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Neck Deep: “We’re lucky to be here, so it’s just being aware of that and putting the band and fans first”

From massive shows to touring with their heroes Sum 41, last year was the biggest of Neck Deep’s lives. In 2025, things are only getting wilder. We joined them as they returned to the road on the Dumbstruck Dumbf*ck tour to find Ben Barlow reflecting on it all, and how “there’s f*ck-all to do when we’re at home…”

“We are God’s excrement… it’s a badge of honour”: How Behemoth are continuing to turn blasphemy into empowerment

Is Nergal having a laugh with the title of Behemoth’s new album, The Shit Ov God? Yes, he says. But that’s “middle-finger, little punk rock Nergal” for you. The frontman of the Polish berzerkers tells us about how getting older and wiser doesn’t mean getting safer, the challenges of being the world’s biggest extreme band, and why he’s almost entirely stopped doing interviews…

“I’m making way for new things”: Inside the fearless return of ZAND

After racking up millions of streams with last year’s Arcane single Cocktail Molotov, ZAND is officially kicking off a fresh chapter with new banger TOES! – and, as you might have guessed, the vibe going forwards is to expect the unexpected…

A message from PRESIDENT: “We did not come to whisper. We came to build”

As PRESIDENT unleash their debut single In The Name Of The Father, we put in a request to interview the mysterious new band. This is what they told us.

“They’ve always been ferocious, but that era was violent!” Bullet For My Valentine’s Matt Tuck on the album that changed his life

Bullet For My Valentine frontman Matt Tuck on how hearing Machine Head’s new level of savagery started him on his own path to becoming a metal god.

“I had to really f*cking suffer for a while”: How EKKSTACY found his forever after

As EKKSTACY prepares to unveil FOREVER – his most guitar-driven album to date – the Vancouver-based alt. shapeshifter tells Kerrang! about touring with blink-182, the beauty of spontaneity, and reshaping the “torture” of writing into an environment where he’s now at his happiest…

Arm’s Length get a grip on being emo

Vocalist/guitarist Allen Steinberg on the rising Canadian stars avoiding a difficult second album, overcoming imposter syndrome, and why Arm’s Length getting this far is a “miracle”.

“The bigger your heart is, it’s a superpower”: How De’Wayne took the next step on his new album

De’Wayne is bringing the heat this summer, with his third album june set to take us on a spiritual journey of self-celebration and submission to romance. Ahead of its release, he tells K! how surrendering to your softer side is the most rock’n’roll thing you can do…

Hot Milk: “Why shouldn’t we make England the home of music again?”

This summer is lining up to be Hot Milk’s biggest ever. From headlining the Kerrang! Stage at Slam Dunk to a handful of dates supporting their heroes Green Day to the small matter of releasing second album Corporation P.O.P… it’s a miracle they’ve got time to even think. But in a rare spot of downtime, we meet Han Mee and Jim Shaw to get the skinny on their new record and why they’ll never compromise.

Who are twenty one pilots’ fans?

We head to Manchester to meet some of twenty one pilots’ biggest fans to find out what they love about the genre-bending twosome and why they always come back for more…

Damiano David: “I had to break down many layers… This album is me, 100 per cent”

As Damiano David prepares to drop his debut solo album FUNNY little FEARS, the Måneskin frontman shares the unhappy place he was in when the creative process began, how much has changed since, and why the record is “the narration of me coming back to life”…

Propagandhi: “When we started this band, it felt like the possibilities were endless… Now we’re asking, ‘What was the point?’”

Chris Hannah has spent his entire career raging against the machine with Canadian punk legends Propagandhi. On the band’s excellent eighth album At Peace, though, it’s all about searching for life’s deeper meaning…

Meet Knives, the brilliant Bristol punks cutting through with cathartic noise

They just released one of the most banging debuts of 2025 – now get to know Knives and their raging music. As singer Jay Schottlander explains, “It’s a way for me to project how sh*tty things make me feel so I can move on from them…”

Unpacking Arcadia: Analysing the clues in Sleep Token’s new album

On Friday, Sleep Token finally released their fourth album, Even In Arcadia. And with it, there arrived more lore to pick over. From opposing houses to significant colour schemes, we examine Vessel’s brave new world…

Parkway Drive: “Time is the one thing that you can’t get back in life, so be conscious of it”

Almost three years after their brooding and brilliant album Darker Still, Byron Bay brawlers Parkway Drive are back with brand-new music in the form of Sacred, an all-out rager that encapsulates their entire career. Coming as the band look back on 20 years of raising hell across the world, Winston McCall reflects on the importance of time well spent and never wavering from that eternal forward motion…

The bands you need to see at Mad Cool 2025

From Weezer to PVRIS to Refused and beyond... here are our picks of the bands you need to see at Mad Cool this year. It's gonna be a hot one!

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