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Kerrang! Magazine 23/05/12

Rockstar Mixtapes! 200 songs! 20 bands! 20 playlists!

Josh, Gus, Ian and loads more burn their favourite songs onto a magazine - just for you! But who picked Tom Jones?!

Plus! Free giant posters of Green Day and Mikey from My Chemical Romance!

More posters: Amazing photos of The All-American Rejects' Tyson Ritter, Matt Tuck and Liam Cormier's Axewound, All Time Low, Emile Autumn and Sharks!

Features: Rockstar Mixtapes!

We got your favourite stars to create their own playlists of their favourite songs for you to burn and enjoy!

Including: You Me At Six, Andrew WK, Chris Jericho, We Are The In Crowd, Young Guns, The Blackout, Rise To Remain, Twin Atlantic, Parkway Drive, Rise Against, All Time Low, Enter Shikari, Watain, Napalm Death, Anathema, Lostprophets, Rolo Tomassi, LostAlone, Your Demise and Motionless In White!

Plus: Guns N' Roses legend Duff McKagen spills all in a new book!

We give you an A-Z of the world of Fearless Vampire Killers!

...and Taylor Momsen of The Pretty Reckless takes the Ultimate Rockstar Test!

Plus: You can still vote in The Kerrang! Awards 2012 Fuelled By Relentless Energy Drink and be in with a chance of winning tickets to the party of the year!

News: You Me At Six, Bring Me The Horizon, My Passion and more get kicking in Soccer Six football tournament!

Bill Ward finally quits Black Sabbath...

Trivium's Matt Heafy takes on the K! Quiz

We head into the studio with Converge as they work on a new album

Blink-182 announce small club shows...

We investigate the best (worst?) album cover of all time.

Kerrang! Introduces sunny rock crew Summerlin!

We investigate music's current passion for holograms.

Slayer's Dave Lombardo answers your dilemmas!

Kerrang! hits ITV2 for new reality TV show The Exclusives.

....and 30 Seconds To Mars to work with Lady Gaga?

Lives: The Gaslight Anthem get ready to take 2012 by storm with epic show in New Jersey.

Plus: Blood Red Shoes in Nottingham, Prong at the Garage, DZ Deathrays in Glasgow, Escape The Fate in New York, This Is Hell at the Borderline, The Front Bottoms at the Old Blue Last and Delain in Birmingham!

Albums: New releases from Architects, Fun., Heart Of A Coward, Grand Magus, Brotherhood Of The Lake and more!

Gigs: Taking Back Sunday, Funeral For A Friend and Mayday Parade get ready for Slam Dunk Festival 2012!

Plus: There's also hundreds of shows to add to your weekly rock schedule!

Win! A limited-edition signed print of Ville Valo!

Plus: Complete this week's K! Krossword for a chance to get your hands on a K! Swag bag.

That's this week's Kerrang! in a nutshell, on sale Wednesday, May 23.


 
Posted by Katie P at 01:37PM | May 22, 2012

What a shit load of fuck.
Posted by The Messiah | May 22, 2012 2:40 PM | Reply to this

were is the black sabbath issue??!!
Posted by syd | May 22, 2012 2:44 PM | Reply to this

were is the black sabbath issue??!!
Posted by syd | May 22, 2012 2:45 PM | Reply to this

LOSTALONE! <3
Posted by Cam cam | May 22, 2012 2:59 PM | Reply to this

why is not this magazine in Czech Republic ?? :(( OMG
Posted by Ell | May 22, 2012 3:00 PM | Reply to this

why is not this magazine in Czech Republic ?? :(( OMG
Posted by Ell | May 22, 2012 3:01 PM | Reply to this

why is not this magazine in Czech Republic ?? :(( OMG
Posted by Ell | May 22, 2012 3:01 PM | Reply to this

why is not this magazine in Czech Republic ?? :(( OMG
Posted by Ell | May 22, 2012 3:01 PM | Reply to this

why is not this magazine in Czech Republic ?? :(( OMG
Posted by Ell | May 22, 2012 3:01 PM | Reply to this

sorry :D
Posted by Ell | May 22, 2012 3:02 PM | Reply to this

@Ell, because the Czech Republic is simply irrelevant.

