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Has Frank Iero just started teasing his new band?

After confirming that he had recently recorded “a full-length with a new band”, it looks like My Chemical Romance guitarist Frank Iero is getting ready to officially announce the project…

The Gaslight Anthem’s Brian Fallon: “We didn’t want to be a nostalgia band. If there’s something new, then I’m excited”

As The Gaslight Anthem gear up to make their highly-anticipated live return to the UK this week, frontman Brian Fallon lifts the lid on the band’s reunion, the tour so far, and new music…

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In pictures: Blind Channel’s wild homeland show in Finland

Backstage, onstage and everywhere in-between at Blind Channel’s standalone headline date at Möysän Musaklubi last Friday night.

News

Witch Fever unleash new single and creepy video, I Saw You Dancing

The next single from Witch Fever’s debut album Congregation is here – but brace yourselves, because things get intense…

News

The Chats announce massive UK and European tour

The Chats have announced their biggest-ever UK and European headline tour – including a date at London’s legendary O2 Academy Brixton.

News

Listen: Pale Waves have covered Teenage Dirtbag

Pale Waves have shared four songs for Apple Music’s new instalment of Antidote Editions – including a cover of Wheatus’ classic Teenage Dirtbag.

Features

Metallica: 20 things you probably didn’t know about The Black Album

Everybody knows Metallica’s ‘Black Album’ from front to back, but how much do you know about the record itself? Well, we’ve got some juicy secrets for you…

News

Weezer cancel Broadway residency “due to low ticket sales and unbelievably high expenses”

Rivers Cuomo has confirmed that Weezer’s planned Broadway residency – based on this year’s SZNZ EP series – has been scrapped…

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Måneskin are “no longer able to perform at Reading & Leeds” this month

Bad news… Måneskin have cancelled their appearances at Reading & Leeds “due to unforeseen scheduling conflicts”.

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Architects cancel U.S. tour due to “a number of logistical issues”

Bad news: Architects’ For Those That Wish To Exist U.S. tour with We Came As Romans and Like Moths To Flames isn’t happening…

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The Original Misfits announce only headline show of 2022

Alice Cooper and The Distillers will join The Original Misfits for a special Halloween weekend gig – the band’s only headline show of the year.

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BMTH’s Oli Sykes and Mat Nichols complete charity triathlon for UKRAINEPRIDE

The Bring Me The Horizon chaps have hit their fundraising target for UKRAINEPRIDE – but would love to keep the donations coming!

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Hear Biffy Clyro’s Simon Neil guest on new version of Goldfinger’s Superman

Surprise! Goldfinger have unveiled a deluxe edition of 2020 LP Never Look Back – featuring appearances by Simon Neil, Avril Lavigne and Travis Barker.

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YUNGBLUD unleashes energetic new single The Emperor

Listen to YUNGBLUD’s new single The Emperor, which has been revealed as the official anthem for 2022’s ESPN college football season.

Features

Hot Milk’s track-by-track guide to The King And Queen Of Gasoline

From borrowing Dave Grohl’s guitar to conquering American late-night TV, Hot Milk’s Han Mee and Jim Shaw explain how they became The King And Queen Of Gasoline…

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Mark Hoppus addresses rumours of Tom DeLonge rejoining blink-182

Is Tom DeLonge back in blink? “There is no news to share,” says Mark Hoppus. “There is no announcement…”

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Vended: “It’s about world domination and being the biggest band in the f*cking world”

From a basement in Iowa to their upcoming UK debut at Bloodstock, a lot has happened to Vended in two years. Now as they sit on the precipice of taking that next step toward world domination, we meet frontman Griffin Taylor and drummer Simon Crahan to find out why they could actually be the future of heavy…

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“As the temperature rises, we’ve seen the erosion of democracy and human rights across the globe”

While the ongoing heatwave continues to bring the UK to its knees, Nervus vocalist Em considers why we have to take direction ourselves and that climate justice is migrant justice.

Culture

Hot Strike Summer: You’re supposed to hate strikes – and that’s why you should support them

Janey Starling, co-director of gender justice group Level Up and hellraiser extraordinaire, unpacks why it’s vital we all support industrial strike action – even if it delays your commute to work.

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Dr. Martens partner with The Great Frog for collab of our dreams

Dr. Martens have revealed that they’ve partnered with metal’s favourite jewellers, The Great Frog, for two updated pairs of boots…

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“There’s an active resistance against the way things have been”: How Cambridge students are championing its hidden queer scene

From community-driven mic nights to an Ali Smith-funded LGBTQ+ zine, we get to know the students rewriting the University of Cambridge’s traditional history.

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15 years on, did The Simpsons Movie mark the beginning of the end?

A decade and a half ago, The Simpsons Movie finally brought the yellow inhabitants of Springfield to the big screen. A watershed moment for sure, but it also signalled a sea-change for fans of all things cromulent and arguably marked the beginning of the end...

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How Ms. Marvel encouraged me to revisit my Pakistani roots

Disney+ breakout Muslim superhero series Ms. Marvel put me on a path to uncover my family’s partition story to reconnect with my ancestry.

