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"Everything is important, interesting and beautiful": How Glitterer are unlocking the answers to life

Glitterer's Ned Russin opens up about existential new album Life Is Not A Lesson, and how he's learned to find contentment within the here and now.

The 20 greatest Machine Head songs – ranked

We rank Machine Head’s best songs, from Burn My Eyes to The Blackening and beyond…

Mudhoney’s Mark Arm: “I don’t think we’ve ever taken anything seriously, including life!”

Mudhoney mainman Mark Arm reflects on their initial success, the rise of grunge, beefing with John Lydon and more.

Now Hear This: Sophie K on the best new metalcore, pop-punk and nu-metal

Kerrang! Radio host Sophie K brings you the new bands you need to check out now, including Action/Adventure, October Ends and VCTMS...

Something wicked this way comes: Inside California’s rising darkwave scene

There's something dark brewing in California, but why? We investigate the new wave of goth and darkwave enveloping the Golden State...

Tony Iommi's 13 greatest riffs

We reflect on Tony Iommi's 13 greatest riffs – from Black Sabbath and beyond

Alice Cooper: “I will never, ever outgrow rock’n’roll. And I will never, ever tell my band to turn the volume down”

Alice Cooper has lived the rock’n’roll life harder and longer than most. Here, he reflects on those shocking early days, hanging out with Jim Morrison and why golf is his latest addiction…

“We need to be accepting of other people’s secrets, and willing to share our own”: Normandie are turning childhood trauma into a message of hope

Normandie frontman Philip Strand reveals how turning his back on the church he grew up in inspired new album Dark & Beautiful Secrets

The 13 most offensive band names of all time

If you’re upset by bad words and things of a grisly nature, turn away now. These band names are a little on the blue side…

Inside Gojira's new metal masterpiece… and their fight for our future

French metal titans Gojira have battled apathy and ignorance their entire career. As long-overdue seventh album Fortitude rears up Kaiju-like on the horizon, however, frontman Joe Duplantier stresses the need, now more than ever, for humanity to face up to our spiral towards self-destruction…

Taylor Hawkins: “I used to do a lot of fcking drugs… I believed the bullsht myth of live fast and die young”

Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins reflects on his introduction to rock, working with his heroes and a former life of excess…

20 things you probably didn’t know about Billie Joe Armstrong

Get the, er, knowledge on Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong!

SKYND: Why we wrote a song about Elisa Lam

SKYND were writing about Elisa Lam long before Netflix came along, but why?

11 bands and artists who wouldn’t be here without Green Day

Green Day’s impact on music cannot be underestimated, as this genre-spanning selection of artists prove.

Ice-T: “I play one on TV, but cops can still kiss my ass”

Body Count frontman Ice-T has had a crazy life. We chat to the man himself about childhood, hip-hop, Cop Killer and more.

10 things we learned about Powerslave during Iron Maiden's Twitter listening party

Iron Maiden tweeted along with Powerslave's listening party this weekend, and here are just 10 things we learned from the very metal experience…

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