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STRICTLY METAL? • Bill Bailey brought metal to the BBC when he tangoed to Metallica on flagship show Strictly Come Dancing

10 THINGS WE LEARNED THIS MONTH • What’s been blowing our tiny brains

AN ARMY OF DUCKS OR ONE CRAP TIGER? • She collaborated with Soundgarden and Tom Morello on the new Pretty Reckless album, but would Taylor Momsen cooperate with your questions?

MIKAEL STANNE • The Dark Tranquillity frontman takes us on an odyssey of discovery across the greatest riff-lords and psychedelic cosmonauts

BRIAN ‘HEAD’ WELCH • As Korn’s guitarist resurrects his Love And Death project, he talks addiction, redemption and, um, farting

CONJURER • One of the most exciting UK metal bands of their generation are making something “vile and disgusting” for the world we’re in

FOREVER FAILURE BY PARADISE LOST • Written for landmark album Draconian Times, this dark anthem sampled the notorious Charles Manson and captured the height of 90s gothic metal

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WHERE ARE AC/DC?! • …and other disgruntled rants and letters of love you sent us this month

THE BIG DEBATE • At the end of last year, our Stephen Hill took on the task of ranking every Mastodon album in order of greatness for the Metal Hammer website. It meant that he declared Leviathan as being the very best Masto-album of all. True to form, you lot had Some Thoughts on that...

HAMMER STEREO • What’s been blowing our office speakers

NOVA TWINS • The chaotic punk duo ripping up the underground are bringing representation to rock

FOR YOUR HEALTH • Melding frenetic, vicious hardcore with (the good bit of) early oos emo, these Ohio tearaways have plenty to say

SCARLET • She’s one of metal’s most colourful young stars, and she’s already sick of your shit

MOUNTAIN CALLER • Proof that when you have riffs this good, you don’t always needs words

NASTY • Nasty by name, nasty by nature. This band’s isn’t the for faint-hearted

IN THE KNOW • What your favourite bands are listening to

HOARD ALMIGHTY • Box sets, underground oddities and all the essential merch you need this month

“WE’RE ON A MISSION" • Mongolian metallers The Hu might seem like an overnight sensation, but their success story is one decades in the making. And they’re only just getting started...

HUMAN BONES ANGIENT RITUAUS ADIDAS SNEAKERS? • Welcome to Heilung’s world. This is the story of how a small cult band from Denmark became an international sensation

Devil’s Advocates • They preach Satanism, bathe their crowds in blood and play the unholiest strain of… doo-wop music? Twin Temple are a fabulous anomaly - and they’re taking metal by storm

WHERE THERE’S SMOKE… • They’re barely out of school, yet New Zealanders Alien Weaponry are the hottest young metal band in the world. Here’s how they’re bringing Maori culture to the masses

2021: EVERYTHING ELSE YOU NEED TO KNOW •...