Metal Hammer has teamed up with zombie-metal sensation Dominum for a bundle you won’t find in the shops!
Exclusively via the Louder webstore, you can get your hands on the latest issue of Hammer with singer Dr Dead and guitarist Tommy Kemp on the cover. There’s also an art card, signed by Dr Dead, and a brain-shaped stress ball that comes in its own, bespoke box. Order your package now while stocks last!
Inside the new Hammer, we take Dr Dead and Tommy Kemp to a zombie-themed escape room in their native Germany. As the clock on the hour-long puzzle ticks, they open up about the band’s story and what it takes to put on their theatrical, horror-inspired costumes night in and night out.
“I know why there are no other zombie bands – it’s because it’s a complete nightmare,” Dr Dead laughs. “To get the look, and to find a way that you can take it on tour and not look cheap. And be quick with it too. Like when you have to do social media stuff and you get asked, ‘Can we do this thing real quick?’ And Tommy was like, ‘Sure, give me three hours so I can do the make-up.’ We had to speed it up.”
“When we played [Belgian metal fest] Graspop, we had masks that weren’t as tight as the ones we have now,” adds Tommy. “It was so hot that sweat was just pooling in the chin.”
Elsewhere, we get to know German electro-metal party-starters Electric Callboy ahead of the release of their long-awaited new album, Tanzneid. They’re well on their way to becoming one of metal’s most crowd-popping bands – and co-singer Nico Sallach confesses that he enjoyed a wild party or two well before he joined the lineup.
“At its peak, we had 80 people in this tiny flat. People that we didn’t know were ringing the doorbell,” he says. “They treated our flat like shit. I wanted to go to bed, and there were drinks and liquids that I couldn’t identify all over my bed! Very good memories, even if it doesn’t sound like it.”
We also talk to modern metal standard-bearers Loathe about their new album A Stranger To You, which came out more than five years after its predecessor, and see what on Earth took so long!
“When I was younger, I felt very angry at the world,” guitarist/vocalist Erik Bickerstaffe admits. “I had a ‘fuck everyone’ attitude, and a lot of music would be me putting all this resentment out there. I’ve definitely been more self-centred in the past. I was a bit selfish. As I’m getting older, I’m becoming more of a human in the world.”
We sit down with veteran Slipknot producer Ross Robinson and discuss the 25th anniversary of the nine-piece’s landmark second album, Iowa. “We were looking to help Norway burn some more churches,” he says. “We wanted to join that extreme metal club!”
All that, plus we give I Prevail singer Eric Vanlerberghe your burning questions, discover Judas Priest guitarist Richie Faulkner’s personal playlist, talk to Sharon Osbourne about her efforts to preserve Ozzy’s legacy, and much, much more.
Get the new issue – and the exclusive Dominum cover, stress ball and art print – now via the Louder store!
