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Another awesome issue of Hammer hits the shelves today, so be sure to pick up your copy aujourdhui (that’s posh for today).

And if you needed more reasons than the fact that you get four massive Iron Maiden posters, Maiden stickers and two free CDs with an exclusive new Opeth track, then read on… We speak to Disturbed about how their new album is actually completely awesome. We head out on the road with uncle Al for the last Ministry tour ever! 36 Crazyfists reassure us that they’re here for good – and not least because they’ve just released their best album to date. Ihsahn tells us about his new project, Protest The Hero’s ADHD frontman tells us in no uncertain terms that the band are hard to be a fan off – but if you are you’ll them hard and forever.

Also we speak to Lair Of The Minotaur, Cancer Bats and Bloodsimple; not to mention having a look at Tarrie B from My Ruin’s tattoos, track the story of Metallica’s Kill Em All, tell you the best Dio albums (all of them) and give Every Time I Die a grilling that they won’t forget in a hurry.

And that’s not all. With your Hammer you get two free magazines: Subterranea with all the latest extreme and underground noise, and Incoming! with all the latest on the newest and hottest bands coming up. This month Subterranea talks to Gallhammer and Boris, while Incoming introduces Airbourne, This Is Hell, Slaves To Gravity and Emmure.