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The big review: Download Festival 2023

Celebrating an incredible 20 years with a whopping anniversary spectacular, here’s all the best stuff from Download Festival.

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CLT DRP confirm new album Nothing Clever, Just Feelings and release title-track

Watch the video for CLT DRP’s new single Nothing Clever, Just Feelings, taken from their upcoming album of the same name.

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Jared Leto was seen climbing a hotel wall without a harness

See Thirty Seconds To Mars frontman Jared Leto climbing up the wall of the five-star Hotel de Rome in Berlin…

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Clown to sit out of current Slipknot shows to support his wife “through some health issues”

Slipknot’s European tour kicks off tonight (June 7), but Clown has announced he won’t be there as he’ll be staying at home to support his wife.

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See Oli Sykes join MGK onstage for their first live performance of Maybe

Bring Me The Horizon’s Oli Sykes joined Machine Gun Kelly onstage in Germany this weekend as the pair performed their 2022 collab Maybe live together for the first time.

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Lionel Richie was nearly on the new Avenged Sevenfold album

Just when you thought the album couldn’t get any more surprising, Avenged Sevenfold frontman M. Shadows has revealed that Lionel Richie was almost on Life Is But A Dream…

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Watch the moody video for Halsey’s ‘Diablo IV anthem’ with Suga

Halsey has teamed up with BTS’ Suga for a new version of Lilith, which is the ‘anthem’ of Diablo IV.

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Album review: Avenged Sevenfold – Life Is But A Dream…

Huntington Beach heroes Avenged Sevenfold hurl themselves off the deep end for sublimely batshit eighth album…

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Bob Vylan to preview new music on November headline tour

Bob Vylan have announced a tour with Kid Bookie and Panic Shack – and they’ve confirmed that they’ll be “sharing new music with people live before anybody else gets to hear it”.

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Bring Me The Horizon drop surprise single with Lil Uzi Vert and Daryl Palumbo

Surprise! Bring Me The Horizon have teamed up with Lil Uzi Vert and Glassjaw’s Daryl Palumbo – listen to their heavy new single AmEN! now.

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Pupil Slicer: “We’re welcoming to everyone. If you don’t agree with that, leave”

Their breathtakingly heavy music might catch you off guard, but if there’s one thing Pupil Slicer want, it’s to make people feel comfortable in themselves. And in future metal icon Kate Davies, there’s no-one more perfect for the job…

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Watch the moody video for Halsey’s ‘Diablo IV anthem’ with Suga

Halsey has teamed up with BTS’ Suga for a new version of Lilith, which is the ‘anthem’ of Diablo IV.

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Diablo are opening an 18+ ‘goremet’ chocolate emporium in London

To celebrate the launch of Diablo IV, head to Lilith & Co. to feast on some gruesome choc…

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There’s a new Turnstile song in Netflix’s I Think You Should Leave

The pop-punk tune in the third season of I Think You Should Leave may be performed by a fake band called The Everything-You-Knows, but really it’s an original song from Turnstile…

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Kerrang! releases first apparel collection

That's right, we make clothes now. Tees, hoodies, caps, even cardigans! And this is just the beginning...

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twenty one pilots’ Josh Dun has a cameo in the new Fast & Furious film

Surprise! twenty one pilots drummer Josh Dun and his wife Debby Ryan make a brief appearance in the newly-released FAST X film.

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A Coronation message from Bob Vylan

Ahead of the Coronation of King Charles III, Bobby Vylan looks at what the royal family actually represent in 2023.

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See the first look at Halsey in new A24 movie MaXXXine

A24 have unveiled the first sneak peek at Halsey – alongside Mia Goth – in MaXXXine.

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See Colin Farrell return as The Penguin in the first teaser trailer for Batman spin-off series

HBO Max have unveiled the first look at Batman spin-off series The Penguin, which will arrive in 2024.

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The big review: Download Festival 2023

Celebrating an incredible 20 years with a whopping anniversary spectacular, here’s all the best stuff from Download Festival.

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Grove Street announce debut album, The Path To Righteousness

UK hardcore/thrashers Grove Street have announced their debut album The Path To Righteousness, which sees the band aiming to “level up on every front”.

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Slipknot part ways with Craig Jones

Slipknot’s keyboardist and sampler Craig Jones has left the band, they have announced.

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YUNGBLUD kicks off his next era with new single Lowlife

Listen to YUNGBLUD’s new single Lowlife, which is about “the type of boredom where you sit in your house, in the same sheets and watch f*cking mind-numbing TV…”

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Black Veil Brides are teasing a song with Ville Valo

They’re going on tour together, and Black Veil Brides and VV will also be giving us an audio treat with a Sisters Of Mercy cover…

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Fiddlehead announce new album, Death Is Nothing To Us

Listen to Sullenboy, the lead single from Fiddlehead’s just-announced third album Death Is Nothing To Us.

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CLT DRP confirm new album Nothing Clever, Just Feelings and release title-track

Watch the video for CLT DRP’s new single Nothing Clever, Just Feelings, taken from their upcoming album of the same name.

