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“We paid someone £400 to drive to Sheffield to get a cable for Mogwai, or we were f*cked”: Kerrang!’s view from the bar at ArcTanGent 2024

Averting disasters, spilling blood, engagements, bogeys, being watched “by a God”, and badgering the organisers for news on next year: here’s what we saw and heard backstage at ArcTanGent over the weekend.

Stand Atlantic: “I’m so glad I got myself back – this album literally saved me”

Stand Atlantic’s WAS HERE isn’t just a record, it’s a reintroduction. Ahead of the Sydney crew’s ambitious third LP, vocalist Bonnie Fraser opens up about escaping negative relationships, rediscovering who she truly is, and why we need more unapologetic sapphic rock stars…

“Screaming, for me, is almost like rapping”: Mikael Åkerfeldt talks Opeth’s new album, The Last Will & Testament

Opeth mainman Mikael Åkerfeldt lifts the lid on the record’s dark concept, special guests, and why the growl’s returned…

Yours Truly: “Everyone goes through sh*t periods. Find some beauty in the pain”

Yours Truly are made of tough stuff. With new album Toxic landing and some dream-come-true live dates scheduled ahead, they’ve proved that enduring hard times can yield the biggest rewards…

In the studio with Stand Atlantic: “This time, we ripped the Band-Aid off!”

Stand Atlantic are about to drop their fourth album, WAS HERE. We caught up with Bonnie Fraser to find out how the Aussie pop-punks are getting louder, wilder and more vulnerable…

How Green Day’s ‘lost’ album put them on the path to greatness again

The album that never was, the question mark ahead of their second wind, this is the story of Cigarettes And Valentines…

$FEVER 333: “I want to highlight the emotional element of existing in such a f*cking fractious and divided world”$

FEVER 333: “I want to highlight the emotional element of existing in such a f*cking fractious and divided world”

As FEVER 333 announce long-awaited second album Darker White – the follow-up to 2019 breakout STRENGTH IN NUMB333RS – we meet an exhausted Jason Aalon for a startling and brutally honest chat about the toll things have taken so far… but why the idea of positive change is something we all must desperately cling on to.

“I wanna see more sex in the mosh-pit”: Kerrang!’s view from the bar at Bloodstock 2024

All the gossip, news and funny stories we picked up at Bloodstock, from Opeth, Green Lung, Mimi Barks and more…

Twin Atlantic: “The theme was, ‘Let’s make an album with the most amount of purpose we possibly can’”

On their newly-released seventh LP Meltdown, Scottish rock favourites Twin Atlantic are on the form of their lives. As singer/guitarist Sam McTrusty reveals, it’s not only been achieved through an entire career of putting the work in – but with one eye on an uncertain future for the music industry: “If this is our last-ever album,” he considers, “it gives us quite an insane self-satisfaction…”

Who are Korn’s fans?

We take a trip to Gunnersbury Park for Korn’s biggest-ever UK headline show to find out who their fans are, what they love about the adidas-sporting heavyweights, and why nu-metal will never die…

AEW’s Bryan Danielson: The 10 songs that changed my life

AEW wrestler Bryan Danielson guides us through the music that made him – from Avril Lavigne to the Beach Boys and beyond!

From Dimebag to David Bowie: The icons who inspired Baroness’ Gina Gleason

When Baroness’ Gina Gleason plays her guitar, you listen. She’s the coolest and the best. Hardly surprising, when she’s looking up to icons as rad as these…

YUNGBLUD: “The world is ready for rock music and the world is ready for f*cking rock stars”

Raised on rock’n’roll since he was born, music runs through the veins of Dom Harrison. Known throughout the world as YUNGBLUD, this weekend the 27-year-old trailblazer is staging his own festival to promote the next generation of artists, give a middle finger to the industry, and show everyone why the music he loves is back and better than ever…

“It’s a bridge between Retrovision and whatever is coming next”: Honey Revenge on their new deluxe album, non-stop touring and diss tracks

Ahead of their new deluxe edition of Retrovision, Honey Revenge’s Devin Papadol and Donny Lloyd look back at how the original record came together, their creative dynamic, and what’s left to come…

10 bands you can’t miss at ArcTanGent 2024

Celebrating its 10th edition in 2024, ArcTanGent has grown from a defiantly DIY offshoot to one of the world’s great gatherings of alternative artists from far leftfield. Beyond bill-topping heavyweights Explosions In The Sky, Mogwai and Meshuggah, there are countless other weird and wonderful sounds to dive into…

“His personality made him special, as well as his ability to put people at ease”: K!’s Paul Harries on curating an Ashley Maile exhibition at Bloodstock

At Bloodstock this weekend, K! photo legend Paul Harries will be curating a special gallery of equally legendary late K! photographer Ashley Maile’s work, as well as his own. We spoke to him about displaying some of his friend’s finest shots…

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