Booya! It’s been a long time coming but ‘Death Magnetic’ is finally here and Metal Hammer goes through every twist and turn it took for Metallica to finally return to form. Through ‘St. Anger’, ‘Some Kind Of Monster’ and the near-death of the band, all the way to going back to their roots and still being the biggest metal band on the planet, ‘Hammer gives you everything you need to know, directly from the horses mouth!

This month’s ‘Hammer also comes in an ultra-collectible, limited-edition Metallica sleeve if you order it from our merch store or from one of the HMV stores found on the ‘Hammer blog.

As well as all of that, we go Access All Areas at Bloodstock, Iced Earth spill the beans on canning their singer and continuing their ‘Something Wicked’ opus, Gojira tell us about always being the outsiders, Bleeding Through put the boot into metalcore, The Haunted face their demons.

Kerry King gets the Michael Aspel treatment in My Life Story, Mindless Self Indulgence are subjected to the Spanish Inquisition and we get the story behind GnR’s life-changing ‘Appetite For Destruction.

And don’t forget – like you would – that the mag comes free with an Unholy Alliance themed CD that feature tracks from UA participants Slayer, Trivium, Mastodon and Amon Amarth as well as Dragonforce, Hammerfall, Firewind and more! There’s also our ‘Gear Of The Gods’ supplement that features Megadeth and Slayer amongst others talking you through their equipment and giving you all you need to shred like a demon!

It’s metal fucking insanity!