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Jared Leto was seen climbing a hotel wall without a harness

See Thirty Seconds To Mars frontman Jared Leto climbing up the wall of the five-star Hotel de Rome in Berlin…

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Pupil Slicer: “We’re welcoming to everyone. If you don’t agree with that, leave”

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Sprints drop new single: “This is the outward expression of my own frustration, struggle and rage”

Listen to Sprints’ new single Adore Adore Adore, which hears vocalist Karla Chubb reflect on the “different set of invisible rules” a woman in a band has to “abide by”.

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Tool have announced a North American headline tour

Kicking off with some massive festival dates, Tool will extensively be touring North America this autumn…

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Teenage Wrist team up with Softcult for new single Still Love

Teenage Wrist have announced their third album Still Love, and shared the title-track featuring Softcult…

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Clown to sit out of current Slipknot shows to support his wife “through some health issues”

Slipknot’s European tour kicks off tonight (June 7), but Clown has announced he won’t be there as he’ll be staying at home to support his wife.

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Album review: Gallus – We Don’t Like The People We’ve Become

Indie-punk quartet Gallus might be pissed off about the state of society on their debut album, but at least they can find a good laugh in it too…

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Listen to Crawlers’ brand-new single, Messiah

Crawlers have unveiled a new single, Messiah, which is about how it feels to “exploit one’s sadness for the sake of creating art”.

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PUP have just shared two previously-unreleased songs

Listen to a couple of ‘new’ PUP bangers: How To Live With Yourself and Smoke Screen.

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Kerrang! releases first apparel collection

That's right, we make clothes now. Tees, hoodies, caps, even cardigans! And this is just the beginning...

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Get your signed copy of Waterparks’ new album INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

We’ve got 100 copies of Waterparks’ new album with hand-signed art cards – get yours now!

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Get your Meet Me @ The Altar album and hand-signed lyric sheet

Pick up Meet Me @ The Altar’s debut album with a lyric sheet hand-signed by the band!

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Get your limited-edition bronze BABYMETAL – THE OTHER ONE vinyl

Pick up BABYMETAL’s long-awaited fourth album THE OTHER ONE on limited-edition bronze vinyl.

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Get your Nova Twins x Kerrang! T-shirt bundle

Get your hands on a limited-edition Nova Twins T-shirt and the new issue of Kerrang! magazine.

The big review: Download Festival 2023

Here’s the weather forecast for Download Festival 2023

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CLT DRP confirm new album Nothing Clever, Just Feelings and release title-track

Jared Leto was seen climbing a hotel wall without a harness

Clown to sit out of current Slipknot shows to support his wife “through some health issues”

See Oli Sykes join MGK onstage for their first live performance of Maybe

Lionel Richie was nearly on the new Avenged Sevenfold album

Watch the moody video for Halsey’s ‘Diablo IV anthem’ with Suga

Album review: Avenged Sevenfold – Life Is But A Dream…

Bob Vylan to preview new music on November headline tour

Bring Me The Horizon drop surprise single with Lil Uzi Vert and Daryl Palumbo

Cover Story

Pupil Slicer: “We’re welcoming to everyone. If you don’t agree with that, leave”

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Watch the moody video for Halsey’s ‘Diablo IV anthem’ with Suga

Diablo are opening an 18+ ‘goremet’ chocolate emporium in London

There’s a new Turnstile song in Netflix’s I Think You Should Leave

Kerrang! releases first apparel collection

twenty one pilots’ Josh Dun has a cameo in the new Fast & Furious film

A Coronation message from Bob Vylan

See the first look at Halsey in new A24 movie MaXXXine

See Colin Farrell return as The Penguin in the first teaser trailer for Batman spin-off series

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The big review: Download Festival 2023

Grove Street announce debut album, The Path To Righteousness

Slipknot part ways with Craig Jones

YUNGBLUD kicks off his next era with new single Lowlife

Black Veil Brides are teasing a song with Ville Valo

Fiddlehead announce new album, Death Is Nothing To Us

CLT DRP confirm new album Nothing Clever, Just Feelings and release title-track

Jared Leto was seen climbing a hotel wall without a harness

Pupil Slicer: “We’re welcoming to everyone. If you don’t agree with that, leave”

Sprints drop new single: “This is the outward expression of my own frustration, struggle and rage”

Tool have announced a North American headline tour

Teenage Wrist team up with Softcult for new single Still Love

Clown to sit out of current Slipknot shows to support his wife “through some health issues”

Album review: Gallus – We Don’t Like The People We’ve Become

Listen to Crawlers’ brand-new single, Messiah

PUP have just shared two previously-unreleased songs

Buy Stuff

Kerrang! releases first apparel collection

Get your signed copy of Waterparks’ new album INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Get your Meet Me @ The Altar album and hand-signed lyric sheet

Get your limited-edition bronze BABYMETAL – THE OTHER ONE vinyl

Get your Nova Twins x Kerrang! T-shirt bundle

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