JOEY BEING GONE FUCKING SUCKS
…was just one of a number of very fair points you lot made to us this month
#1 FOREVER
It’s been weeks and I still can’t believe we’re never going to see Joey Jordison drum on a metal track again. It doesn’t feel right. This fucking sucks and it isn’t fair. Molls Oaney (Facebook)
We couldn’t agree more. It still feels shocking, surreal, and above all else, just plain sad. We hope this month’s cover feature will at least go some way in giving Joey’s amazing fans a bit of catharsis and some great memories of the great man.
FUTURE SOUNDS?
Am I the only one who’s hoping there’ll be some unreleased Joey
Jordison material out there? Between ’Knot, Murderdolls, Scar The Martyr, Sinsaenum… Surely he can’t have released everything? Jack Foley (Facebook)
It does seem unlikely that there’d be nothing out there - most artists have a ton of unfinished ideas by the time they get to certain points in their careers. But will we ever get to hear it? That’s not up to us.
IRON WILL
Loved Dom Lawson’s Maiden feature in the last issue. It got me so hyped for the record, can it be September now please? Matt Wheeler (Facebook) Well, lucky for you Matt, it is! We hope you enjoy Senjutsu as much as our reviewer Joe Daly did last month. And cover writer Dom, to be fair. And Editor Merlin. And Reviews Edi- Oh, you get the picture.
MAI-BUM
Am I the only one not feeling the new Maiden direction? TWOW left me cold and Samurai Eddie…i don’t know, it feels a bit meh to me. Jamey Grove (Facebook)
Sorry, you’ve got an Eddie waving a big ol samurai blade around and you think it’s boring?! What did you want, Baker Eddie? Painter Eddie? Children’s TV Presenter Eddie? Wait, we’ve just had a brilliant idea for a new sitcom…
THE SYSTEM HAS SUCCEEDED
Loved seeing System Of A Down back on the cover of Metal Hammer the other month, it feels like it’s been years. And what an album for it as well! Toxicity is my favourite rock album ever, if I’m being honest – I don’t think they ever topped it. George Abraham (email)
We’re really glad you dug it! It would definitely be lovely to do a System Of A Down cover for a whole new album but, as always, we’re still not holding our breath for that one.
SHEER AUDACITY
Who the fuck cares if Ed Sheeran might make a death metal album?! He’s a fucking pop poser. I don’t want any of that shit near my scene. Might as well be Britney going grindcore. Casey Smith (Facebook)
Man, some of you lot are testy this month! We’re not convinced anyone needs to hear an Ed Sheehan death metal album right now, but fuck it, if he wants to give it a go, who are we to stop him? That doesn’t mean we have to listen, obviously.
BEYOND BORDERS
I know Blink are a pop punk band but they were a massive band for me growing up and I was gutted to read about Mark Hoppus’s cancer battle. Wishing him a speedy recovery from one metal (former pop punk) fan. James Stoodley (email) We couldn’t agree more, James. All the best to Mark and the Blink camp.
DRAGON BALLS
Trivium are so fucking underrated. Sin And The Sentence? Classic. What The Dead Men Say? Classic. In The Court Of The Dragon? Looking like another classic is on the way. Why aren’t this band in arenas everywhere?! Jenny Crawford (Facebook)
We agree! Trivium have been their own worst enemies at points but they may just be the most on-form heavy metal band in the world right now. Turn to p.88 to read our review on their latest offering.
BLACKED OUT
Is anyone else already bored of all this Black Album shit? I don’t need 50 versions of Sad But True sung by a bunch of indie artists. Just give me a new album, please. Russ Simpson (Facebook)
Honestly? We’ve liked a lot of the stuff on The Blacklist. Anyone else get serious Ghost vibes from the Biffy cover of Holier? Anyone? Hello?