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Missoni's eye-popping palette, Dolce & Gabbana's casual washed silk trousers and a spotlight-heavy Alexander McQueen show inject a bit of merriment into men's fashion. If there was a common thread running through the Milan spring-summer 2011 menswear shows that ended last week it was the notion of light in every sense of the word. There was a lightness of attitude not the cautious, bet ...

Recently, SMNnews ran down to the US Earache Records office to catch up with Ol (lead guitar) and Mike (bass) of UK shred masters EVILE . After tipping a few back, the fun began! Check in with us as EVILE lets us in on their latest, Infected Nations , as well as some upcoming tour plans, attractions in the UK, Ol’s custom Moser guitar in the makings [such killer designs], and our favorite thing to ask, who the band would choose to create a dream tour. These guys can truly thrash, so

(Photo - Scott Alexander ) For nearly three decades, bassist/vocalist Tom Araya, guitarists Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman, and drummer Dave Lombardo have proven over and over, whether in the studio or on the concert stage, that there is Slayer and then there’s everyone else. And they’re about to do it again, first with the band’s co-headline spot on this summer’s Mayhem Festival, and then with the late summer release of their ninth studio album, World Painted Blood (American Recordings/Columbi

Hear the story behind Metallica’s bass-playing, man-mountain with Robert Trujillo’s My Life Story. Words by Metal Hammer editor, Alexander Milas. When and where were you born?

The band was born in Summer 2006 from the wicked, foggy minds of Alexander, Luca, Marco and Fabio, 3 of the 4 being former members of the death metal band Helvergr (www.myspace.com/helvergr). The idea was to launch a rude sonic attack in the vein of Black Label Society, Down, and all that heavy Rock stuff, but with a hint of Death Metal and Country music. The result obtained is the six tracks contained in the mini titled Heavy Booze Rock, six pieces of Heavy Rocking Music, composed with the