Mörat
A veteran of rock, punk and metal journalism for almost three decades, across his career Mörat has interviewed countless music legends for the likes of Metal Hammer, Classic Rock, Kerrang! and more. He's also an accomplished photographer and author whose first novel, The Road To Ferocity, was published in 2014. Famously, it was none other than Motörhead icon and dear friend Lemmy who christened Mörat with his moniker.
Latest articles by Mörat

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There's more to British punk rock than Never Mind The Bollocks and London Calling

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How The Prodigy’s The Fat Of The Land bought aggro to dance music and rave culture to metal

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How Casey Chaos became a punk rock icon for the nu metal generation

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War, liberty, controversy – Five Finger Death Punch face it all down

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Drink, drugs, urinating up unsuspecting keyboard players’ legs – fellow hellraisers Ozzy Osbourne and Lemmy were partners in crime for decades

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In 2016, all five members of Korn looked back on the ups, downs and madness of their rollercoaster career

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Soundgarden’s 2012 comeback album King Animal was their first in 16 years – and it found the grunge pioneers finally comfortable with their legacy

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Straight out of Maryland, Clutch have spent 30 years following their own path and no one else’s

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Monster Magnet’s Dave Wyndorf on comic books, psychedelia and near death experiences

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In 2013, former Korn guitarist Head rejoined his ex-bandmates to make The Path Of Totality - this is how it happened

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Even nine years after his death, Motörhead frontman Lemmy remains one of rock’s greatest and funniest icons

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Formed by members of Corrosion Of Conformity and My Ruin, Teenage Time Killers were the ultimate 2010s punk-metal supergroup

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Follow The Leader officially confirmed Korn as nu metal superstars. It also sent the band flying off the rails.

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With headliners System Of A Down alongside new bands Turnstile, Spiritbox and Loathe, Sick New World was supposed to be the ultimate nu metal celebration. But could it live up to hype?

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This is what happens when the worlds of punk and metal collide

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They're not singles, but they're still stone-cold Motorhead classics

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The best songs from Al Jourgensen's industrial metal crew

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The Alice In Chains man on his rollercoaster career, his biggest influences and the dreaded ‘g’ word.

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Ten tracks that made Phil 'Philthy Animal' Taylor utterly unique

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Toxicity was System Of A Down’s big breakthrough. Yet its release was dogged by riots, media attacks and the spectre of 9/11

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We asked 5FDP’s Zoltan Bathory and Ivan Moody to interview each other – then stood back to watch the fireworks
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