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12 essential Sleep Token songs you need to know

From early 2017 highlight Nazareth to viral singles Chokehold and The Summoning from Take Me Back To Eden, here’s your ultimate round-up of Sleep Token’s most significant songs…

Listen to Bill Bailey on the Kerrang! In Conversation podcast

Music-loving comedian Bill Bailey swings by Kerrang! In Conversation for a Christmas spectacular, discussing everything from food to music to family traditions to the importance of community at this time of year...

Oli Sykes: “I still feel like the underdog… But it’s important to stop smell the roses, and to be like, ‘This is f*cking amazing, what we’ve achieved’”

It’s been a hell of a 2024 for Bring Me The Horizon. In January, they did their biggest-ever UK tour. Then, in May, they finally released their long-awaited album POST HUMAN: NeX GEn, and went round the world one more time. Looking back, Oli Sykes reflects on how the Sheffield superstars are in “the best place we’ve ever been”. But first, they’ve been up to something completely bewildering…

Amen frontman Casey Chaos has died

His label and former bandmates announced the news earlier today

Claudio Sanchez performs songs by Taylor Swift, Smashing Pumpkins and more on new covers album

Listen to Coheed And Cambria’s new Claudio Covers release, featuring eight of the frontman’s interpretations…

Meet KNIFE BRIDE, the pioneers of their own ‘nu-gothika’ genre

KNIFE BRIDE’s name has flashed up everywhere in 2024. Graceful on the surface, yet kicking away madly underneath, they’re becoming one of the hottest new things in British rock. But what else have the Brighton crew got cooking at the moment? Kerrang! crashes the wedding to find out more…

Listen to HIMALAYAS’ new single, Nothing Higher

HIMALAYAS have followed October single What If…? with new track Nothing Higher – and both apparently welcome in a ‘heavier era’ for the band.

Trash Boat cancel UK and Euro headline tour: “We will be taking a break but will return”

In a statement announcing the cancellation of their Heaven Can Wait tour, Trash Boat say they “realised we would not be able to deliver a show that meets the standards you deserve and that we hold ourselves to”.

Mad Cool reveal first names for 2025 including Weezer, Thirty Seconds To Mars and St. Vincent

Weezer and Thirty Seconds To Mars join the likes of Olivia Rodrigo, Iggy Pop and Noah Kahan atop next year’s Mad Cool Festival bill.

Crossfaith announce their own HYPER PLANET festival with Underoath, Enter Shikari and more

“Hosting our own festival has always been one of our biggest dreams…” Crossfaith are bringing Underoath, Shikari, WARGASM and more to Japan next year.

Damiano David adds more tour dates in London and New York

Due to ‘phenomenal’ demand, Måneskin vocalist Damiano David’s first-ever solo run next year is getting even bigger…

Emily Armstrong updates tattoo to include Linkin Park reference

Emily Armstrong’s ‘The End’ tattoo has been amended since she joined Linkin Park – three guesses what word comes before it…

Dave Grohl’s daughter Violet is working on a debut album: “Her vocals are tremendous”

Violet Grohl is teaming up with producer Justin Raisen for a debut LP, with her music reportedly “inspired by singer-songwriters of the ’60s and ’70s as well as the riot grrrl movement of the ’90s”.

Who are Slipknot’s fans?

We head down to Slipknot’s Here Comes The Pain tour in Manchester to meet the Maggots that had their lives changed forever by nine masked men from the cornfields…

Watch Turnstile’s Brendan Yates perform piano duet of UNDERWATER BOI

At TAC’s 10th Annual Talent Show in New York, Brendan Yates teamed up with Liam Benzvi to perform a beautiful version of Turnstile’s UNDERWATER BOI.

Metallica among top 10 highest-grossing worldwide tours of 2024 alongside Taylor Swift, Coldplay and more

Metallica’s epic M72 run saw the metal heroes sell over 1,500,000 tickets in 2024. And there’s even more live dates still to come next year…

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