News The rock world reacts to the death of Joey JordisonThe rock and metal community pay their respects to Joey Jordison who has passed away at the age of 46
News Former Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison has diedJoey Jordison – former drummer of Slipknot – has passed away at the age of 46.
Features 13 of the best rock one-hit wondersFrom Crazy Town to Drowning Pool and beyond – these are some of rock’s biggest one-hit wonders.
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Features Remembering when Britrock ousted nu-metal and took over the worldAt the turn of the century, nu-metal was at its peak. But soon a new wave of British bands would swoop in, replacing baggy jeans and red caps with something more genuine, experimental and, er, lycra-clad…
Features Every My Chemical Romance music video, ranked from ‘worst’ to bestWe rank all of My Chemical Romance’s visual efforts – from DIY offerings to the big-budget stuff.
Features The alumni of Kerrang! The Album: Where are they now?We track down the 39 bands who made up the Kerrang!: The Album, showcasing the very best that rock’s new millennium had to offer…
Features 10 of the best independent American metal records of the 21st centuryIn celebration of the United States’ Independence Day this weekend, we revisit 10 of the greatest heavy records dropped outside the major label system this century…
Features The 50 best albums from 2001From Slipknot and Sum 41 to Tool and Tenacious D, we rank the greatest albums from the year 2001…
News Poppy goes grunge on new single HerWatch the video for Poppy's new single Her, which follows the release of the recent EAT (NXT Soundtrack) EP.
Features “Thoroughly unpleasant and truly unforgettable”: Our original 1999 review of Slipknot’s debut albumIn the summer of 1999, Slipknot crashed into our lives with a debut album that terrified the world. This is the original Kerrang! review from the time…
Features “That album is the sound of war”: The story of Slipknot’s 1999 debutOver two decades ago, nine masked maniacs from backwater America unleashed their debut album and changed metal’s history. Paul Brannigan, the first UK music journalist to witness their chaos, journeys back to that most dangerous of summers, where the story of Slipknot began…
Features The 10 greatest Fenriz momentsRaise your fist to the northern sky as we salute the wonderful metal memelord that is Darkthrone’s Fenriz…
Features New Dawn Over Donington: How Bullet For My Valentine got their fire backWe spend 48 hours with Bullet For My Valentine on the road to Download to talk about their aggressive new album, their lack of trust in band cheerleaders and, er, fighting Boris Johnson.
Features Limp Bizkit: How Significant Other saw the nu-metal anti-heroes take over the worldNo band embodied the good, bad and ugly of nu-metal better than Limp Bizkit, and no album better than their 1999 crass-terpiece Significant Other. Here, we revisit the circus…
Features The Truth Is Out There: The “wild adventures” of Tom DeLonge and Angels & AirwavesDoubt and derision have dogged Tom DeLonge since he walked away from pop-punk giants blink-182 in pursuit of sweeping space-rock and little green men. As Angels & Airwaves’ excellent sixth album LIFEFORMS blips onto the radar, however, and voices in the highest levels of government acknowledge UFOs are a very real concern, the long game is finally paying off...