Maynard James Keenan speaks to us in the wake of Puscifer’s brand-new album, Normal Isn’t. Plus, we’ve teamed up with the band to offer this exclusive bundle, featuring a bespoke double-sided collectible coin (only 150 units worldwide), a limited-edition magazine and an orange swirl variant of the band’s new album, Normal Isn't.

Elsewhere in the mag…

• We hand over the dictaphone to Randy Blythe’s friends, as they ask the Lamb Of God frontman their burning questions. Lzzy Hale, Max Cavalera, Cristina Scabbia, Neil Fallon, Jesse Leach, Ice-T, Dez Fafara, Scott Ian and more grill him on everything from UFOs to surfing, screaming and… coriander?!
• We track down some very early members of Deftones, Faith No More, Papa Roach, Trivium and more to find out what it’s like to have left a band just before they hit the big time.
• The legendary Max Cavalera looks back on his journey from poverty in Brazil to thrash metal royalty
• Trap-metal newcomer N0trixx talks about her astonishing debut album and rapping about her identity disorder in three languages; and Mayhem frontman Attila Csihar reveals what it’s like being at the heart of extreme metal for 40 years.
• We look at how Converge, a bunch of metal-loving kids from the East Coast, changed the hardcore game forever, and go inside the all-star project covering Soundgarden classics for charity.
• Amaranthe vocalist Elize Ryd tells all about her dream to star in Wicked, Igorrr’s Gautier Serre invites us into his extreme record collection, and Malevolence’s Alex Taylor answers your burning questions on the National Trust and milk rounds.
• Testament’s Chuck Billy shares his life lessons on Native American healing and robots, Halestorm reminisce about the making of their sex-positive anthem I Get Off, and we meet Sun Don’t Shine, the new band featuring members of Type O Negative and Crowbar.

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