In this issue of Metal Hammer, we sit down for a chat with Halestorm’s Lizzy Hale and Joe Hottinger about how the last two years have inspired their heaviest album yet. Elsewhere in the mag, we take a deep dive into Rammstein’s Zeit, grill Carpenter Brut ahead of the release of his (serial) killer new album, plus Matt Heafy and Ihsahn tell us all about their incredible collaboration, Ibaraki. Jason Newsted opens up about his Metallica years, Swedish extreme legends Mikael Åkerfeldt and Jonas Åkerlund reveal all about Netflix’s wild new TV show, Clark, and Oceans Of Slumber’s Cammie Gilbert reveals her dad was the choir director for a religious cult! We put your questions to occult metal icon King Diamond, Shinedown’s Brent Smith passes on his life lessons, and we look back at the making of Nine Inch Nails’ industrial anthem Head Like A Hole. We hit the studio with everyone’s favourite Vikings Amon Amarth, metal cello queen Jo Quail invites us into her record collection, and we get to know prog metal’s next big thing, Giant Walker. All this, plus all the essential news and reviews from the world of metal.