Features Ithaca’s Djamila Azzouz: The 10 songs that changed my life Ithaca singer Djamila Azzouz talks us through the soundtrack to her life. Spoiler alert: she likes Slipknot. Double-spoiler alert: “F*ck Toploader…”
Features The courageous story of My Chemical Romance’s Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys A bright new dawn was on the horizon, but it would take an abandoned album, a trip to the desert and a Gerard Way comic book for My Chemical Romance to be galvanised again…
Features Holy Wars’ track-by-track guide to new EP, Cult Classic Rising genre-defying duo Holy Wars – vocalist Kat Leon and guitarist/producer Nick Perez – unpack the horror-inspired creativity within their new EP Cult Classic.
Features SiM’s track-by-track guide to latest album PLAYDEAD From songs you can “dance your heart out to”, to the band’s work on TV anime Attack On Titan, MAH reveals all about every song on SiM’s new album PLAYDEAD.
Features Porno For Pyros: “It’s time to look back and report on what knowledge and wisdom we’ve gained” As Porno For Pyros release their vital new single Agua, frontman Perry Farrell reflects on the need to save our oceans, as well as spreading the band’s “strong, forceful music” to audiences across the States on next year’s Horns, Thorns En Halos farewell tour…
Features In pictures: Queens Of The Stone Age’s arena masterclass in London Here’s what Queens Of The Stone Age’s brilliant headline show at London’s The O2 last night looked like!
Features Lonely The Brave’s track-by-track guide to What We Do To Feel Following the release of their stunning fourth album What We Do To Feel last Friday, we asked Lonely The Brave to tell us all about the record, song by song…
The Cover Story Evanescence: “I’m so grateful for Fallen. It is something bigger than me” This month marks the release of the 20th anniversary edition of Fallen – Evanescence’s iconic, multi-platinum, era-defining debut studio album. Here, Amy Lee recalls the trials and tribulations, the grief and the growth, that brought one of rock’s biggest-ever records to life…
Features Tom G Warrior: “We put so much fanaticism into Hellhammer, it’s nice to know it wasn’t wasted” Hellhammer were one of the most important, if short-lived, bands in metal history. Having never played live, frontman Tom G Warrior has begun performing their music as Triumph Of Death, to honour their work. As they release a live album of the concerts, he talks us through the history, pain, rejection and resurrection of this deeply personal band who helped shape an entire movement by accident…
Features “It’s a little bit scary as it’s a big deal”: Fall Out Boy talk headlining Download Festival 2024 Fall Out Boy mainman Patrick Stump looks ahead to headlining next year’s Download Festival for the first time ever, and explains how they’re a “strange band” who all love heavy music away from their day job…
The Cover Story Dying Wish: “We’re very radical people, but maybe showing love and compassion is the most radical thing that we can do” Fire burns deep in the heart of Dying Wish. From protest barricades to hardcore’s grandest stages, this Molotov energy has propelled the Oregon quintet from DIY beginnings towards the apex of their scene. And on outstanding second album Symptoms Of Survival, it’s flaming hotter than ever: no longer just a thrillingly explosive force, but a beacon beckoning us all towards a brighter future…
Features In pictures: The Download Festival 2024 launch party To kick off Download 2024, the biggest rock fest in the UK threw a hell of a bash in central London, packed with booze, bands and… a bathtub? Here’s a look at what went down!
Features Of Virtue: “We’ve learned to be more comfortable with the journey” As Michigan metalcore crew Of Virtue unleash fourth album Omen, Damon Tate talks progression, the band’s mindset, and how playing music is still such a “privilege”…
Features In pictures: The Kerrang! x O2 Priority afterparty with WARGASM Kerrang! took over the O2 Blueroom for an exclusive afterparty and things got rowdy! Take a look for yourself...
Features “We decided to do something to make the creative process new again”: The story of Foo Fighters’ Sonic Highways For album eight, Dave Grohl turned America into both his muse and his studio, as the Foo Fighters embarked on a cross-country journey to celebrate the United States’ musical heritage on record and TV screen…
Features Fightstar: “I don’t go a day without being asked when we’re coming back. It’s no joke!” As the mighty Fightstar announce their long-awaited return – with a whopping headline date at London’s OVO Arena Wembley, no less – the London post-hardcore heroes talk reconnecting, nostalgia, and how the thought of new music will “always be in the back of our minds”…
