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“I would rather die than fake a song”: Inside the revolutionary success of twenty one pilots’ Blurryface

On May 17, 2015, twenty one pilots released Blurryface and everything changed. Several months later, Kerrang! joined rock’s hottest band on tour to find out how they were coping with the pressure…

“One of the greatest albums you’ll hear this lifetime”: Our original 2001 review of Tool’s Lateralus

On May 15, 2001, Tool followed up Ænima with an album that would re-write the metal rulebook once more…

While She Sleeps' Sean Long: To find inner peace, we must face our demons

As the conversation surrounding mental health continues, While She Sleeps guitarist Sean Long explains how it’s still possible to find peace within – even during the darker days…

“We don’t want to cash in on our past success”: The story of Green Day’s 21st Century Breakdown

Following the release of American Idiot, Green Day were once again the biggest rock band in the world – and under pressure to deliver something very special. Not that they would be rushed into anything…

The 14 best comebacks in rock and metal history

We take a look at some of the very best times in rock history that your favourite bands rose from the dead.

Now Hear This: Alex Baker on the best new metalcore, doom-pop and hardcore

Kerrang! Radio host Alex Baker brings you the new bands you need to check out now – including Nothing Noble, Resolve and Juniper Youth–

Primus' Les Claypool: "My daughter tells me I'm weird all the time"

Les Claypool discusses the life and times of Primus, plus his almost-stint in Metallica

13 essential Japanese rock and metal albums you need to know

From X Japan to Dir en Grey to BABYMETAL and beyond, these are the Japanese rock and metal albums that everyone needs in their record collection…

Why rock music needs to do more to support its artists

One day you’re on top of the world and feeling indestructible. The next, you’re on the scrapheap and lost. But what happens to rock stars who fall on hard times? Addiction and mental health issues are rife, but in an industry slowly waking up to its duty of are there is hope and outlets for support…

Dream State's CJ Gilpin: Being open about mental health will help others

Not every artist may be genuine in using themes of mental health in their music, says Dream State’s CJ Gilpin, but these conversations could still help struggling listeners…

“The beauty of not understanding it is letting it stay alive”: The untold story of Tool’s Lateralus

It’s an album that continues to captivate and confuse fans the world over. Two decades on from its release, Kerrang! and Tool bassist Justin Chancellor search for answers to the enigma that is Lateralus…

How Tetrarch found themselves on the cutting edge of the nu-metal revival

As a young black woman in the world of heavy music, Diamond Rowe rarely saw faces like her own onstage or in the crowd. Almost 20 years later, she finds herself as a figurehead at the heart of one of the hottest bands in American metal…

10 songs that address the subject of mental health

For Mental Health Awareness Week, we look at the bands starting a discussion through their music

Of Mice & Men's Aaron Pauley: Why creativity is important for mental health

Of Mice & Men frontman Aaron Pauley believes it’s important, if not imperative, that you exercise your creativity. Doing so can be beneficial to your mental health…

Holding Absence’s Lucas Woodland: We must stop telling guys to ‘man up’

Lucas Woodland has boldly opened up through Holding Absence’s music – and he encourages male listeners in particular to be honest with their struggles, too…

10 must-watch rock biopics that you won't be able to look away from

A run-through of the 10 most compelling biopics from the world of rock’n’roll, filled with sex, drugs and, um, wild factual inaccuracies…

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