Ali Cooper
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Devin Townsend: “People want me to reform Strapping Young Lad. That’s a huge honour”
By Ali Cooper last updated
You grill Devin about everything from Ziltoid and Strapping Young Lad to banjos, farts and GWAR

Randy Blythe: “I’d love to do a tour where we don’t have to take out metal bands”
By Ali Cooper published
Lamb Of God frontman Randy Blythe answers your questions on punk rock, alcoholism and why he wants to break the mold for metal

Sepultura's Derrick Green: 10 albums that changed my life
By Ali Cooper last updated
Sepultura frontman Derrick Green reaches into his record collection and pulls out Bad Brains, Queen, Joy Division and Black Sabbath

Amon Amarth’s Johan Hegg: “I started growing a beard in 1992 and haven’t shaved since”
By Ali Cooper last updated
Amon Amarth’s Viking-in-chief Johan Hegg answers your burning questions on mythology, modern metal and beard maintenance

The Acacia Strain chronicle our descent into hell on Slow Decay
By Ali Cooper published
US hardcore bruisers The Acacia Strain offer a savage state-of-the-world address on new album Slow Decay

Asking Alexandria’s Ben Bruce and Danny Worsnop: “Someone presented their penis for us to sign”
By Ali Cooper published
Asking Alexandria’s Danny Worsnop and Ben Bruce face questions from the Metal Hammer massive

Bury Tomorrow’s new album Cannibal proves they’re the kings of modern metalcore
By Ali Cooper published
Bury Tomorrow muscle to the front of the modern metalcore pack with new album Cannibal

Emmure crank the menace up to maximum on new album Hindsight
By Ali Cooper published
New album Hindsight is unpredictably ferocious even for Emmure

Delain’s Charlotte Wessels: “Speaking out against the ‘female-fronted’ genre has been frowned upon”
By Ali Cooper published
Delain singer Charlotte Wessels on the lessons she’s learned from a life in music – and why’s never going to stop fighting the ‘female-fronted metal’ tag

5 minutes alone with… Soilwork’s Björn ‘Speed’ Strid
By Ali Cooper last updated
He loves Frank Sinatra and cried at Bohemian Rhapsody – step into the mind of Soilwork’s Björn ‘Speed’ Strid

Wednesday 13: “Murderdolls is just resting in the grave”
By Ali Cooper published
Dracula vs Godzilla, remaking The Addams Family and the last time he spoke to Joey Jordison – Wednesday 13 answers your burning questions

In This Moment’s Maria Brink: “Trent Reznor would be a dream to work with”
By Ali Cooper published
In This Moment’s Maria Brink answers your questions on fantasy collaborations and just what’s the correct number of costume changes

5 minutes alone with… Betraying The Martyrs’ Aaron Matts
By Ali Cooper last updated
Betraying The Martyrs’ frontman Aaron Matts talks tour van fires and drug-induced near death experiences

Satyricon’s Satyr: “Metal is the most vain movement I know”
By Ali Cooper published
Satyricon frontman Satyr answers your burning questions on wine tasting, Christian black metal and the joys of Nickelback

5 minutes alone with… HammerFall’s Oscar Dronjak
By Ali Cooper published
HammerFall guitarist, MMA fan, video game abuser – inside the mind of power metal overlord Oscar Dronjak

5 minutes alone with… Anthrax’s Scott Ian
By Ali Cooper published
Is it OK to cry at an Avengers movie? Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian has the answer

Lzzy Hale interview: “A guy asked me to sign his ass. It was sweaty down there”
By Ali Cooper published
Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale faces the ultimate interviewers – you lot

5 minutes alone with… Crowbar’s Kirk Windstein
By Ali Cooper published
Crowbar frontman and sludge metal godfather Kirk Windstein answers life’s big questions

Dani Filth interview: ‘We had a bouncy castle on stage. It was f**king ridiculous’
By Ali Cooper published
Cradle Of Filth fiend-in-chief Dani Filth faces the ultimate interrogators – YOU!

Sabaton’s Joakim Brodén: “Tanks vs sex? Tanks!”
By Ali Cooper published
You grill Sabaton frontman Joakim Brodén about tank injuries, fake six-packs and the Eurovision Song Contest

Alter Bridge's Myles Kennedy: My Life Lessons
By Ali Cooper published
The Alter Bridge frontman knows a thing or two about the rock’n’roll industry, but even he’s still amazed by what it sometimes throws up

Arch Enemy's Alissa White-Gluz: My Life Lessons
By Ali Cooper published
Turns out Arch Enemy’s frontwoman Alissa White-Gluz has learned a few things along the road: Hard work is metal. But being a messy f*cker definitely isn’t

John 5: "I have Kiss stuff Gene Simmons doesn't even have"
By Ali Cooper published
Gallery John 5 has worked with everyone from Marilyn Manson to Rob Zombie. We got him to show off his favourite and most unique guitars

Wednesday 13 VS Jason Voorhees: The Ultimate Friday 13th showdown
By Ali Cooper published
What would happen if we united horror metal icon Wednesday 13 with Friday The 13th slasher hero Jason Voorhees? Only one way to find out…

1994: The albums that changed the world
By Chris Chantler, Alex Chillingworth, Ali Cooper, Connie Gordon, Stephen Hill, Dom Lawson, Dannii Leivers, Matt Mills, Dayal Paterson, Jonathan Selzer, Jon Wiederhorn published
1994 was the year when metal came of age, bands twisting heavy music into new forms that would echo through the ages. We take a look back at the year's essential releases
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