News Skindred and Sleep Token to headline returning Takedown FestivalFollowing an eight-year hiatus, south coast fest Takedown is returning in 2023.
News ‘Greatest hits’ selection of bands from 2022 announced for ArcTanGent 2023The first few bands for next year’s ArcTanGent have been unveiled – and it’s a ‘greatest hits’ selection from 2022 including Conjurer, Scalping and DVNE.
Features The Hunna: Ryan Potter’s track-by-track guide to their self-titled albumAs The Hunna unleash their self-titled fourth album, frontman Ryan Potter explains every song on the record – from the sweet to the stormy…
News See Frank Iero’s iconic ‘old’ transformation for last weekend’s When We Were YoungMy Chemical Romance’s Frank Iero has shared some hilarious step-by-step photos from last weekend’s When We Were Young fest, which saw the band wearing make-up and prosthetics to appear like elderly versions of themselves.
Reviews Album review: Thotcrime – D1G1T4L_DR1FTTransatlantic noise-terrorists Thotcrime deliver hardcoded ch@0s on system-crashing second album D1G1T4L_DR1FT.
The Cover Story Backxwash: “This is therapy for me… I’ve created a universe for all these pieces of work to live in”As Ashanti Mutinta prepares to bring Backxwash’s current album trilogy to an end with HIS HAPPINESS SHALL COME FIRST…, the Zambian-Canadian rapper reflects on religion’s role in her life, the importance of having a creative outlet, and how others have “healed” through her art…
News Cavetown announces This Is Home Project to “empower and support” LGBTQ+ youthAlongside brand-new single frog, Cavetown has announced the This Is Home Project which aims to “empower and support” LGBTQ+ youth.
News Watch Mimi Barks’ seriously gnarly new video, ABYSS2022 Kerrang! Disruptor Mimi Barks is continuing to live up to her title in the NSFW video for ABYSS…
Features “I got fried-chickened at the chicken joint!”: 13 Questions with Wednesday 13From aspiring to be an action hero to popping his bicep at the fried chicken joint, horror-punk icon Wednesday 13 takes a stab at Kerrang!’s 13 Questions…
News Mercury Prize 2022 confirms live performances line-upThe rescheduled Mercury Prize awards ceremony is happening early next week – here’s who’s performing on the night…
Reviews Album review: Counterparts – A Eulogy For Those Still HereCounterparts dial up the emotion and dig deep into themselves on crushing seventh album, A Eulogy For Those Still Here.
The Cover Story Poppy: “People are always trying to get ahead as opposed to living, it takes a lot of work to fight to be in the present”In recent years, enigmatic alt. superstar Poppy has been peeling back the layers to show more sides of herself. Now, on raging new EP Stagger, she lays bare her experiences for all listeners to learn from…
Features From Dahmer to Bundy: 12 gruesome songs about serial killersFrom Jeffrey Dahmer to Richard Ramirez, some of history’s most notorious serial killers have been immortalised in rock and metal songs…
Features Sid Wilson: “I have this energy that’s a combination of patience, strength and wisdom… when it’s directed in the right place, I’m unstoppable”Slipknot DJ and daredevil Sid Wilson reflects on his British upbringing, rave culture, spirituality and the origin of his Starscream alter-ego…
Features The rise of Parkway Drive, as told through their most important gigsFrom run-down youth halls to sketchy deathtraps to the biggest, flame-filled stages on the planet, Parkway have done it all and then some. Frontman Winston McCall takes a look back at some of their most memorable moments and some he’d maybe rather forget…
News L.S. Dunes release new single 2022Listen to L.S. Dunes' new single 2022, taken from their upcoming debut album Past Lives
