Ali Cooper
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The harsh reality of being a metal band from India
By Ali Cooper published
Demonstealer, frontman of Indian metal band Demonic Resurrection, reveals the reality of trying to make it in a country where heavy music struggles to be heard

New Years Day invited us into the studio to talk about their new album
By Ali Cooper published
“I’m tired of slicing open a vein and bleeding everywhere for a record. I’m starting to realise I don’t have to.”

The People vs Nergal: “When are you going to stop being an emo?”
By Ali Cooper published
We asked you to grill the Behemoth frontman. And you grilled him

The 10 best cheesy rock albums, as chosen by Soilwork’s Björn ‘Speed’ Strid
By Ali Cooper published
Kicking it old school, Swedish style

Bullet For My Valentine to headline a stage at Slam Dunk 2019
By Ali Cooper published
Exclusive Slam Dunk have announced Bullet For My Valentine for next year’s festival, alongside Glassjaw, Turnstile and more

New Band Of The Week: Those Damn Crows
By Ali Cooper published
Coming from the home of Welsh rock music and related to the 21st-century’s biggest UK metal band – it feel like destiny for Those Damn Crows

New Band Of The Week: Follow The Cipher
By Ali Cooper published
After writing for Sabaton, Ken Kängström decided to take his own bombastic ambitions one step further

How powerlifting helped Walls Of Jericho's Candace Puopolo's mind and body
By Ali Cooper published
We sit down with Walls Of Jericho vocalist Candace Puopolo to talk about her passion for powerlifting and how it has changed her life

Howard Jones: 'The Devil You Know albums are basically dead now'
By Ali Cooper published
The former Killswitch Engage frontman Howard Jones has rebranded and is ready to roar again

Within Temptation's Sharon Den Adel: The 10 Records That Changed My Life
By Ali Cooper published
We rummage through the record collection of Within Temptation vocalist Sharon Den Adel

Delain's Charlotte Wessels: The 10 Records That Changed My Life
By Ali Cooper published
We raid the record collection of Delain's frontwoman Charlotte Wessels

The story behind Orphaned Land's new album Unsung Prophets & Dead Messiahs
By Ali Cooper published
Orphaned Land take aim at the state of the world with their new album Unsung Prophets & Dead Messiahs

Wednesday 13 and Courtesans at Islington Academy, London - live review
By Ali Cooper published
Not yet ratedThe Gospel - live

What Halloween really means to Wednesday 13
By Ali Cooper published
Wednesday 13 reveals how he fell in love with Halloween and why he'd want to die first in a horror movie

How metal is Northlane's Marcus Bridge?
By Ali Cooper published
Pitting your heroes against the test that really matters: Metal Hammer's Metal Test. This month, Northlane's Marcus Bridge steps up to the plate

Rage's Peavy Wagner shows us his, erm, bone collection
By Ali Cooper published
The frontman of the vintage German metal heroes bloody loves bones. No, really!

Mike D'Antonio's toy collection is the coolest and geekiest thing ever
By Ali Cooper published
Killswitch Engage bassist Mike D’Antonio lets us snoop around his nerd haul

Broken Hope's Jeremy Wagner shows us his Jeff Hanneman collection
By Ali Cooper published
When he’s not laying down death metal riffage with Broken Hope, Jeremy Wagner curates the world’s biggest Jeff Hanneman collection

Just how metal is Misfits guitarist Doyle?
By Ali Cooper published
Pitting your heroes against the only test that matters: Hammer's Metal Test! This month, Misfits legend Doyle takes the chair

Five minutes alone with Wednesday 13
By Ali Cooper published
The horror punk hero talks new music, scary TV and whether that Murderdolls reunion will ever happen…

Just how metal is He Is Legend's Schuylar Croom?
By Ali Cooper published
Pitting your heroes against the only test that really matters

How metal is Emmure's Frankie Palmieri?
By Ali Cooper published
Pitting your heroes against the only test that matters: This month, Emmure's Frankie Palmieri takes on Hammer's Metal Test.

We meet the people behind Crypt Of The Wizard, London's new metal record shop
By Ali Cooper published
When we found out that a brand new, dedicated metal record shop had opened in London, we had to go investigate
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