News Enter Shikari’s Rou Reynolds joins cast of The War Of The WorldsEnter Shikari vocalist and synthslayer Rou Reynolds will be playing The Artilleryman in next year’s live tour of Jeff Wayne’s The War Of The Worlds…
News Tonight Alive to celebrate The Other Side at “homecoming” Sydney showTonight Alive have just announced their first hometown show in six years, serving as a special warm-up before October’s When We Were Young in Vegas.
Culture From Myspace knee-highs to bedazzled booties: The best in alternative style this monthWe take it back to the Myspace era this month with the hottest trends and coolest collabs in all of alt. fashion – from retro Converse to cutie patooties!
Reviews The big review: Download Festival 2024Download Festival 2024 is go! As is the annual Kerrang! rolling review, featuring all the best, can’t-be-missed stuff from the home of metal this weekend…
Features The rise of Enter Shikari, as told through their most important gigsFrom selling out the London Astoria as an unsigned band in 2006 to this year’s stunning arena tour, Rou Reynolds looks back at how Enter Shikari have conquered… well… literally everywhere.
The Cover Story Avenged Sevenfold: “We want to make a roadmap to show artists that there’s a better way”Ahead of the band’s third headline performance at Download this weekend, and one year on from the release of brain-bending eighth album Life Is But A Dream…, M. Shadows is, well, living the dream right now. And having successfully found the freedom he’s always wanted for Avenged Sevenfold, he’s now focussed on showing other artists how they too can own their future…
Features Mannequin Pussy: “I was told you get less angry as you grow up, but I’ve not found that to be true… It grows deeper every year”Mannequin Pussy are one of U.S. punk’s most talked about bands. For singer Missy Dabice, having found an emotional outlet, she’s now using it to take on capitalism and find a new way to live…
The Cover Story LØLØ: “I’m either heartbroken or anxious! There is nothing else”With the release of falling for robots and wishing i was one, LØLØ has delivered one of the best debut records of 2024. Here, the Toronto pop-punk talks about the journey she’s been on to make it – from heartache and mental breakdowns, to hanging out with Green Day and tackling online trolls head on…
Features The rise of Sum 41, as told through their most important gigsAlmost 30 years on from a Battle Of The Bands in which they sold “zero tickets”, Sum 41 frontman Deryck Whibley reflects on the shows that made them – from MTV medleys, to a legendary K! Pit, to selling out rooms of 10,000 people.
Features You Me At Six’s Josh Franceschi: “I’ve always hated it when my favourite bands have ended badly. This isn’t like that”So, who saw that coming? After almost 20 years, You Me At Six are calling it a day, bringing things to a close over the next 18 months, including a final headliner at Slam Dunk. Here, Josh Franceschi tells us the reasons, emotions, and feelings of rightness involved in the decision. “It was almost meant to happen this way...”
Features Body Count’s Ice-T: “I’m always going to be hardcore, I’m always going to push the line. It’s what I enjoy doing”Four years since COVID cut their Carnivore cycle cruelly short, Body Count are making up for lost time with Psychopath: the furious first single from their long-awaited eighth LP Merciless. We grabbed legendary frontman Ice-T for an exclusive interview to talk playing the villain, winning GRAMMYs, and how he wouldn’t be here if he wasn’t hitting harder than ever…
News Listen to Head Automatica’s first new single since 2006Head Automatica have released a brand-new single, Bear The Cross, which Daryl Palumbo calls “both a logical and unexpected evolution” of the band.
Features Chuck Ragan: “If something moves you, in a positive or negative way, it’s worth getting it off your chest and telling a story about”As they release 10th album Vows, Hot Water Music frontman Chuck Ragan looks back on the punk rock legends’ 30-year legacy, grief, changing priorities, fatherhood, and life as a fly-fishing instructor…
News Linkin Park’s heavy 2006 deep-cut QWERTY is now on streamingA whopping 18 years on from its first airing, Linkin Park deep-cut QWERTY has found a home on streaming services via their new Papercuts (Singles Collection 2000-2023) album.
Reviews Album review: Linkin Park – Papercuts (Singles Collection 2000–2023)Linkin Park curate a massive selection of their biggest hits with extra rarities…
Reviews Film review: The First OmenCult horror prequel The First Omen more than justifies its existence by being hellishly good.