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Skindred, Frank Turner, Toyah & Robert and more announced for Glastonbury’s Field of Avalon

Glastonbury have shared the line-up for the Field of Avalon – and it features everyone from Skindred to Baby Queen to Toyah & Robert.

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Seattle legends Pearl Jam make a grand statement with explosive 12th album, Dark Matter...

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Code Orange have announced a London headline show

Code Orange are set to warm up for Download Festival with a headline date at The Dome in London this June.

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beabadoobee teases brand-new single, Take A Bite

A teaser snippet for beabadoobee’s third album is here, with new single Take A Bite set to arrive on May 9.

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Deftones talk “invigorated” new album: “We’re really excited with what we’ve been working on”

The follow-up to Ohms is very much in the works… and Deftones have revealed that “everybody’s jazzed” about it!

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Kerry King has announced a London headline show

A couple of days after he hits Download’s main stage, Slayer legend Kerry King will be heading to London for a headline date.

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ratbag launches surreal rot in love video from new live series

ratbag is giving every song from her debut EP why aren’t you laughing? the live video treatment – and up first is rot in love…

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Are Palaye Royale on the Joker: Folie À Deux soundtrack?

Palaye Royale have shared a new cover of The Turtles’ classic Happy Together, seemingly recorded for Joker: Folie À Deux.

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Linkin Park’s heavy 2006 deep-cut QWERTY is now on streaming

A whopping 18 years on from its first airing, Linkin Park deep-cut QWERTY has found a home on streaming services via their new Papercuts (Singles Collection 2000-2023) album.

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Thursday have just released their first new song in 13 years

Four-and-a-half minutes of new Thursday music has just landed! Listen to the post-hardcore legends’ brand-new single, Application For Release From The Dream…

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See footage of Sleep Token supporting BMTH in Australia

Sleep Token just played their first show of 2024, supporting Bring Me The Horizon at Melbourne’s John Cain Arena – check out the setlist and footage from the performance…

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SOAD and Deftones are playing a very special co-headline gig

Whoa! System Of A Down and Deftones have just announced a one-night-only co-headline date at the historic Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.

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Watch Knocked Loose’s first live performance of Don’t Reach For Me

Following its release last week, check out pro-shot footage of Knocked Loose performing new single Don’t Reach For Me – plus much more – at The Midnight Hour.

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Bob Vylan: “Our work is never done – the job is never complete”

On release day for their sensational third album Humble As The Sun, we get in the van with Bob Vylan as they tear through two sold-out shows, and find a band focused not just on success but how to channel the power of love, community and independence...

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See Ryan Gosling as Beavis in hilarious SNL Beavis and Butt-Head sketch

Watch Ryan Gosling and Mikey Day play a fake Beavis and Butt-Head and get the whole cast breaking character in this brilliant Saturday Night Live sketch.

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Watch the captivating first trailer for Joker: Folie À Deux

At last, the first official trailer for Joker: Folie À Deux has arrived, giving us a look at Joaquin Phoenix’s returning Arthur Fleck, and Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn.

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Halsey joins Mia Goth, Giancarlo Esposito and more in first trailer for A24’s MaXXXine

Watch the first trailer for MaXXXine – which is the third instalment in A24’s X franchise and stars Mia Goth, Halsey, Elizabeth Debicki, Giancarlo Esposito, Kevin Bacon and more.

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Film review: The First Omen

Cult horror prequel The First Omen more than justifies its existence by being hellishly good.

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Joker: Folie à Deux release date confirmed and official poster unveiled

“The world is a stage”: The release date for Joker: Folie à Deux – starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga – has been confirmed, along with an official movie poster.

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Film review: Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

Legendary cinema titans team up and go to war in bonkers crossover epic…

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Gerard Way launches “wild and psychedelic” new horror comic, Paranoid Gardens

My Chemical Romance’s Gerard Way is once again teaming up with co-writer Shaun Simon for new six-episode Dark Horse comic series Paranoid Gardens.

