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Meaty metal with a bit of melody thrown in. Harbinger do something pretty unremarkable on paper, but have just enough passion so to not sound like every modern metal cliché vying for attention.

Since blagging his way onto the Hammer team a decade ago, Stephen has written countless features and reviews for the magazine, usually specialising in punk, hardcore and 90s metal, and still holds out the faint hope of one day getting his beloved U2 into the pages of the mag. He also regularly spouts his opinions on the Metal Hammer Podcast.

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