WHERE WERE YOU IN THE 90s?

Surviving high school? Sitting around in a booze- and drugaddled haze? Not even born yet? Whether you were there or not (some might say if you remember it you weren’t really there at all…), the fact remains that the 90s was the most bonkers, most ambitious and most divisive decade in metal’s illustrious history.

For this issue, we give you the definitive year-byyear, blow-by-blow guide to 10 years that changed our scene forever, offered through the eyes of the men and women who were right there on the frontlines, as well as the bands that have been influenced by them in the years since. From Alice In Chains becoming grunge’s first superstars to Machine Head, Sepultura and Type O Negative leading Roadrunner to world domination, to the arrival of Kyuss and the stoner metal explosion and extreme metal rising from the depths, we leave no stone unturned and no story untold. We bet you a full deck of Pogs that you’ll finish wanting to bust open some Sunny Delight and bang your head clean off to our exclusive

90s covers album. Enjoy.

It’s not all about nostalgia this month, though. As always, Hammer is dedicated to bringing you the best in new music, and this issue brings you 10 damn pages of new bands to get in your ears. Though we did ask them about the 90s, too. What?

It’s a themed issue!

And speaking of which, it’s our 300th issue next month. As anyone who’s been with us for a while knows, we don’t tend to let milestones go by quietly. Brace yourself for the biggest Metal Hammer ever. It’s gonna be sweet.