News Nirvana: Judge dismisses Nevermind baby lawsuitNevermind swimming baby Spencer Elden’s “child pornography” case was dismissed “with leave to amend” by Judge Fernando M. Olguin earlier this week.
Features The Sound Of 2022: The new artists reshaping rock musicAs Kerrang! headbangs our way into another new year, it’s time to highlight the rising stars set to soundtrack the next 12 months…
Culture Smeg and the art of sci-fi swearingFrom Red Dwarf’s ‘smeg’ to Battlestar Galactica’s ‘frak’, made-up swear words are not only stupidly good fun, but a genuinely useful device in keeping sci-fi accessible and happily uncensored…
Features The 10 best EPs of 2021From KennyHoopla to Knocked Loose, we chart the best EPs (and one mixtape) of 2021…
Features The Kerrang! staff’s top albums of 2021There have been plenty of absolutely incredible albums released in 2021. Here are all the records that have rocked our individual years…
The Cover Story Higher Power: “We are freaks. We are weirdos. Let’s embrace it!”With sensational second LP 27 Miles Underwater, Higher Power confirmed UK hardcore could hang with the best in the world. But the events of 2020 – in and out of the band – interrupted their genre-shifting arrival. Now they’re back: ready to go bigger and bolder than ever before…
Features The 50 best albums of 2021It’s here: the Kerrang! verdict on the 50 albums that shaped 2021…
Reviews EP review: Ricky Himself – PoserCalifornian singer-songwriter Ricky Cano introduces Himself with sun, synths and pop-punk satire on high-sheen six-track debut Poser.
Features “This feels like the next logical step for us”: Bring Me The Horizon talk headlining Reading & Leeds 2022As Bring Me The Horizon announce their headline slot for next year’s Reading & Leeds, we catch up with Jordan Fish to talk being ready for rock’s big time, playing alongside legends Rage Against The Machine as well as Yorkshire royalty Arctic Monkeys, and the “screamo” sound of their next Post Human EP…
Reviews Album review: Aquilus – Bellum IAussie atmospheric black metal maestro Aquilus roars back after a decade away with grandstanding second album Bellum I...
The Cover Story Scowl: “As much as hardcore is for everyone, not everyone is for hardcore”Bogged-down, bored and unfulfilled, Scowl vocalist Kat Moss was wilting under the Californian sun until she found her place in hardcore punk. Lockdown might’ve hampered her band’s bottlerocket ascent, but pouring every ounce of frustration into rapid-fire first album How Flowers Grow, life is moving fast again for the Santa Cruz collective. And it’s exactly as they like it…
Features The 20 greatest Smashing Pumpkins songs – rankedFrom Gish to Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness and beyond, we rank the Chicagoan alt. legends’ greatest tracks...
Features Tom Morello: My life in 10 songsFrom Rage Against The Machine to Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band to The Atlas Underground, game-changing guitar hero Tom Morello takes us through 10 pivotal tracks from his career…
Reviews Album review: Voices – Breaking The Trauma BondLondon blackened-death collective Voices drag us back into shadow on depthless fourth album Breaking The Trauma Bond…
Reviews EP review: All Hail The Yeti – Within The Hollow EarthLos Angeles metal mainstays All Hail The Yeti delve Within The Hollow Earth and emerge with seven tracks of supernatural sludginess….
Reviews Album review: Kills Birds – MarriedLos Angeles alt-punks Kills Birds deliver on their soaring promise with the refinement, restlessness and rage of Married...