Reviews

A good omen: Bad Omens retain their enigma while stoking the fires of expectation as they step-up to the big league at Louder Than Life

Inside Bad Omens’ mysterious but magnetic Louder Than Life mega-show

Deftones serve up the lush and the raw in equal measure as they stun Louder Than Life

What happened when Deftones closed out day three of Louder Than Life

Absolutely batty! Avenged Sevenfold show that playing it safe isn’t the only way to do things as they smash Kentucky…

How Avenged Sevenfold got weird and still won at Louder Than Life

Sleep Token master their stunning Even In Arcadia show as they dominate their first U.S. festival headliner.

Even in America! What happened when Sleep Token brought Vesselmania to Louder Than Life

Play the show of your lives? Shore! Here’s what happened when Lorna Shore ascended at Louder Than Life.

On the ground at Lorna Shore’s Louder Than Life triumph

The world is one big Slayer song. At Louder Than Life 2025, we find there’s no better time to have them back…

Still reigning: What happened when Slayer returned at Louder Than Life

Minnesota emo legends Motion City Soundtrack make a triumphant return with their first album in 10 years.

Album review: Motion City Soundtrack – The Same Old Wasted Wonderful World

Need some dopamine? Arrows In Action’s third offering is a grab bag of catchy songs capturing the sweet thrill of nostalgia.

Album review: Arrows In Action – I Think I’ve Been Here Before

Instinctive side-project from Greta Van Fleet guitarist Jake Kiszka doubles down on the good stuff in MIRADOR’s classic rock bolt from the blue.

Album review: MIRADOR – MIRADOR

Glasgow chef’s kiss! Cave In, Defeater, Torche, Agriculture, Jo Quail and a shedload of alternative music’s weirdest and most wonderful get loud in Scotland...

Live review: core. Festival 2025

Channeling the catharsis of emo with post-rock’s density, Lonesome’s debut album is a grief ritual with a cinematic twist

Album review: Lonesome – In The Hope This Finds You

No reason they can’t go ’mon forever: Biffy Clyro prove you’re never too old for growing pains or a fresh start on energised 10th album.

Album review: Biffy Clyro – Futique

Through thunderous skies, Paradise Lost continue to soar on scintillating 17th album Ascension.

Album review: Paradise Lost – Ascension

A new chapter of rage, vulnerability and insistence on ferocious intensity: I Prevail are reborn on their triumphant fourth album, Violent Nature.

Album review: I Prevail – Violent Nature

Shark sandwich! Spinal Tap return for a sequel that taps into what made the rockumentary band so funny in the first place.

Film review: Spinal Tap II: The End Continues

LA alt.metal trio Nevertel are out to redefine themselves and rock music on exciting third album, Start Again.

Album review: Nevertel – Start Again

News

MCR will top the bill at next year’s Welcome To Rockville, Sonic Temple and Louder Than Life festivals – as revealed on site at the latter!

My Chemical Romance to headline three massive U.S. fests in 2026

“You can sing and dance along to it, and sadly, it’s a song of our time…” The next of their Travis Barker-produced tracks, Alkaline Trio have unveiled new single Bleeding Out.

Watch the video for Alkaline Trio’s new single, Bleeding Out

The Kerrang! Chart

The ultimate new music countdown – every Friday on Apple Music!

The Kerrang! Chart: The best new music this week

With lyrics admitting, ‘I hate 50 per cent of our fans…’ and a record label telling the band they’re ‘a little too niche for the radio’, listen to Waterparks’ brutally honest new single…

Waterparks hold nothing back on IF LYRICS WERE CONFIDENTIAL

Features

Stretching from the ancient earthiness of Shintoism to the unbound futurism of science fiction, BABYMETAL’s complex, often chaotic internal lore can confound even their most fierce fans. Kneeling at the altar of the Fox God, we attempt to unpick what exactly is going on in their narrative, from flaming crucifixions and coffin-shaped spaceships, to the very heart and soul of metal itself…

Fantasy, foxes and flipping the script: Inside BABYMETAL’s extraordinary lore

Their 2025 stadium takeover is done… but it looks like My Chemical Romance could add a second U.S. leg to their Long Live The Black Parade tour!

Are My Chem teasing more Black Parade tour dates?

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