Sick Joy’s track-by-track guide to WE’RE ALL GONNA F***ING DIEVocalist / guitarist Mykl Barton lifts the lid on every song on Sick Joy’s debut album, WE’RE ALL GONNA F***ING DIE.
Sophie K on the new music you have to hear nowFrom the death metal madness of Vomit Forth, to Alissic’s poppy power, K! Radio host Sophie K has new music recommendations for everyone…
How Stranger Things’ Vecna is an allegory for mental healthThe latest series of Stranger Things is another brilliant blend of horror, sci-fi fantasy and drama. But new villain Vecna is a reflection of something very real: post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and grief.
Momma: “The rock star doesn’t exist anymore in the traditional sense”On ace third album Household Name, New York-via-LA alt.rock duo Momma examine how the likes of Nirvana’s Nevermind changed culture forever. And in doing so, they’ve pushed the limits of their own songs…
“It was a heavy burden keeping my mouth shut about Stranger Things”: 13 Questions with Jamie Campbell BowerLondon actor and musician Jamie Campbell Bower – the fantastic antagonist in Stranger Things 4 – talks haunted music studios, bizarre rumours, and annoying snack habits in the latest instalment of our 13 Questions series…
The Midas Touch: Everything Emmy Raver-Lampman touches turns to goldFrom Hamilton to The Umbrella Academy and beyond, Emmy Raver-Lampman has become the secret ingredient to success. We sit down with the rising star to discuss everything from inhabiting Poison Ivy to low-budget horror laughs…
MOTHICA: How trauma and addiction shaped rock’s inspiring new voiceMcKenzie Ellis hasn’t had things easy. The musician behind the dark alt.pop of MOTHICA shares how her recovery and love of rock’s great innovators informed her excellent new album, Nocturnal…
Songs Of Praise: Blood Command’s Nikki Brumen on finding new beginnings after your world endsAfter losing her band and parents in 2020, ex-Pagan singer Nikki Brumen found an unlikely home in Norway with turbo-punk heroes Blood Command. Their new album, Praise Armageddonism, is the sound of a band and performer reborn…
Bartees Strange: “Hardcore and punk was a refuge for me. It was the only place I could be myself”Multi-talented songwriter Bartees Strange embraces just about every genre on his brilliant new album Farm To Table. But, as he tells Kerrang!, he’ll never lose his love for the guitar…
The Kerrang! Awards 2022: “It’s an exciting time for heavy f*ckin’ music!”Last week, the Kerrang! Awards returned to deliver 14 coveted trophies to the scene’s best and brightest stars. More than just a massive drunken party, though, the evening was a vital reminder that – from politics to pushing boundaries – the future is in very good hands…
“Having no internet would remind you how precious life really is”: 13 Questions with Shinedown’s Brent SmithKeanu Reeves, dogs and turning off the internet: it’s Shinedown vocalist Brent Smith’s turn to face Kerrang!’s 13 Questions!
Why we should be looking at mental health under the social model of disabilityIn a society that disables people through barriers rather than their impairments, we must not only shift our framework to the social model of disability but ensure that it encompasses mental health.
“Politics are essential to hardcore”: Candy dissect scathing second album Heaven Is HereWhen continent-spanning noisecore crew Candy emerged at the outset of the United States’ Trump era, it didn’t seem like things could get much worse. Having watched their country spiral over the half-decade since, however, they’ve mercilessly upped the extremity for genre-obliterating second album Heaven Is Here...
In pictures: All the highlights from Glastonbury 2022From Skunk Anansie to Turnstile and IDLES to Phoebe Bridgers, here’s the very best of the alternative scene from this weekend’s massive Glastonbury…
Pale Waves: “We’re trying to be who we truly are, and that encourages other people to do the same”Ahead of the release of their third album Unwanted, Pale Waves get real on their new sound, LGBTQ+ rights and queer baiting in the music industry…
“Abortion bans are an all-out war on women and anyone with a uterus”Petrol Girls vocalist Ren Aldridge weighs in on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and why the world needs to address its abortion laws.
