The Kerrang! staff’s top 10 albums of 2020You’ve seen Kerrang!’s Albums Of 2020, now here’s what’s been getting the staff through the past 12 months…
Palm Reader: “2020 has made us more hopeful”Nottingham heavyweights Palm Reader embrace the future as they announce their K! Pit stream, in association with Nordic Spirit.
Corey Taylor: “My reasons for making music have never changed”Corey Taylor launches the Kerrang! rock star round-up of the year – talking touring with Slipknot, going solo on CMFT, and pledging to continue to dedicate himself to music…
Palm Reader: “There’s a change coming in heavy music”Nottingham post-hardcore Palm Reader crew look to the future as they announce their K! Pit show, in association with Nordic Spirit.
"It’s a more challenging record in every sense": Inside the studio with Conjurer as they work on album number twoKerrang! heads into Conjurer's studio as they put the finishing touches to their highly-anticipated second album
The 10 best EPs of 2020From Bring Me The Horizon to Pig Destroyer, we run down the best short, sharp shocks bands threw up in 2020…
21 crap jokes about rock music to replace the crap jokes in your Christmas crackerBored of the same laboured snow and penguin puns in your Christmas crackers? Here are 21 (somehow worse) gags about rock music and seasonal cheer.
12 band Christmas jumpers that are so ugly they’re brilliant’Tis the season to dress like no-one’s looking at you with these brilliantly terrible bits of band merch.
“We had to lose our minds to find each other again”: The story of Green Day’s KerplunkWith foundations laid and Kerplunk in the bag, Green Day set their sights on Europe. Little did they know that the road ahead would be plagued with problems that would push them to their limits…
A short history of heavy metal in video gamesFrom Journey to Iron Maiden, via so many more heart-pounding riffs and action-packed solos, here’s a timeline of devil-horned video game crossover cacophony.
The 50 greatest albums of 2020The only countdown that matters: Kerrang!’s 50 greatest albums of 2020.
10 of the best incarnations of Iron Maiden's EddieWe look at 10 of our favourite depictions of Iron Maiden's zombifies mascot Eddie the Head.
10 of the best rock and metal remix albumsDiscover a whole new side to your favourite records with these remixed re-imaginings of rock and metal staples…
9 of the wildest rock star injuries of all timeFrom broken bones to amputated toes, here are nine of rock’s most hardcore injuries.
The Darkness’ Justin Hawkins: 10 Christmas songs that changed my lifeThe Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins reflects on the Christmas songs that have soundtracked his family festivities over the years…
Svalbard: What lockdown has taught usSvalbard look back at the lessons of 2020 as they prepare to unleash fury in The K! Pit, in association with Nordic Spirit