# “There were liquids I couldn’t identify all over my bed!”: the new issue of Metal Hammer features Electric Callboy on the cover

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/there-were-liquids-i-couldnt-identify-all-over-my-bed-the-new-issue-of-metal-hammer-features-electric-callboy-on-the-cover/
- Published: 2026-07-23T15:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-23T15:19:04+00:00
- Original publisher: Louder
- Original article: https://www.loudersound.com/news/metal-hammer-issue-416-out-now-electric-callboy-cover-2026
- Topics: Art, Culture, Entertainment, Music

## Key points

- Metal Hammer issue 416 features Electric Callboy on its cover
- Interview marks release of new album Tanzneid
- Vocalist Nico Sallach recalls wild house parties from his 20s

## Summary

The new issue of Metal Hammer magazine (issue 416) puts German electronicore band Electric Callboy on the cover, marking the release of the group's forthcoming album Tanzneid. Co-vocalists Kevin Ratajczak and Nico Sallach speak to the magazine about the band's journey from unconventional beginnings, before their 2020 viral hit "Hypa Hypa" propelled them to arena-level success known for elaborate costume changes, pyrotechnics and genre-blending performances.

Before joining Electric Callboy, Ratajczak worked as a Mercedes salesman and Sallach as an intensive care nurse. In the feature, Sallach recalls his hard-partying 20s, describing chaotic house parties that once drew around 80 people into a small flat, with uninvited guests ringing the doorbell and leaving the property covered in unidentifiable spilled drinks.

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