Kerrang! Magazine 22/02/12

Rockstar Confessions: The stars come clean on love, life and regret!

Featuring: Bring Me The Horizon, Linkin Park, Evanescence and more!

What's really going on inside the head of your favourite rockstar? We posed life's biggest questions to Bring Me The Horizon's Oli Sykes, Evanescence's Amy Lee, Frank Turner, Falling In Reverse's Ronnie Radke, Machine Head's Robb Flynn, Linkin Park's Chester Bennington, Asking Alexandria's Danny Worsnop, We Are The In Crowd's Tay Jardine, and letlive.'s Jason Aalon Butler. Find out what they had to say about love, life, and much more!

In this issue: The Ultimate Poster Book, starring: Green Day, Paramore, Slipknot, 30 Seconds To Mars, You Me At Six, Avenged Sevenfold, Fall Out Boy, Asking Alexandria, Black Sabbath, HIM, Never Shout Never, Linkin Park and Motionless In White. Plus, there's giant My Chemical Romance and Metallica posters, too!

Plus: Everything you need to know about this year's Sonisphere Festival!

Motionless In White tackle album number two!

K! asks how did Rock Of Ages become such a phenomenon? K! went onto the film's set to find out...

Find out which bands have been added to this year's Download!

Green Day enter the studio to work on a new album. It might sound like Dookie!

Back by popular demand! It's the return of the K! Quiz. This week: Cancer Bats' Liam Cormier.

Andrew W.K. answers your problems in this week's Life Of Agony!

Will At The Drive-In work on a new album following their reunion shows? Find out in this week's issue...

We go behind the scenes of the Kerrang! Tour Sponsored By Relentless Energy Drink. Our Editor James McMahon nearly went to as many shows as New Found Glory, The Blackout, letlive., and While She Sleeps. What did he find out? It was the best tour of 2012!

He's worried about what he's doing with his life, the books he reads, and how clean his house is... in fact, the only thing frontman Keith Buckley isn't freaking out about is Every Time I Die's killer new album...

Craig Mabbitt is done with his Falling In Reverse feud, and he's just started showing of his solo material. What does this mean for Escape The Fate? David McLaughlin finds out...

On the 20th anniversary of the release of Vulgar Display Of Power, former Pantera frontman Phil Anselmo looks back at the album that changed everything.

Meet My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way's new favourite band, LostAlone.

Theory Of A Deadman frontman Tyler Connolly looks ahead to the band's forthcoming UK tour.

Rise To Remain frontman Austin Dickinson tells us about his brush with the Russian police force on the Ultimate Rockstar Test!

The K! Verdict: Check out our live reviews of Mastodon, The Dillinger Escape Plan, The Devil Wears Prada, Young Guns, and Pure Love, with the latest albums from Primal Rock Rebellion, Napalm Death, Last Witness, all rated and reviewed.

That's this week's Kerrang! in a nutshell, on sale Wednesday, February 22.

Posted by Simon at 05:18PM | February 21, 2012

More bloody Paramore?
Plus, thank you for putting the quiz back in... I can now challenge my brother's knowledge.

Posted by Sophie :D | February 21, 2012 5:52 PM | Reply to this

why aint all time low in the poster book?!?!

Posted by abi | February 21, 2012 6:01 PM | Reply to this

Evanescence yes!

Posted by sarah | February 21, 2012 6:12 PM | Reply to this

The poster book is so disappointing, same bands as always. Why do you bum so many shit bands, Kerrang? Do something different for a change. Getting really boring.

Posted by Sam | February 21, 2012 6:16 PM | Reply to this

Bring Me the Horizon are quite possibly the worst thing to ever happen... Ever, well, at least since the Holocaust.

Fucking absolute anal slabbery, the cunt looks like a damn transvestite on the cover.

I hope he chokes on his next cock and dies.

Posted by The Messiah | February 21, 2012 6:18 PM | Reply to this

I'm so glad Motionless in White are gaining popularity.<3 They deserve it.

Posted by bethany | February 21, 2012 6:19 PM | Reply to this

Remind me when 30 STM were in last? OH YES LAST WEEK!!!!! Is there any other band in the world? Oh yes and MY FRIENDS want to know when OUR giant Lostprophets poster (promised over a year ago) is going to happen? Probably when the money has stopped being spent on commenting when Jared Leto has his hair cut!!!

Posted by Tracy | February 21, 2012 6:19 PM | Reply to this

@Sophie :D. "I can now challenge my brother's knowledge."

...On Homosex.

