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.

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From Dio to Sleep Token: The icons who inspired Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale

3 days ago | kerrang.com | Steve Beebee |Jenn Five

June 24, 2025Words:Steve BeebeePhoto:Jenn FiveHalestorm leader, guitar hero, all-round cool customer – Lzzy Hale is iconic. But who does she look up to? Australian punks, a man in a mask, and the greatest heavy metal singer who ever lived, of course. These are Lzzy’s biggest inspirations…“When I was going through a depressive, imposter syndrome state I was introduced to Amyl And The Sniffers. Amy’s music, her words – it’s almost a stream of consciousness poetry – really impacted me and saved me.
Album review: Hot Milk - Corporation P.O.P

4 days ago | kerrang.com | Steve Beebee

There are signs of the band’s enlarging scope everywhere. Swallow This introduces itself via electronics familiar to NIN or Starset fans, before hitting hard with rough-as-sandpaper riffs and throat-busting vocals from Han.
Masters Of The Riff festival have announced their first bands for 2026

1 week ago | kerrang.com | Nick Ruskell

Masters Of The Riff, the London-based festival of all things slow, low and heavy, have announced the first bands for its 2026 edition. Once again taking place at Hackney's Oslo venue, and with extra parties planned at nearby Helgi’s, next year's bash will run from February 27 – March 1. Announced in the first wave of bands are Domkraft, Witchsorrow, Grin, Calligram, The Grey, Longheads, The Lunar Effect, Bear Bones and K L P S.
13 bands you can’t miss at RADAR 2025

1 week ago | kerrang.com | Emma Wilkes |Paul Harries

June 19, 2025Words:Emma WilkesPhoto:Paul HarriesRADAR is the young, hungry upstart of the rock and metal festival calendar. As it reaches its fifth year, it’s already made an electrifying impact, outgrowing its former home in Guildford after just two editions (and surviving a couple of years off due to the pandemic).
“It ain’t about the machine that’s behind you, it’s about how long…

1 week ago | kerrang.com | Steve Beebee |Paul Harries

June 18, 2025Words:Steve BeebeePhotos:Paul HarriesBoth hail from hard-working communities in South Wales. Both have ended up scaling impressive heights. Headlining festivals and bothering the top of the charts is all in a typical year’s work for Skindred frontman Benji Webbe, and now also for Those Damn Crows frontman Shane Greenhall, whose fourth album God Shaped Hole entered the UK Album Chart at Number One in April. And they’ve headlined Cardiff’s Utilita Arena – twice.
Album review: Badflower - No Place Like Home

1 week ago | kerrang.com | Jake Richardson

Badflower’s successes – be it gracing U.S. late-night TV or racking up hundreds of millions of streams – can be attributed at least in part to the polished, efficient means by which they present their brand of rock.
Watch the first trailer for Simple Plan's new Amazon Prime documentary

1 week ago | kerrang.com | Nick Ruskell

Simple Plan have announced that a new documentary charting their lives and 25-year career, from young kids in a Canadian rehearsal room to pop-punk royalty, will hit streaming next month. Their Amazon Prime film The Kids In The Crowd will be available from July 8. As well as unseen archive footage, the doc will also have interviews with blink-182's Mark Hoppus, Avril Lavigne, NOFX's Fat Mike, and Dexter Holland and Noodles from The Offspring.
Album review: Malevolence - Where Only The Truth Is Spoken

1 week ago | kerrang.com | James Hickie

There’s a reason sharks haven’t evolved for millions of years. It’s because they don’t need to – their efficiency as a streamlined killing machine needs no augmentation. The same might be said for Malevolence. They’ve been doling out sonic savagery for 15 years without restraint or compromise – cowed by nothing, not even the best efforts of The National Trust.
What happened when Korn headlined Download Festival 2025

1 week ago | kerrang.com | Luke Morton |Bethan Miller

'Are you readyyyyyy?'In truth, the 80,000 fans gathered under menacing grey clouds on the main stage have been ready for Korn to headline this festival for quite some time. Always the bridesmaid, the Bakersfield heavyweights have played these grounds on no less than 10 occasions, having headlined Download’s second stage and sub-headlined the main stage numerous times over the years – a fact that hasn’t gone unnoticed by Jonathan Davis and his dreadlocked warriors.
What happened when Malevolence surprised Download Festival

1 week ago | kerrang.com | Luke Morton |Bethan Miller

Taking time to call out the record labels who turned the band down 10 years ago, the Steel City savages tear through their heaviest hitters at a blistering pace, with Life Sentence and Self Supremacy sending the whirling circle-pits into overdrive. And while there is a definite, tangible aggression emanating from stage, there is just as strong a feeling of joy, as the band’s families and partners watch on with pride, knowing just how far these Sheffield underdogs have come.