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News

Skindred just won Best Alternative at this year’s MOBO Awards

Huge congratulations to Skindred, who have just picked up the 2024 MOBO Award for Best Alternative, having gone up against ALT BLK ERA, Arlo Parks, Deijuvhs, Kid Bookie and Young Fathers.

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Skindred, ALT BLK ERA, Kid Bookie and more are up for 2024 Best Alternative MOBO Awards

Next year’s MOBO Award nominations are out, with Skindred, ALT BLK ERA, Kid Bookie and more deservedly up for Best Alternative.

Features

The 50 best albums of 2023

The Kerrang! verdict on the 50 albums that shaped 2023.

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Saving the world again: Green Day take us inside new album Saviors – only in the new issue of Kerrang!

Green Day are back! In a world-exclusive interview, Billie Joe, Tré and Mike take us deep inside the creation of new album Saviors, channelling their past, feeling happy again, and why they’re back to save us once more...

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Watch Skindred’s brilliant performance of Gimme That Boom on Later… With Jools Holland

See Skindred make their Later… With Jools Holland debut with a fantastic, ferocious performance of Smile single Gimme That Boom.

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Jamie Campbell Bower announces new single, Heaven In Your Eyes

Following 2022 single I Am, Jamie Campbell Bower is teasing a new track featuring Skindred’s Mikey Demus, and Tom Yankton.

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See Skindred’s Benji Webbe on the latest episode of Never Mind The Buzzcocks

Watch Skindred frontman Benji Webbe appear as a guest panellist – where he talks about, um, badgers and dragons – on this week’s episode of Never Mind The Buzzcocks.

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Skindred’s chart battle sees the rock and metal scene rally around the band: “It’s amazing to see”

Members of Metallica, Rage Against The Machine, Disturbed and more are pushing to see Skindred get their first-ever Number One album this Friday.

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Skindred are at Number One in the UK midweek Official Albums Chart

Skindred are on course for their first-ever UK Number One with eighth album Smile – but they’re facing some tough competition, so let’s help them out!

Music

Listen to Skindred’s playlist curated for this week’s Cover Story

The sound of Skindred: 16 tracks hand-picked by the band to showcase the music they’re influenced by and love the most.

Reviews

Album review: Skindred – Smile

Ragga-metal mainstays Skindred crank the attitude and stack up a few more anthems on irrepressible eighth album Smile…

The Cover Story

Skindred: “We’re not hailed like a lot of bands, but it’s supposed to be like this. We’re the alternative”

Despite a stellar discography and consistently brilliant live show, Skindred have often been taken for granted by rock fans in their 25 years as a band. But no more. On the eve of the release of their fantastic eighth album Smile, the Newport heroes cast their minds back over their journey so far – and reveal why they’re hungrier than ever for the future…

News

Skindred announce 2024 shows, including biggest-ever headline date at Wembley

Skindred have just announced three mega shows for March 2024 – including a stop at London’s 10,000-capacity OVO Arena Wembley.

News

Skindred are Unstoppable in their new single and video

Watch the video for Skindred’s new single Unstoppable, which reflects the band’s “determination and a tenacity to stay true to ourselves”.

Reviews

The big review: 2000trees festival 2023

If you go down to the woods today, you’re in for one of the best weekends of the festival calendar as an army of alternative’s brightest lights descend on Upcote Farm for 2000trees…

News

Listen to Skindred’s uplifting new single, L.O.V.E (Smile Please)

Taken from their upcoming album Smile, Skindred have just shared an incredibly wholesome new single…

Back Next

Skindred just won Best Alternative at this year’s MOBO Awards

Skindred, ALT BLK ERA, Kid Bookie and more are up for 2024 Best Alternative MOBO Awards

The 50 best albums of 2023

Saving the world again: Green Day take us inside new album Saviors – only in the new issue of Kerrang!

Watch Skindred’s brilliant performance of Gimme That Boom on Later… With Jools Holland

Jamie Campbell Bower announces new single, Heaven In Your Eyes

See Skindred’s Benji Webbe on the latest episode of Never Mind The Buzzcocks

Skindred’s chart battle sees the rock and metal scene rally around the band: “It’s amazing to see”

Skindred are at Number One in the UK midweek Official Albums Chart

Listen to Skindred’s playlist curated for this week’s Cover Story

Album review: Skindred – Smile

Skindred: “We’re not hailed like a lot of bands, but it’s supposed to be like this. We’re the alternative”

Skindred announce 2024 shows, including biggest-ever headline date at Wembley

Skindred are Unstoppable in their new single and video

The big review: 2000trees festival 2023

Listen to Skindred’s uplifting new single, L.O.V.E (Smile Please)

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