The Kerrang! staff’s top albums of 2022The K! staff present the albums that shaped their individual 2022s!
jxdn: The 10 songs that changed my lifeHe’s one of modern pop-punk’s breakout stars – but as he reveals in this musical deep-dive, jxdn’s got varied taste…
20 rock and metal songs to welcome in winterFrom Woods Of Ypres to Weezer, we present the perfect soundtrack for the darkest evenings of the year...
“The power of manifestation is really important”: How Polyphia’s Tim Henson became the guitar hero metal needsProg-metal experimentalists Polyphia took the metal world by storm this year, led by the veritable virtuoso Tim Henson. Here the six-string slayer explains how he originally found solace in the guitar, why he identified with metal and where he wants to take his music…
Remembering how it was: The life and resurrection of SymposiumLast month, ’90s Kerrang! faves Symposium returned for a one-off gig to launch their new Best Of. To celebrate their re-appearance, here they look back at the show, their history, and hint at what’s next…
In pictures: Kerrang!’s new issue launch party with Nova TwinsStep inside the launch party for Kerrang!’s winter issue with cover stars Nova Twins.
Mother Vulture: “Other bands don’t want to go on after us”With ambition, chaotic energy and a killer debut album, wild west country outfit Mother Vulture want to own 2023. Say hello to the band other bands are afraid to follow…
In pictures: Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes’ wild Underworld residencyLast night, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes kicked off their three-night Camden residency… and it was just as gloriously chaotic as you’d imagine…
“Are you a goff?”: What it’s like to grow up emo in UK schoolsCulture clashes, getting detention for dyeing your hair and putting plasters over your piercings for PE – growing up emo in the UK is an experience like no other…
In pictures: Pierce The Veil’s long-awaited return to LondonPierce The Veil played a two-night stint at London’s O2 Forum Kentish Town as part of their first UK headline tour in six years… and this is what it looked like.
Lake Malice are the UK’s most exciting new alt.metal bandHaving felt constrained in previous projects, Lake Malice are making the most of newfound artistic freedom. They may only have released four songs, but riding the same creative rollercoasters as Spiritbox is already getting the UK alt.metallers noticed. Download – and much more – awaits…
“I was offered a signed baseball to eat sushi… but I couldn’t do it”: 13 Questions with Mark TremontiFrom sampling eels to throwing up in his bunk, Alter Bridge’s Mark Tremonti faces Kerrang!’s 13 Questions.
carolesdaughter: “I’m trying to make sense of things with my music as much as anyone else is”From growing up under the gaze of the strict Mormon faith, to tackling addiction and spending chunks of her teens in rehab, life has never been simple for Thea Taylor. Having channelled her darkness into alt. pop alter-ego carolesdaughter, the world is finally opening up…
SpiritWorld: “I’ll still make heavy records, but I’m approaching this with the outlook of a film director…”Rhinestone suits! Undead ranchers! Riffs that’d get Slayer banging their heads! There’s a lot to unpack from SpiritWorld’s overloaded saddlebag. In celebration of second album Deathwestern, we lassoed Stu Folsom to find out how rewriting the mythos of America’s Old West made for one of metal’s most exciting new bands…
VUKOVI’s Janine Shilstone: The 10 songs that changed my lifeFrom Crawling by Linkin Park to, um, Crawling by Linkin Park, VUKOVI vocalist Janine Shilstone digs out some classics from her record collection…
