Reviews

Hello, big screen, hello! YUNGBLUD weaves glossy black-and-white vignettes and a tale of self-reckoning through the first live performances of the songs from Idols…

Film review: YUNGBLUD. ARE YOU READY, BOY?

A quarter of a century in, Chicago punk rockers Rise Against still fight heinous wrongs and pen awesome songs.

Album review: Rise Against – Ricochet

Gobby Anglo-German punks Plaiins bring out the smiles on cheeky debut album…

Album review: Plaiins – Happy Faces

Four days of bottomless beer, bin-jousting and blasphemy underline that Catton Park is the UK’s premier destination to bang your head as Bloodstock Open Air returns for its biggest edition yet…

The big review: Bloodstock Open Air 2025

Enduring Chicago alt.rockers Chevelle make it to a 10th album but still don’t find the magic dust.

Album review: Chevelle – Bright As Blasphemy

Hayley Williams-approved math-rock faves Pool Kids dive into the melodic deep end and come up gold on third album, Easier Said Than Done.

Album review: Pool Kids – Easier Said Than Done

Scorchio! Denver hardcore kids Fox Lake bring the noise on hip hop-flavoured second full-length…

Album review: Fox Lake – New World Heat

Scottish punks Humour take you on philosophical journey on solid debut outing

Album review: Humour – Learning Greek

Need more sax and synths in your life? Connecticut prog metallers Dreamwake satisfy that itch, but eventually overstay their welcome on album number two…

Album review: Dreamwake – The Lost Years

The Mud! The Sweat! The Beers! Papa Roach, Machine Head, Gojira and Guns N’ Roses lead the charge at a wet and wild edition of Europe’s biggest heavy metal party...

The big review: Wacken Open Air 2025

BABYMETAL bring out some fellow big guns on frenzied fifth album

Album review: BABYMETAL – METAL FORTH

Joey Jordison's metal supergroup Sinsaenum turn mourning into defiance on thrilling third album

Album review: Sinsaenum – In Devastation

Inviting us into their imaginary hotel, Maryland veterans Good Charlotte get wholesome, collaborative and occasionally gritty – while making sure they spell out the ‘pop’ in pop-punk…

Album review: Good Charlotte – Motel Du Cap

As December Falls’ fourth album is gritted teeth and teary eyes soundtracked to growling vocals and stompy breakdowns

Album review: As December Falls – Everything’s On Fire But I’m Fine

Skin-shedding U.S. rock heroes Halestorm up the ante, the ambition and the volume on challenging, do-or-die sixth album.

Album review: Halestorm – Everest

New York mathcore mentalists Car Bomb roar back with brain-battering new collection, Tiles Whispers Dreams.

Album review: Car Bomb – Tiles Whispers Dreams

News

Dinosaur Pile-Up and Kerrang! are throwing an all-day party next month to celebrate DPU's new album – we'll see you there!

Come to the Dinosaur Pile-Up x Kerrang! pop-up party

Having performed it live over the past few months, Bambie Thug has officially unveiled REDRUM: “It’s political, it’s anti-war, it’s a ‘rebel cry’ for the LGBTQIA community…”

Listen to Bambie Thug’s raging new single, REDRUM

Features

If everything's on fire, As December Falls are fine. On their third album, rather than run from what's getting at them, they've embraced it, and used it to help them become their most honest selves. Here's how they're dancing in the flames...

As December Falls: “So many people turn to music as therapy. It’s important they feel understood”

Megadeth will release their final LP and embark on a farewell world tour next year.

Megadeth will release their final album next year

Watch Lorna Shore's epic new video for their hellacious new track, Prison Of Flesh...

“It's about my family and our history of dementia”: Listen to Lorna Shore's heaviest song to-date

Jenna McDougall continues to thrive as Hevenshe. Post-Tonight Alive, she’s more comfortable expressing herself, her womanhood and her spirituality. With a brilliant showing at 2000trees under her belt, she tells us where she’s at right now, and how her community of fans keeps her moving ever forward…

Hevenshe: “My fans are my team. They are my investors and my champions”

We've teamed up with Creeper for an exclusive album bundle featuring an exclusive T-shirt, hand-signed postcard, bumper sticker and your choice of CD or vinyl!

Get your signed Creeper album bundle now

Sabaton frontman Joakim Brodén looks back at his 2019 BABYMETAL collab, Oh! MAJINAI, as well as the time the band shot him through “the floor of the stage with a bazooka and a cigar…”

Sabaton’s Joakim Brodén on working with BABYMETAL: “By the end of that day, I barely had any voice left!”

Due out in November, The Hunna’s first-ever EP takes a “deeper look into the transformations and changes that occur naturally in life between two individuals…”

The Hunna announce “powerful, melancholic” EP, blue transitions

As Smashing Pumpkins hit the UK for a summer of giant shows, we head to Halifax to meet their old-school fans and recent converts to find out why the music still hits like a bullet with butterfly wings…

Who are The Smashing Pumpkins’ fans?

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