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From upcycled billboards to the return of a punk classic: The best in alternative style this month

In this month's K! style column we're diving deep into punk archives, finding the best knitwear around and embracing some real Myspace vibes...

L.S. Dunes: “Making music together is an intimate relationship. We’re not f*cking, but we are giving each other all of our selves”

L.S. Dunes was never supposed to be a ‘proper band’ but, even by the prolific standards of its esteemed personnel, the post-hardcore collective have gathered unheralded momentum. Ahead of sublime second album Violet, we join vocalist Anthony Green and guitarist Frank Iero to find how what started out “low stress” has grown into a towering monument to positivity and hope…

Inside the magic and the mastery of Sleep Token’s early days

The exact genesis of Sleep Token is unknown. But for those who were there as they initially slinked into the light, it was clear something special was happening. From a headline gig in a tiny church, to releasing a debut album and giving Kerrang! one of their only interviews ever, their first steps were those of a band heading for greatness already…

The 25 most anticipated rock and alternative albums for 2025

You thought 2024 was stacked? Just wait and see what the next 12 months have in store. From returning titans Deftones and Gojira to new leaders of the pack Sleep Token and Bad Omens to the next big things in ALT BLK ERA and Scowl, get ready for what could be rock’s best year ever...

Lambrini Girls: “It’s time for the genre of ‘women in music’ to be put to bed”

As their exuberant debut Who Let The Dogs Out arrives this week, Brighton punks Lambrini Girls dive into the message behind the mayhem, why they want to drop the riot grrrl label, and how they’re navigating the demands of punk rock’s next big thing…

The Sound Of 2025: The new artists breaking the boundaries of alternative music

Tearing up rulebooks and expanding minds, alternative music is more important than ever as we roll hard into 2025. To celebrate, we’re spotlighting the artists spearheading this new year’s revolution…

Why Sleep Token are going to “win people over” when they headline Download Festival 2025

Sleep Token are topping the bill at this year’s Download, off the back of an epic tour that included two nights at London’s 20,000-capacity The O2. It’s a bold move when any band is elevated to the top of the British rock mountain, but here, head honcho Andy Copping explains why the time is now for the Donington masses to gather and Worship…

In the studio with Employed To Serve: “The message we’re putting forward now is ‘Heavy metal unity’”

Employed To Serve return in 2025 with album five. It’s heavy, it’s In Flames-y, and there’s secret guests. Justine Jones and Sammy Urwin give the lowdown...

Bob Vylan: “We need to be in the places that don’t want to hear us, or the places that need it most”

For Bob Vylan, 2024 has been a scorcher. Since releasing chart-topping album Humble As The Sun in April, they’ve barely stopped moving, and finally look like they’re about to break America. As the duo wrap up their biggest UK headline run with two nights in London, they look back on what they’ve learned, and how the record has changed them…

Gatecreeper, Enforced and 200 Stab Wounds are leading the extreme metal revolution

Joining forces for a mammoth, end-of-year European onslaught, Chase Mason, Knox Colby and Steve Buhl explain how a focus on ballsiness, brotherhood and bludgeoning riffs has seen them break free from the underground to boldly take on the world…

12 essential Sleep Token songs you need to know

From early 2017 highlight Nazareth to viral singles Chokehold and The Summoning from Take Me Back To Eden, here’s your ultimate round-up of Sleep Token’s most significant songs…

Oli Sykes: “I still feel like the underdog… But it’s important to stop smell the roses, and to be like, ‘This is f*cking amazing, what we’ve achieved’”

It’s been a hell of a 2024 for Bring Me The Horizon. In January, they did their biggest-ever UK tour. Then, in May, they finally released their long-awaited album POST HUMAN: NeX GEn, and went round the world one more time. Looking back, Oli Sykes reflects on how the Sheffield superstars are in “the best place we’ve ever been”. But first, they’ve been up to something completely bewildering…

Meet KNIFE BRIDE, the pioneers of their own ‘nu-gothika’ genre

KNIFE BRIDE’s name has flashed up everywhere in 2024. Graceful on the surface, yet kicking away madly underneath, they’re becoming one of the hottest new things in British rock. But what else have the Brighton crew got cooking at the moment? Kerrang! crashes the wedding to find out more…

Who are Slipknot’s fans?

We head down to Slipknot’s Here Comes The Pain tour in Manchester to meet the Maggots that had their lives changed forever by nine masked men from the cornfields…

Slipknot: “Nothing was a certainty back then… It was us against everyone else. In our hearts, it still is”

No band in history felt as confrontational, as dangerous, as downright frightening as Slipknot did when they first burst from the Iowan underground onto the world stage. Concluding 2024’s quarter-century celebrations for their incendiary debut, we join Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan to chart how the horror and beauty, pain and perseverance of that era shaped them…

From Linkin Park throwback tees to Tumblrcore-ready footwear: The best in alternative style this month

It’s the most wonderful time of the year… to go shopping! Upgrade your wardrobe or treat your bestie with these killer seasonal drops from some of the biggest and best brands in all of alt. style.

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