News Hellfest announce KISS, Iron Maiden, Slipknot and loads more for 2023Hellfest reveal 2023’s line-up with headliners Iron Maiden, Slipknot, Mötley Crüe and KISS.
The Cover Story A.A. Williams: “It never felt like classical was enough… I needed to make more noise!”When A.A. Williams’ excellent debut Forever Blue arrived in 2020, its glassy melancholy chimed with a world trapped on the inside looking out. About to embark on a tour in support of superb second offering As The Moon Rests, however, the London songstress is finding strength in releasing her shadowy sounds into the great wide open.
Features In pictures: Download Festival’s huge launch party in LondonTake a stroll down the black carpet and into the exclusive Download Festival launch party to kickstart their 20th birthday extravaganza!
News Download Festival 2023: Over 60 bands announced including headliners BMTH, Metallica and SlipknotBring Me The Horizon, Metallica (twice!) and Slipknot will be headlining the 20th anniversary four-day edition of Download Festival, while the likes of Ghost, Evanescence, Architects, Parkway Drive and a reunited The Blackout will also be playing…
News Parkway Drive, Megadeth, Spiritbox and more for Knotfest Australia 2023Slipknot will headline their very own three-day Knotfest Australia, and they’ll be joined by home country heroes Parkway Drive, plus Megadeth, Trivium, Knocked Loose, Spiritbox and loads more…
Features “I drank snake poison on live TV”: 13 Questions with The Rasmus’ Lauri YlönenThe Rasmus vocalist Lauri Ylönen is an open-minded and curious artist – and, as you’ll learn, the perfect candidate for our completely random 13 Questions series. Dig in…
Features Sid Wilson: “I have this energy that’s a combination of patience, strength and wisdom… when it’s directed in the right place, I’m unstoppable”Slipknot DJ and daredevil Sid Wilson reflects on his British upbringing, rave culture, spirituality and the origin of his Starscream alter-ego…
Reviews Album review: Slipknot – The End, So FarSlipknot step it up a gear for their seventh album, expanding their musical arsenal and proving they’re still at the top of their game…
News The rise of Måneskin – only in the new issue of Kerrang! magazineKerrang! join Måneskin backstage at Lollapalooza to witness on the ground the Italian rock’n’roll superstars’ incredible journey so far…
Reviews Album review: Parkway Drive – Darker StillParkway Drive rage against the dying of the light on muscular and brilliant seventh album…
Reviews Sun, Satan and secret sets: The highlights from Bloodstock 2022K! slaps on the sunscreen and straps on the camel-pack to dive into the most sizzling metal gathering of the summer… Bloodstock Open Air!
The Cover Story Vended: “It’s about world domination and being the biggest band in the f*cking world”From a basement in Iowa to their upcoming UK debut at Bloodstock, a lot has happened to Vended in two years. Now as they sit on the precipice of taking that next step toward world domination, we meet frontman Griffin Taylor and drummer Simon Crahan to find out why they could actually be the future of heavy…
Features Inside the cult of GWAR: “We might be weirdos, but there are a bunch of other weirdos out there, too…”Severed heads. Geysers of bodily-fluid. A ‘cuttlefish’ doubling as an alien penis. For 36 years, GWAR have thrived as oddball outsiders, blurring the line between shock rock and absurdist theatre. To celebrate documentary This Is GWAR, we find out why The Scumdogs Of The Universe – and their fanbase of ‘Bohabs’ – keep coming back for more…
Features 20 bands you absolutely can’t miss at Download Festival 2022From As Everything Unfolds and Bimini to Sleep Token and WARGASM, we tip the hottest new acts to track down over the next few days at Donington Park…
News Bury Tomorrow welcome in new chapter with DEATH (Ever Colder)Bury Tomorrow introduce members Tom Prendergast (keyboards / vocals) and Ed Hartwell (guitar) as they drop massive new single DEATH (Ever Colder).
