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South Arcade: “We’re finding people who like all these different areas of music and showing them our different sides”

South Arcade are already winning big in America. And that’s before they’ve even got their debut album out. As they hit LA for a two-night stand due to overwhelming demand, the Oxford quartet look back at their road here, fans crocheting their own merch, and writing bangers about dead bodies…

In pictures: Inside Kerrang!’s end of year party

Halestorm! Sid Wilson! Nova Twins! It must be a Kerrang! party to end the year in typically raucous style...

Sylosis: “I’ve always had that outsider feeling from society… That’s what attracts a lot of us to heavy music”

As Sylosis announce their seventh studio album The New Flesh, we meet mastermind Josh Middleton for the exclusive first interview to dive into their knockout new record, but also reflect on his hard-fought journey here, and why heavy metal will always reign supreme…

Brazil, belief and breaking the curse: How Karen Dió took over

Four years ago, Karen Dió moved from Brazil to Britain. Today, the Latin riot grrrl has become one of the brightest new stars in rock, beloved of everyone from Limp Bizkit to Sum 41. We catch up in her Hastings hometown to find out just how fast her Sick Ride is going…

“We make music as we live life. Everything comes naturally”: Meet The Garden, hardcore’s audacious outsiders

From jester make-up and genre-hopping to forays into fashion, there’s a lot going on in The Garden. As twin brothers Wyatt and Fletcher Shears explain, it’s an enterprise in cultivating creativity and spreading their tendrils wherever the shifting seasons take them…

“I came face to face with all of the things that weren’t helping me”: How Hannah Grae picked up the pieces and started again

Returning as an independent artist with new single Bitch, Hannah Grae talks brutally honest lyrics, learning to find artistic freedom, and why going viral isn’t all it’s cracked up to be…

“I don’t want to carry this horrible sh*t in my in my head anymore”: Inside Caskets’ stunningly honest new album

As Yorkshire metal stars Caskets gear up to make their explosive return to the road, vocalist Matt Flood unpacks the catharsis that’ll come from bringing latest album The Only Heaven You’ll Know to life…

“When I lost my mum, this album really captured how I felt”: The Hunna’s Ryan Potter on the record that changed his life

The Hunna’s Ryan Potter became obsessed with My Chemical Romance’s The Black Parade as a teen. It opened his eyes to the possibilities of music and performance, and showed how much it can help in dark times…

Stray From The Path: “The world needs music like this right now, but it takes a lot to actually make it”

On November 28, Long Island icons Stray From The Path will go their separate ways. On a raucous night in Berlin for this world-exclusive final interview, we talk to the band about why now is the time to call it quits, which memories will live longest, and what the lasting legacy will be from one of heavy music’s most powerful bands…

“I find a lot of comfort in things that other people would find bizarre or dark”: How Bobby Krlic is taking soundtracks to strange new places

Bobby Krlic has gone from making an experimental musical abyss in his parents’ Wakefield shed, to becoming one of film’s most important soundtrack artists. He tells us about Slayer leading him to the dark side, working with Atticus Ross, and leaning into Yorkshire nostalgia for his latest work on Anemone…

Megadeth: “The body will disappear, but the legend will remain. And the music will go on forever”

After four decades on the frontlines of thrash, Megadeth are preparing to take their final bow. And as we look ahead to what will no doubt be an epic, global goodbye, we sit down with mastermind Dave Mustaine for an exclusive farewell interview, reflecting on the band’s rollercoaster ride, lessons learned the hard way, and why their music will never truly be gone…

“If there’s something you can be hated for, someone’s gonna hate you for it”: How Kate Davies confronts inhumanity on Pupil Slicer’s killer new album

It’s very easy to get destroyed by the world. That’s something that’s been bothering Pupil Slicer’s Kate Davies. On new album Fleshwork, they’re examining how easily people can be turned to hate, the uphill struggles for those with the least, and finding connection through music…

“I was on my own. It became a powerful moment of growth”: Inside Joel Hokka’s new band, HOKKA

Former Blind Channel frontman Joel Hokka has returned with a new band, and a new song, In The Darkness. He takes K! behind the scenes of their epic new video, and explains how, after being at the bottom, he’s found his spark again.

“It’s a flagship to turn the next generation on to the greatness of rock’n’roll”: Tom Morello and Thomas Raggi take us inside their new collaborative album

Following in the footsteps of bandmate Damiano David, Måneskin guitarist Thomas Raggi is gearing up to release his debut solo album next month, with a little help from Rage Against The Machine legend and all-round good dude Tom Morello. In this world-exclusive first interview, the two Toms take us inside new record Masquerade, its incredible collaborations, and bringing real rock’n’roll back to the masses…

Marmozets: “We had to fight to get back to where we are now”

Having spent years in the wilderness, with no indication of when (or if) they’d return, Yorkshire alt.rock favourites Marmozets are finally back – and things couldn’t be better. Taking time to reconnect with themselves and each other, they’ve found what truly makes them happy, and are ready to share that love with the world…

“We’re f*cking destined to be metalheads!” Inside The Scratch’s new album, Pull Like A Dog

Nine years into their story of folk and acoustic-rock, The Scratch have unleashed arguably their heaviest single to date, Pull Like A Dog. The Dublin quartet tell Kerrang! why the title-track of their third album is inspired by two Olympic rowers, the special feeling of having each other’s backs, and how Loathe helped them reconnect with their heavy roots…

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