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Hollywood Undead

Hollywood Undead's Johnny 3 Tears: 10 records that changed my life

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Hollywood Undead singer Johnny 3 Tears picks the records that changed his life, from Wu-Tang Clan and Nine Inch Nails to Good Charlotte and Architects

Dani Filth

The 10 best metal music videos of 2018

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We count down the best music videos to come from the world of metal this year

This is what it’s like getting to shoot Metallica and Ozzy Osbourne

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We talk to Herring & Herring, the photography company who have shot some of music’s biggest names

Courtney LaPlante of Spiritbox

Spiritbox's Courtney LaPlante: "I never wanna watch Hereditary and Midsommar again because I was so disturbed by them"

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Spiritbox's Courtney LaPlante answers your questions on horror movies, losing loved ones to dementia and collaborating with Architects' Sam Carter

John Petrucci

Dream Theater's John Petrucci: "I always wonder why more women don't come to our shows"

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Dream Theater guitarist John Petrucci guides us through follicle foibles, playing an 8-string guitar for the first time and why he hopes the male to female ratio at DT shows will change

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Ice Nine Kills' The Silver Scream 2 - Welcome To Horrorwood: there will be blood

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Horror movie aficionados Ice NIne Kills return with an even bloodier sequel, The Silver Scream 2: Welcome To Horrorwood

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The 10 best Ministry Songs according to Al Jourgensen

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Ministry frontman Al Jourgensen picks out the 10 tracks that defined his career with the incendiary industrial outfit

Blood Youth - Visions Of Another Hell

Blood Youth's Visions Of Another Hell: a maelstrom of intense metal chaos

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Harrogate heavies Blood Youth offer a monumental swansong for departing vocalist Kaya Tarsus - and hint at a bright future ahead

Asking Alexandria See What's On The Inside Cover

Asking Alexandria's See What's On The Inside: an outrageously infectious ode to classic rock

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Asking Alexandria trade in their metalcore roots for massive classic rock sound

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The Dee Snider interview: "Twisted Sister and Manowar were gonna have fisticuffs"

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We lined up Dee Snider's fans to ask 'Do you envisage that a day when you will, in fact, relent and take it?' and a host of other searching questions

New Years Day’s Ash Costello: “I try not to give a f**k, like Marilyn Manson”

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The lessons life has taught New Years Day frontwoman Ash Costello

Heilung

"Our swords set off the airport security in Russia": an interview with Heilung's Maria Franz

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Maria Franz of Pagan folk sensations Heilung faces the Metal Hammer readers' questions

Monster Magnet

Monster Magnet's Dave Wyndorf: "I tried to be a white trash rock'n'roll James Bond"

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You ask the questions, Monster Magnet head honcho and stoner rock legend Dave Wyndorf answers them

Hollywood Undead’s Johnny 3 Tears

We got Hollywood Undead’s Johnny 3 Tears to make us the mixtape of his life

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From industrial legends to international hip hop, these are Hollywood Undead vocalist Johnny 3 Tears’ top tunes

Alice Cooper

Alice Cooper: “David Bowie saw my show and said, ‘This is what we should be doing’”

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You ask the questions. The Godfather Of Shock answers them…

Taylor Momsen of The Pretty Reckless

The Pretty Reckless’ Taylor Momsen: “This record saved my life”

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The Pretty Reckless frontwoman Taylor Momsen faces your questions about lost friends, life in quarantine and her band’s new album

Chris Motionless: “It’s annoying seeing the Kardashians in Slayer T-shirts”

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Motionless In White frontman Chris Motionless reveals his secret country music fantasies and what he thinks about celebs in metal tees

Alice Cooper: “I woke up with 40 bodies around me”

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Pythons, guillotines and drug-fuelled parties – this why Alice Cooper is the Godfather Of Shock and you're not

Sirenia: Riddles, Ruins & Revelations album cover

Sirenia’s Riddles, Ruins & Revelations: symphonic metal collides with 80s synthpop

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Symphonic metallers Sirenia dust off their Fairlights on new album Riddles, Ruins & Revelations

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Alter Bridge’s Myles Kennedy: “The greatest band of all time? Led Zeppelin”

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Alter Bridge frontman Myles Kennedy answers your questions on lockdown survival, deep cuts and the joys of trash TV

Cammie Gilbert

Oceans Of Slumber’s Cammie Gilbert: “Pop is like a giant tub of sh*tty candy, but metal is a filet mignon”

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You ask the questions. Oceans Of Slumber’s Cammie Gilbert answers them

Lajon Witherspoon of Sevendust

Sevendust’s Lajon Witherspoon: “I try to make my metal as soulful as I possibly can”

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Sevendust frontman Lajon Witherspoon on being a role model, run-ins with the media and freaking out Creed’s audience

Dez Fafara of DevilDriver and Coal Chamber

DevilDriver’s Dez Fafara: ‘I’m not gonna say no to a new Coal Chamber album’

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Who’s the toughest person in metal and what’s happening with Coal Chamber? DevilDriver’s Dez Fafara answers your questions

Simone Simons of Epica

Epica’s Simone Simons: “No matter how bad life goes, music will pull you through”

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Epica singer Simone Simons on the upsides of lockdown and the power of red wine

Tallah’s Matriphagy: the sound of nu metal being reinvented for 2020

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Philadelphia nu-core heroes Tallah ramp up the twisted, sadistic sounds on their debut album Matriphagy