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Split Chain: “Life is not easy and never will be – this album is a depiction of all that sh*t”

Ahead of their hotly-anticipated debut album motionblur, we head backstage at one of Split Chain's umpteen shows this summer to discover the darkness behind the music, and how they've found themselves as one of the most talked-about bands of the year...

“Doing an album without the defence of comedy is daunting!”: Why Blood Vulture are no laughing matter

With debut album Die Close painting doom metal claret-red, Blood Vulture’s Jordan Olds explains how friends and heroes – and Bram Stoker – inspired a serious change of direction...

“It’s walking through the pain as safely as possible with each other”: Inside the complex, chaotic return of letlive.

After almost a decade away, letlive. are back. As they prepare to bring their incendiary, livewire hardcore to the UK, Jason Aalon tells Kerrang! how it all ended last time, why now, and the long road to their return…

Tom DeLonge: “Just because I laugh at ridiculous jokes doesn't mean that I don't conceptualise what consciousness is, and the way the universe might be“

On the UK release of his directorial debut Monsters Of California, blink-182 and Angels & Airwaves mainman Tom DeLonge takes us in search of answers to life, the universe and everything...

“The spirit of it is so pure”: Inside Ozzy’s spectacular homecoming

Fifty-five years since they roared out of Birmingham and helped birth heavy metal, Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath are returning to Aston for one last show, where it all began, before they retire for good. Metallica, Guns N’ Roses, Slayer and an eye-watering cast are coming to help with the send-off. Gig of the year? As Sharon Osbourne puts it, it’s going to be “impossible to top…”

"I love a good pub chat with an old man": Hot Milk singer Han Mee's five favourite things

Boozer banter, getting stoned by the canal, and heroic siblings – here's the stuff that makes Hot Milk's gobby singer happy

“This band gives me life”: Meet Ghost’s fanatical followers

Every clergy needs a flock, and Ghost have a congregation like no other. Who better to share what makes them so special than their acolytes? From across the globe, here are just some of their devotees who bathe in the light of Papa and his Ghouls…

10 electrifying bands to watch at 2000trees, as picked by booker James Scarlett

2000trees booker James Scarlett shares his 10 top picks for 2025 – from proggy hardcore to arty noise to banging punk-rock…

Black Sabbath: “Finishing in Aston brings the whole story to its conclusion”

This weekend it all ends – Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne will take their final bow, onstage in front of near 50,000 fans in their hometown of Aston, supported by some of the best bands on the planet. Looking ahead to arguably the greatest metal gig of all time, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Sharon Osbourne take us through the show itself, the heady mix of joy and trepidation, and why this is the perfect send-off for the godfathers of heavy...

Jools are the delightfully surprising new band you need to know

Establishing their line-up in 2023, UK punk collective Jools are about to unleash brilliant debut album Violent Delights this Friday. Here’s the fateful story of how they all came together, the very real experiences contained within the record, and why they’re “so much more” than what you might think…

“Whenever we’re together, I feel like I’m home”: Inside the meaningful return of Good Charlotte

Last week, Good Charlotte made their long-awaited comeback with Rejects from their forthcoming eighth album Motel Du Cap. Joel Madden reflects on the record becoming the pop-punk icons’ “creative, obsessive project”, why working with bands at MDDN inspired him, and how good it feels to put out music again…

Summer stoner riffs, heavy weirdness, extreme doom and loads of death: This month’s highlights from the underground

Need something subterranean while you’re firing up the barbecue? Here’s some heaviness, riffs, blasphemy and bonkers re-recordings to burn your burger to…

The story of Ghost’s Impera: “I want to show my kids that all this time playing rock shows had a real purpose”

Not even COVID could stand in the way of Ghost as they passed their 10th birthday. Catching up on tour just before the plague hit, we found a rock band now comfortably sitting as one of the most important of their time. As Impera took on the weird world into which it was released, the idea of them being “the next KISS or Maiden” wasn’t a hope: it was happening right in front of us…

“Modern society suffers from a serious lack of love”: Inside Higher Power’s surprise new album

Disillusioned with the transactional nature of the music industry and disconnected from life at home after 10 years of hard grind, Higher Power needed to step back, reconfigure and reclaim control. Frontman Jimmy Wizard explains how that decision made superb, surprise-released third album There’s Love In This World If You Want It truly essential…

“My friend put his headphones on me, and I was hooked”: Stray From The Path’s Tom Williams on the album that changed his life

Stray From The Path guitarist Tom Williams explains how a sixth-grade encounter began a life-long love for Rage Against The Machine – and how it led to Tom Morello inadvertently sticking up for him…

Spiritbox: “Every time I walk out onstage, I can’t believe this is my life”

With a career already full to the brim of bucket-list moments, this weekend Spiritbox are taking things to a whole new level by opening for Linkin Park at a sold-out Wembley Stadium. As well as pondering “what Cellar Door sounds like when it’s blasted” to a whopping 90,000 people, Courtney LaPlante talks success, self-belief, and letting art speak for itself…

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