Now Hear This: Alex Baker On The Best New Metal, Noir-Pop And Straight-Up BangersKerrang! Radio host Alex Baker brings you the new bands you need to check out now, including Club Dread, Dana Dentata and The UMA…
How Possessed's Seven Churches Accidentally Birthed Death MetalThirty-five years ago, four teenagers made a record that would take metal down a dark, evil path…
The inside story of Roadrunner United: “The super-est of all supergroups”Joey Jordison, Robb Flynn, Matt Heafy and Dino Cazares explain how 2005’s unprecedented The All-Star Sessions was born.
Have The Government's Grants Actually Helped Heavy Music In The UK?Many venues have benefitted from the Culture Recovery Fund, but looming lockdowns and no support for freelance workers mean the fate of heavy music hangs in the balance…
14 of the most terrifying songs that aren’t metalHere are 14 songs that are as frightening as any death metal track.
Hope Springs Eternal: Touché Amoré’s search for a light at the end of the tunnelJeremy Bolm has always invited listeners to share in the darkest experiences of his life. Where the communal catharsis of 2016’s incredible grief-chronicle Stage Four left him stretched and spent, however, fifth album Lament sees Touché Amoré re-engaging with the little things and unlocking the power in keeping on keeping on…
Tommy Lee: “The minute you become complacent and lose that fighting spirit, you might as well pack it up and go home”Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee on his notorious name, why he loves an underdog, and that time Axl Rose thanked him for the inspiration to write November Rain…
A super deep dive into Nirvana’s Heart-Shaped Box videoBased on a treatment by Kurt Cobain, Nirvana’s Heart-Shaped Box video is an unforgettable watch.
Remembering that time The Offspring gave one million dollars to a random fanOver two decades ago, it definitely seemed that bands had money to chuck around. It truly was a different time…
The best Green Day album? Duh, it’s NimrodWhich is the best Green Day album: American Idiot or Dookie? Well, one member of the Kerrang! staff says neither…
Why The Struts' New Album Strange Days Is The Record They've "Been Dying To Make"The Struts' Luke Spiller and Adam Slack on taking over the world, being pals with Robbie Williams, and a potential secret collaboration with Foo Fighters…
The 13 least worst Type O Negative songsFrom 1991 debut Slow, Deep And Hard to final album Dead Again, this is the best (or least worst) of Type O Negative…
Greg Puciato: "We Are The F*cking Sorcerers… And Digital Platforms Are The F*cking Mailman"Former Dillinger Escape Plan frontman Greg Puciato on album leaks, online middlemen, and the fate of independent artists…
All Time Low's Basement Noise Stream Gave Wake Up, Sunshine The Live Party It DeservesThe first of All Time Low's Basement Noise streams saw the Baltimore pop-punks play Wake Up, Sunshine in full… and it absolutely ruled.
10 Songs With Surprise Twists At The EndRock like M. Night Shyamalan with these 10 tracks that aren't quite what they seem…
Did John Lennon invent the metal horns?Were Ronnie James Dio and Gene Simmons trumped by the ‘cool’ Beatle, John Lennon, in creating metal’s most popular gang sign?