Metallica give you heavy, baby! As the world’s biggest metal band return with brand new album, 72 Seasons, they tell us the emotional story of how it was made.
Elsewhere in the issue, we fly to Paris and go AAA with Gojira at their biggest indoor gig to date, and celebrate Linkin Park’s Meteora at 20.
We chat to shredder extraordinaire Sophie Lloyd about her leap from YouTube phenomenon to arena star, and look back at the rise of UK82 British punk bands Discharge, GBH and The Exploited.
Metal/hip hop elder statesman Ice-T tells all about his path to success and acceptance in the metal community, Ne Obliviscaris’s Xen talks snake attacks and threats from elitists, and Killswitch Engage’s Jesse Leach answers your questions about vision quests, double denim and new solo material.
Lovebites’ Miyako invites us into her record collection, Zeal & Ardor’s Manuel Gagneux gives us his life lessons, and we head into the studio with The Acacia Strain.
We talk to Filter’s Richard Patrick about their breakthrough hit Hey Man Nice Shot, meet boundary-pushing LA hardcore crew Zulu, and find out how Tyler Bates wrote the John Wick 4 soundtrack.
All this, plus all the essential news and reviews from the world of metal!
