Issue #415 (Iron Maiden): Magazine

Up the Irons! Iron Maiden are on the cover of the latest Metal Hammer. As they gear up for Eddfest, their 50th anniversary festival at the legendary Knebworth, we talk to Bruce and Steve about what we can expect from it – and what the future holds.

Elsewhere inside the Issue…

- We bring you the untold story of System Of A Down’s early years. From Serj Tankian’s first song, to Daron Malakian’s soap opera binges, to Shavo Odadjian’s initial role as the band’s hype man – it’s all here.

- We also celebrate 20 years of Bring Me The Horizon’s debut album, Count Your Blessings. It might have been a scrappy set of songs from a MySpace band hated by traditional metalheads, but it marked the beginning of their incredible rise to the top.

- We go inside ‘lost Slipknot album’ Look Outside Your Window, recorded alongside 2008’s All Hope Is Gone sessions, and head to Florida for Blood4Blood – the first-ever showcase of metal and bare-knuckle fighting staged by Slaughter To Prevail’s Alex Terrible.

- Taylor Momsen explains how she rose from being a child actor to an AC/DC-approved rock’n’roll singer; A reveal the story behind breakout nu metal hit ‘Nothing’; and Blaze Bayley takes your questions on sci-fi epics and whether he’d ever sing with Iron Maiden again.

- Former Arch Enemy singer Alissa White-Gluz introduces us to new band Blue Medusa, and we find out how Dimmu Borgir became black metal’s biggest band – and its most divisive.

…all this, along with As Everything Unfolds, Hawxx, Sonic Temple festival, Desertfest, Warning, Devildriver, Quicksand, Karnivool, Frozen Soul, Hashtronaut and much, much more, plus all the essential gigs and reviews from the world of metal.