Just like the magazine.
Posted by The Messiah | May 22, 2012 3:12 PM | Reply to this

sabbath issue? why is this not it?
Posted by sid | May 22, 2012 3:26 PM | Reply to this

Haha a black sabbath issue would not go down well with the teen girl readership and their love of these boyband rejects.

Seriously why is the readership as thick as fuck. Liking terrible, dull, sounds like a cat getting strangled music just because they have masturbatory fantasies in the middle of the night over some ugly fuck that is their apparent saviour.

If there wasn't a record company paying good money to media outlets like Kerrang, shoving these terrible half-arsed bands down everyone's throats, they would be nothing. "Look kiddies this band is totally hip today. This is the new band to love obsessively for the next year or so until they get too old or the gimmick wears off, then we have the replacement bunch of saps to milk for your perversions"

I hate that music is so dumbed down. There's so many excellent bands in the metal genres that Kerrang (and other media outlets) won't show or promote. Not that any Kerrang turd would give them any attention cause they need to be told what they like as they haven't got a brain to seek and appreciate the good stuff out there.
Posted by smartenoughnottoputmynamehere | May 22, 2012 3:27 PM | Reply to this

@smartenoughnottoputmynamehere, that is easily the greatest and most outstandingly accurate comment ever posted on any site.

I applaud your genius.
Posted by The Messiah | May 22, 2012 3:34 PM | Reply to this

Finally! No BVB and some decent bands!
Posted by Sophie | May 22, 2012 3:40 PM | Reply to this

@smartenoughnottoputmynamehere and The Messiah

Look guys it's quite clear that Kerrang is targeting the more teen market with coverage on pop-punk, emo-pop and contemporary metal with a bit of classic rock, hardcore and other metal thrown in.

If there were no other options then I'd be annoyed, but there are: if you are not a teenager and want a bit more substantial reading on rock, metal and punk and it's more 'alternative' and unsigned bands check out ROCK SOUND. If you want exclusively metal including metalcore/extreme metal etc then check out METAL HAMMER.

It's that simple!
Posted by FINCH&GLASSJAW378 | May 22, 2012 3:48 PM | Reply to this

When some issue includes giant posters, there's always a My Chemical Romance poster. Why?! I'm so sick of it! There are so many other bands in the world but you just have to put the MCR on a poster. It would be so nice to have a poster of Korn, for example. So please, put other bands on the posters too! Not just My Chemical Romance.
Posted by Hazard | May 22, 2012 4:57 PM | Reply to this

Well To be honest It's gonna be my favourite Kerrang so far. Because they're my favourite bands, so you know. I need this now today, I don't think I can wait till tomorrow, been waiting for this day for awhile.

Posted by Chloe | May 22, 2012 5:28 PM | Reply to this

:D EA poster<3
Posted by Caitlin | May 22, 2012 5:52 PM | Reply to this

Nirvana Mega Poster!!!
Posted by mm | May 22, 2012 6:11 PM | Reply to this

Kurt Cobain Mega Poster Please
Posted by Agnieszka | May 22, 2012 6:12 PM | Reply to this

Please could you include a Kurt Cobain Mega Poster in the nxt issue?????!!!!
Posted by Aga | May 22, 2012 6:16 PM | Reply to this

30STM work with Lady Gaga? Great.....
Posted by Amie | May 22, 2012 6:27 PM | Reply to this

Seriously lay off with the MCR and BVB posters. Theres one every week!!
Posted by BMTH | May 22, 2012 10:10 PM | Reply to this

Ive been a Kerrang reader and collector since the early-mid 1990s. I bought it cos of Nirvana,and the Grunge scene,which I was obsessed with,and its still a major part of my life.

The magazine then, despite the overtaking of the Alternative Revolution stuck to its hard rockkin roots, not forgetting the bands that helped it through the 80s.
In the late 90s, it was still a great mixmag of treats- the Metallicas and Panteras sharing center stage with the Nu Generation. #And while I understand that the magazine has to cater for the changing times, I must indeed agreed with the words flung at it reagading the same scene bands in it week in week out now.