Posted by The Messiah | February 21, 2012 6:21 PM | Reply to this

I'm so glad Motionless in White are gaining popularity.<3 They deserve it.

Posted by bethany | February 21, 2012 6:21 PM | Reply to this

is that a old cover

Posted by sam219 | February 21, 2012 6:45 PM | Reply to this

Hmmm. The last time I checked, LostAlone were something more than "Gerard Way's favourite new band".

I mean, seriously?! You could at least have put their fucking name on the cover.

Posted by lovewilleatyoualive | February 21, 2012 6:56 PM | Reply to this

this is going to be one of my fave issues of kerrang! Although i appreciate everyone elses opinions! :)

Posted by Alex | February 21, 2012 7:02 PM | Reply to this

FUCK YEEEEEEEHHH!! EVANESCENCE'S AMY LEE! *u*

Posted by Victor | February 21, 2012 7:43 PM | Reply to this

Poster book? MCR?
Excuse me while I go and buy every copy I possibly can.

Posted by LetsGoD0wn | February 21, 2012 7:45 PM | Reply to this

This issue is Awesome ^^
Can't Wait For It! :)

Posted by Jean | February 21, 2012 11:02 PM | Reply to this

Great issue!!
Poster book <3
and news about green days new album! :DD
I'm so excited xD

Posted by SoNiA | February 22, 2012 11:07 AM | Reply to this

Yes! Evanescence and Paramore in the same issue! I'm dying c:
I can't wait until i can buy it here in Sweden!!

Posted by Veronica | February 22, 2012 11:19 AM | Reply to this

@The Messiah - that has to be the best description of Bring Me The Horizon I have ever come across. Well done, sir.

And Kerrang, I think we've had enough of You Me At Six and Paramore every single week, thank you.

I'm not a personal fan of Panic At The Disco but I've noticed that they're never featured. Why Skrillex and not

Posted by Abigail Amber | February 22, 2012 12:47 PM | Reply to this

@The Messiah - that is quite possibly the best description of Bring Me The Horizon I've ever heard. Well done sir.

And Kerrang, I think we're all sick to death of Paramore and You Me At Six appearing on your pages every week. Sort it.

Posted by Abigail Amber | February 22, 2012 12:51 PM | Reply to this

Fall Out Boy and My Chemical Romance!!!!!!!!!!! May be next time K! can bring out some poster of Muse *HINT*

Posted by Lazy | February 22, 2012 1:17 PM | Reply to this

'Scuse me whilst I don't buy this issue.

Kerrang, I've been reading this magazine for over ten years and I still have every issue, the only reason I've continued to buy the magazine since it's turned to shit is 'cause I'm nosy as fuck. But I am officially too tired of buying Kerrang before checking who's in it and not being interested in a single thing in the mag. I won't be buying this crap again - either include good music (not popular money making shit) again, or go fuck yourself.
Have a nice day.

Posted by Apocalyptigasm | February 22, 2012 1:42 PM | Reply to this

I'm sick of this! kerrang is supposed to be a ROCK mag , not pathetic scene trash , I swear to god all paramore bloody do is take photos , most of the bands in kerrang have gone down the toilet or bloody started there , sort it out real music for once , how about some more bullet for my valentine? or some funeral for a friend? real british talent instead of fake american pop bands , as for bring me the horizon utter shit.

Posted by Allie | February 22, 2012 2:49 PM | Reply to this

Posted by Allie | February 22, 2012 2:50 PM | Reply to this

Kerrang is a business. The bands they publish in the magazine will be the more popular ones at the moment. I don't like paramore, for example, but just because they are featured quite a lot doesn't mean I throw a fit, I don't buy that weeks magazine.

Also, calling the bands "emo" and "scene" is stupid because even if you think they are emo or whatever, they still want to be a rock band, and therefore have the right to be featured in a rock magazine. Where else would they be featured (and yes they should be featured because even if you don't like them bands work extremly hard and put their work out to the world for people to view and judge, none of you do that on the scale these bands do).

I'm just saying, the magazine will feature the stuff that sells.
Although introducing LostAlone (a great band) as gerard ways favourite band is a bit :/:/:/

Posted by jay | February 22, 2012 4:37 PM | Reply to this

i love both mcr and lostalone yet i can't help but find the fact that gerard way's favourite band is lostalone hilarious

Posted by l. k. | February 22, 2012 5:12 PM | Reply to this

It's just gunna be another poster of Hayley. Paramore are worse now than they ever have been, it should be posters of people with real talent. Depressing.

