Kerrang! Magazine 14/12/11

2011: The Ultimate Rock Review

Special All-Star Issue! 21 Brand new interviews...and tons more inside!

This week's issue features a mammoth run down of the K! team's favourite 101 albums of the year. 101 reviews with 21 interviews, including You Me At Six, Asking Alexandria, Kids In Glass Houses, The Blackout, Primordial, Deaf Havana, Mastodon, Evanescence, Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows, Machine Head, Frank Turner and Letlive..

But who will be Number One?

Plus: There's our rundown of the Top 20 Music Videos Of 2011and other stuff that rocked our world in the past 12 months.

Also: Five awesome posters in association with PETA, featuring Linkin Park, Bring Me The Horizon, Rise Against, Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows and Sum 41.

Win! See the Red Hot Chili Peppers live in Paris!

Also in the issue: Cancer Bats explain how a brush with deth shaped their heaviest album yet...

Muse spill the (Tesco Value) beans on their next record.

Metallica reunite with former bassist Jason Newsted at special 30th anniversary show in San Francisco.

Katie P takes you behind the scenes of your favourite mag with a brand new radio show.

Roses In Rome emerge victorious in our recent competition in association with TNA Wrestling.

Test your grey matter with the Kerrang! Krossword. There's also the answers to last week's puzzle.

We ask will the classic Guns N' Roses reunion finally happen. There's even a pie chart.

This week's hottest new bands include Flights, The Morning After, The Dirty Youth and The Famous Class.

Architects' frontman Sam Carter prepares for the band's UK shows with a gin and tonic.

Plus, Within Temptation's Sharon den Adel takes on the K! Quiz. Will the Dutch vocalist cruise to the top of the leaderboard? Um...

The K! Verdict: There's live reviews of Machine Head, Bring Me The Horizon, Arch Enemy, Twin Atlantic, Yellowcard, Saves The Day and The Wonder Years, plus new releases by Nightwish, Gallows, Austrian Death Machine and Mötley Crüe.

So, that's this week's massive Kerrang! in a digital nutshell. Out Wednesday, December 14.

Posted by Simon at 11:39AM | December 13, 2011

would it kill you to put a trivium poster in one of the upcoming issues?!

Posted by j shadows | December 13, 2011 2:26 PM | Reply to this

New Austrian Death machine? Awesome :)

Posted by Jackarse | December 13, 2011 3:57 PM | Reply to this

I Would love it if there was a poster of jared leto/30 seconds to mars in the upcoming issues ?

Posted by Bree | December 13, 2011 4:16 PM | Reply to this

Looks shit.

Posted by Jared Leto | December 13, 2011 8:20 PM | Reply to this

Does anyone still buy KERRANG! .. ?

Posted by Jade. | December 13, 2011 11:57 PM | Reply to this

this issue looks pretty good, i wanna see the top albums of the year......

oh, and,
@ Jared Leto,
fuck off

@ Jade.
yes, there are tons of people (including me) who still buy KERRANG!

Posted by SoNiA | December 14, 2011 6:43 AM | Reply to this

lets review kerrangs site and magazine in 2011 shall we...

loads of bands that all look and sound the same, hayley williams featured every single week, gerard way featured every week, oli sykes and his pretend rage featured every week.

can i ask a question?

if the one in you me at six, you know the one i mean, the one that looks like he has downs syndrome, was the frontman, would you feature him every week?

only cunts buy kerrang.

ho ho ho.

Posted by Andymark | December 14, 2011 11:27 AM | Reply to this

lets review kerrangs site and magazine in 2011 shall we...

loads of bands that all look and sound the same, hayley williams featured every single week, gerard way featured every week, oli sykes and his pretend rage featured every week.

can i ask a question?

if the one in you me at six, you know the one i mean, the one that looks like he has downs syndrome, was the frontman, would you feature him every week?

only cunts buy kerrang.

ho ho ho.

Posted by Andymark | December 14, 2011 11:30 AM | Reply to this

I guess you guys never listened to Lower than Atlantis, The Defiled, Megadeth, Anthrax or Devin Townsend then.

Posted by Boddz | December 14, 2011 1:16 PM | Reply to this

@ Andymark I couldn't agree with you more, i'm not buying Kerrang again, just made for teenage girls now a days.

Posted by j shadows | December 14, 2011 6:03 PM | Reply to this

Hang on, a special with peta, yet no poster of AFI, A band of which every single member is either vegan or vegetarian? I WANT AN AFI POSTER! RIGHT NOW!

