunt that got him told off by Metallica's crew

Fever 333 frontman Jason Aalon Butler answers your questions on everything from stunts to activism, influences and whether he'd rather fight a dinosaur or a chicken

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“There are five million disgraceful heavy metal bands. What’s the point of being just another Metallica imitator?”: how Avenged Sevenfold took on the haters with their epic fourth album

Avenged Sevenfold’s self-titled fourth album found them ripping up their own blueprint - with brilliant results

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What happens when members of extreme metal royalty like Meshuggah, Watain and Opeth form an orchestra? Meet the uniquely excellent Bright & Black

Bright & Black have made one of this year's most compelling albums. We found out how it all came together

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"The whole thing was such a shock, because it came out of nowhere." A public letter, tears and the Finnish Prime Minister: inside the crazy day Nightwish parted ways with Tarja Turunen

When Nightwish dismissed their lead singer via open letter, the fallout was so public and intense that even the Finnish prime minister got involved

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Deicide’s Glen Benton doesn’t know why he burnt an inverted cross into his forehead either: “To this day, I don’t know what I was thinking!”

The scarred face of US death metal tries to explain his self-branding in the new issue of Metal Hammer

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Iron Maiden weren’t part of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal, says ex-singer: “We felt like we were on our own”

Former Iron Maiden man Paul Di’Anno has distanced the group from Def Leppard, Saxon and the rest in an exclusive Metal Hammer interview

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“The answer has been the same for 20,000 years. It’s not gonna happen.” Skid Row founder rules out Sebastian Bach reunion

Bach previously told Metal Hammer that he’d be keen to regroup with the glam metal legends who made him famous

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West Ham rally to deliver David Moyes fitting home send-off and leave Luton on brink of relegation

George Earthy shows the future is bright as Hammers prepare to move into a new era

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West Ham vs Luton Town live stream: How to watch Premier League game online and on TV, team news

The West Ham vs Luton Town will see the Hammers faithful wave goodbye to manager David Moyes, while Luton Town need a win to keep their survival hopes alive. Here's how to watch from anywhere.

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“When I go to see a good concert from a metal band, it’s exhilarating. Like nothing you’ve ever heard before”: when Sir Christopher Lee met Tony Iommi

In 2010, Metal Hammer brought together acting legend Sir Christopher Lee with Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi for the ultimate metal summit

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