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Hollywood Undead's Johnny 3 Tears: 10 records that changed my life
By Ali Cooper published
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

The 10 best metal music videos of 2018
By Ali Cooper last updated
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
By Ali Cooper last updated
We talk to Herring & Herring, the photography company who have shot some of music’s biggest names

Spiritbox's Courtney LaPlante: "I never wanna watch Hereditary and Midsommar again because I was so disturbed by them"
By Ali Cooper published
Spiritbox's Courtney LaPlante answers your questions on horror movies, losing loved ones to dementia and collaborating with Architects' Sam Carter

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

Ice Nine Kills' The Silver Scream 2 - Welcome To Horrorwood: there will be blood
By Ali Cooper published
Horror movie aficionados Ice NIne Kills return with an even bloodier sequel, The Silver Scream 2: Welcome To Horrorwood

The 10 best Ministry Songs according to Al Jourgensen
By Ali Cooper published
Ministry frontman Al Jourgensen picks out the 10 tracks that defined his career with the incendiary industrial outfit

Blood Youth's Visions Of Another Hell: a maelstrom of intense metal chaos
By Ali Cooper published
Harrogate heavies Blood Youth offer a monumental swansong for departing vocalist Kaya Tarsus - and hint at a bright future ahead

Asking Alexandria's See What's On The Inside: an outrageously infectious ode to classic rock
By Ali Cooper published
Asking Alexandria trade in their metalcore roots for massive classic rock sound

The Dee Snider interview: "Twisted Sister and Manowar were gonna have fisticuffs"
By Ali Cooper published
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”
By Ali Cooper last updated
The lessons life has taught New Years Day frontwoman Ash Costello

"Our swords set off the airport security in Russia": an interview with Heilung's Maria Franz
By Ali Cooper published
Maria Franz of Pagan folk sensations Heilung faces the Metal Hammer readers' questions

Monster Magnet's Dave Wyndorf: "I tried to be a white trash rock'n'roll James Bond"
By Ali Cooper published
You ask the questions, Monster Magnet head honcho and stoner rock legend Dave Wyndorf answers them

We got Hollywood Undead’s Johnny 3 Tears to make us the mixtape of his life
By Ali Cooper published
From industrial legends to international hip hop, these are Hollywood Undead vocalist Johnny 3 Tears’ top tunes

Alice Cooper: “David Bowie saw my show and said, ‘This is what we should be doing’”
By Ali Cooper published
You ask the questions. The Godfather Of Shock answers them…

The Pretty Reckless’ Taylor Momsen: “This record saved my life”
By Ali Cooper published
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”
By Ali Cooper last updated
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”
By Ali Cooper last updated
Pythons, guillotines and drug-fuelled parties – this why Alice Cooper is the Godfather Of Shock and you're not

Sirenia’s Riddles, Ruins & Revelations: symphonic metal collides with 80s synthpop
By Ali Cooper published
Symphonic metallers Sirenia dust off their Fairlights on new album Riddles, Ruins & Revelations

Alter Bridge’s Myles Kennedy: “The greatest band of all time? Led Zeppelin”
By Ali Cooper published
Alter Bridge frontman Myles Kennedy answers your questions on lockdown survival, deep cuts and the joys of trash TV

Oceans Of Slumber’s Cammie Gilbert: “Pop is like a giant tub of sh*tty candy, but metal is a filet mignon”
By Ali Cooper published
You ask the questions. Oceans Of Slumber’s Cammie Gilbert answers them

Sevendust’s Lajon Witherspoon: “I try to make my metal as soulful as I possibly can”
By Ali Cooper published
Sevendust frontman Lajon Witherspoon on being a role model, run-ins with the media and freaking out Creed’s audience

DevilDriver’s Dez Fafara: ‘I’m not gonna say no to a new Coal Chamber album’
By Ali Cooper last updated
Who’s the toughest person in metal and what’s happening with Coal Chamber? DevilDriver’s Dez Fafara answers your questions
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