I think if you asked the staff honestly what theyd like to feature themselves more,youd get a diverse array of bands,much like say, what it was over ten years ago. So why the same teeny rock bands today, then? Because like it or not, thats what sells. Years ago, Kerrang didnt give a fuck about this as much= youd get everyone from Metallica to even bands like Emperor and Queens of the stone Age getting the cover. But in an age where internet gets the hot stories and coverage first=magazine sales aint as big therfore ,kerrang has to dish out the same ol shite about the same bands-to keep its knowing demographic buying. And the majority of readers these days listen to those same bands. Lamb of God may indeed for instance get a three page article in an issue , but BVB will get the cover for a less relevent,smaller story, cos the kids wont buy it if Lamb of God grace the frontline. Sad, but True.

Posted by Jason | May 22, 2012 11:50 PM | Reply to this

Scuzz should make a magazine they wouldn't have pussy shit in it every week like this does!
Posted by Terry Tibbs | May 23, 2012 9:45 AM | Reply to this

Surelly kerrang just keeps up with the trends. so if shit VileBrides or My Chemical Toilet are in so be it. Save yourself £2.20 and don't buy that issue wait until there is something that intresteds you.
Saying that 30STM WORKING WITH LADY GAGA?????. WHY CAN'T THE MUISC WORLD GO ONE DAY WITHOUT MENTIONING HER AND HER STUPID GIMMICKS. I beieve that was a fly off the wall comment made by Jared when asked about collaborations( just because they did it before doesn't mean that are going to do it again). The question do you want to work with lady gaga seems like a compulsory question now a days ( I laughed if someone said NO I CAN'T STAND THAT BITCH) So don't make a big fuckin issue out of becuase there is not a shread of evidence to suggest otherwise. and if I'm wrong I SHALL BURN EVERY 30STM THING I OWN.

Posted by moi | May 23, 2012 11:04 AM | Reply to this

Surelly kerrang just keeps up with the trends. so if shit VileBrides or My Chemical Toilet are in so be it. Save yourself £2.20 and don't buy that issue wait until there is something that intresteds you.
Saying that 30STM WORKING WITH LADY GAGA?????. WHY CAN'T THE MUISC WORLD GO ONE DAY WITHOUT MENTIONING HER AND HER STUPID GIMMICKS. I beieve that was a fly off the wall comment made by Jared when asked about collaborations( just because they did it before doesn't mean that are going to do it again). The question do you want to work with lady gaga seems like a compulsory question now a days ( I laughed if someone said NO I CAN'T STAND THAT BITCH) So don't make a big fuckin issue out of becuase there is not a shread of evidence to suggest otherwise. and if I'm wrong I SHALL BURN EVERY 30STM THING I OWN.

Posted by moi | May 23, 2012 11:05 AM | Reply to this

I am thoroughly tired of all this trolling. As the comment above says: Kerrang are just keeping up with the trends. If you think about it, the majority of readers will be fans of BVB and MCR, so K! will put them in to make more money. The editors don't care about what music is good, they care about how much money they roll in, and if that means doing issue after issue about these bands for the fangirls, then so be it. If you don't like it, move to another magazine. But among this trash, K! does have a few interesting stories to offer, so I guess for now we shall have to put up with MCR, BVB + YM@6 week after week until the fangirls reach an age to realise there is better music out there.
Posted by Legacy | May 23, 2012 1:05 PM | Reply to this

I am thoroughly tired of all this trolling. As the comment above says: Kerrang are just keeping up with the trends. If you think about it, the majority of readers will be fans of BVB and MCR, so K! will put them in to make more money. The editors don't care about what music is good, they care about how much money they roll in, and if that means doing issue after issue about these bands for the fangirls, then so be it. If you don't like it, move to another magazine. But among this trash, K! does have a few interesting stories to offer, so I guess for now we shall have to put up with MCR, BVB + YM@6 week after week until the fangirls reach an age to realise there is better music out there.
Posted by Legacy | May 23, 2012 1:06 PM | Reply to this

Has anyone noticed lately that there's barely any cover stories with actual bands anymore? It's always the top 100 teen heart-throb shit list or reasons behind the pop-punk songs for the kiddies.

Maybe not just older readers are snubbing this magazine because of the decrease in it's quality, maybe bands are actually taking notice & don't want to feature in Kerrang?

Anyway, I enjoyed the last two issues because they were genuinely okay & devoid of BVB/YM@6 whoring, hell, I even believed K! might be shaping up. Obviously not, this week is back to the same old, shame.

The sooner K! realize the older fanbase will stay loyal while the teenage girls they're targeting will pander to whatever magazine has a pretty picture of the frontman they're obsessed with, the sooner K! will become good again. A majority of people are sick of seeing You Me At All Time Horizon Brides.

