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While She Sleeps: “It’s scary releasing something like this… but we want to f*cking upset some people!”

Back in February, While She Sleeps teased that they were working on new music and that, “Everything will change.” Now armed with the total curveball that is SELF HELL and a record to follow in 2024, the band reveal all about their bold next chapter…

Busted: “The new bands coming out now have been quite vocal about how influenced they were by us… it’s really humbling”

Bringing together the likes of Neck Deep, You Me At Six, Bowling For Soup, Simple Plan and more, Busted’s new Greatest Hits 2.0 album is one massive pop-punk party. And with alternative music changing “in a really positive way” since the band’s emergence 20 years ago, they’re now finally feeling the love…

Hot Mulligan: “Everything fell into place… There’s a lot less searching and a lot more finding, y’know?”

Hot Mulligan are the pioneers of ‘post-emo’ – and they’re shooting towards stardom powered by catchy tunes, deeply personal lyrics and some highly questionable fitness routines…

“I had to grind cow lung to make dog food”: 13 Questions with TesseracT’s Daniel Tompkins

From hearing a gunfight outside a TesseracT show to being trodden on playing rugby, vocalist Daniel Tompkins faces Kerrang!’s 13 Questions and tells us some truly wild tales…

Kvelertak: “This isn’t about Vikings, this is the history of the actual place that we are from”

Kvelertak’s Ivar Nickolaisen explains how a mysterious Norwegian folk figure’s violent opposition to the modern world inspired the band’s brilliant new album, Endling…

Joey Valence & Brae: “Every show we play is like a giant house party”

Following an unforgettable summer of mega-shows and their newly-released debut album PUNK TACTICS, Joey Valence & Brae are already an alternative force to be reckoned with. And the key to their success? Simply just having fun…

In pictures: Deijuvhs, Chubby And The Gang, SINN6R and more at Hoodstock 2023

For a great cause and featuring an exciting line-up of artists with a “DIY ethos and straight f*ck-off attitude”, this is what the 2023 instalment of London’s Hoodstock looked like.

Baroness: “Music can take our hurts and allow us to springboard back into the brightness, to enjoy life with all the more dimension and contrast”

Sixth album Stone marks the beginning of a bold new era for prog-metal aristocrats Baroness. As frontman John Dyer Baizley explains, leaving behind the shifting shades of their ‘colour wheel’ series has changed focus to making monumental sounds that will stand proud long after their creators are just dust in the wind…

Charlie Day: The 10 songs that changed my life

It’s Always Sunny…’s Charlie Day guides us through his favourite music from the show, throughout his life, and that inspired his new movie Fool’s Paradise.

In pictures: The wholesome chaos of Hot Milk’s album release piss-up at Signature Brew

Hot Milk celebrated all things A CALL TO THE VOID at Walthamstow’s Signature Brew with the ultimate album-release party: bringing together their fans for a special acoustic set, tattoos, graffiti and plenty of their own (rather strong) Vimto-flavoured seltzer…

CLT DRP: “I don’t think people change their mind by being yelled at”

After breaking out with noisy, raging debut album Without The Eyes in 2020, Brighton electro-punks CLT DRP have had something of a rethink on this year’s follow-up. But don’t mistake Nothing Clever, Just Feelings to not still emphatically take on the vital issues swirling in the mind of singer Annie Dorrett…

Conjurer: “Our country punches far above its weight when it comes to quality music, but the government seems determined to f*ck it all up”

As Conjurer gear up for the Kerrang! x Music Venue Trust tour of grassroots venues, the Brit-metal heavyweights explain the importance of taking action to preserve these local platforms for rising acts before it’s too late…

In pictures: In the studio with BLACKGOLD

Masked crew BLACKGOLD offer a glimpse inside the studio as they work on their very nu-metal third EP…

Fiddlehead: “I’m lucky to walk through life, either as a teacher or as a participant in this weird subculture, with a curious mind”

As Fiddlehead release their superb third album Death Is Nothing To Us, mainman Pat Flynn ponders his own experiences with loss, history, fans and why empathy is the only way forward…

Empire State Bastard’s track-by-track guide to Rivers Of Heresy

Empire State Bastard – the crushing project from Biffy Clyro men Simon Neil and Mike Vennart – sound like the end of the world. But as the duo reveal, there’s more to debut album Rivers Of Heresy than that. There’s also “some rumba here, some surf rock there…”

WTF is Punk Rock Factory and how did it get so big?

How did four mates playing pop-punk versions of Disney songs become so massive? We try to find out…

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