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Oli Sykes teams up with horror manga artist Junji Ito for new Drop Dead collab: “This is a huge honour for me”

Drop Dead have just unveiled a limited-edition collab with Junji Ito, with Oli Sykes calling the Japanese horror manga artist a “genius”, and “a big influence on my brand for many years”.

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Sanguisugabogg: “Death metal doesn’t play into political agendas. It’s the anti-norm”

From the slaughterhouse imagery of ultra-heavy second album Homicidal Ecstasy to beefing with Ronnie Radke online, Sanguisugabogg are masters of headline-grabbing provocation. According to Devin Swank, however, the Ohio death metallers are more interested in paying respect to their storied genre and standing up for their friends than blindly going for the throat…

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Frank Turner announces world record attempt to play most gigs in different cities within 24 hours

“It’s going to be tough, but hopefully fun too…” Next month Frank Turner is set to embark on the first-ever Music Venue Trust world record attempt to play 15 shows in multiple different cities within just 24 hours.

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Code Orange have announced a London headline show

Code Orange are set to warm up for Download Festival with a headline date at The Dome in London this June.

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Skindred, Frank Turner, Toyah & Robert and more announced for Glastonbury’s Field of Avalon

Glastonbury have shared the line-up for the Field of Avalon – and it features everyone from Skindred to Baby Queen to Toyah & Robert.

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Album review: My Dying Bride – A Mortal Binding

Yorkshire doom icons My Dying Bride continue the misery business, and business is still pretty good…

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beabadoobee teases brand-new single, Take A Bite

A teaser snippet for beabadoobee’s third album is here, with new single Take A Bite set to arrive on May 9.

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Paramore: “Just like always, whatever we put out next will hopefully surprise people”

It doesn’t seem as though Paramore are rushing to get anything new out since going independent, but Hayley Williams hopes that whatever they end up doing makes people go, “Oh! I didn’t think it was gonna go this way…”

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WILLOW announces sixth album empathogen, releases new single b i g f e e l i n g s

Following 2022 rock album <COPINGMECHANISM>, WILLOW is seemingly shifting genres once more with her upcoming sixth LP empathogen…

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Album review: SeeYouSpaceCowboy – Coup De Grâce

Sasscore merchants SeeYouSpaceCowboy reach new heights on theatrical third album, Coup De Grâce.

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Bob Vylan unveil North American tour dates

In support of recently-released third album Humble As The Sun, Bob Vylan will be heading to the U.S. and Canada later this year…

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Crypta announce summer UK and European tour

Brazilian death metallers Crypta are hitting the UK and Europe this summer for a headline run, as well as an appearance at Bloodstock.

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Body Meat announces debut album, releases new single High Beams

Experimental, videogame-inspired songwriter and producer Body Meat has announced details of his 13-song debut album Starchris…

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YUNGBLUD is releasing his own ‘interactive, illustrated’ book

YUNGBLUD will be sharing his brand-new book, You Need To Exist, in the summer… and he promises that it’s not one to just “sit quietly on your shelf”.

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Misery Loves Company festival returns for 2024 with The Hunna, Employed To Serve and more

The first wave of acts have been announced for this year’s Misery Loves Company, with The Hunna headlining and the likes of Employed To Serve, BLACKGOLD and Death Goals also on the line-up.

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Who are Pierce The Veil’s fans?

We head to London’s Alexandra Palace for Pierce The Veil’s biggest-ever UK show to find out who their fans are and what they love most about the San Diego scene overlords…

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Boston Manor announce big UK tour with Trophy Eyes

Fresh from this month’s intimate run, Boston Manor have just revealed their biggest UK headline tour to date.

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Check out the new Kerrang! x Many Eyes capsule collection

We’ve teamed up with Many Eyes for a limited-edition capsule collection, including an exclusive art print – pre-order yours now!

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Check out the new Kerrang! x Taking Back Sunday capsule collection

We’ve teamed up with Taking Back Sunday on an exclusive capsule collection of tees, hoodies, caps, totes and even mugs – pre-order yours now!

