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Metal Hammer is a British monthly heavy metal music magazine. Cantrell was named "Riff Lord" in 2006 by Metal Hammer. The magazine stated that Cantrell was "a true master of the riff, capable of creating something simple and memorable yet heavy and full of feeling". Cantrell has been praised for his riffs in Alice in Chains songs such as "Man in the Box", "Rooster", and "Them Bones".