Will not be getting this issue, or any that mirror it's contents in future.
Posted by Pokey | May 23, 2012 1:45 PM | Reply to this

And yet again You Me At Six are in Kerrang, Josh Fran-whats-his-face is in my (and many others opinion) over-rated! Same with All Time Low, same with Parawhore!

Why do I subscribe to Kerrang? I do wonder ...
Posted by stu | May 23, 2012 1:54 PM | Reply to this

Read the Converge article, then put the issue back on the shelf.
Posted by Gary | May 23, 2012 3:10 PM | Reply to this

Been asking for an Avenged Sevenfold poster for ages now.. but nooooo. They just shove the same shit every week in my face.
Posted by Jooo | May 23, 2012 5:06 PM | Reply to this

Been asking for an Avenged Sevenfold poster for ages now.. but nooooo. They just shove the same shit every week in my face.
Posted by Jooo | May 23, 2012 5:06 PM | Reply to this

Gary's got it nailed

Read the converge article, maybe look at the reviews then put the mag back on the shelf. I'm not paying £2.20 every week to read what Josh, Andy & Oli have been up to.

Down with the Josh-O-Meter!
Posted by Erect goat | May 23, 2012 7:03 PM | Reply to this

Unfortunatly lads, those same bands will be covered to death, until time moves them on-the scene will change,and Kerrang will search high and low for the next best thing to plaster all over the covers-- happens all the time, and especially so over the last 10 years or so.

Bands like funeral for a friend, staind, and Aiden, especially fucking Aiden were on the cover all the time not so long ago. But when the scene changed again, kerrang pushed them aside and now you bearly read about them anymore, the same applys to loads of other bands.


Jesus, even top selling and former regular cover stars like Foo Fighters and red hot chilli peppers make the news in the mag these days. Im agreeing with the Messiah and everyone else here- it really is the same oul' fucking things every week.

But, as I said earlier here= thats what sells. Aint no way these days a copy of Kerrang would sell as much, or generate as many comments up here with say Lamb of God on the cover, as somebody like 30 seconds to Mars.
You guys really should look up, and order some Klassik Kerrangs online- amazon, or wherever, to see how it was before. Korn on the cover one week, maybe the Foos the next, or maybe Garbage, or Cradle of Filth, or somebody like Bon Jovi, even.


Things were different then- not as many rock mags, music stations out there, and Kerrang covered everything all the time. It was great seeing different bands getting a title shot at the cover. Now though, they gotta play it safe for sales and maintaining its core readership, despite them wanting to shake things up a bit themselves.

The Bottom Line is that the likes of ym@6, bmth, bvb , and the rest of em will slowly but surely eased outta the headlines over time, as the magazine sets its sights on the next trend to cover. And then we will all give out about them next!!!!!
Posted by Jason | May 23, 2012 10:43 PM | Reply to this

next week for the big poster needs to be hayley williams!!!!!!
Posted by jackel_95 | May 24, 2012 1:10 AM | Reply to this

next week for the big poster needs to be hayley williams!!!!!!
Posted by jackel_95 | May 24, 2012 1:10 AM | Reply to this

Next week the poster needs to be Jackel_95 being gang-raped by uneducated Hoodies.
Posted by The Messiah | May 24, 2012 2:58 AM | Reply to this

I tried to enter the Ville Valo competition but I can't find it :(
when will it be up? xx
Posted by Charlotte McDermott | May 24, 2012 6:37 AM | Reply to this

I kinda regret getting a subscription from Kerrang. All I see is My Chem and I don't even like them anymore.
Giant Steel Panther poster pls. & thanks for the giant Green Day poster. :)
Posted by Sonja | May 24, 2012 7:34 AM | Reply to this

"I don't even like them anymore"

Pahahaha!

Fucking bandwagon-hopping poseur cunts. I hate you all.

Seriously, I do.

Seriously.

No, seriously.

It's a shame really, the band make good music, but phony cunts like you ruined them, like you ruin every-single-fucking-thing you touch.

Fucking laughable.

