Features Alexi Laiho: The Wildchild who influenced a generation of metal guitarists We pay tribute to Children Of Bodom's Alexi Laiho, who has passed away at 41
Features Parkway Drive’s Winston McCall on how to smash Veganuary Parkway Drive’s straight-edge frontman Winston McCall guides us through the ways you can make Veganuary rock!
Features Poppy: “What I’ve experienced in the past is a story worth telling” As Kerrang! round up 2020's biggest names to tell us all about their year, Poppy reveals how – having bookended her year with releases – she hasn’t let a pandemic stop her from realising her creative vision…
Features Avenged Sevenfold's M. Shadows: “You want to put your stake in the ground and be on the right side of history” In his My Year 2020 interview, M. Shadows opens up about the Black Lives Matter movement, the lessons he learned this year, and how the new Avenged Sevenfold album is shaping up (spoiler: it's "nothing like anything we’ve done")…
Features “I had to carry a gun to visit my record label…”: My Ruin’s Tairrie B on 30 tumultuous years of righteous rap and rock As My Ruin mark their 20th anniversary with The Cathartic Collection, livewire singer Tairrie B looks back over the triumphs and tragedies, electric shocks and hard knocks that’ve carried her to the here and now…
Features The 2020 Readers' Poll Results: What music has ruled your year? What album, song, video, EP and more did you vote as the best of the year?
Features All Time Low's Alex Gaskarth: “We probably have another two albums’ worth of music at this point…” As Kerrang! continue to catch up with rock's biggest names to celebrate 2020 coming to an end, Alex Gaskarth reflects on a year of trying new things, learning how to adapt, and releasing one of the best albums of All Time Low's career…
Features Bring Me The Horizon's Jordan Fish: "My dream is to play live for three hours" As Jordan Fish reflects in his My Year 2020 interview, Bring Me The Horizon have had their heads down working hard in 2020. And next year, it could result in a spectacular live comeback…
Features The Big Fat Music Quiz Of 2020 2020 has been quite the year, but how much do you remember about the world of rock and metal? Let's find out...
Features The Pretty Reckless' Taylor Momsen: “This year has taught me to appreciate the small things in life” In Kerrang!'s customary 2020 interview round-up, The Pretty Reckless vocalist/guitarist Taylor Momsen reflects on an eventful year – and excitedly looks ahead to a big 12 months for her band.
Features Neck Deep's Ben Barlow: "We’ve all had to practice some resilience and do some soul searching" In the latest instalment of Kerrang!'s My Year 2020 series, Neck Deep's Ben Barlow opens up about his year: from hair growing to cooking to a lot of self-reflection…
Features Rou Reynolds: “Essentially we’ve experienced the death of Enter Shikari to some degree” Enter Shikari's Rou Reynolds joins in our rock star 2020 round-up, opening up on a year that could have gone two very different ways for the band…
Features Judas Priest’s Rob Halford: The Christmas songs that changed my life Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford on his all-time favourite Christmas crackers.
Features Ghostemane: “I’m turning myself inside out: taking all the things that I’m feeling and wearing them on my body” As Kerrang! catch up with heavy music’s biggest names to reflect on the suffocating stasis of 2020, we settle in for the long dark winter with Eric Whitney, who you might know by his trap-metal alter-ego Ghostemane. Here, Eric looks back over a year of personal and professional tribulation and triumph…
Features The Best Of 2020: The stories that mattered most to you this year The most popular and most important stories, interviews and features from the past year on Kerrang!
Features Evanescence's Amy Lee: “I have total hope… but it's important to be ready to fight when it's time” In the next instalment of our 2020 round-up series, Amy Lee looks back with "pride" at finishing the new Evanescence album, as well as how she used her voice to empower others when they needed it most.