Posted by Sammy Havok | December 14, 2011 8:05 PM | Reply to this

Who's number one, I know letlive are number two, massive respect for kerrang continuing to support a relatively unknown band with a lot of potential to be huge

Posted by Mike | December 14, 2011 9:23 PM | Reply to this

Who's number one, I know letlive are number two, massive respect for kerrang continuing to support a relatively unknown band with a lot of potential to be huge. At least for once kerrang recognise real music.

Posted by Mike | December 14, 2011 9:25 PM | Reply to this

Really, PETA-sponsored posters? The same group that uses and encourages terrorist tactics against legitimate animal researchers? The same group that would rather kill your pet than have it remain as a pet (as opposed to a "free" animal. I have news; we domesticated cats and dogs thousands of years ago; they were bred to live with us...) See here for stats regarding PETA's way of dealing with pets: http://www.petakillsanimals.com/downloads/PetaKillsAnimals.pdf

Just a heads up, PETA are not a cuddly organisation. If you want to support an animal charity, support the RSPCA, they do much better work without the support of dangerous fanatics.

Posted by Mastodong | December 15, 2011 12:09 AM | Reply to this

FINALLY... people are noticing. K! is made for "scene" Girls. Oli Sykes nom nom <3 Andy Biersack FIT LYK. <3 ... I don't have anything against these two. Gotta feel sorry for them tbh.. No appreciation for the music they make whatsoever. init.

Posted by The Burl | December 15, 2011 11:36 AM | Reply to this

The fact that Lulu is on here while ASIWYFA's Gangs and Brontide's Sans Souci don't get so much as a mention kinda ruined my day. Got my respect back a little for putting The Hunter at the top spot though.

Posted by Nathan | December 16, 2011 12:21 AM | Reply to this

I would just like to say I am deeply offended by the PETA Poster special. If I wanted to encourage idiots I would buy the Dailymail. I think if you going to support those hypocrites, then you should have a special for the victims of PETA.
Kerrang! is not a political magazine it should not have that sort of content anyway. Sure, let them BUY adverts, but it completely wrong to have every bloody poster full of their propaganda.
Even if PETA weren't particularly a terrorist organisation (they known to associate with people who have committed acts of terrorism, nor do they say they against it) it be wrong.
You also wouldn't have a Poster Special for a True Charity.

Posted by Rachel Shepherd | December 16, 2011 1:03 AM | Reply to this

K! don't care.. they got their paycheck it's cool.

Posted by Sazza | December 16, 2011 4:00 PM | Reply to this

Always great to read and pour through the best of the year albums at the end of each year in kerrang!_ been doing it since the mid 90s, when i got the end of '95 special, where you awarded Foo Fighters debut the accolade. And While Id give the nod to Beyond Magnetic(I know it contains music thats technically nearly 3 years old- its still the best stuff I heard this year!!), Im fucking stoked to see The Hunter get the top spot- Metal Hammer and Classic Rock gave it the same gong aswell. Now then- we come to the arguement - if you guys at Kerrang love Mastodon so much lemmy ask you---WHY DONT YOU PUT THEM ON THE COVER ANYMORE?? Look at the top 101-- Black Veil Brides get the final spot. What that means is that Kerrang thought that 100 other albums this year were better than Set the world On Fire. Yet, though Mastodon get the better praise for the MUSIC in the magazine- BVB get the cover story every ficking time, just because of their appearence and that it is tailor made for a target readership. Id rather a R or whoever. Former cover stars like Trivium, Machine Head, and Jesus, stadium slaying acts like Foo Fighters and the Chill Peppers dont make the cover much, if at all anymore. Its so bloody obvious that Kerrang would Rather write and feature bands like Mastodon on the cover more, but because of the fact that Kerrang put itself in a corner by centering itself to the same 6 bands all the time,its trapped itself. Next year lads- vary your covers and featured bands- think about the people whove been reading the mag for more than a few years- up until a few years ago you didnt give a shit about trying to please the same people all the time- you covered the bands you wanted to,weather it was a big scene band or not. Other than that- its a solid good list - Devin Townsend should have made the countdown-but it was awesome to see Animals as Leaders in there.

Posted by Jason | December 17, 2011 6:49 PM | Reply to this

Hey Im a Kerrang reader and have been for the past ten years an I was very very disapointed with the Peta adds saying DONT SUPPORT THE CIRCUS ! I work on one of the U.Ks biggest circus and come from a huge background of circus life my family are 8 generations of circus performers and now you are putting in your magazine Dont support the circus ! Just to let you know I wont be buying Kerrang again or watching or listening to your shows anymore ! Thanks hopefully this grabs your attention and you sort this problem out ! Stop discriminating circus people !