Seriously.
Posted by The Messiah | May 24, 2012 1:52 PM | Reply to this

@ The Messiah

Well said :D
Posted by Delroy | May 24, 2012 2:38 PM | Reply to this

Can we get a Marilyn Manson poster please, that would be amazing!
Posted by Dragoth | May 24, 2012 3:54 PM | Reply to this

David Grohl needs to be put on a poster!!!! Pleeeeeeaaaassseeee?!?!
Posted by Kiwi | May 24, 2012 4:38 PM | Reply to this

Oh really The Messiah?
So I have to like them because they make good music?
Whatever dude.
Everyone's entitled to their own opinion.
As long as I know that their Three Cheers album brought me in.
There's something for you to laugh at.
Posted by Sonja | May 25, 2012 3:57 AM | Reply to this

Oh really The Messiah?
So I have to like them because they make good music?
Whatever dude.
Everyone's entitled to their own opinion.
As long as I know that their Three Cheers album brought me in.
There's something for you to laugh at.
Posted by Sonja | May 25, 2012 3:59 AM | Reply to this

Oh really The Messiah?
So I have to like them because they make good music?
Whatever dude.
Everyone's entitled to their own opinion.
As long as I know that their Three Cheers album brought me in.
There's something for you to laugh at.
Posted by Sonja | May 25, 2012 4:00 AM | Reply to this

Oh really The Messiah?
So I have to like them because they make good music?
Whatever dude.
Everyone's entitled to their own opinion.
As long as I know that their Three Cheers album brought me in.
There's something for you to laugh at.
Posted by Sonja | May 25, 2012 4:02 AM | Reply to this

At least my cat likes Kerrang............................lining it's litterbox
Posted by Pokey | May 25, 2012 9:06 AM | Reply to this

I commented in the wrong section!!!

ALL TIME LOW POSTERS YAYYYY! Cannot wait havent had a new one since last summers which is still on my wall BTW!!

Ok why the frack are people still buying kerrang if the DO NOT like it?!

I love kerrang but i can't buy it all the time and it sucks that people just buy it to be mean about it!

The only problem is that all time low arent in every magazine!! There should be all time low posters every week and i dont know just more all time low!! And cause people don't like the josh-o-meter i do BTW it should be the alex-o-meter!! HA!

Don't buy kerrang if you don't like it problem solved!! And What the frack is the problem with Black Veil Brides? They put out a positive message or is that the problem???
Posted by bELLA Dawson | May 25, 2012 10:42 AM | Reply to this

I commented in the wrong section!!!

ALL TIME LOW POSTERS YAYYYY! Cannot wait havent had a new one since last summers which is still on my wall BTW!!

Ok why the frack are people still buying kerrang if the DO NOT like it?!

I love kerrang but i can't buy it all the time and it sucks that people just buy it to be mean about it!

The only problem is that all time low arent in every magazine!! There should be all time low posters every week and i dont know just more all time low!! And cause people don't like the josh-o-meter i do BTW it should be the alex-o-meter!! HA!

Don't buy kerrang if you don't like it problem solved!! And What the frack is the problem with Black Veil Brides? They put out a positive message or is that the problem???
Posted by bELLA Dawson | May 25, 2012 10:42 AM | Reply to this

I commented in the wrong section!!!

ALL TIME LOW POSTERS YAYYYY! Cannot wait havent had a new one since last summers which is still on my wall BTW!!

Ok why the frack are people still buying kerrang if the DO NOT like it?!

I love kerrang but i can't buy it all the time and it sucks that people just buy it to be mean about it!

The only problem is that all time low arent in every magazine!! There should be all time low posters every week and i dont know just more all time low!! And cause people don't like the josh-o-meter i do BTW it should be the alex-o-meter!! HA!

Don't buy kerrang if you don't like it problem solved!! And What the frack is the problem with Black Veil Brides? They put out a positive message or is that the problem???
Posted by bELLA Dawson | May 25, 2012 10:44 AM | Reply to this

I thought of something else... cause everyone else suggested a big poster thingy PLEASE do a big poster of ATL! OR even Better just ALEX GASKARTH!! not that i dont love all of them i DO! PLEASE i promise i wll buy the magazing if you do PLEEEAAASEEE!! it'd rock !!!!
Posted by Bella Dawson | May 25, 2012 11:48 AM | Reply to this

An erect goat agrees with me? Not sure how i feel about that. lol.
I really do advise those that are tired of the magazine to read what little coverage that put on the bands you care about and put it back.
The Converge piece only took couple minutes to read.
Posted by Gary | May 25, 2012 11:56 AM | Reply to this

"The only problem is that all time low arent in every magazine!! There should be all time low posters every week and i dont know just more all time low!! " - I don't even need to say anything because this is the exact kind of attitude that is making Kerrang shit.