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Get your world-exclusive Thirty Seconds To Mars cassette

We’ve got Thirty Second To Mars’ new album on limited-edition orange cassette – get yours quick!

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Check out the new Kerrang! x Static Dress capsule collection

We’ve teamed up with Static Dress for an exclusive death metal-inspired capsule collection, brought to you via the minds of frontman Olli Appleyard and graphic designer Ezra Syahdian. Get yours now!

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Check out the new Kerrang! x Pierce The Veil capsule collection

We’ve teamed up with Pierce The Veil on an exclusive capsule collection of tees, hoodies, jackets and caps – pre-order yours now!

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Get your limited-edition Holding Absence cassette

We’ve got Holding Absence’s new album The Noble Art Of Self Destruction on limited-edition white cassette – get yours now!

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Get your limited-edition bronze BABYMETAL – THE OTHER ONE vinyl

Pick up BABYMETAL’s long-awaited fourth album THE OTHER ONE on limited-edition bronze vinyl.

Skindred, Frank Turner, Toyah & Robert and more announced for Glastonbury’s Field of Avalon

Album review: Pearl Jam – Dark Matter

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Code Orange have announced a London headline show

beabadoobee teases brand-new single, Take A Bite

Deftones talk “invigorated” new album: “We’re really excited with what we’ve been working on”

Kerry King has announced a London headline show

ratbag launches surreal rot in love video from new live series

Are Palaye Royale on the Joker: Folie À Deux soundtrack?

Linkin Park’s heavy 2006 deep-cut QWERTY is now on streaming

Thursday have just released their first new song in 13 years

See footage of Sleep Token supporting BMTH in Australia

SOAD and Deftones are playing a very special co-headline gig

Watch Knocked Loose’s first live performance of Don’t Reach For Me

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Bob Vylan: “Our work is never done – the job is never complete”

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See Ryan Gosling as Beavis in hilarious SNL Beavis and Butt-Head sketch

Watch the captivating first trailer for Joker: Folie À Deux

Halsey joins Mia Goth, Giancarlo Esposito and more in first trailer for A24’s MaXXXine

Film review: The First Omen

Joker: Folie à Deux release date confirmed and official poster unveiled

Film review: Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

Gerard Way launches “wild and psychedelic” new horror comic, Paranoid Gardens

Oli Sykes teams up with horror manga artist Junji Ito for new Drop Dead collab: “This is a huge honour for me”

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Sanguisugabogg: “Death metal doesn’t play into political agendas. It’s the anti-norm”

Frank Turner announces world record attempt to play most gigs in different cities within 24 hours

Code Orange have announced a London headline show

Skindred, Frank Turner, Toyah & Robert and more announced for Glastonbury’s Field of Avalon

Album review: My Dying Bride – A Mortal Binding

beabadoobee teases brand-new single, Take A Bite

Paramore: “Just like always, whatever we put out next will hopefully surprise people”

WILLOW announces sixth album empathogen, releases new single b i g f e e l i n g s

Album review: SeeYouSpaceCowboy – Coup De Grâce

Bob Vylan unveil North American tour dates

Crypta announce summer UK and European tour

Body Meat announces debut album, releases new single High Beams

YUNGBLUD is releasing his own ‘interactive, illustrated’ book

Misery Loves Company festival returns for 2024 with The Hunna, Employed To Serve and more

Who are Pierce The Veil’s fans?

Boston Manor announce big UK tour with Trophy Eyes

Buy stuff

Check out the new Kerrang! x Many Eyes capsule collection

Check out the new Kerrang! x Taking Back Sunday capsule collection

Get your world-exclusive Thirty Seconds To Mars cassette

Check out the new Kerrang! x Static Dress capsule collection

Check out the new Kerrang! x Pierce The Veil capsule collection

Get your limited-edition Holding Absence cassette

Get your limited-edition bronze BABYMETAL – THE OTHER ONE vinyl

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