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BABYMETAL: “We plan to start a new journey… I can’t wait to see what the future holds”

Two years ago, after a decade of metal exploration, BABYMETAL disappeared. The end? Only of the first chapter. Now SU-METAL and MOAMETAL are back with a new album, THE OTHER ONE, and a massive tour. Recharged and more confident as a duo, forget the Metal Galaxy, they’re heading to a different dimension entirely…

Bloodywood: “We’ve always written songs with a purpose. We like to be very direct and impactful with our message”

Indian alt. metallers Bloodywood got booked for Germanyʼs huge Wacken Festival without having played a single show. From there, theyʼve exploded. As they prepare to hit the UK, band leader Karan Katiyar tells all about their lightning-fast rise, and how theyʼre using their position for good…

Fall Out Boy: “So often people are comparing eras, but this is the start of a new thing”

Several years in the making, this week Fall Out Boy will finally release their incredible eighth album So Much (For) Stardust. To celebrate, they reflect on the magic of their creative brotherhood, the band’s stratospheric journey so far, and why Star Wars usually has the answer...

Damian Abraham: “When I joined F*cked Up, I was just going out there wanting to bring my pain to everybody”

For over two decades, Canada’s F*cked Up have been reliably one of the greatest, rawest and most creative punk bands going. In the wake of their sixth album One Day, frontman Damian Abraham looks back on a career of pushing boundaries and determinedly doing things their own way…

The Kids Are Alright: Meet the gothic mums defying parental expectations

Move over Morticia and Gomez – these gothic parents are raising a new generation of Wednesdays and Pugsleys, and they don’t care what judgements people around them may have…

100 gecs: “We started out doing the goofiest shit… and we’re still just two friends having fun”

100 gecs are the most exciting name in hyperpop. Love them, hate them or simply don’t ‘get’ them, either way they’re impossible to ignore. On the eve of brilliant new album 10,000 gecs, Dylan Brady and Laura Les dive into their journey so far, coping with pressure, and how they’re hoping for EGOT status…

Periphery: We like to take the piss out of the whole djent thing

They might be originators of the djent scene, but Periphery refuse to be defined by one guitar sound. In fact, they’re more interested in subverting the genre entirely…

Softcult: “In order for the world to change, there has to be some change within yourself”

With their dreamy, shoegazy alt.rock, Softcult are channelling the history and impact of riot grrrl for a new generation. Armed with righteous indignation, DIY attitude and a superb new EP, twin siblings Mercedes and Phoenix are shining a light on the climate crisis, toxic masculinity and why change comes from within…

In conversation with Nova Twins and Witch Fever: “It doesn’t have to be tokenistic, there’s good acts out there if you just open your eyes!”

For International Women’s Day, Nova Twins and Witch Fever sit down amidst a monumental tour to talk about stereotyping, sexual empowerment, and the turning tide of positive change.

The revolution and rebirth of Skrillex

From post-hardcore to dubstep, Sonny Moore has been on a whirlwind journey to global success. And his 2023 double-album Quest For Fire and Don’t Get Too Close shows that you can simply never count Skrillex out…

Can’t Swim’s track-by-track guide to new album Thanks But No Thanks

Guitarist and producer Danny Rico goes deep inside the making of Can’t Swim’s brilliant fourth album, Thanks But No Thanks…

Maggie Lindemann: The 10 songs that changed my life

Having triumphantly made the jump from pop to alternative, Maggie Lindemann looks back at some of the tracks that have shaped her musical journey…

Hundred Reasons: Colin Doran’s track-by-track guide to Glorious Sunset

As the mighty Hundred Reasons return with their first new album since 2007’s Quick The Word, Sharp The Action, vocalist Colin Doran tells us about every song on Glorious Sunset…

In pictures: Kerrang!’s new issue launch party with KILLSTAR

Step inside Kerrang!’s launch party with our friends at KILLSTAR, celebrating BABYMETAL returning to the cover of the magazine and so much more…

Cassyette: “You have to earn your stripes – I’ve worked my arse off to get to this point”

As Cassyette unleashes new “big pit energy” banger Boom, the Essex-born alt. star hits the cover of Kerrang! for the first time to talk success, sobriety and self-belief…

Delain: “I am so grateful that our fans gave us another chance”

What would you do if everything you’d worked on suddenly turned to rubble? Delain mastermind Martijn Westerholt pulled his musical boots on and built a new future…

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