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Dom Lawson has been writing for Hammer and Prog for 14 intermittently enjoyable years and is extremely fond of heavy metal, progressive rock, coffee and snooker. He listens to more music than you. And then writes about it.

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10 great bands whose debut albums weren't actually that great

By Fraser Lewry, Dom Lawson, Malcolm Dome, Jon Hotten, Sleazegrinder, Stephen Hill, Rob Hughes, Dave Ling, Alec Chillingworth

Everybody's got to start somewhere, and some of our very best bands started slowly. Here's 10 great bands whose debut albums weren't actually great

David Gilmour

What happened when David Gilmour joined forces with The Orb

By Dom Lawson

The inside story of how Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour ended up making an album with The Orb

KK's Priest: Sermons Of The Sinner

KK’s Priest's Sermons Of The Sinner is the bonus Priest album you weren't expecting

By Dom Lawson

Ex-Priest guitarist KK Downing returns with Sermons Of The Sinner and embraces Afrobeat. Only joking

Katatonia

Katatonia - Mnemosynean: "An excellent stopgap-cum-companion piece to 2020’s City Burials"

By Dom Lawson

Not yet rated

Stockholm’s dark prog icons empty the cupboards.

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Full of Hell's Garden Of Burning Apparitions: subversive extremity from one of the most vital bands on the planet

By Dom Lawson

East coast grindcore dissidents Full of Hell smash the system with extra venom

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Sepultura's Derrick Green: "I knew there would be backlash when I joined"

By Dom Lawson

Sepultura frontman Derrick Green offers his life lessons on veganism, the art of persuasion and the necessity of pre-bed talk

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82 Minutes, 10 Songs, one Samurai: the real story behind Iron Maiden's epic new album Senjutsu

By Dom Lawson

Iron Maiden interview: ​the epic story behind the new album Senjutsu

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Carcass' Torn Arteries: death metal legends still vital and vivacious 35 years on

By Dom Lawson

Carcass' Torn Arties marks another bold and bloody comeback for the death metal legends

The Life Project promo pic 2021, by Trav McAvaddy

Stone Sour's Josh Rand strikes a thunderous new chord

By Dom Lawson

Stone Sour guitarist and Paralandra vocalist forge powerhouse duo The L.I.F.E. Project

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The Story Behind The Song: Arch Enemy's As The Pages Burn

By Dom Lawson

Arch Enemy’s inspirational anthem certified Alissa White-Gluz as the perfect fit for the melodeath masters

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Leprous's Aphelion: emotional splendour from Norway's progressive masters

By Dom Lawson

Progressive voyagers Leprous find light and liberation at the end of a dark tunnel

Trifecta

Trifecta - Fragments review

By Dom Lawson

Not yet rated

Wilsonian alumni take their casual jams to the next level.

At the gates

"There's enough weirdos out there to support us": Tomas Lindberg on At The Gates' new album The Nightmare Of Being

By Dom Lawson

Krautrock. Prog metal. Sax solos?! At The Gates have p***ed on their own rulebook and produced one of the most startling albums of their career with The Nightmare Of Being

Sepultura - Sepulquarta

Sepultura's Sepulquarta: an open-minded, bone-rattling blast

By Dom Lawson

Brazil’s metal kings Sepultura reveal the spoils of lockdown on 16th album Sepulquarta

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10 thrash metal bands that time forgot

By Dom Lawson

The killer bands that prove there was more to thrash metal than the Big Four

Matt Stevens

Matt Stevens: "I like the idea of ambitious rock music..."

By Dom Lawson

Smalltown chap makes cinema for ears with startling instrumental debut…

Joey Jordison 2016

Joey Jordison unmasked: the ultimate interview

By Dom Lawson

In 2016, Joey Jordison appeared on the cover of Metal Hammer magazine and opened up about leaving Slipknot, his health problems and more in an emotional interview

Powerwolf: Call Of The Wild

It's official: Powerwolf are ready for world domination

By Dom Lawson

Out now: Germany’s modern-metal titans Powerwolf pomp it up again on Call Of The Wild

Satyricon

“A lot of kids on the internet talk about black metal without knowing anything about it": the world according to Satyricon's Satyr

By Dom Lawson

What life as a black metal legend has taught Satyricon's frontman Sigurd 'Satyr' Wongraven

Max Cavalera

"I don't want to be an old fart who only listens to 80s stuff": Max Cavalera shares his ultimate playlist

By Dom Lawson

Soulfly and Go Ahead And Die mainman Max Cavalera gives us a glimpse into his record collection

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10 obscure but brilliant death metal albums you need in your life

By Dom Lawson

Our pick of the finest death metal deep-cuts

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Helloween’s Helloween: power metal kings expand and conquer on new album

By Dom Lawson

Helloween’s past meets their present on dazzling self-titled ‘reunion’ album

Go Ahead And Die - Go Ahead And Die

Go Ahead And Die’s Go Ahead And Die: Max Cavalera keeps it in the family

By Dom Lawson

Max Cavalera teams up with son Igor Amadeus for Go Ahead And Die’s impressively brutal debut album album

Devildriver

The Story Behind The Song: DevilDriver’s Clouds Over California

By Dom Lawson

It was the anthem that gave DevilDriver their big breakthough. But behind the scenes, things weren’t as sunny as they seemed

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It Bites - Map Of The Past and Tall Ships review

By Dom Lawson

Not yet rated

It Bites’ triumphant second act finally gets its time in the spotlight with the reissue of two 21st century prog classics