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Obituary: “People listen to us and think of swamp water and alligators, but we’re just good kids with positive attitudes”

Drummer Donald Tardy looks back over a decades-spanning career on the cutting edge of extreme metal with Floridian legends Obituary…

Sløtface’s Haley Shea: The 10 songs that changed my life

From rocking out to My Chemical Romance to cringing at Westlife, Sløtface’s Haley Shea looks back at the songs that soundtracked her milestone moments…

Code Orange: “Listen to what we do, look at what we do – we don’t fit in anywhere”

Are you ready to go back down the rabbit hole? After a three-year absence, Code Orange are returning to the Underneath with a stunning remix album. Rather than a backwards step, however, Jami Morgan sees it as another phase in the band’s unending evolution, and one that sets them even further apart from the pack…

Yoga, Ace Ventura and energy drinks: Life on the road with Rolo Tomassi

Underground heroes and veterans of British motorway driving Rolo Tomassi share their secrets to surviving life on the road…

Ben Barlow: “We’re remembering what people love about Neck Deep and trying to bottle that”

As Neck Deep return with brilliant Valentine’s Day pop-punk banger Heartbreak Of The Century, Ben Barlow talks pretending to be a “pompous d*ckhead” in the video, new music, and their upcoming arena tour with YUNGBLUD.

Employed To Serve’s Justine Jones: “I was a mosher kid… now I’m a mosher adult!”

Employed To Serve have spent a decade growing into one of the best metal bands in the UK. As they prepare to hit arenas with Gojira, singer Justine Jones explains how the band and the label she and guitarist Sammy Urwin run are just an extension of being the same mosher kid obsessing over bands in Kerrang!…

Here’s Gojira’s UK and Ireland tour setlist

The heaviest setlist in the universe! Gojira brought the riffs and more to the first night of their UK and Ireland tour…

The People Vs. Joe Duplantier: The Gojira frontman on whales, activism and Evil Mario

As the French metal masters Gojira gear up for their long-overdue Fortitude UK and European tour, frontman Joe Duplantier sits down to answer some of his biggest fans’ most burning questions…

The story of Linkin Park’s Meteora: “We’re not going to worry about outselling Hybrid Theory”

How do you follow up an album like Hybrid Theory? With the eyes of the world firmly fixed upon them, Linkin Park sought to do the impossible: bottle lightning for a second time…

AlienBlaze: “I’ve always wanted to inspire girls to be able to pick up the guitar”

A total music obsessive, AlienBlaze has been on a creative path since her early teens, feasting on everyone from Black Veil Brides to Bush. Mashing all her influences together she’s created something fresh to call her own, boldly going where no-one’s gone before…

Drum’n’bass, stripteases and oranges: Life on the road with Hot Milk

Buckfast, sweaty stripteases and the endless joy of citrus fruit – it’s all in a day’s work for Hot Milk

In pictures: beabadoobee hits London for War Child BRITS Week

beabadoobee kickstarts BRITs Week with a riotous set at London’s Lafayette.

How Linkin Park’s Meteora fought the odds and won

We look back on how Linkin Park’s second album Meteora took the world by storm… and surprise.

Dawn Ray’d: “You don’t have to ask for permission to make things better”

British black metal trio Dawn Ray’d have received both high praise and death threats for their anarchist beliefs. On their new album, To Know The Light, they rail against the things they see as keeping us down, just as much as they suggest liberating solutions. And as chaotic as everything looks, they refuse to back down…

From Brian Wilson to Childish Gambino: The icons who inspired Waterparks’ Awsten Knight

Everyone from pop-rock legends to rap superstars have influenced Awsten Knight when it comes to creating the wonderfully wild world of Waterparks. Even if, as the frontman says, one particular artist’s vocals make him “insecure”…

Tracksuit bottoms, Nando’s and falling off the stage: Life on the road with Josh Franceschi

From performing to the Supervet to ranking terrible toilets, You Me At Six vocalist Josh Franceschi looks back on years of touring…

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