YOU GIVE SPACE TO BOYBANDS
…plus more delightful feedback on us, the metal industry and, erm, Eurovision, courtesy of you guys.
NINETEEN NINETY PHWOAAAR
Loved your 1994 special. Could we see some future issues dedicated to other massive years in metal? I vote for 1980 ( Iron Maiden, Heaven And Hell, British Steel, Blizzard Of
Ozz, Ace Of Spades), 1986 ( Master Of Puppets, Reign In Blood, Somewhere In Time, Peace Sells…) or 1990 ( Painkiller, Rust In Peace, Cowboys From Hell!). Just as long as it’s not 2000. No one needs a magazine dedicated to Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park.
Jamie Styles (email
We were in on this idea until you pissed all over it by cussing out 2000. Chocolate Starfish, Hybrid Theory and Holy Wood in the same month? Plus Brave New World? Dopethrone? White Pony? Infest? The Height Of Callousness? Yeah that’s right, we stan for Spineshank. And say ‘stan’ now.
PODS OF WAR
To Merl and all presenters of the Metal Hammer Podcast… whoever keeps banging on whatever surface you have your mic setup on, please, for the love of god, stop it! It’s affecting the sound and just plain annoying when I’m trying to listen to someone talking passionately about something. Jordan Powell (Facebook)
Fair cop. Our Jonathan has been taken out back and ordered to bang on a hot hob for 10 minutes as repentance. Sometimes he gets overexcited. (NB: please don’t actually punish your workmates with burning. It’s rude.)
MACHINE FUCKIN’ DEAD Honestly, how anyone can still give a fuck about Machine Head just blows my mind now. You know the gig’s up when you’re resorting to nostalgia tours.
See you later, Robb. It’s been fun. It’s over, now.
George Knowles (email)
Yeah, fair point, George. Iron Maiden do nostalgia tours every few years and look where it’s got them. Stadiums. Absolutely fucked it, lads.
NO THRONE MOVIES
I watched the latest episode of Game Of Thrones while playing Heilung in the background. Is there a better group to play while watching GoT?
Simon Briggs (Facebook)
Wait, you play albums while watching TV shows?! We’re all for added atmospherics but there’s enough shit going on in that show with [XXXXXXX XXX XXXX XXXXX] and [XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX] [REDACTED FOR ANYONE WHO STILL HASN’T CAUGHT UP].
PYRAMID SCHEME Reading has gone to shit, now Glasto is getting heavy. What the hell is happening?!
Sarah Viahh Day (Facebook)
We have no idea, Sarah. We’re all for metal at Glasto, though. It was wicked. The Killers were crap, though.
FOREVER LUNG
Heilung are selling out the Roundhouse in London and getting millions of YouTube