“One of the greatest albums you’ll hear this lifetime”: Our original 2001 review of Tool’s LateralusOn May 15, 2001, Tool followed up Ænima with an album that would re-write the metal rulebook once more…
While She Sleeps' Sean Long: To find inner peace, we must face our demonsAs the conversation surrounding mental health continues, While She Sleeps guitarist Sean Long explains how it’s still possible to find peace within – even during the darker days…
“We don’t want to cash in on our past success”: The story of Green Day’s 21st Century BreakdownFollowing the release of American Idiot, Green Day were once again the biggest rock band in the world – and under pressure to deliver something very special. Not that they would be rushed into anything…
The 14 best comebacks in rock and metal historyWe take a look at some of the very best times in rock history that your favourite bands rose from the dead.
Now Hear This: Alex Baker on the best new metalcore, doom-pop and hardcoreKerrang! Radio host Alex Baker brings you the new bands you need to check out now – including Nothing Noble, Resolve and Juniper Youth–
Primus' Les Claypool: "My daughter tells me I'm weird all the time"Les Claypool discusses the life and times of Primus, plus his almost-stint in Metallica
13 essential Japanese rock and metal albums you need to knowFrom X Japan to Dir en Grey to BABYMETAL and beyond, these are the Japanese rock and metal albums that everyone needs in their record collection…
Why rock music needs to do more to support its artistsOne day you’re on top of the world and feeling indestructible. The next, you’re on the scrapheap and lost. But what happens to rock stars who fall on hard times? Addiction and mental health issues are rife, but in an industry slowly waking up to its duty of are there is hope and outlets for support…
Dream State's CJ Gilpin: Being open about mental health will help othersNot every artist may be genuine in using themes of mental health in their music, says Dream State’s CJ Gilpin, but these conversations could still help struggling listeners…
“The beauty of not understanding it is letting it stay alive”: The untold story of Tool’s LateralusIt’s an album that continues to captivate and confuse fans the world over. Two decades on from its release, Kerrang! and Tool bassist Justin Chancellor search for answers to the enigma that is Lateralus…
How Tetrarch found themselves on the cutting edge of the nu-metal revivalAs a young black woman in the world of heavy music, Diamond Rowe rarely saw faces like her own onstage or in the crowd. Almost 20 years later, she finds herself as a figurehead at the heart of one of the hottest bands in American metal…
10 songs that address the subject of mental healthFor Mental Health Awareness Week, we look at the bands starting a discussion through their music
Of Mice & Men's Aaron Pauley: Why creativity is important for mental healthOf Mice & Men frontman Aaron Pauley believes it’s important, if not imperative, that you exercise your creativity. Doing so can be beneficial to your mental health…
Holding Absence’s Lucas Woodland: We must stop telling guys to ‘man up’Lucas Woodland has boldly opened up through Holding Absence’s music – and he encourages male listeners in particular to be honest with their struggles, too…
10 must-watch rock biopics that you won't be able to look away fromA run-through of the 10 most compelling biopics from the world of rock’n’roll, filled with sex, drugs and, um, wild factual inaccuracies…
Iron Maiden: The story of Fear Of The Dark and Bruce Dickinson’s departureIron Maiden welcomed in the 1990s with their first-ever Number One single and two albums that soundtracked the strife that would split a band on top of the world…
