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In the studio with Svalbard: “It’s us walking down a dark path together and confronting our demons head-on”

Svalbard have spent the past year working on their highly-anticipated fourth album, The Weight Of The Mask. You’ll have to wait a bit longer to hear it, but vocalist/guitarist Serena Cherry gives a peek at what to expect. Spoiler: violins…

“Helping the audience take a risk is what Supersonic Festival is all about”

Every year, Birmingham’s Supersonic puts together the most eclectic and unconventional festival bill in Britain. As it prepares to celebrate 20 years, organiser Lisa Meyer talks us through two decades of musical madness, and helping to put the city’s musical legacy on the map…

“I had a little shoplifting phase in high school”: 13 Questions with Maggie Lindemann

Maggie Lindemann takes on Kerrang!’s 13 Questions and shares some secrets – from her party trick to illegal activity…

YONAKA: “If I can share my experience and someone hears it and understands, that’s a big deal for me”

As YONAKA return with new EP Welcome To My House – which welcomes listeners into vocalist Theresa Jarvis’ life through seven unique songs – the band talk mental health, not being pigeonholed and becoming a trio…

Stephen Brodsky: “Mutoid Man helped me find my confidence again as a writer”

Growing up in the Massachusetts hardcore scene, a life in music was inevitable for Stephen Brodsky. From his game-changing metalcore outfit Cave In to the heavyweight sludge of Mutoid Man, the lifelong Metallica fan has long become a cult hero. Here he reflects on a life in the loud lane…

Beartooth: “Life is about loving the process, loving all the different seasons and the ups and downs”

Ten years in the making, Beartooth’s fifth album finds Caleb Shomo coming face-to-face with something that’s eluded him all this time: self-love. Having always used music as an outlet for his pain and depression, today we find a man at peace with himself, having finally escaped the depths and ready to breach the surface…

As December Falls: “We’re so proud of this amazing community we’ve built… without them, there’s no point in us”

As December Falls have been plugging away as a fiercely independent, underground band for years, but after storming Download this summer, they look set to finally make their mark. Armed with excellent new LP Join The Club, vocalist Bethany Hunter details the rise of the UK’s most exciting rock trio…

Greta Van Fleet: “The intention is to communicate an idea, to challenge people, to celebrate, to be present, and to heal”

Who are Greta Van Fleet? To find out the answer we travelled to Nashville to meet the band and find out why what we thought was a simple question actually one shrouded in fantasy and the duality of self… and a delight in blowing things up.

Brian Fallon: “I wanted to make sure I could write songs that were worthy to be the next Gaslight Anthem record”

After a nine-year wait, The Gaslight Anthem are set to release their long-awaited sixth studio album History Books in October. To mark the announcement, frontman Brian Fallon talks creativity, positivity, and how going for pizza with The Boss helped get the band back together…

The Dirty Nil: “We despise and cackle at the carnival game that is the music industry”

The Dirty Nil are through playing games. After a period of mismanagement and being forced to jump through industry hoops with no actual benefit, they’ve rediscovered what really matters: rock’n’roll. With a newfound lust for loudness, the Canadian punks are back doing things on their own terms and will fight any deity who gets in their way…

Code Orange: “The Above comes from a more personal, emotional point of view… it completes the journey we started on I Am King”

Three-and-a-half years after dropping stunning third album Underneath into the claustrophobic void of lockdown, Code Orange are primed to unleash its successor The Above into the great wide open. Frontman Jami Morgan and guitarist Reba Meyers explain that, more than simple “sister record”, this is a defining statement from the indomitable Pittsburgh brutalists…

Heriot’s Debbie Gough: The 10 songs that changed my life

Heriot riffer Debbie Gough breaks down the songs that made her who she is today – from Tonight Alive to Lamb Of God and beyond!

5 reasons why abortion must be decriminalised in Britain

Petrol Girls vocalist Ren Aldridge and campaigner (and Kerrang! Award winner) Janey Starling break down the reasons why it’s time to decriminalise abortion in Great Britain.

Finn Wolfhard: “I just like writing songs and making music accessible. I’m not trying to take over the world”

Following 2021 debut album Karaoke Alone, this week The Aubreys return with their most personal song to date, Kato. While superstar Finn Wolfhard is nervous at the prospect of revealing a new side of himself, the musician and actor simply just wants to keep making art he loves…

Svalbard: “I can’t imagine not using the band as a way to express my eternal hell”

For years Svalbard have carved a name for themselves with their biting, brutalising sociopolitical attacks. Now, on The Weight Of The Mask, Serena Cherry is looking inward, exploring her deep, dark battles with depression with unflinching honesty, coming out the other side their most pained, personal and powerful record yet…

The Raven Age: “There is a change in the wind with metal music and we want to be a part of that”

A new album, new story and a slot supporting one of the world’s biggest bands, The Raven Age are primed and ready to take flight to the next level. We meet them in Hannover to look toward the future of metal and find out why you should give them a chance…

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