The best of Kerrang! In Conversation 2024Before we say goodbye to 2024, we take a look back at some of our favourite moments from the podcast this year – featuring Trivium, RØRY, Black Veil Brides, Sum 41 and more!
Bob Vylan: “We need to be in the places that don’t want to hear us, or the places that need it most”For Bob Vylan, 2024 has been a scorcher. Since releasing chart-topping album Humble As The Sun in April, they’ve barely stopped moving, and finally look like they’re about to break America. As the duo wrap up their biggest UK headline run with two nights in London, they look back on what they’ve learned, and how the record has changed them…
Gatecreeper, Enforced and 200 Stab Wounds are leading the extreme metal revolutionJoining forces for a mammoth, end-of-year European onslaught, Chase Mason, Knox Colby and Steve Buhl explain how a focus on ballsiness, brotherhood and bludgeoning riffs has seen them break free from the underground to boldly take on the world…
12 essential Sleep Token songs you need to knowFrom early 2017 highlight Nazareth to viral singles Chokehold and The Summoning from Take Me Back To Eden, here’s your ultimate round-up of Sleep Token’s most significant songs…
Listen to Bill Bailey on the Kerrang! In Conversation podcastMusic-loving comedian Bill Bailey swings by Kerrang! In Conversation for a Christmas spectacular, discussing everything from food to music to family traditions to the importance of community at this time of year...
Oli Sykes: “I still feel like the underdog… But it’s important to stop smell the roses, and to be like, ‘This is f*cking amazing, what we’ve achieved’”It’s been a hell of a 2024 for Bring Me The Horizon. In January, they did their biggest-ever UK tour. Then, in May, they finally released their long-awaited album POST HUMAN: NeX GEn, and went round the world one more time. Looking back, Oli Sykes reflects on how the Sheffield superstars are in “the best place we’ve ever been”. But first, they’ve been up to something completely bewildering…
Claudio Sanchez performs songs by Taylor Swift, Smashing Pumpkins and more on new covers albumListen to Coheed And Cambria’s new Claudio Covers release, featuring eight of the frontman’s interpretations…
Meet KNIFE BRIDE, the pioneers of their own ‘nu-gothika’ genreKNIFE BRIDE’s name has flashed up everywhere in 2024. Graceful on the surface, yet kicking away madly underneath, they’re becoming one of the hottest new things in British rock. But what else have the Brighton crew got cooking at the moment? Kerrang! crashes the wedding to find out more…
Listen to HIMALAYAS’ new single, Nothing HigherHIMALAYAS have followed October single What If…? with new track Nothing Higher – and both apparently welcome in a ‘heavier era’ for the band.
Trash Boat cancel UK and Euro headline tour: “We will be taking a break but will return”In a statement announcing the cancellation of their Heaven Can Wait tour, Trash Boat say they “realised we would not be able to deliver a show that meets the standards you deserve and that we hold ourselves to”.
Mad Cool reveal first names for 2025 including Weezer, Thirty Seconds To Mars and St. VincentWeezer and Thirty Seconds To Mars join the likes of Olivia Rodrigo, Iggy Pop and Noah Kahan atop next year’s Mad Cool Festival bill.
Crossfaith announce their own HYPER PLANET festival with Underoath, Enter Shikari and more“Hosting our own festival has always been one of our biggest dreams…” Crossfaith are bringing Underoath, Shikari, WARGASM and more to Japan next year.
Damiano David adds more tour dates in London and New YorkDue to ‘phenomenal’ demand, Måneskin vocalist Damiano David’s first-ever solo run next year is getting even bigger…
Emily Armstrong updates tattoo to include Linkin Park referenceEmily Armstrong’s ‘The End’ tattoo has been amended since she joined Linkin Park – three guesses what word comes before it…
Dave Grohl’s daughter Violet is working on a debut album: “Her vocals are tremendous”Violet Grohl is teaming up with producer Justin Raisen for a debut LP, with her music reportedly “inspired by singer-songwriters of the ’60s and ’70s as well as the riot grrrl movement of the ’90s”.
