Reviews Album review: GHØSTKID – HOLLYWOOD SUICIDEGHØSTKID explore the dark underbelly of trying to make it as a creative on this open and obscure concept record.
The Cover Story Mannequin Pussy: “Repression of your personal freedom is a cardinal sin of humanity – it means everything to us”Mannequin Pussy are done with love. Done with politics. Done with the status quo. On new album I Got Heaven, we find the Philly four-piece taking on ideas of identity and insidious social norms, and finally coming to terms with the fact that sometimes you’re better off alone if it means a better you…
Features The Kerrang! staff’s top albums of 2023You’ve seen the Kerrang! top 50. Now check out what the staff were individually listening to this year…
News Zetra sign to Nuclear Blast, release new single SacrificeWatch the video for Zetra’s new single Sacrifice – their first release for Nuclear Blast Records…
The Cover Story Dying Wish: “We’re very radical people, but maybe showing love and compassion is the most radical thing that we can do”Fire burns deep in the heart of Dying Wish. From protest barricades to hardcore’s grandest stages, this Molotov energy has propelled the Oregon quintet from DIY beginnings towards the apex of their scene. And on outstanding second album Symptoms Of Survival, it’s flaming hotter than ever: no longer just a thrillingly explosive force, but a beacon beckoning us all towards a brighter future…
Reviews The big review: Damnation Festival 2023From Enslaved to Electric Wizard, Unearth to Undeath, Damnation Festival 2023 unequivocally underlined its status as the destination for all things extreme at the tail end of the European festival season. As always, we were there for every brilliantly gnarly body blow across a truly wild weekend...
Reviews Album review: In This Moment – GodmodeAn industrial-heavy but bewitchingly melodic return sees chameleonic California alt.metallers In This Moment turning another page…
News Creeper “show a new side to the band” with new single Black HeavenListen to Creeper’s ace new single Black Heaven, which is sonically inspired by Depeche Mode and New Order, and sees the band “experimenting with electronic elements properly for the first time”.
Reviews Album review: TesseracT – War Of BeingThis is war! Brit tech-metal voyagers TesseracT go to even further into infinity and beyond…
The Cover Story Hot Milk: “This is a family that we’re building. I genuinely feel connected to our fans”Five years in the making, Hot Milk are finally releasing their debut album. Even with a string of global tours and headline shows under their studded belts, we find a band coming to terms with their status as the UK’s fastest rising stars, who are still just doing it for the love of music and their newfound family…
Reviews The big review: Bloodstock 2023Welly boots, wild weather and neck-wreckage: Catton Hall once again hosts the heaviest weekend of the summer. This is Bloodstock Open Air 2023…
News Kat Moss: “I’m sick of hearing the phrase ‘industry plant’ every single time Scowl experiences success”Scowl have been killing it both live and on record over the past few years, but vocalist Kat Moss has shared that sadly anytime the band experience success, they get (wrongly) accused of being industry plants.
News Delaire The Liar announce new EP, release single Angel NumberWatch the video for Delaire The Liar’s new single Angel Number, taken from their soon-to-be-released EP Self Defence.
Features As December Falls: “We’re so proud of this amazing community we’ve built… without them, there’s no point in us”As December Falls have been plugging away as a fiercely independent, underground band for years, but after storming Download this summer, they look set to finally make their mark. Armed with excellent new LP Join The Club, vocalist Bethany Hunter details the rise of the UK’s most exciting rock trio…
The Cover Story Pupil Slicer: “We’re welcoming to everyone. If you don’t agree with that, leave”Their breathtakingly heavy music might catch you off guard, but if there’s one thing Pupil Slicer want, it’s to make people feel comfortable in themselves. And in future metal icon Kate Davies, there’s no-one more perfect for the job…