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Punks For Autism: Meet the punk veterans changing perceptions and raising money for charity

We meet Steve Lombardo, founder of Punks For Autism, to find out how his punked-up merch is raising funds for children with autism, as well as changing people’s conceptions of the condition.

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“We want people to be confident in themselves – don’t give a f*ck and just do it”: Meet the Running Punks

If you decided that outdoor exercise and punk didn’t mix, then think again. The Running Punks initiative brings together runners of all abilities together under the umbrella of punk independence and individualism, creating a strong, healthy community that’s about so much more than Strava stats…

Culture

News From Nowhere: Inside Liverpool’s iconic radical bookshop

We travel to Liverpool to meet the women behind the city’s renowned radical and community bookshop and find out how it’s become such a vital hub for cultural change and education…

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How Stranger Things’ Vecna is an allegory for mental health

The latest series of Stranger Things is another brilliant blend of horror, sci-fi fantasy and drama. But new villain Vecna is a reflection of something very real: post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and grief.

Culture

The Midas Touch: Everything Emmy Raver-Lampman touches turns to gold

From Hamilton to The Umbrella Academy and beyond, Emmy Raver-Lampman has become the secret ingredient to success. We sit down with the rising star to discuss everything from inhabiting Poison Ivy to low-budget horror laughs…

Mental Health

Why we should be looking at mental health under the social model of disability

In a society that disables people through barriers rather than their impairments, we must not only shift our framework to the social model of disability but ensure that it encompasses mental health.

Culture

“Abortion bans are an all-out war on women and anyone with a uterus”

Petrol Girls vocalist Ren Aldridge weighs in on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and why the world needs to address its abortion laws.

Culture

How I found community in cosplay at Comic Con

Kerrang! gaming columnist Serena Cherry heads down to the Excel Centre in London for MCM Comic Con and loses herself in a passionate and Pokémon loving community of outsiders.

Culture

Ms. Marvel is reclaiming alternative Muslim representation

From Ms. Marvel to We Are Lady Parts to Mr. Robot, now is the time to debunk Muslim stereotypes and champion the fearless, alternative outsiders.

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Putting the punk in Pistol

Band camp, court battles and instrument lessons from Underworld: filmmaker Danny Boyle was determined to make sure his new TV series about the Sex Pistols was as authentic as possible. Even if meant being called “a monstrosity” by John Lydon…

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Mikaela Loach: “The only thing that will ensure our survival is a mass movement of people to come together and get active”

As part of a special Earth Day celebration this week, Mikaela Loach makes history as the first-ever climate activist to feature on the cover of Kerrang!. We find out how she became involved in social and climate justice, and why the only way out of this mess is to come together…

Culture

Blood, bruises and barbed wire: The beauty of deathmatch wrestling

In the backyards and bingo halls of the United States, a uniquely violent art form is playing to capacity crowds braying for blood. Photographer Nick Karp has made it his mission to capture the carnage on film, so fans and the curious can witness the beauty in the brutality…

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“What’s not fun about getting to dress up?!”: Inside London Comic Con Spring

We head to Comic Con Spring at London Olympia for an afternoon of comics, cosplay and community.

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Foo Fighters and Paramount to stream Taylor Hawkins tribute show live from Wembley

Paramount are set to livestream Foo Fighters’ huge Taylor Hawkins tribute show from London’s Wembley Stadium on September 3. Plus, even more acts have been added – from Lars Ulrich to Travis Barker to Brian Johnson.

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Behemoth share new “fast and furious” single, Thy Becoming Eternal

Watch the video for Thy Becoming Eternal, the latest single from Behemoth’s upcoming 12th album Opvs Contra Natvram.

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Has Frank Iero just started teasing his new band?

After confirming that he had recently recorded “a full-length with a new band”, it looks like My Chemical Romance guitarist Frank Iero is getting ready to officially announce the project…

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Album review: I Prevail – True Power

Fast-rising Michigan metal crew I Prevail rise above their collective trauma on third album…

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Magnolia Park drop new single, Don’t Be Racist, “about standing up and fighting racism”

Magnolia Park are back with a new single that aims to bring “awareness to racism in the music industry”.

Features

In pictures: Blind Channel’s wild homeland show in Finland

Backstage, onstage and everywhere in-between at Blind Channel’s standalone headline date at Möysän Musaklubi last Friday night.

Features

The Gaslight Anthem’s Brian Fallon: “We didn’t want to be a nostalgia band. If there’s something new, then I’m excited”

As The Gaslight Anthem gear up to make their highly-anticipated live return to the UK this week, frontman Brian Fallon lifts the lid on the band’s reunion, the tour so far, and new music…

News

A.A. Williams unveils new single, Golden

Listen to A.A. Williams’ new single Golden, taken from upcoming second album As The Moon Rests.

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Panic! At The Disco tease snippets of every song from new album

Ahead of the release of new album Viva Las Vengeance on Friday, Panic! At The Disco have previewed all 12 songs on the record…

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Witch Fever unleash new single and creepy video, I Saw You Dancing

The next single from Witch Fever’s debut album Congregation is here – but brace yourselves, because things get intense…

News

Reading & Leeds comment on Måneskin cancelling “to perform at an award show the same weekend”

Reading & Leeds have shared their disappointment that Måneskin and Louisville rapper Jack Harlow have apparently pulled out of the festival to play the MTV VMAs.

