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The many faces of Hammerfall: metal, My Sharona, and Taekwon-Do

Back towards the end of January I had the fortune to chat with Anders Johansson of Hammerfall about the band's upcoming release No Sacrifice, No Victory - coming out in March this year. The last time I talked to Anders was in May 2008, when they were just heading into the studio to record the album.

Listening to No Sacrifice, No Victory, and comparing it to earlier releases, such as 1998's Legacy of Kings, you can really see how Hammerfall have evolved; their releases are les

Gallery: Devin Townsend Project @ Billboard (Melbourne)

Devin looked positively maniacal. Stomping the stage and pulling and contorting his face with every lick and riff of his glorious flying V axe! The wall of sound behind him was as magic as you can get.

Lee Barrett: the metalhead's metalhead.

One of the finest men ever to draw breath, Lee Barrett has been churning out the good stuff for longer than most of you have been banging your heads... let's take a quick spin around one of the more remarkable careers in metal

Just As He Is: Devin Townsend

One of the rare geniuses of metal, Metal as Fuck talks with the inimitable, indomitable and incredible Devin Townsend.

On the fringes of music, it can be said only the genius dwells there.

Soul of an old machine: Fear Factory’s Dino Cazares and Burton C. Bell

In Perth for the last of the Big Day Out festival dates, Fear Factory's Burton C. Bell and Dino Cazares get comfy on the Metal As Fuck interview couch. Watch the videos here!

It’s 10.50am on an already-hot Sunday morning when Dino Cazares, rubbing his eyes, wanders into the hotel lobby where I’m waiting with MetalBeast, who is on camera oper

Corporatus Metallus: The Mad Social Experiment of a UK Metalhead continues...

Our experiment continues. Have we found a 'non-metal' man in the corporate world willing to put the stereotypes of metal to one side and get involved in the scene? Read on...

It's been about six months since the first Corporatus Metallus column for reasons that I will shortly go into so let me refresh your memories; I'm what the hippies would refer to a

Gallery: Wolves in the Throne Room @ The Gaelic (Sydney)

Wolves in the Throne Room and Monarch's joint tour hits Sydney for two shows one at The Gaelic and the 2nd at The Bald Faced Stag

Encyclopaedia Metallum: 71,000+ bands. We talk to site developer, Hellblazer

While the internet can be a source of dis-information, useless gossip, cheap porn, slanderous allegations and bogus death notices, it can also be a valuable source of information, of connecting and of community (as well as cheap porn). The folk at the Encyclopaedia Metallum Metal Archives are definitely part of the latter. Well, we meant of the community at least: we didn't actually inquire about cheap porn!

More than just a stack of names, with over 71,000 bands listed and detailed and over 50,000 reviews posted, the Metal Archives

Gallery: Astriaal @ Rosies Tavern 19 Feb 2010

Astriaal's long-awaited return to the stage was an awesome experience. Playing to a capacity crowd at Rosies tavern, they were supported by Laceration Mantra, Mongrels Cross and Disentomb.

Back to the Future, with Scott Adams

Come with us now on a journey into... well, heavy metal actually. Over the coming weeks, months – shit, maybe even years – Scott Adams brings us his love for metal of days past.

“Where were you in ’79, when the dam began to burst?”