The 10 most metal moments of Damnation Festival 2021After a year on hold, Damnation Festival returned with a vengeance for two days of metal mayhem this weekend. Highlights were plentiful – here's 10 of the best...
In pictures: The faces of Knotfest Los AngelesA selection of masked and horned maggots who made their way to Knotfest LA for Slipknot's huge stadium headline show.
To hell and back: How Emma Ruth Rundle saved herselfWhen Emma Ruth Rundle started work on her stunning new album Engine Of Hell, she began to uncover a darkness within. Now on the other side of a powerful emotional transformation, its release finds the singer-songwriter with a newfound sense of freedom…
Arguing With Thermometers: Why Enter Shikari are among the vital voices at COP26Kerrang! join St Albans superstars Enter Shikari as they arrive in Glasgow for the UN’s world climate change conference to discuss political posturing, personal responsibility and music’s enduring role as fuel for activism…
Now Hear This: Hot Milk's Jim Shaw on the best new rock, emo-pop and arty-punkHot Milk's Jim Shaw brings you the new bands you need to check out now – including Daisy Brain, Harpy and LØLØ…
25 Years Of Vagrant Records: The label that accidentally took emo to the mainstreamFrom a family-funded Get Up Kids album to becoming a lynchpin of 2000s emo, we look back on Vagrant Records’ reluctant rise…
In pictures: Biffy Clyro's mind-blowing live return to intimate venuesBiffy Clyro hit several intimate venues in the UK for their awesome Fingers Crossed Tour – and K! photographer Paul Harries headed to Southampton to capture the band's glorious performance at the O2 Guildhall.
Connie Sgarbossa and the brutally honest pain behind SeeYouSpaceCowboySeeYouSpaceCowboy's Connie Sgarbossa has turned darkness and self-destruction into one of the year's most overwhelming raw heavy albums. Now, she's focussed on trying to heal… (Trigger warnings: suicide, addiction, mental health)
The story of Dave Grohl’s favourite Foos album, There Is Nothing Left To LoseAfter achieving lift-off with their second album, Dave Grohl aimed for a big, er, breakout as his band returned home for There Is Nothing Left To Lose. But turbulence laid ahead as Foo Fighters took flight…
Malcolm Dome: 1955 – 2021Kerrang!’s Phil Alexander pays tribute to his friend and legendary music writer Malcolm Dome, who has passed away at the age of 66.
Why every metal and hardcore fan should consider going veganMembers of Deftones, The Misfits, Arch Enemy and Cro-Mags explain how going vegan is the ultimate form of rebellion.
Every Soundgarden album ranked from ‘worst’ to bestFrom Superunknown to Badmotorfinger, we chart the recorded legacy of ‘Seattle sound’ behemoths Soundgarden.
Legends Never Die: Suicide Silence’s Mitch Lucker cemented his legacy with The Black CrownLook back on the impact Mitch Lucker had on heavy music and the people who knew him…
How Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross became Hollywood royaltyFrom The Social Network to Bird Box to Soul, Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross have reimagined the sound of modern film and TV…
Linkin Park: Every album ranked from worst to bestFrom iconic 2000 debut Hybrid Theory to 2017’s final album with Chester Bennington, One More Light, this is every Linkin Park record ranked.
Now Hear This: Alex Baker on the best new metal, alt.rock and emoKerrang! Radio host Alex Baker brings you the new artists you need to check out now, including Alissic, Fixation and stayMellow…
