Mosh: The Manchester film festival bringing metal to the big screenAhead of the inaugural Mosh Film Fest in Manchester, we meet co-founder Greg Walker to explore the relationship between heavy metal and Hollywood…
Bay Watch: Militarie GunWith Regional Justice Center on ice, Ian Shelton found himself exploring new territories with Militarie Gun, defiantly doing things his way without a care for genre convention or scene points…
5 TV series and movies to watch while dodging the curse of Friday 13thFrom multiversal mayhem with Michelle Yeoh to mythical Essex reptiles, here’s what you need to watch this week…
Oli Sykes on the passion that drives Drop Dead Clothing: “I need everything to be meaningful, to have a reason to exist”From those first T-shirts shipped out of his teenage bedroom to becoming one of the biggest alternative fashion brands on the planet, Bring Me The Horizon frontman Oli Sykes explains how Drop Dead Clothing has always been a labour of love…
We interviewed You Me At Six on top of The Swarm rollercoasterA decade ago, You Me At Six soundtracked The Swarm at Thorpe Park. To celebrate, Svalbard singer and rollercoaster expert Serena Cherry joined them for a birthday spin…
5 reasons why you need to check out Dead SaraLA’s Dead Sara are among American hard rock’s best kept secrets. As they return to to the UK for a run of live shows, there’s never been a better time to get involved. Here’s everything you need to know.
“You can find out a lot about what you’re doing by f*cking up a little bit”: Puppy dig into their Pure Evil returnWhere 2019’s debut LP The Goat found London metallers Puppy infiltrating the upper echelons of Britrock, killer follow-up Pure Evil is all about rekindling the freewheeling juvenilia that got them there in the first place…
Lockdown, legacy and letting it all out: Meet Daisy BrainWith ‘producer project’ Daisy Brain, songwriter Will Tse uses music to talk about the things he wouldn’t normally be able to. And with latest EP Disconnected Happy, he’s hoping his message will resonate far and wide…
25 years on, how well did The Fifth Element predict the future?Flying cars, baffling hairstyles, secret religious societies and Lee Evans for some reason, The Fifth Element has it all and then some. But how much did the cult sci-fi smash accurately predict with its idea of the future? Multipass, anyone?
Stray From The Path: “If cops are gonna keep doing this stuff, we need to keep talking about it – with greater intensity than before!”As Stray From The Path rail against police brutality and ‘copaganda’ on furious new single III, and confirm apocalyptic album Euthanasia, we catch up with Thomas Williams to find out how the Long Island hardcore veterans unlocked new levels of ferocity…
Matt Heafy’s guide to black metalAs Trivium frontman Matthew Kiichi Heafy unleashes one-man black metal project IBARAKI, he talks us through his love for metal’s darkest subgenre…
GILT: “I’m learning that grief isn’t a linear line of healing”On intense new EP Conceit, GILT tackle the loss of Ash Stixx’s father and examine the unpredictable journey of grief. And not only has it provided an emotional “bubble pop” for the vocalist, it’s a hugely important outlet for listeners, too…
“We haven’t felt like this since 2004”: Simple Plan talk longevity, fundraising for Ukraine and “powerful” new record Harder Than It LooksPierre Bouvier lifts the lid on the awesome Harder Than It Looks – his “favourite-sounding” Simple Plan record to date…
The 26 most metal Star Wars charactersStar Wars is pretty metal, right? But which characters truly embody that metalhead spirit? Let’s find out…
The rise of Architects, as told through their most important gigsIt’s been a hell of a journey for Architects, from ultra-heavy tech-metallers to UK arena slayers. Sam Carter recalls it all through their most important gigs…
“The more out of the box I get, the more room there is for people to hop in”: Inside the hyper-femininity of Scene QueenFrom ruling TikTok to holding knives to boners, pink-loving Scene Queen is showing the world what it means to be alternative, and that you can be whoever you want to be…
