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“There's a lot of bleakness in the world at the moment”: Lucas Woodland takes us inside Holding Absence's “hopeless” new album

As Holding Absence announce their third full-length album, Modern Life Is Lonely, frontman Lucas Woodland exclusively takes Kerrang! into their evolutionary sound, the "bleakness" that informs its lyrics, and the emotions of robots...

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“It was violent at times, the reactions were volatile... People felt threatened by punk rock!” The Life Less Ordinary of Social Distortion's Mike Ness

After almost 50 years in the game, Mike Ness is still a dyed-in-the-wool punk. As he and SoCal legends Social Distortion release their long-awaited new album Born To Kill, he tells us what he's learned from

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Inner strength, toxic towns and Gerard Way: Frozen Soul take us inside their brutal but uplifting new album

As a kid getting bullied, Chad Green "needed a 'theme song' to get me through the day". On Frozen Soul's killer new album No Place Of Warmth, he's funnelling life's pain and challenges into making some of his own, with a little help from My Chem and Machine Head...

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Green Lung: “I can’t think of a more occult city than London. You're never more than a few streets away from something arcane and weird”

Green Lung are back, and they've left the wyrdness of rural England for the capital's own occult strangeness. As they prepare to give the first taste of new album Necropolitan when they headline Desertfest this weekend, Tom Templar and Scott Black take us through London's Magnificent Seven Cemeteries, reflect on being one of Britain's best bands, and how massive un-developable graveyards in a massive city are actually pretty punk...

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The All-American Rejects: “I’m only as happy as the last song I wrote made me feel”

Now over a quarter of a century in, The All-American Rejects are true veterans of the game, coming of age during the pop-punk/emo boom of the mid-noughties and now headlining a stage at Download Festival this summer. Looking back on lessons learned and how they ultimately got here, Tyson Ritter shares his thoughts on happiness, artist accountability and musical heroes...

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From spacey shoegaze to neon nostalgia: Your guide to the Kerrang! Presents Download stage at The Great Escape

We've teamed up with Download to put on three days of awesome new music at The Great Escape this weekend. If you're heading down to Brighton to soak up the rays and the riffs, here's who you need to check out...

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In the studio with Green Lung: “We kept it metal and kept it filthy”

What do you do after making a 5/5-rated doom metal masterpiece? Green Lung frontman Tom Templar invites K! to Rockfield Studios for a lesson in going “heavier and rawer” than ever before…

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“I got in touch with my mortality making this record:” Failure's Ken Andrews on drugs, Paramore, and being the world's greatest cult band

Failure are your favourite band's favourite band. Just ask Hayley Williams. It's not been easy, though. As they release their new album, Location Lost, frontman Ken Andrews explains how inner tension is always there, and nothing is certain.

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“Songs where I’m upset with myself are harder to write and process. It is the highest level of accountability”: Inside Koyo’s brutally honest new album

Written from the breakneck perspective of touring life, separation from loved ones and an inability to live in the moment, Koyo’s second album Barely Here is fraught with guilt and self-deprecation. Though it all feels “extremely f*cking heavy”, vocalist Joey Chiaramonte still manages to take immense pride in their journey, and the tight-knit brotherhood that holds the Long Island melodic hardcore crew together…

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Held.: “Everything exists in shades of grey. We want colour and beauty, but it takes courage to seek those things out”

History is littered with wannabe supergroups burned out long before they ever truly got going. Featuring members of Coheed And Cambria, The Sleeping and Night Verses, post-hardcore trio Held. are a more substantial concern. So as much as imminent first album GREY feels like a hard-earned culmination, it’s also just a hint of what’s to come…

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Motionless In White: “I am motivated by the personal conquest of defeating time”

In the four years since Scoring The End Of The World, Motionless In White have skyrocketed to the top of the metal mountain, and now command arenas on both sides of the pond. It’s not been an easy ride – in fact, it’s taken 20 years to get to this point – but as Chris Motionless reveals in this world-exclusive interview, he wouldn’t have it any other way…

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“A tear ran down my cheek”: Nicko McBrain on Iron Maiden’s powerful new documentary Burning Ambition

This week, Iron Maiden release their eagerly-awaited, career-spanning film Burning Ambition. The project – directed by Malcolm Venville – marries interviews with astounding archival footage plus insight from Javier Bardem, Lars Ulrich, Chuck D and some of their most devoted fans. As legendary former drummer Nicko McBrain tells us, it’s quite the emotional rollercoaster…

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Knocked Loose: “It’s just crazy… I could literally talk for hours about how grateful I am to be in the position that we are”

Knocked Loose are the kings of Louisville. Now they’re conquering the rest of the world. As they prepare to hit Slam Dunk, and then stadiums with Metallica, Bryan Garris looks back at their whirlwind two years, and how he’s working to adjust to where his band find themselves…

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“Finding what I can share and write songs about has been the journey of my lifetime”: Inside the karmic circularity of Laurie Vincent’s new band Big Truck

The brainchild of SOFT PLAY guitarist Laurie Vincent, Kent four-piece Big Truck have come crashing in with ’80s-coded debut single Central Reservation Blues. In their exclusive first interview, Laurie lifts the lid on the Buddhist values underpinning the project, owning his identity, and re-shaping “the melancholy of my life choices” into a healthy, homegrown endeavour…

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American Football: “We truly don’t want to be a nostalgia band. We’re trying to keep ourselves stimulated and challenged”

Since their 1999 self-titled debut, the cult of midwest emo heroes American Football has exploded beyond belief. As they return with beautiful, painful fourth record LP4, the band talk evolution, excitement and the value of utilising their experience…

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“He was totally crazy onstage – he was so into the music he used to pass out mid-set”: Tomas Lindberg, remembered by his At The Gates bandmates

Gothenburg legends At The Gates created a sound that would change heavy music forever. As they release what might be their last album, bassist Jonas Björler explains why The Ghost Of A Future Dead represents the legacy of fallen comrade, vocalist Tomas Lindberg.

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