Kerrang! Magazine 26/09/2012

Muse!

How to survive an Olympic meltdown...

The biggest rock band in Britain come up smiling!

Posters: Five brilliant pics!

Starring: My Chemical Romance, Bring Me The Horizon, Enter Shikari, Gallows and Motionless In White.

Features: Journey To Loon!

Muse's new album, The 2nd Law, is a bit different... even for them.

Have the band gone totally crackers? We investigate!

Plus: We get naked and hairy - yikes! - with Reckless Love!

We Are The Ocean - on surviving new challenges and stepping into the ring.

Inside The Vaults: The albums that were made that never made the light of day!

Starring: Metallica, Foo Fighters, Black Sabbath and more!

We Introduce Canadian hardcore crew Obey The Brave.

... and Skin from Skunk Anansie takes our Ultimate Rockstar Quiz!

News: Iron Maiden and Rammstein for Download Festival 2013!

Bruce Dickinson promises to lay waste to their home turf!

Plus: Justin Hawkins of The Darkness takes on The K! Quiz.

We investigate heavy metal in the Middle East.

Scott Ian of Anthrax answers your problems in Life Of Agony.

Chris from Motionless In White talks all about his tattoos in Damage Ink!

Sophie Lancaster's story comes to the stage...

... and Mark Hoppus goes to Never Mind The Buzzcocks.

Lives: We head to the Royal Albert Hall for The Sunflower Jam!

Starring: Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden, Deep Purple, Queen, Alice Cooper and more!

Plus: We hang in Chicago at Riot Fest with Rise Against, A Day To Remember, Frank Turner, The Gaslight Anthem and more.

... and Devil Sold His Soul rock Kingston, Torche shake Glasgow, Vision Of Disorder destroy The Underworld, Motion City Soundtrack are at Heaven, Pierce The Veil rock The Cockpit - and more!

Albums: We rate and review the latest releases from Axewound, Papa Roach, The Chariot, Enslaved, No Doubt, The Amity Affliction and more.

Gigs: Lzzy Hale and Halestorm get ready for their UK invasion!

Plus: Lower Than Atlantis tell us how to beat insomnia on tour, and there's hundreds of gigs to add to your weekly rock schedule.

Posted by Katie P at 12:46PM | September 25, 2012

Great issue gang. Keep this up! Maybe for a future issue.. the inside scoop on the new HIM album, please? ;)

Posted by Ro0 | September 25, 2012 1:21 PM | Reply to this

Not a bad issue...glad theres .less paramore than usual (Finally!)
Good posters too.

Posted by Brit | September 25, 2012 1:36 PM | Reply to this

Muse have now gone Dupstep, why the fuck are they still in Kerrang? Shit before, even worse now!

And as for the greatest rock star bit, Josh Francunt and Hayley Williams, what the fuck?

Posted by stu | September 25, 2012 1:48 PM | Reply to this

at last enter shakari posters
loved the last two issues

Posted by jack | September 25, 2012 4:05 PM | Reply to this

@stu people actually like those people and the bands they come from, and they're money making bands. If you don't like who Kerrang feature, buy a different magazine or something? By the way, I respect you even though you don't like the bands.

Posted by Zoe | September 25, 2012 4:36 PM | Reply to this

finally a MCR Poster!!!
keep it up kerrang. LUV YA KATIE XXXX

Posted by chloe | September 25, 2012 5:16 PM | Reply to this

Posted by Zoe | September 25, 2012 5:35 PM | Reply to this

Woo MCR poster! :)

Posted by Lucy | September 25, 2012 6:41 PM | Reply to this

Thanks Kerrang! for the amazing MCR poster they are my favourite band and so are green day and my boyfriend is obsessed with muse so thanks so so much for putting amazing articles about all three in.! WE LOVE YOU Kerrang!

Posted by Lizzy | September 25, 2012 8:17 PM | Reply to this

"Izzy Hale"

Really Kerrang!, really? Nice work on researching the bands you put into your magazine. Give yourselves a pat on the back. It's a shame too, Halestorm are probably one of the few good bands you even consider putting into the magazine, and you can't even spell the front woman's name.

Incase you don't know, her name is Lzzy.

Posted by Lauren | September 25, 2012 10:17 PM | Reply to this

Read the laughably inept review of the new Magnum album today. I get it guys you dont like classic rock but giving one of the best albums of the year one star simply because they aren't nu-metal and are older than the editorial staff is pretty shallow ageism in my opinion. here's a tip, if you guys dont like classic rock bands, dont review them and leave them to experts instead.

Posted by Ronnie Bradley | September 28, 2012 2:47 PM | Reply to this

Posted by Ronnie Bradley | September 28, 2012 2:48 PM | Reply to this

@ronnie bradley clearly K! do like classic rock bands otherwise they wouldn't mention iron maiden and Metallica all the time and besides its their magazine and they can review whatever the fuck they like and if you don't like it don't buy it @lauren they did spell Lzzy name right and even if they didn't it would be a typo not ignorance @stu who the hecks josh francutt it's franceschi and they're in their because their readers heroes

Posted by NOYB | September 28, 2012 5:29 PM | Reply to this

1 K for The 69 Eyes new album? Fucking seriously? Considering every time you've featured them it's hyping up how underrated they are, tearing them a new arsehole, despite the fact that the album is fucking brilliant, start to finish. Your reviewer needs his head checking, they wouldn't have had a 20+ year career if they were as awful as he makes out!

Posted by Joe | September 28, 2012 6:02 PM | Reply to this

@NOYB

Josh Fran-whateverhisnameis is a cunt, and his pop group are just plain shit! Fucking deal with it!!

Posted by stu | October 1, 2012 6:32 PM | Reply to this

I 100% agree wih stu you me at six are horribly overrated and over featured in kerrang and don't really deserve it. Josh does seem to come off as a cunt but we can't point it out or all the Ymas fangirls come and threaten to murder us for bad mouthing you me at six...
I used to love kerrang but now its all about pleasing 13 year old paramore fans
wont be buying kerrang again for a while...

Posted by Dave | October 1, 2012 11:32 PM | Reply to this