Sam Law

1 week ago | kerrang.com | Sam Law |Luke Morton |Rachel Roberts |Nick Ruskell

And we're off – festival season 2025 has begun! And this year, Slam Dunk has gone even harder than normal, finally giving A Day To Remember their headline slot after years of demand, putting mainstays Neck Deep within leaping distance of doing it next time, gathering together legends like New Found Glory, Alkaline Trio, The Used and Less Than Jake, and showing just how exciting the new breed are with more first-timers hitting Hatfield Park and Temple Newsam than ever before.

1 month ago | kerrang.com | Sam Law |Nick Ruskell

May 5, 2025Words:Sam Law, Scott McEwan, Nick RuskellPhotos:Andy FordIncreasingly unmissable as a fixture right at the start of festival season, London’s Incineration is the celebration of all things extreme that sees thousands of underground devotees descending on Camden Town for a weekend of indoor debauchery before they spill out into muddy fields for the rest of the summer. In 2025, it's bigger than ever, having completely sold out.

Jan 15, 2025 | kerrang.com | Sam Law |Jonathan Weiner

January 15, 2025Words:Sam LawPhotography:Jonathan WeinerL .S. Dunes’ abstract band name remains open to interpretation even within their five-strong gang. Back in 2022, explanations were offered on how these none-more-cultured musicians felt drawn to its rhythmic echo of the authors of great literary works: J.D. Salinger, W.B. Yeats, R.L. Stine… The imagery of shifting sands chimed with the realities of impermanence and change that weigh on men facing down middle-age.

Jan 7, 2025 | kerrang.com | Sam Law

Buy NowWinter 2024Navigation menu for Kerrang!Zurich deathcore upstarts Paleface Swiss blend unhinged brutality and nu-metal revivalism on uneven third album Cursed... January 7, 2025Words:Sam LawOstensibly, Paleface Swiss are on the cutting-edge of heavy music right now.

Jan 6, 2025 | kerrang.com | Sam Law |Nick Ruskell

New years mean different things to different people. Fresh starts. Well-intentioned resolutions. The bittersweet pull of the road ahead tugging us away from the nostalgia that always comes with last year’s end. Careering into 2025 those feeling are stronger than ever, as we wonder where the hell the first quarter of the 21st century went. But they’re eclipsed by the promise of an alt. scene that's bolder, brighter and more pervasive than perhaps at any point in the history of Kerrang!.