Music

Stand Atlantic’s Bonnie Fraser: The 10 songs that changed my life

From the first song she ever heard to the track she’d like played at her funeral, this is Bonnie Fraser’s life in music.

Features

Holding Absence and Alpha Wolf: “You get these worlds colliding…”

Holding Absence and Alpha Wolf have just dropped their excellent split EP, The Lost & The Longing. Lucas Woodland and Lochie Keogh join Kerrang! for an in-depth chat about their new release and the current state of the music scene…

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Petrol Girls: Fuel for thought

Petrol Girls have built their name out of politicised punk. Their latest album Baby deals with abortion, domestic violence, police misogyny and the nature of debate. But, as Ren Aldridge discovered, sometimes the best way to get to hearts and minds is doing it with a smile on your face…

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Rage Against The Machine’s Zack de la Rocha reportedly tore his Achilles

With Rage cancelling their UK and European tour dates “per medical advice”, a photographer and friend of the band has shared that Zack de la Rocha has torn his Achilles.

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Turnstile part ways with guitarist Brady Ebert

Turnstile have announced that they’ve parted ways with guitarist Brady Ebert, who co-founded the band in 2010.

Has Frank Iero just started teasing his new band?

The Gaslight Anthem’s Brian Fallon: “We didn’t want to be a nostalgia band. If there’s something new, then I’m excited”

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In pictures: Blind Channel’s wild homeland show in Finland

Witch Fever unleash new single and creepy video, I Saw You Dancing

The Chats announce massive UK and European tour

Listen: Pale Waves have covered Teenage Dirtbag

Metallica: 20 things you probably didn’t know about The Black Album

Weezer cancel Broadway residency “due to low ticket sales and unbelievably high expenses”

Måneskin are “no longer able to perform at Reading & Leeds” this month

Architects cancel U.S. tour due to “a number of logistical issues”

The Original Misfits announce only headline show of 2022

BMTH’s Oli Sykes and Mat Nichols complete charity triathlon for UKRAINEPRIDE

Hear Biffy Clyro’s Simon Neil guest on new version of Goldfinger’s Superman

YUNGBLUD unleashes energetic new single The Emperor

Hot Milk’s track-by-track guide to The King And Queen Of Gasoline

Mark Hoppus addresses rumours of Tom DeLonge rejoining blink-182

The Cover Story

Vended: “It’s about world domination and being the biggest band in the f*cking world”

Culture

“As the temperature rises, we’ve seen the erosion of democracy and human rights across the globe”

Hot Strike Summer: You’re supposed to hate strikes – and that’s why you should support them

Dr. Martens partner with The Great Frog for collab of our dreams

“There’s an active resistance against the way things have been”: How Cambridge students are championing its hidden queer scene

15 years on, did The Simpsons Movie mark the beginning of the end?

How Ms. Marvel encouraged me to revisit my Pakistani roots

Punks For Autism: Meet the punk veterans changing perceptions and raising money for charity

“We want people to be confident in themselves – don’t give a f*ck and just do it”: Meet the Running Punks

News From Nowhere: Inside Liverpool’s iconic radical bookshop

How Stranger Things’ Vecna is an allegory for mental health

The Midas Touch: Everything Emmy Raver-Lampman touches turns to gold

Why we should be looking at mental health under the social model of disability

“Abortion bans are an all-out war on women and anyone with a uterus”

How I found community in cosplay at Comic Con

Ms. Marvel is reclaiming alternative Muslim representation

Putting the punk in Pistol

Mikaela Loach: “The only thing that will ensure our survival is a mass movement of people to come together and get active”

Blood, bruises and barbed wire: The beauty of deathmatch wrestling

“What’s not fun about getting to dress up?!”: Inside London Comic Con Spring

What’s Happening

Foo Fighters and Paramount to stream Taylor Hawkins tribute show live from Wembley

Behemoth share new “fast and furious” single, Thy Becoming Eternal

Has Frank Iero just started teasing his new band?

Album review: I Prevail – True Power

Magnolia Park drop new single, Don’t Be Racist, “about standing up and fighting racism”

In pictures: Blind Channel’s wild homeland show in Finland

The Gaslight Anthem’s Brian Fallon: “We didn’t want to be a nostalgia band. If there’s something new, then I’m excited”

A.A. Williams unveils new single, Golden

Panic! At The Disco tease snippets of every song from new album

Witch Fever unleash new single and creepy video, I Saw You Dancing

Reading & Leeds comment on Måneskin cancelling “to perform at an award show the same weekend”

Stand Atlantic’s Bonnie Fraser: The 10 songs that changed my life

Holding Absence and Alpha Wolf: “You get these worlds colliding…”

Petrol Girls: Fuel for thought

Rage Against The Machine’s Zack de la Rocha reportedly tore his Achilles

Turnstile part ways with guitarist Brady Ebert

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