This issue, we dust off our wallet chains and head back to the 2000s. We remember the rise of nu metal and how it infiltrated the mainstream, and chat to Wednesday 13 about forming Murderdolls with his pal Joey Jordison. We talk to Steve-O about his crazy Jackass days (and find he’s not calmed down in the slightest) and remember the late, great Dimebag and Vinnie Paul’s Damageplan.
Comedian Brendon Small reveals how he created Metalocalypse and Dethklok, while Attack Attack! reflect on inventing crabcore. We grab our plastic axes and challenge teenage metallers Tortured Demon to beat us on Guitar Hero, and remember how metal took on the Bush administration with a vengeance. Soil tell us the story behind their dancefloor-filling Halo, and we go inside the birth of Probot – the mother of all projects, masterminded by Dave Grohl.
There’s also a rundown of the 50 albums that defined the decade – do you agree with our choices? We head back to 2023 to grill Gojira frontman Joe Duplantier, put your questions to Max and Iggor Cavalera, and deep-dive into Wolfgang Van Halen’s record collection. We hit the studio with Within Temptation, catch up with Fear Factory’s Dino Cazares, and remember Hammer’s own Mick Hutson, photographer extraordinaire.
All this, plus the essential news and reviews from the world of metal. It’s one packed issue!
