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Happy days: How As It Is ruled UK pop-punk with their debut album

In 2015, As It Is exploded with Never Happy, Ever After. As it celebrates its 10th anniversary, the band have reunited, re-recorded it with their famous mates, and are heading to Slam Dunk. Patty Walters and Ben Langford-Biss look back at the album – and the fertile period in British rock – that changed their lives forever…

Cyberpunk, Linkin Park and anime: Dissecting Magnolia Park’s new album, VAMP

Magnolia Park break down their fang-tastical new album VAMP – from its nu-metal inspirations to the cyberpunk aesthetic to having to relearn the meaning of rock…

The Warning: “This speaks to the power of music and the connection it has with people, no matter the language”

The Warning blew up last year with their fourth album, Keep Me Fed. Since then, they’ve toured relentlessly. Gearing up to take on Latin America and Europe, it’s clear the Villarreal Vélez sisters are on the brink of international superstardom…

Beelzebub, breakdowns and Björk: Inside Teen Mortgage’s debut album

To celebrate the release of Devil Ultrasonic Dream, vocalist James Guile reveals everything contained within Teen Mortgage’s debut album.

“I was completely defenceless, I had nothing… it was deeply traumatic”: How Dinosaur Pile-Up came back from the brink

After 2019’s triumphant Celebrity Mansions catapulted Dinosaur Pile-Up into the form of their lives, Matt Bigland’s health took an alarming twist. Battling ulcerative colitis, he entered arguably the darkest period of his life. Speaking exclusively to Kerrang!, he opens up about channelling this trauma into the band’s riot of a new album – which is aptly titled I’ve Felt Better…

“My pet rat used to crawl on my bed and eat my Bran Flakes”: NOAHFINNCE’s five favourite things

Rodents, honey-glazed treats and trousers that understand arses – these are the things that make NOAHFINNCE happy.

Sleep Theory: “We’re here to make art. That does not begin with being the same as everybody else”

Sleep Theory are an overnight success that’s been decades in the making. Announcing themselves to the world with viral banger Another Way back in 2023, the Memphis lads have since enjoyed an explosive breakout story. But as Cullen Moore explains, the shapeshifting sound of debut LP Afterglow better represents an all-consuming slow burn that’s still just getting started…

How Thornhill are scaling new heights

With a tinge of self-disappointment about 2022 album Heroine, Thornhill threw out their own playbook when writing its scintillating new follow-up, BODIES. And yet still, having created the record from “the best place” they’ve ever been as a band, they’re still focused on an even bigger ascent…

From Converge to Paramore: The icons who inspired Heriot’s Debbie Gough

Debbie Gough is a total guitar hero. But who inspires the Heriot shredder? Metal, pop and emo stars…

Bilmuri: “I’ll be writing music the same way when I’m 50 years old. It’s the greatest adventure”

Bilmuri was a vital source of comfort for Johnny Franck when he launched the genre-defying project almost 10 years ago. Now, he’s found a whole new level of success after supporting Sleep Token and releasing one of 2024’s most sensational albums, AMERICAN MOTOR SPORTS. On the final night of their entirely sold-out UK headline tour, the singer reveals how an obsession with music changed – and saved – his life…

“I’m making decisions from a place that isn’t fear”: Why Lydia Night has gone solo

As Lydia Night launches her solo career, the former Regrettes star reflects on the end of the band, the brutal honesty in her new music, and why first single Pity Party is a “vulnerable, trauma dump of a song”…

Bleed From Within: “If anyone is qualified to talk about getting f*cked over and coming back, it’s us!”

From UK metal’s underground to the world’s biggest stages, Bleed From Within are finally reaping overdue rewards. But strident seventh album Zenith is just the next upward step from a gang of old buddies who always give their best…

“It made me want to be in a band. It made me want to be Joey Jordison”: Graphic Nature’s Harvey Freeman on the album that changed his life

Graphic Nature’s Harvey Freeman fell in love with Slipknot as soon as he heard their iconic self-titled debut. The vocalist explains how The Nine made him rethink everything…

You Me At Six: “This is a celebration, for us, and for the fans... I’m so grateful we’re doing it our way”

This week, You Me At Six take their final bow, rounding off two decades at the top of the Britrock mountain and going out entirely on their own terms. To say goodbye, we joined the Weybridge favourites on their farewell tour to look back over a rollercoaster career, what it all means, and why they’re calling time…

“There’s a rebellious streak in people… you can be different here”: How Hastings became a punk rock haven

Perhaps the “ugly sister” of Brighton or the “naughty brother” of Eastbourne, buzzy punk rock bands are increasingly bursting out of Hastings, while many others are relocating there. To find out why, we meet Kid Kapichi, HotWax, Dinosaur Pile-Up, Karen Dió and local radio DJ Andy Gunton to go inside the magic of the town’s music scene, its punk attitude, and the need for a community hub to reach the next level…

The Darkness: “If rock wants to flourish and be the best again, it has to pull its head out of its arse”

As The Darkness release their eighth full-length Dreams On Toast, the homegrown heroes reflect on a career of rock’n’roll ridiculousness, the unpredictable live experience and why alternative music needs to move on from its past…

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