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A chaotic interview with Slipknot in 1999
In 1999 Metal Hammer flew out to Memphis to meet Slipknot for the first time. A near-miss with SWAT teams, legions of fans and an insane show later, we knew they'd change the world
How stoner rock enigmas Clutch became metal’s favourite weirdbeards
Straight out of Maryland, Clutch have spent 30 years following their own path and no one else’s
How Deftones pulled back from the brink of oblivion to make Saturday Night Wrist
Tensions between bandmates, bust-ups with their producer, divorce – Deftones’ fifth album Saturday Night Wrist almost didn’t happen
“We recorded it in 20 minutes”: Paul Di’Anno looks back on making Iron Maiden’s Running Free
Paul Di’Anno sang on Iron Maiden’s classic debut single Running Free – speaking to Metal Hammer earlier this year, this is what he remembered about making it
The insane story of Megadeth’s So Far, So Good… So What!, thrash’s most self-destructive album
Megadeth’s first two albums were thrash classics. And then they made So Far, So Good… So What! and the debauchery caught up with them
Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: October 25 2024
Linkin Park, Jinjer and Cradle Of FIlth are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!
Epica’s Simone Simons waited 20 years to make Vermillion
Singer explains how Arjen Lucassen helped realise her long-held dream, what she’s saying with her songs, and why she chose a colour as her solo record’s title
How Slipknot overcame jealousy, substance abuse and trauma to become metal's most important band
25 years on from their self-titled debut, Slipknot look back at the years that helped them define 21st Century metal
"Heavy doesn’t have to start with guitars." How Heriot became UK metal's most exciting underground band
Mixing death metal, sludge, metalcore and shoegaze, Heriot represent the diverse new direction metal is headed
Paul Di'Anno's 10 greatest performances with Iron Maiden
Some fans still cite Iron Maiden's first two albums as their greatest. This is the best of Paul Di'Anno, the late, great man who sang on them
What happened at one of Paul Di'Anno's final ever live shows
Even if we didn't know it at the time, this was a nice way to say goodbye to Paul Di'Anno
We got Bridear's Kimi to make us a mixtape and it's stacked
Kimi, frontwoman of Japanese power metallers Bridear, makes us a mixtape composed of songs that have shaped her life
"He’s got his gas mask on, he’s all taped up and he’s flying like a bird." Inside the chaos and carnage of Slipknot's legendary first UK show at the London Astoria
Slipknot's chaotic, infamous headline show at London's Astoria on December 13 1999 cemented their status as metal's next superstars
Why Trivium enlisted some superstar help to make Vengeance Falls
Trivium’s career has been a whirlwind of highs and lows – but with 2013’s Vengeance Falls, they finally learned to follow their own instincts...
How Monster Magnet became metal’s ultimate space lords
Monster Magnet’s Dave Wyndorf on comic books, psychedelia and near death experiences
How Rob Zombie brought the shlock back with killer metal sequel Hellbilly Deluxe 2
Most sequels suck – but Rob Zombie’s 2010 album Hellbilly Deluxe 2 put modern metal’s favourite boogie-man back on top
How At The Gates saved death metal with their mid-90s masterpiece Slaughter Of The Soul
By 1995, death metal was in terminal decline - but Sweden’s At The Gates made a record that changed everything
Duff McKagan’s wild tales of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Iggy Pop, Aerosmith and more
Boozing with Arnie, jamming with Iggy, ignoring Aerosmith’s phone calls – Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan has done it all and more
"They’re doing collab songs with Babymetal so we're low on the priority list." Bury Tomorrow's Dani Winter-Bates answers fan questions on meet and greets, going deathcore and the band they'd love to collaborate with
Standalone single Villain Arc suggests a heavy new direction for Bury Tomorrow - but are they really going deathcore?
