is here! And what better way to ring it in than with four new cover stars who are shaping metal’s future. There’s Badis at streams on Spotify –frontman Noah Sebastian tells us how he’s dealing with their newfound fame. Meanwhile, Hanabie are bursting out of Tokyo with hyper-catchy/ brutal metalcore that will be coming to a festival stage near you this summer. We fly to Berlin to catch up with New Jersey deathcore innovators Lorna Shore, whose sinister symphonic sounds and pig squeals are finding their way into ever-bigger venues –could headline arena shows beckon? And finally, pink-obsessed pioneer Scene Queen reveals all about inventing Bimbocore. Whichever artist you hold in your hands, you’ll be seeing a lot more of them in years to come.
