News Sløtface’s new single Final Gørl embraces being a “lazy loser”Sløtface have shared a new single, Final Gørl, in which Haley Shea “flips the script” on the slasher movie ‘final girl’ trope.
Reviews Album review: Aborted – Vault Of HorrorsDeath metal icons Aborted take a violent, blood-soaked stroll through their favourite horror films…
Culture From custom creepers to hardcore fleeces: The best in alternative style this monthSpring is just around the corner and your wardrobe needs some serious attention. Allow K!’s resident style advisor to guide you through what’s hot this month – from Fred Durst nostalgia to high-end goth couture…
Features Frozen Soul: “Life is cold… so let’s stay together, let’s be warm to the people close to us, let’s lift each other up”As rising Texan death-metallers Frozen Soul gear up for a first-ever UK headline tour, we caught up with frontman Chad Green to find out how their frostbitten fury is built on a foundation of fun, friendship and finding common-ground to navigate the bitter realities of modern existence…
Reviews Album review: Alkaline Trio – Blood, Hair, And EyeballsChicago alt. punk legends Alkaline Trio get back to their ghoulish best on X-rated 10th album Blood, Hair, And Eyeballs...
Features The 10 best movies of 2023From sinister dismembered hands to teenage summer benders to psychotic killer robots, it’s been quite the year on the big screen. Here, we look at the 10 best flicks of 2023.
The Cover Story Ice Nine Kills: “Horror has always been in my blood and it always will be”Horror isn’t just a hobby for Spencer Charnas, it’s a way of life. Growing up on a steady diet of slasher flicks and heavy music, it was inevitable he’d find an outlet for his twin passions, but few could have predicted the runaway ghost train of Ice Nine Kills. As Halloween approaches, the violence-loving visionary takes us inside his own personal creepshow…
Reviews Film review: OppenheimerCillian Murphy tackles one of modern history’s most complicated figures in Christopher Nolan’s cautionary epic, Oppenheimer...
Reviews Book review: Come My Fanatics: A Journey Into The World Of Electric WizardDan Franklin takes you on a wild trip through the world of one of the UK’s most important and mysterious bands, Dorset doomers Electric Wizard…
Reviews Album review: OHHMS – RotKent sludge-metallers OHHMS get ghoulish on brilliantly bloodstained sixth album Rot…
News Demi Lovato releases Still Alive video featuring Mike Shinoda, Spencer CharnasWatch the video for Demi Lovato’s new Scream VI single Still Alive, which features cameos from the song’s co-writer/producer Mike Shinoda, and Ice Nine Kills frontman Spencer Charnas.
News Director Tim Burton explains how he relates to “classic outsider” Wednesday AddamsWith Netflix’s Wednesday series dropping this month, director and executive producer Tim Burton reflects on the lead character being “the ultimate outcast”, and how “it’s easy for me to relate to”.
Features “I got fried-chickened at the chicken joint!”: 13 Questions with Wednesday 13From aspiring to be an action hero to popping his bicep at the fried chicken joint, horror-punk icon Wednesday 13 takes a stab at Kerrang!’s 13 Questions…
Features 15 years on, did The Simpsons Movie mark the beginning of the end?A decade and a half ago, The Simpsons Movie finally brought the yellow inhabitants of Springfield to the big screen. A watershed moment for sure, but it also signalled a sea-change for fans of all things cromulent and arguably marked the beginning of the end...
Culture The Midas Touch: Everything Emmy Raver-Lampman touches turns to goldFrom Hamilton to The Umbrella Academy and beyond, Emmy Raver-Lampman has become the secret ingredient to success. We sit down with the rising star to discuss everything from inhabiting Poison Ivy to low-budget horror laughs…
Features 13 of the best songs about bad luckIn honour of Friday the 13th, here are 13 songs about when fortune frowns on you. Watch out for those black cats!