SPIDER: “I want there to be more Black women in alternative music… That definitely drives me”Inspired by the grunge icons of the ’90s, SPIDER is a superstar in waiting – and is carving out a space for Black alternative artists…
Empire State Bastard have announced their own mini metal festivalEmpire State Bastard are launching the inaugural Bastard Fest next month, featuring Heriot, Conjurer and more…
HEALTH announce October UK and Ireland headline showsHEALTH are set to return to the UK and Ireland in just a few months’ time for a six-headline run, dubbed the RAT-BASED WARFARE TOUR :: THE OLD WORLD.
Album review: Alcest – Les Chants De L’AuroreFrench blackgaze pioneers Alcest step back into the light on shimmering seventh album…
Bowling For Soup announce A Hangover You Don’t Deserve 20th anniversary tourBowling For Soup will return to the UK early next year for a 10-date tour, celebrating two decades of A Hangover You Don’t Deserve.
Creeper and Black Veil Brides announce Wembley co-headline show“This is a dream come true!” Creeper and Black Veil Brides are joining forces on Devil’s Night (duh) for an epic London takeover…
What happened when Avenged Sevenfold headlined Download 2024Avenged Sevenfold melt minds – and the sound system – at their successfully strange Download headline hat-trick.
The big review: Download Festival 2024Download Festival 2024 is go! As is the annual Kerrang! rolling review, featuring all the best, can’t-be-missed stuff from the home of metal this weekend…
What happened when Parkway Drive surprised Download Festival 2024The secret’s out! Parkway Drive decimate the Dogtooth Stage at Download for one of the greatest surprise sets in the festival’s history…
What happened when Fall Out Boy headlined Download 2024Pop-punk classics! Pyro! Pete Wentz floating through the air with balloons! Fall Out Boy conquer Download with spectacularly thought-out journey down memory lane…
Electric Callboy cancel tomorrow’s Download set: “Unfortunately Nico got sick”With singer Nico Sallach coming down with illness, Electric Callboy have had to pull out of this weekend’s Download Festival.
Fall Out Boy: “When we get onstage, we as a band are still earning it. That’s exciting!”As Fall Out Boy prepare for their headlining turn at Download Festival, Patrick Stump and Pete Wentz lift the lid on their past year of mega-shows, why they’ve always managed to avoid falling into a nostalgia trap, and how after Donington they’ll be embracing “the challenge of figuring out what the next thing is…”
What happened when Queens Of The Stone Age headlined Download 2024Josh Homme’s crew assert their status as rock royalty as they take Download on a trip…
STONE drop new single, announce UK and European headline tourAhead of next month’s Fear Life For A Lifetime debut, STONE have released new single Queen, and announced an autumn headline run.
The rise of Enter Shikari, as told through their most important gigsFrom selling out the London Astoria as an unsigned band in 2006 to this year’s stunning arena tour, Rou Reynolds looks back at how Enter Shikari have conquered… well… literally everywhere.
Hear Meet Me @ The Altar’s pop-punk cover of Jonas Brothers’ SuckerMeet Me @ The Altar have put a pop-punk twist on a Jonas Brothers song, because the sibling trio “inspired us to make music and be in a band”.