Metal Hammer Magazine

IN THE NEW HAMMER!

Blaaaaaargh! We tear the faces off SLAYER in our gruesome cover shoot and get to the bottom of their latest and album – set to be one of their best ever! A World Painted Blood indeed! We also track the history of one of the world’s greatest rock bands, AC/DC; talk to Orange County crew ATREYU about their return to the dark with their heaviest album in years; and chat with WITHIN TEMPTATION’s Sharon Den Adel about their rise to power and their acoustic tendencies.

We talk to Swedish metallers KATATONIA about their awesome new record and why they’re not as big as Opeth. Yet. Rebel rousers CONVERGE explain how to stay relevant, angry and not care about the critics.

Hammer heads out on the road with Gallic heavyists GOJIRA; tell the life story of DREAM THEATER’s Mike Portnoy and give SUICIDE SILENCE and right royal rollocking in the Spanish Inquisition. We retell the story of the creation of QUEENSRYCHE’s massive Empire album, trek through the back catalogue of SATYRICON and take a look at ELF, the band that spawned heavy metal giant, Ronnie James Dio.

Incoming features Burton C Bell’s side-project CITY OF FIRE, Mexicore metallists RODRIGO Y GABRIELA and Even Seinfeld of BIOHAZARD tells us the tale of their rise to the top. Also: BURY TOMORROW, GAMA BOMB, THE PERENNIAL, BLACKHOLE, BIG ELF, DEAF HAVANA, SAVIOURS and DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR. CRADLE OF FILTH’s Dani Filth reviews the Pope’s Christmas album and we review releases from AC/DC, CITY OF FIRE, KATATONIA, THE DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT and THE RED CHORD; and gigs with DREAM THEATER, TARJA, SKINDRED, PORCUPINE TREE and more.

The magazine also come with your 2010 Metal Maidens calendar which features twelve months of titillation and teasing from the likes of The Fuel Girls, Maria Brink (IN THIS MOMENT), Alissa White Cluz (THE AGONIST), Simone Simons (EPICA), the ever beautiful Cristina Scabbia of LACUNA COIL and many more!

The CD this month contains 15 brand awesome tracks from the likes of LAMB OF GOD, CONVERGE, SKINDRED, EVILE, MEGADETH, DEVILDRIVER, ALEXISONFIRE, BRING ME THE HORIZON and loads more!