In this issue of Metal Hammer, we chat to Robb Flynn as Machine Head prepare to release their incredible new album, Of Kingdom And Crown. He opens up about life after the breakdown of the last MH line-up, and how he fought his way back to make his finest statement in 15 years.
On the subject of breakdowns, Aussie heroes Parkway Drive tell us how therapy has saved the band and why their new material embraces the dark. We look back at the impact of Limp Bizkit’s Three Dollar Bill, Y’all (and love ’em or hate ’em, you can’t deny it had one hell of an impact), and delve into the New Southern Gothic with Oceans Of Slumber.
We get spiritual with Heilung’s Kai Uwe Faust, celebrate Blind Guardian’s new beginning, and learn life lessons from Rancid’s Lars Frederiksen. Lacuna Coil’s Cristina Scabbia answers your questions, and we revisit 2001’s Tattoo The Planet, which should have been the most metal tour of the year, but fell apart after 9/11.
Talking of most metal ever, we call up Joseph Quinn, aka Eddie Munson, to talk Sabbath and Stranger Things. Elsewhere in the mag, Korn reflect on Freak On A Leash, Bloodywood’s Jayant Bhadula invites us into his record collection, and we hit the studio with A.A. Williams. All this, plus all the essential news and reviews from the world of metal!
