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Holding Absence’s Lucas Woodland: We must stop telling guys to ‘man up’

Lucas Woodland has boldly opened up through Holding Absence’s music – and he encourages male listeners in particular to be honest with their struggles, too…

Iron Maiden: The story of Fear Of The Dark and Bruce Dickinson’s departure

Iron Maiden welcomed in the 1990s with their first-ever Number One single and two albums that soundtracked the strife that would split a band on top of the world…

The 20 greatest Soundgarden songs – ranked

From Ultramega OK to King Animal, we rank grunge titans Soundgarden’s weirdest, wildest and best offerings…

Sleeping With Sirens albums ranked from worst to best by Kellin Quinn

From With Ears To See And Eyes To Hear to How It Feels To Be Lost, Sleeping With Sirens frontman Kellin Quinn ranks each of the band’s records from worst to best…

The 20 greatest Metallica songs – ranked

From Kill ’Em All to Hardwired… To Self-Destruct, we chart the best of the best from Metallica...

10 lesser known Motörhead songs that everyone needs to know

A chronological countdown of Motörhead’s finest tunes that flew under the radar but still deserve to be blasted at deafening volume…

twenty one pilots return: The world-exclusive comeback interview

After their most daringly ambitious chapter yet with 2018’s Trench, twenty one pilots took a minute to step back and reflect. Now, with “shiny and colourful” album Scaled And Icy on the way, Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun lift the lid on a new era that finds them enjoying more creative freedom than ever before…

carolesdaughter: “I was drawn to extremes… so felt like I never belonged”

She’s supporting Machine Gun Kelly and inspired by Lil Peep… meet alternative music’s compelling new star, carolesdaughter.

Black Sabbath: Bill Ward’s 12 best performances

We chart drummer Bill Ward’s all-time greatest contributions to Black Sabbath.

10 indie albums that influenced heavy metal

Metal artists don’t sit around listening to metal all day – inspiration comes in many forms. Here are just some of the indie records to influence the realm of heavy music…

How From Under The Cork Tree made Fall Out Boy emo kings

Producer Neal Avron tells Kerrang! all about the making of Fall Out Boy’s breakthrough second LP, From Under The Cork Tree.

Royal Blood reborn: “It was obvious I would lose everything”

With Number One albums and huge arena shows to their name, Royal Blood stood at the top of the rock world. Behind the scenes, though, Mike Kerr was falling apart. He and bandmate Ben Thatcher talk pulling back from the brink, the power of friendship, and reinvention of the self and sound on new album Typhoons…

The 20 greatest The Offspring songs – ranked

From 1989’s self-titled LP to Ixnay On The Hombre and beyond, we rank the Californian punk-rock legends’ biggest tunes…

The story of British punk in 23 songs

From the filth and fury of the Sex Pistols through the extremity of Discharge to the snot-nosed chaos of Gallows, this is the story of British punk in (almost) chronological order…

Joey Jordison: The 10 songs that changed my life

We explore the record collection of Joey Jordison – from Korn to Led Zeppelin!

“We knew it was going to be a defining moment in the life of the band”: Taking Back Sunday relive the dramatic impact of Louder Now

Taking Back Sunday’s Adam Lazzara and Mark O’Connell remember their game-changing third album Louder Now, which was released in 2006.

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