Issue #397 (Killswitch Engage): Magazine + Exclusive T-Shirt

In celebration of Killswitch Engage’s new album, This Consequence, Metal Hammer have teamed up with the band to offer this exclusive T-shirt design, plus a variant cover. Inside the magazine, KSE’s Jesse Leach tells us how he went from being the son of a preacher man to metalcore stardom.

Also inside the magazine...

• Spiritbox take us inside their new stunning album, Tsunami Sea. The band have played stadium shows with Korn and Bring Me The Horizon, and have collaborated with rapper Megan Thee Stallion – and they show no sign of slowing down.
• We celebrate the Durstnaissance! Limp Bizkit’s popularity has been on the rise as they connect with a new generation to become one of metal's biggest bands again. How the hell did they manage that?!
• Parkway Drive recall making of their PMA anthem Vice Grip.
• Motionless In White’s Chris Motionless defends his love of Taylor Swift, and we take Wardruna mastermind Einar Selvik foraging in an East London graveyard. Hummingbird nectar and nettle smoothies, anyone?
• Vukovi invite us into their world of murderous alter egos and sex with Greek gods, while post-deathcore pioneers Fit For An Autopsy explain why they can't turn away from real-life horrors.
• Lacuna Coil’s Cristina and Andrea reveal the ups and downs of their 30-year career, including run-ins with the FBI, disastrous tours, breaking out on the 2004 Ozzfest and more.

Plus, we also look back at Guns N’ Roses’ notorious Use Your Illusion tour, ahead of their UK dates. Has anyone bought Axl a watch yet? Djamila Azzouz bids farewell to Ithaca with some parting words of wisdom, Divide And Dissolve’s Takiaya Reed reveals how she wrote a symphony for the BBC, and Avantasia/Edguy main man Tobias Sammet talks dinner parties, opera… and massive rats.

All this, plus all the essential gigs and reviews from the world of metal!