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Blind Channel: “One day we want to be in the same pyrotechnic league as Rammstein!”

Ahead of Blind Channel’s first-ever UK headline run, Niko Moilanen and Joel Hokka join Kerrang! from the road to chat about massive production, new music, and their plans to be “super cringy tourists” on tour.

The new Lord Of The Rings series can fix the mistakes of The Hobbit

Amazon’s new hyper-expensive Lord Of The Rings series has a lot to live up to, but it’s already looking better than the failed Hobbit experiment.

5 UK streetwear brands you need to know right now

Whether you’ve finally worn out your vintage Metallica tee and are looking for new threads, or you’re a wannabe hypebeast looking to cop the next hottest thing, these are the British streetwear brands you need to get involved with.

In pictures: Reading & Leeds Festival 2022

From Bring Me The Horizon to WILLOW to Denzel Curry, here are some of the best photos from this weekend’s Reading & Leeds Festival…

The legacy of Sophie Lancaster: “We should be embracing difference, not scared of it”

On August 24, 2007, 20-year-old rock fan Sophie Lancaster lost her life after she and her boyfriend were set upon by a gang in a local park.

The Regrettes’ Lydia Night: The 10 songs that changed my life

What’s Lydia Night’s angry song? What one track always makes her cry? The Regrettes’ leader reveals all…

Jason Aalon Butler: “The industry has to see that there’s a new bar that’s being set for BIPOC people in alternative music”

While COVID grounded FEVER 333, Jason Aalon Butler took to the streets of LA to demonstrate against the systemic racism that led to the murder of George Floyd. Two years on, he doesn’t think much has changed. But that hasn’t stopped him striving to bring inequality down and create a genuinely better world…

In pictures: The Gaslight Anthem’s glorious Wembley gig

On Thursday night, The Gaslight Anthem hit London for their biggest UK date ever. This is what it looked like…

In pictures: twenty one pilots kick off their epic Icy Tour

The Icy Tour kicked off in Minnesota last night – and twenty one pilots pulled out all the stops.

WEIRDO: The zine uniting the South Asian alternative community

We meet the team behind the South Asian alt. culture zine WEIRDO to find out how they’re creating a space for a severely underrepresented community.

Lauran Hibberd’s track-by-track guide to new album Garageband Superstar

From DMing DJ Lethal to dumping someone and buying a PS4, Lauran Hibberd tells the stories behind every song on her debut album, Garageband Superstar.

Bay Watch: Berthold City

In this week’s Bay Watch, Andrew Kline of Berthold City chats about the rise of hardcore, the motives behind his important Los Angeles label WAR Records, and giving back to the scene he clearly loves so much…

In pictures: Blind Channel’s wild homeland show in Finland

Backstage, onstage and everywhere in-between at Blind Channel’s standalone headline date at Möysän Musaklubi last Friday night.

The Gaslight Anthem’s Brian Fallon: “We didn’t want to be a nostalgia band. If there’s something new, then I’m excited”

As The Gaslight Anthem gear up to make their highly-anticipated live return to the UK this week, frontman Brian Fallon lifts the lid on the band’s reunion, the tour so far, and new music…

Stand Atlantic’s Bonnie Fraser: The 10 songs that changed my life

From the first song she ever heard to the track she’d like played at her funeral, this is Bonnie Fraser’s life in music.

Holding Absence and Alpha Wolf: “You get these worlds colliding…”

Holding Absence and Alpha Wolf have just dropped their excellent split EP, The Lost & The Longing. Lucas Woodland and Lochie Keogh join Kerrang! for an in-depth chat about their new release and the current state of the music scene…

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