Metal Hammer 392 Premium

**Published 12th September** To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Slipknot's debut album, this issue comes with two exclusive gifts - a special patch and a silver charm. Inside the magazine, we dedicate 28 pages to The Nine. Clown, Jim Root and producer Ross Robinson look back on the album that changed the world, taking the band from "nobodies" in Iowa to a global phenomenon. We also track down their first manager and the friends who witnessed their early days in the basements of Des Moines, and revisit their first Metal Hammer cover feature. We reveal the inside story of THAT London Astoria gig, and nine musicians explain the monumental impact of Slipknot. Elsewhere in the mag, metal's biggest names choose their favourite Ozzy Osbourne tracks ahead of his induction into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, and we go AAA with Heriot - the new face of British metal. Powerwolf’s Falk Maria Schlegel reveals the life lessons gained from two decades of making Catholic-inspired lycanthropic power metal, Bury Tomorrow’s Dani Winter-Bates answers your questions on aliens and reincarnation, and we hit the studio with Opeth. Lacuna Coil remember the making of Our Truth, Bridear’s Kimi invites us into her record collection, and we meet violently happy new band House Of Protection, formed by former Fever 333 and The Chariot band members Aric Improta and Stephen Harrison. All this, plus all the essential gig and album reviews from the world of metal.