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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Album review: Finn Wolfhard - Happy Birthday

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.
Album review: Turnstile - NEVER ENOUGH

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.
“We like the idea of grabbing people who have never heard of us…

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.
Fortress Festival announces Old Man's Child as first headliner for…

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.
Live review: BABYMETAL, London The O2

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.
Live review: Creeper, London KOKO

5 days ago | kerrang.com | Emma Wilkes |Stu Garneys

May 31, 2025Words:Emma WilkesPhotos:Stu GarneysMentioning KOKO to longtime Creeper fans is enough to give them the spooks. The site of their infamous faked breakup in 2018 as they sent their Eternity In Your Arms era to the grave, the announcement of their return there already had the Creeper cult quaking.
From Call Of Duty to bougie goth: The best in alternative style this…

6 days ago | kerrang.com | Kitty Cowell

May 30, 2025Words:Kitty CowellFestival season is finally here, so we need to make sure our fits are looking good! But don't you worry, because I’ve got the latest in style news for us alt. kids this month – from boots to last a lifetime of muddy mosher fields to skeleton-print sling bags ready for your summer emo antics. Let's gooo!First up, I’ve got the perfect black polo shirt for you from London-based streetwear brand Pawa. In fact, I think you're going to love their whole new collection.
The Amity Affliction have covered Turnstile’s HOLIDAY, and it rules

6 days ago | kerrang.com | Emily Garner |Tom Barnes

For more Amity goodness, the band unleashed raging new single All That I Remember yesterday (May 29) – their first with a new line-up comprised of Joel Birch, Dan Brown, Joe Longobardi and Johnathan Reeves. “My mother knew only abuse and isolation, even in death as she cut her own children off,” says vocalist Joel of the meaning behind the track. “She died as she lived, paranoid and alone.”Watch the video for All That I Remember below:
Fit For A King announce brutal new album, Lonely God

6 days ago | kerrang.com | Nick Ruskell |Jonathan Weiner

Following last month's No Tomorrow single, Texas metalcore heroes Fit For A King have announced that their new album, Lonely God, will drop on August 1, and features guest spots from Motionless In White's Chris Motionless, The Plot In You's Landon Tewers and Alpha Wolf's Lochie Keogh. To get you in the mood – an angry, shouty one – they've also unleashed the video for the brutal title-track.
Stray From The Path will disband at the end of the year

6 days ago | kerrang.com | Luke Morton

The news of the split comes in tandem with the surprise-release of their new album Clockworked, which they dropped without any run-up or single releases, defying industry tradition. Speaking to Kerrang! about the decision, guitarist Tom Williams said, “I wanted to tap into the feeling I had when I would get records as a kid. Like, when Deftones’ White Pony came out, I saw the Change (In The House Of Flies) video on TV, then I went to the store and bought it. That doesn’t really happen anymore.