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From his idols Papa Roach to protest singer Tracy Chapman, these are the songs that influenced Bury Tomorrow’s vocalist

THE HAMMER INTERVIEW

Discoballs! Foxes! Monsters! Babymetal, their guests, and a Harvard music lecturer break down every track on new album Metal Forth

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

From Poppy to Spiritbox, new album Metal Forth features seven collab songs with modern metal royalty. Welcome to Babymetal’s next chapter of world domination

You can’t rush art. Mindfulness and spirituality matter. There are times to keep music simple. Be receptive to the vibrations of the world… These are among the things that shape his world view.