Posted by Jodie | February 22, 2012 5:46 PM | Reply to this

It's just gunna be another poster of Hayley. Paramore are worse now than they ever have been, it should be posters of people with real talent. Depressing.

Posted by Jodie | February 22, 2012 5:47 PM | Reply to this

"meet Gerrard way's new favouriate band"
omg dying. kerrang you're brilliant. Draw the kids in using Gerrard's name. Don't give the actual band credit. y u so clever?

Posted by misty | February 22, 2012 6:50 PM | Reply to this

30 SECONDS TO MARS! I actual love them so much. My friend is also hyped up about Paramore, he loves them. Soo happy right now, I feel as if I need some peaches, then I'd be in heaven...

Posted by Lisaa! | February 22, 2012 7:05 PM | Reply to this

£2.50 fuck you kerrang

Posted by sam219 | February 23, 2012 3:33 AM | Reply to this

OHMYGOD!!!!! MCR, 30STM, Paramore, Green Day, Fall Out Boy, Linkin Park, AND Evenescence all in ONE MAGAZINE!!!!! ok where the crap can i get this in california im dying here!!!!!

Posted by sav1997 | February 24, 2012 1:32 AM | Reply to this

K!.com has turned into a spam-packed ghost town, where the only "recent comments" are made by people selling car insurance or stool hardeners.

The legendary trolls are gone, Patrick Bateman, Gorgar, Dr. Hero van Wildebeest, Andymark, replaced with the clueless, unoriginal abomination that is J. Shadows.

You'd think that with the receding numbers online, and the decreasing readership, they'd change their ways, and move onto something better, but no, that moron is still plastered over the cover, and the magazine is still packed with anal slabbery.

Fucking company is run by brain damaged monkeys.

Posted by The Messiah | February 24, 2012 2:00 AM | Reply to this

How dare you fucking say that about bring me the horizon you wanker. They're fucking amazing. Now fuck you, silly fucking cunt.

Posted by Delroy | February 24, 2012 10:24 AM | Reply to this

You my friend, are a first class cunt.

Posted by Delroy | February 24, 2012 10:25 AM | Reply to this

You my friend, are a first class cunt.

Posted by Delroy | February 24, 2012 10:26 AM | Reply to this

You my friend, are a first class cunt.

Posted by Leroy | February 24, 2012 10:27 AM | Reply to this

Im off to have a wank, bye :)

Posted by Robroy | February 24, 2012 10:39 AM | Reply to this

Im wanking

Posted by Robroy | February 24, 2012 10:39 AM | Reply to this

Where can I buy Kerrang online? I´m from the czech republic...

Posted by Adella | February 24, 2012 7:10 PM | Reply to this

Where can I buy Kerrang online? I´m from the czech republic... :)

Posted by Adella | February 24, 2012 7:12 PM | Reply to this

@Delroy. Fail. Bring Me the Horizon are musical cancer, bland, unoriginal, talentless cunts that only get attention because prepubescent tarts want to suck Sykes's obviously tiny wang, and will buy anything with his highly slappable mug on it.

Posted by The Messiah | February 24, 2012 7:49 PM | Reply to this

Same old shit week after week! scuzz should start making a magazine they'd do a much better job!

Posted by j shadows | February 25, 2012 10:08 AM | Reply to this

you know what i really hate about kerrang! the poster are fucking back to back c`mon seriously if your gonna give posters have the dessency to give some that are worth it..so i want a you me at six poster and avenged sevenfold to stick on my wall but guess what they`re back to back! huray for the fucktard who decied to do that to earn more fucking money seriously what is this shit all about.
and its not all about paramore

GERARD WAYS NEW FAV BAND lost alone seriously why are they getting fame of him theyv got the talent so put them on the front of the maggazine im littrelly dying over this!

way to go Kerrang! Don't give the actual band credit.

Posted by Taylor | February 25, 2012 4:01 PM | Reply to this

GERARD WAYS NEW FAV BAND lost alone seriously why are they getting fame of him theyv got the talent so put them on the front of the maggazine im littrelly dying over this!

way to go Kerrang! Don't give the actual band credit.

Posted by Taylor | February 25, 2012 4:03 PM | Reply to this

LISTEN UP. Kerrang is getting shit. Sorry, let me re-phrase. Kerrang is shit. If you want to read a magazine about actual fucking metal music, get metal Hammer? It may be a bit more fucking expensive, but you get shit worth reading, and a fucking CD most of the time. Amen.

