Kerrang!

Kerrang!

Kerrang! is a magazine from the UK that focuses on rock music and is now published by Bauer Media Group, which is based in Hamburg. The magazine made its debut on June 6, 1981, as a special supplement in the Sounds newspaper. Its name comes from the sound produced when playing a power chord on a distorted electric guitar, which reflects its musical roots. Originally, Kerrang! highlighted the new wave of British heavy metal and the emergence of hard rock bands. By the early 2000s, it had become the top-selling music newspaper in Britain.

International, Consumer
English
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77
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Global

#90703

United Kingdom

#10666

Arts and Entertainment/Music

#139

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  • 1 day ago | kerrang.com | Emma Wilkes

    When they’re not in the Upside Down, the Stranger Things cast are quite a musical bunch. Maya Hawke’s got three albums to her name already. Joe Keery set TikTok alight as musical alter-ego Djo. Jamie Campbell Bower’s always had a foot in our world, in Counterfeit and under his own steam, even listening to Architects to ready himself to step into Vecna’s gnarled skin. Yet, of all his castmates, Finn Wolfhard’s connection to music might run deepest of all.

  • 3 days ago | kerrang.com | Luke Morton

    There's high anticipation, and then there's the wait for NEVER ENOUGH. In fact, since Turnstile's 2021 album GLOW ON sent shockwaves through the alternative scene and beyond, all eyes have been on the Baltimore punks to see what they would do next, and where they would take their shapeshifting sound.

  • 3 days ago | kerrang.com | James Hickie |Anthony Tran

    June 2, 2025Words:James HickiePhotos:Anthony TranFor a band as simpatico as House Of Protection, its two members are displaying markedly different energies this morning. It’s 9am in Los Angeles and Aric Improta is sitting in his car, bright-eyed and bushy-ponytailed, reflecting upon the duo celebrating their first year as a creative force – having both quit Jason Aalon Butler’s FEVER 333 in October 2022 – as well as the release of their second EP, Outrun You All.

  • 3 days ago | kerrang.com | Nick Ruskell

    With this weekend's diabolic festivities barely wrapped up, Fortress Festival have made their first announcement for 2026. Old Man's Child, the Norwegian black metal legends, formed by former Dimmu Borgir guitarist Galder, will hit the Scarborough two-dayer for their first show on British soil since the ’90s. Formed in 1993, Galder continued to run Old Man's Child after joining Dimmu in 2000.

  • 5 days ago | kerrang.com | Luke Morton |Paul Harries |Adamross Williams

    May 31, 2025Words:Luke MortonBABYMETAL and Bambie Thug photos:Paul HarriesPoppy photos:Adamross WilliamsIt’s been 11 years since BABYMETAL first touched down on these shores.