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Papa Roach recreate the Last Resort video on Metal Hammer's new cover as they get ready to celebrate 25 years of Infest
By Eleanor Goodman published
Next year, Papa Roach will celebrate 25 years of their classic breakthrough album Infest. To celebrate, they're on the front cover of Metal Hammer!

Gojira, Machine Head, Papa Roach, Within Temptation and many more for Wacken Open Air Festival 2025
By Fraser Lewry published
The dust has barely settled on Wacken 2024, but tickets for next year's event will go on sale today

Papa Roach to celebrate 25th anniversary of Infest with massive London show
By Merlin Alderslade published
Nu metal survivors Papa Roach will play a historic show at the UK’s most famous arena early next year

“I was in a bad place”: how Papa Roach’s Jacoby Shaddix pulled himself back from the abyss
By Dave Everley published
Papa Roach’s Jacoby Shaddix nearly didn’t make it through the recording of his band’s 2012 album The Connection. But it was the wake-up call he needed

The 50 best metal songs of 2023 (as voted by Metal Hammer readers)
By Merlin Alderslade published
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

As a millennial metalhead, I was laughed at for loving nu metal. In 2023 it's filling festivals and influencing more young bands than ever - and I couldn't be happier about it
By Merlin Alderslade published
Nu metal was derided as silly, overblown and undeserving of recognition in the wider metal scene. Admittedly, two of those things were kinda true, but it still ruled, OK?!

“Thanks for the love, y’all!” Papa Roach’s Last Resort has hit one billion Spotify streams, confirming it as one of the biggest metal songs of all time
By Matt Mills published
The nu metal hit joins an elite club also including Metallica’s Enter Sandman and System Of A Down’s Chop Suey!

"Some people were like, ‘Oh, you ****ing ripped off Iron Maiden!" How a near-tragic experience, an iconic video and definitely NOT ripping off Iron Maiden helped Papa Roach's Last Resort become nu metal's first post-2000 mega-anthem
By Merlin Alderslade published
Over two decades on, Papa Roach's Last Resort remains one of nu metal's most enduring anthems. This is its story
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