King diamond

THE HAMMER INTERVIEW

So says Kirk Hammett, guitarist with, er, Metallica. What does he do instead? Well, there’s a new book about guitars on the shelves and a solo album on the horizon

O2 ARENA, LONDON

The Dead Daisies Lookin’ For Trouble SPV ...

Out of the darkness comes light, and Ghost ’s future increasingly looks bright. Tobias Forge, aka Papa V Perpetua, talks dark matters and working towards “newer, better, bigger”.

There are gig venues, and then there’s York Minster, where symphonic metal band Plague Of Angels are playing a show backed by an enormous pipe organ. Unless a bunch of irate Christians get their way