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Deryck Whibley: “Heaven :x: Hell is the best Sum 41 record we’ve made”

As Sum 41 announce details of next year’s double-album – which will be their last before they split up – frontman Deryck Whibley reflects on the bittersweet nature of calling it a day while going out with what he reckons is their greatest work…

The 50 best albums of 2023

The Kerrang! verdict on the 50 albums that shaped 2023.

In pictures: Lake Malice’s first-ever UK headline show

Here’s what went down at The Black Heart in Camden for the “wildest, sweatiest” Lake Malice show ever…

The rise of Halestorm, as told through their most important gigs

From their unusual first show in 1997, it’s been quite the ride for Halestorm to make it to the top…

In pictures: Kerrang!’s Kerristmas party

It’s the most wonderful time of the year… the K! Kerristmas bash with a bunch of our favourite people!

Bruce Dickinson: “We’re all living longer and more effective lives, which is great – as long as you do something with it”

After almost 20 years, Bruce Dickinson is back with a new solo album, and a reality-bending story of ominous corporations, deities and the occult. In this world-exclusive interview, we spend the day with the Iron Maiden figurehead and explore the darkened realm he has created, as well as ruminate on everything from life and death to Norse myths and the joy of fencing...

Zeph: “People tell me it’s brave to be so vulnerable, but it doesn’t take guts. It’s just something that I do”

Between intense lyrical vulnerability, being a production whiz and taking inspiration from the Kung Fu Panda soundtrack, Zeph is an alt.pop superstar in the making. Having struggled for so long, she’s finally finding her place in the world…

Have Mercy’s track-by-track guide to new album NUMB

Having previously revealed that Have Mercy’s new album NUMB was “influenced by my sobriety, new marriage, and repairing/disconnecting from relationships with people”, frontman Brian Swindle digs even deeper…

“I want to be in the driving seat... I want to be an artist again”: Mike Shinoda on new music, Fort Minor, the power of nostalgia and what’s coming next

On the eve of his new Crimson Chapter EP, we join Mike Shinoda for a stroll down memory lane and examine why the mid-’00s scene still connects with fans today, the impact and success of Fort Minor, and why the Linkin Park man will always strive for something new...

Lil Lotus: “The more I got to know myself, the more I started saying things that I really felt. It came out pretty dark”

Sober and “more present”, Lil Lotus has traded the Sad Boy Soundcloud scene for a more fully realised take on emo. With second LP Nosebleeder, he’s discovering a new darkness, and becoming a star in the process…

HEALTH: “The people who like us for the funny stuff and the people who like us for the music are not mutually exclusive. They’re the same people”

HEALTH make music that could soundtrack the end of the world. On their killer new album Rat Wars, the LA noise-rock collective are going further into the digital murk, while also looking to blow up. We headed into their unique universe to meet the men behind the madness, find where all this comes from, and discover the truth behind the online mucking about...

In pictures: Hot Milk’s biggest-ever headline show in London

Relive Hot Milk’s sensational headline show in London with our exclusive gallery and video...

Pleiades: Get to know the British post-rock quintet big on storytelling, musical ideas and building community

Manchester’s Pleiades put big ideas into bigger music. As they release their killer new album, Affinity With, here’s everything you need to know about Brit post-rock’s rising stars…

Underdark: “It’s vital not to forget history. The poverty we’re seeing today hasn’t come about by chance”

For Underdark, reality can be just as horrific as anything the mind can cook up. As they tackle the history of British deprivation and the struggle of those living with it on their new album Managed Decline, singer Abi Vasquez explains the importance of never forgetting how easily it can set in, or its root causes…

Ithaca’s Djamila Azzouz: The 10 songs that changed my life

Ithaca singer Djamila Azzouz talks us through the soundtrack to her life. Spoiler alert: she likes Slipknot. Double-spoiler alert: “F*ck Toploader…”

The courageous story of My Chemical Romance’s Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys

A bright new dawn was on the horizon, but it would take an abandoned album, a trip to the desert and a Gerard Way comic book for My Chemical Romance to be galvanised again…

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