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Why Download Festival 2022 will be the most accessible ever

Ahead of the first full-capacity Download in three years, organisers have announced a host of site improvements to ensure that festival-goers with disabilities will get the most from rock’s biggest weekend. We sit down with accessibility representative Katie Hester to get the inside track…

From David Bowie to Ozzy Osbourne: The icons who inspired Creeper’s Will Gould

If you want theatrics, Creeper have got ’em. But where do they get it from? Frontman Will Gould identifies the icons who made him want to be a star…

Inside Cold Years’ Goodbye To Misery: “We finally wrote the record we wanted and needed to write”

Following excellent 2020 debut Paradise, Cold Years have broken free from the “constraints” of punk rock with glorious second album Goodbye To Misery. And with dream tour slots also on the horizon, everything is falling into place…

5 TV series and movies to watch while hunting down the Easter Bunny to harvest its glorious eggs

From bloodthirsty Viking warriors to clumsy sabre-toothed squirrels, here’s what you need to be watching this weekend.

Bay Watch: Drain

To kick off our new series showcasing the best of the Californian hardcore scene, we introduce you to Santa Cruz heroes Drain and their sun-soaked slabs of savagery…

In pictures: Creeper cause chaos in The K! Pit

Relive Creeper’s life-affirming performance in The K! Pit with Dead Man’s Fingers Rum.

Cancer Bats: Liam Cormier’s track-by-track guide to Psychic Jailbreak

Frontman Liam Cormier breaks down every song on Cancer Bats’ seventh album, Psychic Jailbreak.

Mortality, mess and making it through: Inside Prince Daddy & The Hyena’s new album

Following a van crash in 2018, Kory Gregory became obsessed with the idea of impermanence. And on Prince Daddy & The Hyena’s brilliant new self-titled LP, he’s found the perfect avenue to let those feelings loose…

In pictures: Extinction Rebellion’s mass protest in London

We headed to central London for the first day of Extinction Rebellion’s mass demonstrations, and this is what we saw…

Remembering Slipknot’s Paul Gray, in pictures

Slipknot founder, bassist and songwriter Paul Gray would have been 50 years old today…

daine: “I used to think that only weird people liked my music… but maybe it can be for everyone”

Oli Sykes is a fan, while she’s found a mentor in Charli XCX. And now, with her brand of ‘future emo’, Aussie star daine is ready for the rest of the world to catch on, too…

Kulick: Why being ‘half-deaf’ hasn’t stopped me making music

Rising pop-rocker Kulick was born half-deaf, but in picking up the guitar and singing about his journey, he’s silenced the doubters and the bullies, in the process becoming an exciting new voice in the alternative scene…

If we know burnout is bad, why can’t we stop?

Overworked, overstressed and overtired, burnout is rife in today’s society. And even though we know it’s affecting our day-to-day lives, we still struggle to switch off, to the detriment of our health and wellbeing.

Who are The Chats’ fans?

We head down to the Electric in Brixton, London to find out who The Chats’ fans are and why they can’t resist a bit of Smoko…

Mario, Mega Drives and multiplayer madness at Power UP

In this month’s column, Kerrang!’s gaming expert Serena Cherry heads to London for the button-bashing paradise of Power UP!

The 10 most metal moments in WWE history

From flame-filled rings to demonic sacrifices, we look back at the craziest, most metal moments in WWE history.

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