"Ok why the frack are people still buying kerrang if the DO NOT like it?!" - because once upon a time it was a good mag, & us older readers want it back to that state.

All in all, I bet you're 13-17 years old, overweight, wear luminescent skinny jeans and have a profile bio that goes something like "OMG SO RANDUM JOSH 4 LYF FUK DA H8RS I LUV U 4EVA JOSH
Posted by paper clips | May 25, 2012 1:52 PM | Reply to this

How the hell do you enter the contest to win Josh's mixtape? :(
It won't come up on the greatmagazine website... :/

Posted by LaurenAllOver | May 25, 2012 1:54 PM | Reply to this

Just checked your Tumblr Lauren, you are a cunt and I hope Darren breaks up with you.
Posted by The Messiah | May 25, 2012 4:48 PM | Reply to this

How do we enter the contest to win the mixtape? I can't find it... haha
Posted by Rosalin | May 25, 2012 6:49 PM | Reply to this

Lovely posters, even the Emilie Autumn one. Thank you Kerrang~ Can we have some Motionless in White please?
Posted by MusicLover42 | May 25, 2012 9:22 PM | Reply to this

what is the you me at six competition website address to win the mixtape as i have tried to go on the website stated in the magazine but it doesn't work or takes you onto subscribing the magazine.

Posted by Sophie | May 26, 2012 12:17 PM | Reply to this

I can't find it either :(
Posted by no-name | May 26, 2012 8:26 PM | Reply to this

There should be a Jack White poster. He is awesome.

Posted by Laura | May 27, 2012 4:59 PM | Reply to this

Paper clips i have a message for you!

You are a freaking loser, what the hell if i am all of those things? WHAT THE HELL ARE YA GONNA DO ABOUT IT!

You're the type i was talking about anyway, and you are pathetic and too old to be reading Kerrang anyway like what the hell did you think it was when you were reading it anyway? GOD !!! The times have moved on, so should you Jerkwad
Posted by Bella Dawson | May 27, 2012 5:26 PM | Reply to this

I think it's about time to leave this place, I'm starting to feel like a dirty old man hanging around a fucking playground, despite only being 20.

Bella, you're right, you're a dumb fucking cunt, but you're right. Kerrang is essentially a kid's magazine and the times have indeed moved on... Back to the 80's, with more make-up, less talent and a fuck-ton of over-obsessed loved-up attention whores.

It's sad, there are some good bands out there right now, but their careers are about as long as the attention spans of their ever-so annoying "fans".

I hate you all.
Posted by The Messiah | May 27, 2012 6:27 PM | Reply to this

It seems that 15+ is too old to be reading Kerrang.
Posted by Love Boat | May 27, 2012 7:23 PM | Reply to this

@Jooo I agree! We never get any Avenged posters any more :(

NO MORE CRAPPY MCR POSTERS!!!

I swear to god if there is any more, then I will stop buying altogether ¬.¬
Posted by kirsty | May 27, 2012 9:01 PM | Reply to this

Well Messiah, being only 21 myself I also find that I'm fighting a losing battle here.

I think it may finally be time to give up on K! the website & magazine both, which is quite sad since I've been a loyal reader since 2002. What once was a reliable source for music has now become the go-to gossip mag for 13 year olds obsessed with hollow, radio-pop bands masquerading as rock acts.

I didn't want to give up on K! I really tried to find something redeemable in the last 3-6 months of their issues but I just can't bring myself to say anything positive about them.

Still, I've been reading Metal Hammer & Rocksound for just as many years as K! & they continue to produce quality issues. So it seems I'll stick with them from now on.

farewell K!
subscription as of now is terminated.
Posted by pokey | May 28, 2012 1:51 PM | Reply to this

Imagine how I feel- Im 32 and have been reading Kerrang and buying regulary since 1994!!
I still appreciate reading the occasional feature, or review about bands that I used to read about all the time in the mag,even if they get less cover coverage than the staff would really like to award them.

Theres no way it could go to how it was even around ten years ago- with loadsa different bands shaking things up on the cover all the time. It just wouldnt sell unfortunatly.


