Up the Irons! It’s Iron Maiden’s big birthday, so join us as we celebrate 50 years of the UK’s greatest metal export. Plus, we’ve teamed up with the iconic outfit to offer this official exclusive T-shirt.

Plus, we bring you all-new, exclusive interviews with Bruce and Steve as they reflect on their incredible career so far… and what comes next. We also dig into the evolution of Eddie, because no Maiden story would be complete without him! 

Elsewhere in the mag… 

• Two of Joey Jordison’s former bands reveal how they’re keeping his music alive with new albums;
• Parkway Drive explain how five surfer dudes put Aussie metal on the map; and Ice Nine Kills’ Spencer Charnas divulges his life lessons (which, naturally, include how to dispose of a body);
• We head to Dynamo fest in the Netherlands to find out how I Prevail are dragging heavy music back into the mainstream;
• Mastodon’s Brann Dailor looks back on his crazy life so far, and Spinal Tap’s David St. Hubbins avoids bizarre gardening accidents to answer your questions;
• Wargasm’s Milkie Way confesses to underage drinking onstage with Lady Gaga; Vukovi’s Janine Shilstone discloses that she’s written music for Dolce & Gabbana and Hollyoaks;
• Raging Speedhorn recall how The Gush almost made them the UK’s answer to Slipknot, and death industry expert/former Butcher Babies vocalist Carla Harvey takes us inside The Violent Hour, her new project with fiancé Charlie Benante;
• Chilean groove metallers Mawiza tell us how they’re on a mission to reclaim their Mapuche heritage, and we meet Dominum, who are using their braaaaains to become a smash-hit zombie band.

…all this, plus all the essential gigs and reviews from the world of metal!