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Turnstile have been awarded the Kerrang! album of the year

2025 has been another great year for our scene, but Turnstile’s NEVER ENOUGH wasn’t just a landmark album in hardcore – it saw the band take over the whole world…

From Kurt Cobain to Wes Craven: The icons who inspired Ice Nine Kills’ Spencer Charnas

Spencer Charnas tells us about the misfits of screen and sound that inspire his musical storytelling within the Ice Nine Kills world.

The 50 best albums of 2025

Counting down the 50 albums that shaped 2025, and crowning one Kerrang!’s Album Of The Year...

Cold Steel: “We don’t know exactly where we’re going next – all we know is that it’s gonna be incredible!”

Matt Heafy was so impressed with Cold Steel when they opened for Trivium he became their “big brother”. Meet the Florida metal maniacs who want to make the next Ride The Lightning…

“People think I’m crazy. But I just love to play – especially in these small venues”: On the road with Steve Harris and British Lion on their grassroots tour

After another summer in stadiums with Iron Maiden, Steve Harris is going back to the pub circuit where they started. Catching up at the beginning of British Lion’s 18-date UK tour, we dig into that undying drive and why supporting spaces like these is more vital than ever…

LANDMVRKS: “We had to prove we belong here. We’re gonna show you”

As LANDMVRKS gear up for their biggest headline tour yet, K! join the French metalcore stars for a trip around their hometown to find out about the ‘Marseille touch’ that’s got them here, why they still feel like underdogs despite their success, and how they’re only just getting started…

South Arcade: “We’re finding people who like all these different areas of music and showing them our different sides”

South Arcade are already winning big in America. And that’s before they’ve even got their debut album out. As they hit LA for a two-night stand due to overwhelming demand, the Oxford quartet look back at their road here, fans crocheting their own merch, and writing bangers about dead bodies…

In pictures: Inside Kerrang!’s end of year party

Halestorm! Sid Wilson! Nova Twins! It must be a Kerrang! party to end the year in typically raucous style...

Sylosis: “I’ve always had that outsider feeling from society… That’s what attracts a lot of us to heavy music”

As Sylosis announce their seventh studio album The New Flesh, we meet mastermind Josh Middleton for the exclusive first interview to dive into their knockout new record, but also reflect on his hard-fought journey here, and why heavy metal will always reign supreme…

Brazil, belief and breaking the curse: How Karen Dió took over

Four years ago, Karen Dió moved from Brazil to Britain. Today, the Latin riot grrrl has become one of the brightest new stars in rock, beloved of everyone from Limp Bizkit to Sum 41. We catch up in her Hastings hometown to find out just how fast her Sick Ride is going…

“We make music as we live life. Everything comes naturally”: Meet The Garden, hardcore’s audacious outsiders

From jester make-up and genre-hopping to forays into fashion, there’s a lot going on in The Garden. As twin brothers Wyatt and Fletcher Shears explain, it’s an enterprise in cultivating creativity and spreading their tendrils wherever the shifting seasons take them…

“I came face to face with all of the things that weren’t helping me”: How Hannah Grae picked up the pieces and started again

Returning as an independent artist with new single Bitch, Hannah Grae talks brutally honest lyrics, learning to find artistic freedom, and why going viral isn’t all it’s cracked up to be…

“I don’t want to carry this horrible sh*t in my in my head anymore”: Inside Caskets’ stunningly honest new album

As Yorkshire metal stars Caskets gear up to make their explosive return to the road, vocalist Matt Flood unpacks the catharsis that’ll come from bringing latest album The Only Heaven You’ll Know to life…

“When I lost my mum, this album really captured how I felt”: The Hunna’s Ryan Potter on the record that changed his life

The Hunna’s Ryan Potter became obsessed with My Chemical Romance’s The Black Parade as a teen. It opened his eyes to the possibilities of music and performance, and showed how much it can help in dark times…

Stray From The Path: “The world needs music like this right now, but it takes a lot to actually make it”

On November 28, Long Island icons Stray From The Path will go their separate ways. On a raucous night in Berlin for this world-exclusive final interview, we talk to the band about why now is the time to call it quits, which memories will live longest, and what the lasting legacy will be from one of heavy music’s most powerful bands…

“I find a lot of comfort in things that other people would find bizarre or dark”: How Bobby Krlic is taking soundtracks to strange new places

Bobby Krlic has gone from making an experimental musical abyss in his parents’ Wakefield shed, to becoming one of film’s most important soundtrack artists. He tells us about Slayer leading him to the dark side, working with Atticus Ross, and leaning into Yorkshire nostalgia for his latest work on Anemone…

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