<\/p>\n The new Hammer contains an extensive interview with singers Kevin Ratajczak and Nico Sallach, looking back on their career so far as well as the story of Tanzneid. Sallach opens up about his past throwing weekly house parties for all his friends.<\/p>\n Latest Videos From Louder<\/p>\n \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 The issue contains an in-depth review of Tanzneid. \u201cTanzneid may not represent a dramatic reinvention, but it doesn\u2019t need to,\u201d writes journalist Holly Wright.<\/p>\n \u201cFew bands have spent the last five years turning irreverence into such a potent creative and commercial force. Electric Callboy once looked destined to become nothing but a joke. Instead, they\u2019ve become one of modern metal\u2019s biggest success stories.\u201d<\/p>\n Elsewhere, we 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!<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I was younger, I felt very angry at the world,\u201d guitarist\/vocalist Erik Bickerstaffe admits. \u201cI had a \u2018fuck everyone\u2019 attitude, and a lot of music would be me putting all this resentment out there. I\u2019ve definitely been more self-centred in the past. I was a bit selfish. As I\u2019m getting older, I\u2019m becoming more of a human in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n We also talk to veteran Slipknot<\/a> producer Ross Robinson about the 25th anniversary of the nine-piece\u2019s landmark second album, Iowa. \u201cWe were looking to help Norway burn some more churches,\u201d he says. \u201cWe wanted to join that extreme metal club!\u201d<\/p>\n All that, plus we send a writer into an escape room with zombie-metal sensations Dominum, give I Prevail singer Eric Vanlerberghe your burning questions, discover Judas Priest<\/a> guitarist Richie Faulkner\u2019s personal playlist, talk to Sharon Osbourne about her efforts to preserve Ozzy<\/a>\u2019s legacy, and much, much more.<\/p>\n Get the new issue \u2013 and the exclusive cover and art print \u2013 now via the Louder store! <\/a><\/p>\n
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