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Måneskin, The Offspring and more announced for Paris festival Rock en Seine

The first wave of names have been announced for next year’s Rock en Seine, with Måneskin, The Offspring and The Hives all playing the Paris fest.

Panel discussion: The representation of Black voices in alternative music and how the scene is changing

Watch our panel discussion with Kid Bookie, Sophie K, Alex Ekong and Laviea Thomas about the representation of Black musicians and industry voices within alt. music – and how the scene is changing...

Matt Cameron on final Soundgarden songs: “Everything is on hold right now”

Drummer Matt Cameron says that Soundgarden are “still in the middle of a dispute with the estate” about their final recordings with Chris Cornell – but he has confirmed that Pearl Jam’s new album is “in the can, mastered, mixed, ready to go”.

Militarie Gun share two beautifully reworked Life Under The Gun tracks

Listen to Militarie Gun’s newly-reimagined Never F*cked Up Twice featuring Bully, and Very High (Under The Sun).

How Green Day’s new album Saviors has a similar approach to American Idiot

Billie Joe Armstrong explains how Saviors is similar to American Idiot, in the sense that both records came after albums where Green Day were “trying to further our musical knowledge”.

Listen to Chelsea Wolfe’s spellbinding new single, Tunnel Lights

Chelsea Wolfe has unveiled a new single, Tunnel Lights, which is “about actually living instead of just ‘getting by’”.

Cherym release “bittersweet” new single, It’s Not Me, It’s You

Watch the lyric video for Cherym’s new single It’s Not Me, It’s You, which the band say “sounds like it came straight outta 2006 Kerrang! Magazine’s greatest hits”. Just FYI…

Avenged Sevenfold announce 2024 North American tour with Poppy and Sullivan King

Avenged Sevenfold are taking Life Is But A Dream… back out across North America in March, with support coming from Poppy and Sullivan King.

The Chisel announce new album, What A F*cking Nightmare

The Chisel have launched their second album with a new single, F*ck ’Em, which is – quite simply – for “gobshites and over-opinionated knobheads”.

Metallica, A7X, Machine Head and more join Foo Fighters at Hellfest 2024

Just over one month on from announcing Foo Fighters as 2024 headliners, Hellfest have added a ton more bands – including Metallica, Avenged Sevenfold, Machine Head, The Prodigy, Enter Shikari, Bruce Dickinson and Corey Taylor…

Watch the video for Lynks’ new single, (What Did You Expect From) Sex With A Stranger

Lynks has unveiled an honest and typically entertaining new single, (What Did You Expect From) Sex With A Stranger, which was written “during a time when I was using Grindr almost like TikTok or Instagram”.

Listen to the exhilarating debut single from Every Hell

New band Every Hell – featuring two former members of Black Peaks – have unveiled their killer debut single, Freaking Out.

Avril Lavigne to return to the UK with Simple Plan

Avril Lavigne has just announced headline dates in Cardiff and Manchester next summer, and she’ll be joined at both shows by Simple Plan.

“Stop letting him troll you”: Corey Taylor shuts down Slipknot drummer rumours

Following the surprise departure of Jay Weinberg, the internet thought Slipknot had already recruited their next drummer. “It’s not him,” responds Corey Taylor…

“This is a big thrill!” Dolly Parton’s rock album achieves her best first-week sales in 30 years

Featuring everyone from Rob Halford to Stevie Knicks, Dolly Parton’s new album Rockstar has already proven to be a huge success…

Taking Back Sunday have announced a short run of 2024 UK shows

Following the release of their awesome new album 152, Taking Back Sunday will hit the UK in March for three headline dates – as well as some Nando’s…

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