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"You want to touch people with eclectic taste in music." Synyster Gates talks The Beatles, Avenged Sevenfold's bold new era and the artists taking alternative music forwards
We have a catch-up with Avenged Sevenfold's fret-ripping guitarist
“Kirk Hammett said, ‘Ah, Cannibal Corpse – that’s an interesting name!’” 20 legendary metal bands remember their first shows
Everybody starts somewhere! Metallica, Iron Maiden, Slipknot and more remember their first times onstage.
10 metal bands who ‘went soft’ – and were better off for it
Avenged Sevenfold, Bring Me The Horizon and Gojira took their careers to new heights after dialling back the aggro
Metal Hammer's 50 best albums of 2023 (and the stories behind them)
Sleep Token, Creeper, Within Temptation: 2023 has been a massive year for metal, and these 50 records represent the very best the year has had to offer
Metal Hammer writers' top metal albums of 2023
Judge not, lest ye be judged yourself. What albums would you have picked?
The 50 best metal songs of 2023 (as voted by Metal Hammer readers)
From Sleep Token and Ghost, Babymetal to Metallica: 2023 has been a year of heavy metal bangers - these were the 50 best of them all, according to you
Synyster Gates on the reactions to Life Is But A Dream: "I think, for a lot of people, this is the death of Avenged Sevenfold."
Avenged Sevenfold stand by their bold latest album, but their guitarist knows that for some fans it may be a step too far
The 10 best progressive metal albums of 2023
Avenged Sevenfold, Tesseract, Enslaved and more ensured that prog metal had another standout year in 2023
The 50 best metal albums of 2023 - as voted by the readers of Metal Hammer
From Metallica to Sleep Token, Avenged Sevenfold to Babymetal, these are the best metal albums of 2023 - as voted by you!
"They’re fearless. Their ability to just be themselves and their confidence, it’s mind-blowing." Synyster Gates reveals the young artist that reminds him the most of Avenged Sevenfold - and it might surprise you
Few bands do it like Avenged Sevenfold, but guitarist Synyster Gates has picked the artist that he feels carries their same sense of artistic fearlessness
