Features UFO's Paul 'Tonka' Chapman: 1954-2020 We pay tribute to UFO guitarist Paul ‘Tonka’ Chapman, who passed away at 66
Features A brief history of heavy metal umlauts Featuring the likes of Amon Düül, Voivod, Motörhead, Die Ärzte, Green Jellÿ and more umlaut-loving metallers...
Features "Hopefully We Will Live In A Future Where Racists Are No Longer Immortalised On Plinths": Svalbard's Serena Cherry Svalbard vocalist and Bristol native Serena Cherry on the impact of Edward Colston's statue being pulled down and what it could mean for the future
Features "The Blood Is On Our Hands In History, To Look Back With Any Kind Of Nostalgia Is Dangerous": IDLES' Joe Talbot On Britain Owning Up To Its Chequered Past IDLES frontman and Bristolian Joe Talbot explains how facing up to our past is the first step to a better Britain
Features Why Green Day tore up their own rulebook with Father Of All... Father Of All… might be Green Day’s biggest ever left-turn. And it might just have reinvigorated one of punk rock’s greatest bands right when they personally needed it, too. This is the story of how Billie Joe, Mike and Tré learned to let it all hang loose…
Features The 21 best U.S. metalcore albums of all time These are the very best metalcore albums from the United States of America – no arguments, okay?
Features Ice Nine Kills Rank Their Favourite Disney Villains Ice Nine Kills vocalist Spencer Charnas picks his 10 favourite Disney villains of all time
Features Download Is More Than Just A Festival, It Changed My Life Kerrang!'s Luke Morton relives the Download Festival that changed his relationship with rock music forever
Features Neck Deep's Dani Washington: "Racism doesn't belong in alternative music – it's f*cking dead and gone" Neck Deep drummer Dani Washington and friend Alex Aiyeniwon on racism in the rock scene and beyond
Features PUP’s Stefan Babcock: The 10 songs that changed my life PUP frontman Stefan Babcock on Meat Loaf, Modest Mouse, ABBA and more...
Features 13 bands who wouldn’t be here without Black Sabbath Black Sabbath started this thing we call heavy metal, but some bands are more directly influenced than others…
Features Twin Atlantic: "Hope And Love Tend To Conquer Fear And Hate" Maturity, freedom, empowerment – welcome to the all-new, improved and turbo-charged Twin Atlantic. The Scottish rockers feel as beaten down by the world as anyone, but they’re dreaming of a day when love wins over hate…
Features How QOTSA’s Rated R brought desert rock into the mainstream Looking back at Queens Of The Stone Age’s landmark album Rated R, its initial impact, and how it pushed contemporary rock forward at the turn of the century…
Features Quiz: How Well Do You Know Guns N' Roses' Lyrics? From Paradise City to November Rain, Guns N' Roses have released some of rock's biggest songs. But can you remember the words?
Features A Deep Dive Into The World Of Rockstar Fanfiction We take a look at the sometimes adorable, sometimes sordid world of rock fanfiction. Reader discretion advised...
Features The world according to Ice-T From hip-hop to Hollywood via heavy metal and the occasional controversy, there’s never been a dull moment in the life of Ice-T. Still kicking against the pricks, the Body Count motormouth has many words of wisdom to dish out…