Now Hear This: Sophie K on the best new metal, punk and hardcoreKerrang! Radio host Sophie K brings you the artists you need to check out right now, including Vexed, 99% Cobra and Izzy Gazelle…
The 13 best rock and metal albums released in April 2021From returning metal titans to brilliant young stars in the making, these were the very best album releases of April 2021…
“People don’t understand it and it scares them”: Man On Man confront metal’s homophobia problemMan On Man’s Roddy Bottum and Joey Holman on the homophobia of metal fans, why it exists, and why they’ll never shy away from a negative conversation.
“Things are going to fall into a place we hadn't expected”: Maynard James Keenan on Puscifer, community, and the importance of whisperingPuscifer mastermind Maynard James Keenan guides us through their story-expanding livestreams while also looking ahead to a post-COVID world…
Dropkick Murphys’ Ken Casey: “I’m only a few bad decisions away from turning back into the savage that I was”Dropkick Murphys vocalist Ken Casey reflects on the band’s longevity, sobriety, growing up and why getting emotional is punk as fuck…
Royal Blood reborn: “It was obvious I would lose everything”With Number One albums and huge arena shows to their name, Royal Blood stood at the top of the rock world. Behind the scenes, though, Mike Kerr was falling apart. He and bandmate Ben Thatcher talk pulling back from the brink, the power of friendship, and reinvention of the self and sound on new album Typhoons…
Frank Carter: “The impending doom was always in me… I was like, ‘Sh*t, I gotta find something to smile about here!’”As The Rattlesnakes return with new single My Town (featuring IDLES' Joe Talbot), Frank Carter and Dean Richardson talk lockdown life, mental health, and trying to keep things light-hearted…
The 20 greatest The Offspring songs – rankedFrom 1989’s self-titled LP to Ixnay On The Hombre and beyond, we rank the Californian punk-rock legends’ biggest tunes…
“There’s no movie like it”: Why Alien continues to terrify and inspire musiciansOver 40 years since it first hit cinemas, we look at the chest-bursting terror of Ridley Scott’s Alien.
11 movements in rock that everyone should have seen comingWe look back over 11 cultural shifts in rock music that now seem pretty obvious in hindsight…
The story of British punk in 23 songsFrom the filth and fury of the Sex Pistols through the extremity of Discharge to the snot-nosed chaos of Gallows, this is the story of British punk in (almost) chronological order…
Under The Wing: How Tool embraced their vulnerability on 10,000 DaysTool's fourth album 10,000 Days saw the alt.metal titans bear their souls for all to see…
Joey Jordison: The 10 songs that changed my lifeWe explore the record collection of Joey Jordison – from Korn to Led Zeppelin!
“We knew it was going to be a defining moment in the life of the band”: Taking Back Sunday relive the dramatic impact of Louder NowTaking Back Sunday’s Adam Lazzara and Mark O’Connell remember their game-changing third album Louder Now, which was released in 2006.
Korn's Jonathan Davis: “I deal with my demons onstage… and I think I made it okay for other people to do the same”Emanating from downtown Los Angeles’ Stranger Things: The Drive-Into Experience, Korn promise a livestream unlike any other…
Duff McKagan pays tribute to his hero, Johnny Thunders: “His music has risen to the top and it’s totally timeless”On the 30th anniversary of Johnny Thunders passing, Duff McKagan pays tribute to the former New Doll and Heartbreakers leader – his ultimate hero.