Posted by Patrick | December 20, 2011 2:01 PM | Reply to this

Posted by Patrick | December 20, 2011 2:04 PM | Reply to this

yes, i still do -_-

Posted by Ryan | December 20, 2011 3:58 PM | Reply to this

PeTA have probably PAID Kerrang to advertise that poster. That is how they work. They DO NOT rescue animals. They rehome HARDLY ANY animals. They euthanise them. Go and visit the website petakillsanimals.com. On there you will find the figures for how many animals they euthanised last year in 2010. OVER 95% of what they took in. They also lied to a recuse centre saying they'd take and re-home some animals for them to free up some space. They took them around the corner, euthanised all of them and left them in a dumpster, (skip). Their main aim is to stop all animal ownership. They are LYING to get your money. Your money does not go to saving animals, it goes on killing what animals they get hold of and the rest goes either in their pockets or on more advertising and set ups so they can get more sympathy money from the gullible public. Visit the facebook page Behind the scenes of the WELFARE of Circus animals to see how they are really kept. Don't listen to the lies and false propaganda that the animal rights people lead you to believe. Go and visit a real Circus and ask to see the facilities. The video of Ann the elephant was a set up by an animal rights organisation. Why did the groom hide his face if he didn't know he was being filmed? You do the math. Also visit circusthetruth.blogspot.com to read some mind opening submissions and show you the truth behind the lies.

Posted by PeTA Kills Animals | December 20, 2011 5:34 PM | Reply to this

although i like kerrang angd buy it a lot i think that they should cover more bands besides mcr,bvb,paramore,30stm etc
when is the last time we saw a foo fighters or greenday cover?
metal bands also deserve to be covered. bands like mastodon who are savage etc.
im starting to agree with the @j shadows and @andymark-kerrang is just for 12 year old girls who think theyre ''misunderstood''.
for god sake 12 year old girls go listen to whiny crap like coldplay.

Posted by voldemort | December 20, 2011 5:55 PM | Reply to this

No great fan of PeTA, but animal circuses are NASTY!!! so I will support kerrang but DON'T SUPPORT THE CIRCUS.

Posted by KT | December 21, 2011 11:02 PM | Reply to this

Seriously, BLESSTHEFALL HAVE HAD A NEW ALBUM THIS YEAR, THERE'VE BEEN ALL OVER THE WORLD AND THEY GET NO MENTION IN ANY OF KERRRANG IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS, BLESSTHEFALL FTW <3

Posted by Bethany | December 29, 2011 12:53 PM | Reply to this

They ALL pay to be in Kerrang!Especially if you're a new band then you have to pay! That's the way it works...it is a load of BS! Kerrang don't give a s**t about new bands and when they're bigging one up, it's cos they got paid to say it. THAT is how it works! You want publicity...ot anything else these days...you gotta flash the cash. It's a sad sad industry these days.

Posted by Paul L | January 5, 2012 2:14 AM | Reply to this

They ALL pay to be in Kerrang!Especially if you're a new band then you have to pay! That's the way it works...it is a load of BS! Kerrang don't give a s**t about new bands and when they're bigging one up, it's cos they got paid to say it. THAT is how it works! You want publicity...or anything else these days...you gotta flash the cash. It's a sad sad industry these days.

Posted by Paul L | January 5, 2012 2:14 AM | Reply to this

They ALL pay to be in Kerrang!Especially if you're a new band then you have to pay! That's the way it works...it is a load of BS! Kerrang don't give a s**t about new bands and when they're bigging one up, it's cos they got paid to say it. THAT is how it works! You want publicity...or anything else these days...you gotta flash the cash. It's a sad sad industry these days.

Posted by paul L | January 5, 2012 2:15 AM | Reply to this

Wow! Lot of abuse for Kerrang! here, but why look up and write about stuff you hate, and, from the sounds of it, have hated for a long time.
Peta may have done some stuff they regret, but most people have, and anything that is by a website called petakillsanimals is going to be biased. I'm not saying it's incorrect, I'm jut saying you need to hear both sides of the argument

Posted by Jack | January 7, 2012 3:56 PM | Reply to this

I do agree with what some people are saying here, feature some other artists bar 30STM, MCR, BMTH, YM@6 and BVB. (josh and oli have been in 3 of the last 4 issues..) I got this months Rock Sound magazine and they have a lot wider variety of music to share, very tempted to start getting that instead recently.
Also, Kerrang! Had Rise Against on the cover last year quoting they 'want to go global' yet you have only featured them about 3 times since, and none of them were huge. We all know the bands you feature lots, so shine some light on other bands like Rize Against or other bands!

Posted by Emily | January 7, 2012 4:40 PM | Reply to this