Reviews Album review: High On Fire – Cometh The StormMasters of the feral riff High On Fire return in full beast mode with their best album in years…
News Skindred, Frank Turner, Toyah & Robert and more announced for Glastonbury’s Field of AvalonGlastonbury have shared the line-up for the Field of Avalon – and it features everyone from Skindred to Baby Queen to Toyah & Robert.
News Orange Goblin: “Is this the last song we’re gonna record? I sincerely hope it’s not. But who knows?”British metal legends Orange Goblin have announced details of their 10th album, Science, Not Fiction. Singer Ben Ward talks us through its dystopian themes, working with Sabbath’s producer, and pondering the end of their three-decade run…
The Cover Story Graphic Nature: “We’re grateful for everything, because in a second it can be taken away”Just over a year on from their gripping debut album, Kent metallers Graphic Nature are set to out-do themselves with upcoming follow-up Who Are You When No One Is Watching? Despite their undeniable rise, though, behind-the-scenes frontman Harvey Freeman has been battling PTSD, and has experienced a “wake-up call” to truly seize the day…
Features Cassyette: “In order to evolve and for the scene to have culture, it has to have a bit of everything”Cassyette has plans to dominate 2024. Having set herself up as one of the leaders for a new generation of alt. artists, she’s about to make her ultimate statement with debut album This World Fucking Sucks. We joined her on tour with Bring Me The Horizon to find out about the self-exploration that went into it, and how she wants to help drag music forward…
Reviews Album review: Wristmeetrazor – DegenerationMetalcore misanthropes Wristmeetrazor blast back into the abyss with bludgeoning third album Degeneration.
Reviews Live review: Skindred at OVO Arena Wembley, LondonNewport’s finest, Skindred, bring their religion to the masses at biggest-ever headline date in London. Bow down!
Features Creeper’s William Von Ghould: “I think it’s the most incredible thing, to be an outsider”Everyone knows William Von Ghould is a spooky chap. As Creeper’s iconic leader, he’s a fiend. But even without the severed heads and blood of the stage, he radiates darkness. Over a pint with him in his local, he tells the story of how he was seduced by the dark side and became British rock’s prince of the night. Even in civvies, it’s a full-time occupation…
The Cover Story Kid Kapichi: “Things might get worse before they get better – but they will get better”Emerging from one of the murkiest periods in modern politics, Kid Kapichi’s brand of in-your-face social realism has electrified listeners with its unbowed attitude and punchy clarity of purpose. On third album There Goes The Neighbourhood, the Hastings quartet underline that, as we face a lacklustre election year, real power will always lie with the people...
News Slipknot announce 25th anniversary headline set at Knotfest Australia 2025With this month’s Knotfest Australia not featuring Slipknot, the band have confirmed that they’ll be taking their 25th anniversary celebrations down under next year instead…
Features Air-raid sirens, fitness goals and Captain Birdseye: Life on the road with SkindredAs frontman Benji Webbe reveals from Skindred’s many years on the road, it’s been a wild journey getting here…
News Sweet Pill announce first-ever UK showsSweet Pill are “hopping on a plane to play the big rock gig” in the UK for the first time ever this year…
News Watch the video for CLT DRP’s new single, Until You Showed MeCLT DRP’s new single Until You Showed Me is the trio’s “little ode to the queers and anyone who strays from the binary in any way small or large”.
Culture From custom creepers to hardcore fleeces: The best in alternative style this monthSpring is just around the corner and your wardrobe needs some serious attention. Allow K!’s resident style advisor to guide you through what’s hot this month – from Fred Durst nostalgia to high-end goth couture…
Features The People Vs. Ash Costello: New Years Day’s vocalist on finding confidence, making music for Rhea Ripley, and her odd choice of comfort movieAhead of New Years Day’s fifth album Half Black Heart, we invite you to become honorary K! interviewers and find answers to all those questions about Ash Costello that have been keeping you up at night…
Features “When you’ve cheated death, it changes your outlook on life”: Rob Halford takes us inside Judas Priest’s powerful, emotionally real new albumJudas Priest have always taught us to look adversity in the eye. When serious illness hit three of them, they had to do just that. As Rob Halford reveals, it’s fed into new record Invincible Shield. “The survival instinct is there more than on any other album…”
