A Salute to Our Troops! Five Finger Death Punch: How a USO tour got this band of brothers to fight the good fight even harder. Plus: Avenged Sevenfold, Disturbed, Staind, and more on why they''ve played for our troops overseas. Also, All That Remains, Maynard James Keenan, Cobalt, Cretin, and others share their experiences of serving in the military.

The issue comes with a set of 18 free Big Four trading cards, including one for each member of Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax. The cards are modeled after the 1986 baseball cards, in honor of the year that the first three bands released their masterpieces.

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