Reviews Album review: Casey – How To DisappearWelsh post-hardcore heroes Casey shimmer back over the horizon with subtly brilliant third album...
The Cover Story “We’re pissing off the right people”: Sleater-Kinney, Lambrini Girls and the eternal power of riot grrrlRiot grrrl might’ve originated in the Pacific Northwest in the 1990s, but the shockwaves it sent throughout the alt. scene are still being felt today, in the sound, lyricism and ethics of non-male bands across the globe. Here, pioneers Sleater-Kinney sit down with new breed (and superfans) Lambrini Girls to discuss punk, politics, progress and why that revolutionary attitude will never die…
Features The Sound Of 2024: The new artists redefining alternative musicAlternative music is as exciting as it’s ever been as we prepare to rock into 2024, so here are K!’s pick of the bright lights who’ll be leading the way as we continue to live life loud…
The Cover Story Electric Callboy: “We’re living our best lives right now. This is the time to celebrate that”Gold records. Sold-out arenas. An ecstatic Avalanche Stage headline at Download and uber-rammed victory lap around the UK. The whole of 2023 has felt like a gift to Electric Callboy, but as the German superstars finally settle down for the holidays, frontmen Kevin Ratajczak and Nico Sallach stress that no milestone has been more meaningful than absolutely everyone having fun…
Features SKYND: “Sometimes it seems like the goth and metal scenes are painted only in black and white. I’m here to add a little colour”From stories of serial killers, school shootings and mass suicides to an aesthetic and sound that blends the most unnerving elements of industrial, electro and trap, SKYND has quickly proven herself one of the most strikingly macabre new artists in alternative. Catching up on her recent UK tour, however, we find out how this dark art is driving a brighter tomorrow…
Features The 10 best movies of 2023From sinister dismembered hands to teenage summer benders to psychotic killer robots, it’s been quite the year on the big screen. Here, we look at the 10 best flicks of 2023.
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…
Reviews Album review: Dimmu Borgir – Inspiratio ProfanusNorwegian symphonic black metal legends Dimmu Borgir celebrate 30 years with a thrillingly rough-edged tribute to their infernal heroes.
Reviews Album review: Siiickbrain – My Masochistic MindCalifornian alt. electro songstress Siiickbrain plumbs oceans of fragile beauty and pounding anxiety from My Masochistic Mind...
Features Underdark: “It’s vital not to forget history. The poverty we’re seeing today hasn’t come about by chance”For Underdark, reality can be just as horrific as anything the mind can cook up. As they tackle the history of British deprivation and the struggle of those living with it on their new album Managed Decline, singer Abi Vasquez explains the importance of never forgetting how easily it can set in, or its root causes…
The Cover Story Green Lung: “None of this stuff feels like we’re gunning for it – it just happens because we f*cking love it”Magic. Folklore. Big riffs. Green Lung are experts in all three. As the British rock quintet release their stunning third album This Heathen Land and head out on a massive UK headlining tour, we joined them to find out about witch queens, the wrong sorts of magicians, and how they’re answering the riddle: “What would it sound like if Brian May joined Black Sabbath?”
Reviews Album review: Thronehammer – KingslayerAnglo-German epic doomsters Thronehammer deliver pure metal majesty on titanic third album Kingslayer.
Reviews Album review: Gama Bomb – BatsOddball Irish thrashers Gama Bomb flap up a storm of silliness on dependably bonkers eighth album Bats…
Reviews Album review: Earthside – Let The Truth SpeakNew England cinematic rock collective Earthside get epic on long-gestated second album, Let The Truth Speak…
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…
