News Here’s Slipknot’s setlist from the first night of their UK tour Slipknot’s UK tour kicks off in Leeds with a celebration of their game-changing debut album…
News YUNGBLUD’s Bludfest to return in 2025 with Chase Atlantic, Denzel Curry, blackbear and more “A little bit bigger and a little bit better…” YUNGBLUD has just dropped the initial line-up for year two of his Milton Keynes event Bludfest, featuring main support Chase Atlantic plus the likes of Denzel Curry, blackbear, Rachel Chinouriri and more.
Reviews The big review: Good Things Festival 2024 Sydney gets rocked as Korn, Loathe, Sleeping With Sirens and more take a noisy pre-Christmas trip down under…
News “A beautiful ending to a chapter I’ve been hoping to close for some time now”: Listen to phem’s new single, playing house phem drops her final track of 2024 with the haunting and transformative playing house
Features The live shows that defined Slipknot, as told by Corey and Clown From unhinged performances in Des Moines’ smallest sweatboxes to the controlled chaos of their arena-conquering present day, the story of Slipknot is one that has been written on the stage. Corey Taylor and Clown look back on the defining shows of The Nine’s lives…
Features South Arcade: “We want to be able to provide that nostalgic escapism” As South Arcade wrap up their “10-out-of-10” year with debut EP 2005, the rising band tell Kerrang! about Y2K core, translating TikTok views into real-life fans, water pistols, and festival nightmares…
News System Of A Down add new stadium dates with Korn, A7X and Deftones System Of A Down’s previously-announced stadium dates with Korn, Avenged Sevenfold and Deftones have already sold out, with the band adding second nights in each city.
News While She Sleeps unveil North American tour dates with Bury Tomorrow and Vended While She Sleeps are hitting North America next April, and they’re “bringing a bunch of friends with us”.
Features Knocked Loose have been awarded the Kerrang! album of the year The best record of 2024? Beating everyone from Bring Me The Horizon to Bob Vylan, Green Day to Gatecreeper, it’s You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To by Knocked Loose…
News “My presence in the industry will be much different in about a year and a half”: Devin Townsend hints big changes to musical output Devin Townsend hints that he’s making some big changes to his life and career going forward, and we might not be seeing as much of him anymore…
News Watch the video for ALT BLK ERA’s new alt.pop banger, Hunt You Down ALT BLK ERA have unleashed a new single, which hears the duo – as they so often do – exploring “uncomfortable topics”.
The Cover Story “We were part of something very special – it felt like something new”: How BFMV and Trivium captured lightning in a bottle Ahead of their monumental 20th anniversary double-header tour celebrating Ascendancy and The Poison, Trivium and Bullet For My Valentine frontmen Matt Heafy and Tuck look back on how their lives were changed forever by two albums that galvanised a new generation of metal fans…
News Palaye Royale announce Death Or Glory 2025 North American tour After destroying Wembley last month, Palaye Royale are taking their Death Or Glory show across North America in 2025.
News QOTSA, Refused, Sisters Of Mercy, Joey Valence & Brae and loads more for 24-hour-a-day fest Electric Castle The line-up has been revealed for Transylvania’s non-stop festival, with Justin Timberlake headlining alongside Queens Of The Stone Age.
News Halsey is creating and writing a “dark comedy TV series” called Bloodlust Following October’s The Great Impersonator album, Halsey is cracking on with a whole new project alongside director Ti West.
Reviews Album review: Electric Wizard – Black Magic Rituals & Perversions Vol. 1 Apocalypse now! British doom legends Electric Wizard provide the soundtrack to the end of the world on self-recorded, direct-to-tape live ritual.