I can accept that because of the change in times,and with the instant access to music and bands in the digital age surpassing waiting for a magazine each week to tell us about things, that the Kerrang I used to kollect is long gone,- like I said earlier, it plays it safe with the same bands because they know that its target demographic only really are interested in those bands- until the current readership grow older, and broaden into different bands and music in general.

Thats when things will shake up again with newer, younger bands taking over the current ones. Just again, as I said- former hyped up cover stars like Aiden are hardly in it these day, cos its intended fanbase moved away.
Same will happen to BvB and the others over the next few years.

Posted by Jason | May 28, 2012 10:00 PM | Reply to this

Dont go Messiah, I only come here to read your comments as they make me laugh. I still love the one where you called someone a Kagool.

Posted by qbspace | May 29, 2012 9:37 AM | Reply to this

qbspace, you are right, I shall stay and entertain those who's greatness knows no bounds, like you for example.

These people couldn't survive without me anyway.
Posted by The Messiah | May 29, 2012 1:00 PM | Reply to this

@the messiah

What bands do you listen to then?

Posted by Delroy | May 29, 2012 2:15 PM | Reply to this

@the messiah

What bands do you listen to then?

Posted by Delroy | May 29, 2012 2:16 PM | Reply to this

@Delroy, Alter Bridge, Black Label Society, Breaking Benjamin, Dead by Sunrise, Disturbed, Down, Drowning Pool, Foo Fighters, Guns N' Roses, Hellyeah, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Marilyn Manson, Metallica, Nirvana, Orgy, Pantera, Pendulum, The Prodigy, Rob Zombie, Sevendust, Stone Sour, System of a Down, Taproot, The Union Underground and White Zombie.

But the band I listen to the most, the greatest band ever, is -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7oCDbDebDA
Posted by The Messiah | May 29, 2012 3:39 PM | Reply to this

What bands do you listen to then, Delroy?

Other than the boybands of rock?
Posted by The Messiah | May 29, 2012 3:51 PM | Reply to this

I'm getting irritated with Kerrang because this issue never arrived. I got the next one, but I never got this one and it bugs me so much. -.-
Posted by Hannah | June 14, 2012 11:30 PM | Reply to this

Motionless in White are amazing! They need to win an award and I have tickets to see them in Birmingham in september :D
Posted by Kelly | June 15, 2012 4:21 PM | Reply to this

What's with all the You Me At Six...EVERY SINGLE ISSUE? Is someone related to someone in the band or something? 1. They suck
2. People want variety
Come on, guys.

Posted by Dave | July 19, 2012 10:11 PM | Reply to this

Ok, I can see that everyone has different opinions but:

Just because you like a band doesn't mean anyone else does and the same goes for thinking the opposite.
There is no real mention of the stuff in the issue on here, just how much everyone hates MCR and BVB and ATL.
Everyone thinks 'Thier' band is the best, so you're all fighting a losing battle there.
It's kind of sad you don't have anything else to do than slag off other bands.
However, no-one really cares about how much you 'luurve --- I'm so gonna marry him someday his bandmates will be like my brothers and the whole magazine should be about them.' If you want that, go tell them to make their own magazine ALL ABOUT THEM.
Anyway, everyone has different music tastes and always will and have. When this generation of fan-girls grow up, another will be born. This is how stuff works now. It will never be the same again.
Move on.
Posted by ISpeakTheTruth | August 2, 2012 3:28 PM | Reply to this

Ok, I can see that everyone has different opinions but:

Just because you like a band doesn't mean anyone else does and the same goes for thinking the opposite.
There is no real mention of the stuff in the issue on here, just how much everyone hates MCR and BVB and ATL.
Everyone thinks 'Thier' band is the best, so you're all fighting a losing battle there.
It's kind of sad you don't have anything else to do than slag off other bands.
However, no-one really cares about how much you 'luurve --- I'm so gonna marry him someday his bandmates will be like my brothers and the whole magazine should be about them.' If you want that, go tell them to make their own magazine ALL ABOUT THEM.
Anyway, everyone has different music tastes and always will and have. When this generation of fan-girls grow up, another will be born. This is how stuff works now. It will never be the same again.
Move on.
Posted by ISpeakTheTruth | August 2, 2012 3:28 PM | Reply to this
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