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10 reasons why you need Mouth Culture in your life

Leicester’s Mouth Culture made waves supporting their pals You Me At Six on the band’s farewell tour. As they head into a summer stacked with big festival appearances, there’s plenty of reasons – from their love of ’70s glam to a penchant for confessional songwriting – to get excited about British rock’s fastest-rising trio…

“I always had this strong belief: ‘If you do a great album, everything changes…’” How Skunk Anansie forged their dazzling future

More than 30 years on from their formation, Skunk Anansie are firing on all cylinders like never before. We join the London legends on the road to find out about the attitude behind their brilliant new record The Painful Truth, and how the band “get our flowers from the people every night…”

“If you keep working hard, you can get people’s interest”: How Acres are taking over

Things are currently exploding for Brit metalcore crew Acres. As they hammer away across the pond, singer Ben Lumber reveals the gambles at the heart of their killer new album The Host, why they considered quitting, and the importance of always trusting your gut…

“There’s a place for everyone within the alternative scene”: Neck Deep, Scowl, Electric Callboy and more preview Slam Dunk 2025

To celebrate this weekend’s always-awesome Slam Dunk, we asked some of our favourite bands on the line-up to reveal what’s to come from their sets, give us some festival tips, and find out who’s planning a “conga pit”.

Ghost: “I’m a misanthrope, I hate people, but I also believe in miracles”

As Ghost unleash brilliant sixth album Skeletá and their accompanying Skeletour, the Swedish sensations are enjoying life at the very top. And it’s giving Tobias Forge reason to reflect – both at the state of the world the band are taking over, and his own place within it. Make no bone about it: he’s here to make a stand…

Loathe: “There’s a revolution of people wanting interesting, introspective, creative, weirdo sh*t”

The wait is over. After 2020’s I Let It In And It Took Everything album turned Liverpool metallers Loathe into one of the UK’s most sensational heavy bands, they’ve finally kicked off their next chapter with new single Gifted Every Strength. Returning to the cover of K! to celebrate with an exclusive interview, the band talk changing tastes, ignoring the hype, and the very real possibility of a mainstream breakthrough…

Youth Code are reimagining industrial music – again

Acclaimed duo Youth Code are back with a new EP. Sara Taylor talks to K! about picking their moment, doing things on their own terms and what going pop might sound like.

“This isn’t a rebirth. It’s training for your f*cking life”: Inside Rico Nasty’s bold new era

After breakout success caught up with her and things started to go down a dark path, Rico Nasty took some time out to find herself again. Now, on third album LETHAL, the Maryland-born star is all about freedom, openness and whole-heartedly fighting back…

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…

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