{"id":564465,"date":"2026-07-23T15:54:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T15:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/564465\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T15:54:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T15:54:10","slug":"the-new-issue-of-metal-hammer-features-electric-callboy-on-the-cover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/564465\/","title":{"rendered":"The new issue of Metal Hammer features Electric Callboy on the cover"},"content":{"rendered":"

As German electronicore stars Electric Callboy<\/a> prepare to release new album Tanzneid, we speak to co-vocalists Kevin Ratajczak and Nico Sallach about how they became metal\u2019s ultimate party band.<\/p>\n

Kevin was once a salesman at Mercedes, while Nico was an intensive care nurse before joining the band in 2020. Since going viral with the single Hypa Hypa that year, the band\u2019s popularity has continued to rise, and they now play arenas. Shows involve costume changes, pyro, and dance\/metal mash-ups.<\/p>\n

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Nico reveals he partied hard in his 20s, throwing weekly bashes that would get out of hand.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAt its peak, we had 80 people in this tiny flat. People that we didn\u2019t know were ringing the doorbell,\u201d he says. \u201cThey treated our flat like shit. I wanted to go to bed, and there were drinks and liquids that I couldn\u2019t identify all over my bed! Very good memories, even if it doesn\u2019t sound like it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, we celebrate 25 years of Slipknot<\/a>\u2019s iconic second album, Iowa. \u201cWe were looking to help Norway burn some more churches,\u201d super-producer Ross Robinson tells us. \u201cWe wanted to join that extreme metal club!\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, from Metallica<\/a>\u2019s Lulu to Iron Maiden<\/a>\u2019s No Prayer For The Dying, every band has a stinker clogging up their back-catalogue. But are metal\u2019s \u2018worst\u2019 albums really that bad? Our writers defend their favourites.<\/p>\n

We also get in a dungeon with German zombie sensations Dominum, grill Loathe<\/a> about why their new album took five years to make, and share the inside story of Nightwish<\/a>\u2019s Bye Bye Beautiful \u2013 symphonic metal\u2019s first-ever diss track.<\/p>\n

Sign up below to get the latest from Metal Hammer, plus exclusive special offers, direct to your inbox!<\/p>\n

I Prevail\u2019s Eric Vanlerberghe answers your questions about lasagne-towers, Judas Priest<\/a>\/Elegant Weapons man Richie Faulkner explains why he once summoned the Devil, and Sharon Osbourne reveals how she\u2019s keeping Ozzy<\/a>\u2019s legacy alive \u2013 from a movie of Back To The Beginning to the return of Ozzfest and a controversial AI avatar.<\/p>\n

Plus, we meet Eihwar: the mysterious Viking war trance duo bringing an Asgardian rave to the moshpit.<\/p>\n

All this, along with Primus, AFI, The Hu, Halestorm, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Mortiis, our big Download and Mystic reviews, and much, much more.<\/p>\n

Only in the new issue of Metal Hammer, on sale now. Order it online and have it delivered straight to your door.<\/a><\/p>\n

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