Posted by MetalBloodyB | February 25, 2012 8:54 PM | Reply to this

Look, sunshine, you clearly do not like Kerrang any more and are not bothered about reading it, so why are you here BOTHERING to comment and annoy the rest of us.
I, personally, am a big fan of My chemical romance and do not care for your opinion on them. So I was very pleased to find they were mentioned so many times in one magazine.
Kerrang write about the more popular of bands so either you stop complaining, complain to the right person or stop reading it.
Go find another magazine to read so I don't have to listen to you.
Thanks a bunch. :)
Oh and comparing a band to an illness is out of order and wrong, just wrong. I respect you opinion, but that is just an awful thing to say...

Posted by Rosie | February 25, 2012 10:52 PM | Reply to this

God so many idiots post on kerrang these days..too many spammers around.Get a LIFE!

Posted by sarah | February 26, 2012 8:08 PM | Reply to this

@The messiah - We all have different opinions about bring me the horizon and i think they are fucking amazing. You are a stupid cunt that dosent have a good taste in music. Also Oli Sykes is fit and probably better looking that you. You stupid cunt - Get a FUCKING life.
Oh and also to all your other cunts out there that think kerrang is shit then why dont you all fuck off and stop posting comments then. Your opinion dosent matter and nobody gives a shit.

Posted by Delroy | February 27, 2012 9:19 AM | Reply to this

yeeeaah can't wait for Green Days new album!!!!!!!! :)

Posted by ellie | February 27, 2012 4:33 PM | Reply to this

@Delroy. If you're into transvestite emo barbie dolls, then Sykes is definitely the "man" for you. As for taste in music, I clearly have better taste than you, as my musical library doesn't contain pointlessly angry disposable scenecore brat shite.

Gas yourself, you worthless being.

Posted by The Messiah | February 27, 2012 9:22 PM | Reply to this

Well to be honest, comparing bring me the horizon to the holocaust is incredibly juevenile and immature. No matter how much you dislike a band its fucking ridiculous to compare them to something like that. So all im saying is grow up, fucking cunt. People like you deserve to burn in hell.

Posted by Delroy | February 28, 2012 10:40 AM | Reply to this

@the massiah
Well to be honest, comparing bring me the horizon to the holocaust is incredibly juevenile and immature.

Posted by Delroy | February 28, 2012 10:41 AM | Reply to this

@the massiah
Well to be honest, comparing bring me the horizon to the holocaust is incredibly juevenile and immature.

Posted by Delroy | February 28, 2012 10:41 AM | Reply to this

@The massiah
Well to be honest, comparing bring me the horizon to the holocaust is incredibly juevenile and immature. No matter how much you dislike a band its fucking ridiculous to compare them to something like that. So all im saying is grow up, fucking cunt. People like you deserve to burn in hell.

Posted by Delroy | February 28, 2012 1:08 PM | Reply to this

Posted by Delroy | February 28, 2012 1:09 PM | Reply to this

Posted by Delroy | February 28, 2012 1:10 PM | Reply to this

@The massiah
You fucking bastard WTF is wrong with you holocaust was the worst thing that Ever happend and besides the only thing worse than that would be justin bieber not fucking bring the horizon YOU SON OF A BITCH!

Posted by Purple_Ninja | February 28, 2012 1:59 PM | Reply to this

@The massiah

What the actuall fuck? Comparing Bring me the horizon to the fucking holocaust? What the fuck is wrong with you? You may not like a band but you dont compare them to something like that! So um, grow the fuck up you stupid immature little cunt.

Posted by Thundercats. | February 28, 2012 2:01 PM | Reply to this

Cant wait for the next issue! Fucking love kerrang!
Also just reading the comments i have to agree with Delroy, Purple Ninja and Thundercats that 'The massiah' your bang out. Bring me the horizon are amazing. Fuck you.

Posted by Frank | February 28, 2012 2:06 PM | Reply to this

@Adella
You can buy them from ebay and stuff, but it costs a hell of a load more though..

Posted by Thundercats. | February 28, 2012 2:14 PM | Reply to this

Respect has to be shown here. He is not called The Messiah for nothing. The Messiah is a visionary.

@Purple_ninja so your having a go despite the fact you have just compared Justin Bieber to the Holocaust? There is also a lot of incidents throughout history that are equally as bad if not worse than the Holocaust.

@ Delroy - your argument is everything that is pathetic about Kerrang. Your argument consists of Oli Sykes is fit. It's the same as the BVB army cunts or dickhead MCR fans who go on about how hot Andy Ballsack and Gerard Way. Apparently image is more important to the teen girl readers of Kerrang.

