IT’S ABOUT TIME!
…and other things you had to say on Meshuggah getting a Metal Hammer cover, Machine Gun Kelly and much more
SHUGGAH SWEET
FINALLY we get to see Meshuggah on the cover of Metal Hammer right where they f**king belong! It’s about time, Metal Hammer! And Immutable is amazing!
Ryan Dore, Facebook
Stop shouting, Ryan! No, you’re right really - Meshuggah are one of the most singularly important metal bands of the last two decades. On the cover of Hammer is where they belong.
SHUGGAH SUITE
Haven’t bought Hammer for a while but immediately went out to get the Meshuggah cover, which is gonna be framed alongside my album posters. Thanks, Metal
Hammer!
James Greenwell (email)
Enjoy! Oh, and pick up our magazine more often! And then enjoy it again! Go on!
ROBBIN GOOD
Can’t say I’m surprised that Robb Flynn did an amazing job interviewing Meshuggah. You guys should give him a job!
James Craig, Facebook
He smashed it alright (as did all our special interviewers for last month’s issue). We suspect he might already have a day job he needs to pay attention to, though.
WAR DRUMS
Just when I didn’t think Bill Bailey could be any more of a legend, he pops up to interview Warduna?! Love him, what a great interview they
had as well.
Deborah Harden, Facebook
Right?! Bill is now a prog-loving, metal-loving, Sonisphereplaying, Golden Gods-hosting, Golden Godswinning, Wardrunainterviewing legend! Oh, and we hear he’s quite good at stand-up, too.
WAR-BOO-NA
I don’t hate Wardruna but for an ‘Innovators’ issue might it have been better to have an innovator that actually innovated heavy metal? Just a thought.
Jack Seagersen, Facebook
There’s always one.
KILLER CUT
I read that last month’s Killswitch Engage cover was the first time they’ve ever been on the cover of Metal Hammer. That can’t be right! Please clear this up, I refuse to believe such a legendary band never got a cover before.
Ruth Engage, email
It’s true! Sometimes the stars just don’t quite align right, but Killswitch Engage have finally had their (long overdue) moment in the sun. Or on a lower shelf in a WH Smith’s somewhere, anyway.
JUSTINE CREDIBLE
I have to say I wasn’t familiar with Employed To Serve, but after reading Justine’s interview with Killswitch Engage in the last issue, I checked them out, and am so glad I did. Great band!
Scott Edwards, email
Where have you been, Scott?! Just kidding – welcome to the party. Conquering was one of the best albums of 2021 and we know the sky’s the limit for Employed To Serve. Turns out Justine’s a swell interviewer, too!
KREATE YOUR OWN FUTURE Kreator have long been my favourite thrash band and I’d always hoped they’d eventually make magazine covers in the UK. How richly deserved, and what a fantastic job Mark from Alter Bridge did with the interview. Can we have a Testament cover next?
Graham Platt, email
Kreator on a heavy metal magazine cover just feels right, doesn’t it? And we can’t lie: Testament being on the cover would be pretty swell too. You never know what the future holds.
MACHINE GUN SMELLY Enough with the Machine Gun Kelly coverage on the websites, please. I don’t care how many shit System Of A Down covers he does: he’s not a rock star.
Chris Atkinson, email
Hey, you stop clicking and we’ll stop posting! (Alright, alright, we get it. But you can’t deny he’s a character that will always provoke an opinion. Right?)