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Can’t Swim: Chris LoPorto’s track-by-track guide to Change Of Plans

From opener Standing In The Dark through to closing track Everyone That I Know I Hate, Chris LoPorto lifts the lid on every song on Can’t Swim's new album Change Of Plans…

Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder: “I don’t want to be a star… it scares me”

On the anniversary of Vs., we look back at a tumultuous time in Pearl Jam’s history, when their frontman wished for nothing more than to shun the spotlight of stardom…

“Horror allows me to never grow up”: Ice Nine Kills’ Spencer Charnas on the spookiness and subtleties of The Silver Scream 2

Ice Nine Kills frontman Spencer Charnas on his love of horror and comedy, and the bold plans he has for the future of one of rock’s scariest creative forces…

“What’s disappointing is how little Limp Bizkit have progressed”: Our original 2000 review of Chocolate Starfish And The Hotdog Flavored Water

In October 2000, Limp Bizkit returned with their third album, Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water. But what did Kerrang! make of it at the time?

Now Hear This: Sophie K on the best new metalcore, nu-metal and tech

Kerrang! Radio host Sophie K brings you the new bands you need to check out now, including Execution Day, Eight Inner Gates and Palaceburn…

A brief history of zombies in pop culture

From big screen brain-eaters to gamers tearing the hordes limb from limb, here is a whistle-stop tour through the the world of zombies…

Tom Morello: “The electric guitar is an instrument with a future – not just a past!”

Legendary Rage Against The Machine and Audioslave six-stringer Tom Morello on surviving lockdown, never giving up the good fight, and collaborating with some of the world’s most exciting artists for new solo LP The Atlas Underground Fire…

“We didn’t want to do another Dookie, we wanted to stretch out”: The story of Green Day’s Nimrod

A key turning point in the Green Day story, Nimrod saw the trio flex their creative muscles and in turn sow songwriting seeds that would eventually bear untold fruits…

Back 4 Blood: The Kerrang! Survival Guide

New zombie first-person shooter game Back 4 Blood offers up some of the most satisfyingly gore-strewn undead chaos we’ve ever experienced. Having played it to death, we present five golden rules to help survive the onslaught…

Blood Youth: Inside their new era and the “biomechanical f*cking darkness” of Visions Of Another Hell

Blood Youth’s Chris Pritchard and Harry Rule talk line-up changes, surprise album releases and their thrilling new record, Visions Of Another Hell.

Billy Talent’s Ben Kowalewicz: “Once I accepted that this is the voice that I have, it was very liberating”

Billy Talent vocalist Ben Kowalewicz on growing up, his unique voice, meeting Eddie Vedder and making the decision to carry on without Aaron Solowoniuk.

How Korn’s self-titled debut made me the metalhead I am today

Remembering just how dark, twisted and extreme one of the greatest nu-metal albums of all time truly was…

Now Hear This: Henry Cox on the best new post-punk, powerviolence and post-hardcore

Boston Manor’s Henry Cox shares the new bands you should check out right now, including Static Dress, Calva Louise and The Murder Capital…

“Sometimes I feel that it’s the most honest record I ever made…” The story of Green Day’s Insomniac

Following Dookie, the album that made them mainstream stars and put punk noses out of joint, Green Day used their hurt, anger and confusion, and channelled it into the music…

blanket's track-by-track guide to Modern Escapism

Guitarist/vocalist Simon Morgan and bassist Matthew Sheldon from blanket take us inside the creation of their new album Modern Escapism, one track at a time.

Trivium’s Matt Heafy: My life in 10 songs

From scrappy teenage Metallica covers to Trivium’s monster of a 10th album In The Court Of The Dragon, Matt Heafy looks back at over two decades of metal…

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