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"The Blood Is On Our Hands In History, To Look Back With Any Kind Of Nostalgia Is Dangerous": IDLES' Joe Talbot On Britain Owning Up To Its Chequered Past

IDLES frontman and Bristolian Joe Talbot explains how facing up to our past is the first step to a better Britain

Why Green Day tore up their own rulebook with Father Of All...

Father Of All… might be Green Day’s biggest ever left-turn. And it might just have reinvigorated one of punk rock’s greatest bands right when they personally needed it, too. This is the story of how Billie Joe, Mike and Tré learned to let it all hang loose…

The 21 best U.S. metalcore albums of all time

These are the very best metalcore albums from the United States of America – no arguments, okay?

Ice Nine Kills Rank Their Favourite Disney Villains

Ice Nine Kills vocalist Spencer Charnas picks his 10 favourite Disney villains of all time

Download Is More Than Just A Festival, It Changed My Life

Kerrang!'s Luke Morton relives the Download Festival that changed his relationship with rock music forever

Neck Deep's Dani Washington: "Racism doesn't belong in alternative music – it's f*cking dead and gone"

Neck Deep drummer Dani Washington and friend Alex Aiyeniwon on racism in the rock scene and beyond

PUP’s Stefan Babcock: The 10 songs that changed my life

PUP frontman Stefan Babcock on Meat Loaf, Modest Mouse, ABBA and more...

13 bands who wouldn’t be here without Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath started this thing we call heavy metal, but some bands are more directly influenced than others…

Twin Atlantic: "Hope And Love Tend To Conquer Fear And Hate"

Maturity, freedom, empowerment – welcome to the all-new, improved and turbo-charged Twin Atlantic. The Scottish rockers feel as beaten down by the world as anyone, but they’re dreaming of a day when love wins over hate…

How QOTSA’s Rated R brought desert rock into the mainstream

Looking back at Queens Of The Stone Age’s landmark album Rated R, its initial impact, and how it pushed contemporary rock forward at the turn of the century…

Quiz: How Well Do You Know Guns N' Roses' Lyrics?

From Paradise City to November Rain, Guns N' Roses have released some of rock's biggest songs. But can you remember the words?

A Deep Dive Into The World Of Rockstar Fanfiction

We take a look at the sometimes adorable, sometimes sordid world of rock fanfiction. Reader discretion advised...

The world according to Ice-T

From hip-hop to Hollywood via heavy metal and the occasional controversy, there’s never been a dull moment in the life of Ice-T. Still kicking against the pricks, the Body Count motormouth has many words of wisdom to dish out…

The 20 Greatest Marilyn Manson Songs – Ranked

From Portrait Of An American Family to Heaven Upside Down, we rank the great and good from Mr Marilyn Manson...

16 Of The Greatest Post-Rock Albums

Not that listening to these essential albums will help you define ‘post-rock’ any better…

Jaz Coleman: "When Killing Joke Really Lock In, There's This Strange Energy Between Us All. And It Was Born In Magic"

Killing Joke frontman Jaz Coleman on reincarnation, the power of magic and his incredible legacy

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