It all boils down to the fact that Kerrang has completely lost its way and focuses on fads and appeals to the teen girls.

Posted by Love Boat | February 28, 2012 2:30 PM | Reply to this

@Love Boat
Now I know that this comment has nothing to do with me, but I would just like to say that not all MCR fans like MCR for the fact that Gerard is hot. Or not all BVB fans like them because Andy Biersack. To be honest MCR are my absolute favourite band and I dont like them just because they are hot and I'm a teenage girl. I like them because their music is incredibly inspirational and they help me through a lot of shit. Now enough of my sob story, I dont want to moan on about shit I just want to say that you should really get your facts right before you go insulting bands and they're fans, because not all of us are screaming fan-girls.

Posted by Thundercats. | February 28, 2012 2:42 PM | Reply to this

@ Love Boat
@ the messiah
you make a fair point but at the end of the day everyone has diffrent tastes in music.So even though you may not like Bring me the horizon you have to accept the fact that Bring me the horizon cant be that bad if they get paid alot of money to produce music.

Posted by Music_loverXD | February 28, 2012 2:46 PM | Reply to this

Uh, as said before, I am a MASSIVE MCR fan and I do not look at the band members in such a way. They are all married some with children. As attractive as some fans might find them, they aren't just there to look at them. It's the music. If you are to stupid to realise that, it's your own problem. Yes I am a teenage girl. I know plenty of boy fans. Everyone has different music tastes and I respect that and so won't complain about your favourite bands, clearly people on here do not have that kind of basic decency. Do not compare a band to something as awful as that. I only know a few of Bring Me The Horizon songs and even I find that extremely offensive. But the thing is, as much as you hate a band, you complaining and insulting them are not going to stop then making AMAZING music so the jokes on you, if they read these comments they'd only laugh at you. I think, for your own sake, you should stop now. The more you all complain the more fans your going to have in an argument, trust me there is a lot, they will defend their favourite bands to the death.
Oh and yes I do listen to BVB as well... Problem?? Didn't think so. X_X

Posted by Rosie | February 28, 2012 4:46 PM | Reply to this

@Love Boat. It's been quite some time since this site was graced with your presence.

Welcome back.

Posted by The Messiah | February 28, 2012 10:13 PM | Reply to this

Sure has been a while but I have been brought back to remind people the downfall of the Kerrang legacy and to back up your words of wisdom against the stupidity of today's kerrang generation.

Posted by Love Boat | February 28, 2012 11:16 PM | Reply to this

AH I'm in love with the HUGE MCR POSTER. great poster selection too, was very easy for me to decide which side to put up ;) You've made my room look so cosy, thank you!

Posted by Eve. | March 1, 2012 8:31 PM | Reply to this

I missed this kerrang!, does anyone know how I can buy it even though its off the shelves?

Posted by samantha | March 4, 2012 10:08 PM | Reply to this

Kerrang! doesn't all have to be about fucking metal. for gods sake go read your shitty metalcore mag and leave kerrang! (a ROCK magazine) alone!!!

Posted by shay | March 7, 2012 6:02 PM | Reply to this

Where can you buy it in sweden? Exept for ebay?

Posted by Ellen | March 14, 2012 7:12 PM | Reply to this

im not the same ellen as above lmao
basically, what she said.

Posted by ellen | March 21, 2012 6:17 AM | Reply to this

im not the same ellen as above lmao
basically, what she said.

Posted by ellen | March 21, 2012 6:17 AM | Reply to this

what put some more falling in reverse in

Posted by sally-anne | March 24, 2012 4:12 PM | Reply to this

@ the messiah Your a fucking cunt and maybe you should fuck off and die. Bring me the horizon are awesome..... Fucking douch bag!

Posted by bobby | April 6, 2012 5:53 PM | Reply to this

Well, I've been reading the comments and alot of people are so fucking immature.

Comparing the holocaust to Bring Me The Horizon (which I do like)... REALLY?! Okay, maybe you don't like them but seriously, get over it. We like bands that you don't, and you like bands that we don't. understand?

But c'mon, do you want LostAlone to be known as the band that's "Gerard's favourite"? Sure, that's how I found out about them but you should credit the damn band!

Posted by Billie | April 12, 2012 8:31 PM | Reply to this

No offence to everyone on this... But is that all youse do is moan and complain about who youse hate and who was on it last week or the week before that and just read it when it in the shop before u buy it or just don't buy it at all if that's all youse are going to do is moan about it...

Js...

Posted by colette | April 16, 2012 1:14 AM | Reply to this