Metal Hammer Magazine (UK) Christmas 2024 (395) & Nightwish Sleep Token Ghost

This very special issue of Metal Hammer brings you the best of 2024!

It comes with an exclusive Powerslave patch for your battle jacket, a Nightwish notebook for all your scribbles, and a 2025 calendar featuring Metallica, Sleep Token, Ghost, Bad Omens, Poppy, Slipknot and more.

It’s been a wild year – Gojira played on a former prison at the Paris Olympic Games Opening Ceremony, Linkin Park and Slayer came back, Ghost headed to Hollywood, Slipknot celebrated the anniversary of their self-titled debut album, Lzzy Hale joined Skid Row, Bambie Thug terrified Eurovision, Ice Nine Kills made a gory video for Terrifier 3, Nightwish dropped an epic album, Metallica took over Fortnite, we lost Paul Di’Anno… and it’s all in here, alongside much more.

Plus! We bring you the top 50 albums, as voted for (and argued over) by the Hammer writers. Which album came out on top? And do you agree?! Elsewhere in the mag, Mastodon remember the making of breakthrough anthem Oblivion, Ice-T answers your questions, Mimi Barks talks abandoned bunkers, spirituality and fetish outfits, and the godfather of stoner rock, Brant Bjork, delivers his life lessons. We get excited about next summer’s festival announcements, Brat’s Liz Selfish invites us into her record collection, and System Of A Down’s Shavo Odadjian introduces us to his new band, Seven Hours After Violet. All this, plus all the essential gigs and reviews from the world of metal.