What went down aboard Headbangers Boat 2026 🛳️🎥: @ashmillmann🏷️: @headbangersboat @lambofgod @gwar @xcopsofficial @chainedsaint @deathangelofficial @thehauntedrocks @dillingerescapeplan @soilentgreennola @200stabwounds @josemangin @rikirachtman @phildemmel @kylesa_band @inflames @zakksabbath...
Tonight Papa Roach look commanding. It’s as if they’ve always been headlining arenas, stomping the stage, and mauling ears with tumescent bursts of sound like Kill The Noise and BRAINDEAD. Their longevity may have been hard-fought, but it’s prevailed due to its simple people-pleasing quality...Read...
Bahamas? More like GWAR-hamas! Rexor takes us on a tour of the Headbangers Boat, where he terrorises some miscreants along the way...🎥: @ashmillmann 🏷️: @headbangersboat @gwar @rexor_terrorsaur
Ozzfest have revealed date and location details for the festival's return in 2027 🦇https://www.kerrang.com/ozzfest-confirms-dates-locations-fo…
2000trees is throwing a gigantic 20th anniversary bash, with New Found Glory playing two sets, as well as Creeper, Mannequin Pussy, The Menzingers and the reunion of Reuben (!!)https://www.kerrang.com/2000trees-announces-new-found-glory…
Sleep Theory on their dream three festival headliners 💤🎥: @rishi.shah2 🏷️: @sleeptheoryofficial @champagnepapi @officialphilcollins @michaeljackson
Lzzy Hale of Halestorm tells us why a sweaty concert lounge in Michigan is her favourite venue in the world 🔧📷: @rishi.shah2🏷️: @officiallzzyhale @lzzyhale @halestormrocks @themachineshop @downloadfest
Kerrang! Cover Story: Speed, Terror and the uniting power of hardcore“If you don’t appreciate the bands making music today, there will be no tomorrow”Read the deeply inspirational conversation between Jem Siow and Scott Vogel now: https://www.kerrang.com/speed-terror-jem-siow-scott-vogel-h…
We caught up with Randy from Lamb Of God about the upcoming Headbangers Boat cruise set to depart from Southampton in the UK ⛴️One of the excursions from the ship this year was to swim with pigs on a special little island in the Bahamas. Here's hoping we get a taste of that - or a delicious...
No make-up, no cloaks, Zetra are entering a brave new world. As they release the first single of this new era, Adrena, they talk us through growth, losing the slap, and getting inspiration from both 'A' and The Matrix...https://www.kerrang.com/zetra-interview-unveil-new-era-adre…
Forget Art the Clown, it's Art the Magician who ruled our Halloween aboard the Headbangers Boat. What can't the members of Lamb Of God do?! 🪄🎥: @ashmillmann
Celebrating 40 years of Metallica's Master Of Puppets, the Headbangers Boat bands came together for the ultimate cover set to play the album in full. And of course, they ended it the only appropriate way: with a chaotic, joyous, brilliant rendition of Seek And Destroy 🤘Featuring members of...
"We've actually rerecorded Under The Knife. We'll probably figure out a release where maybe we include a documentary. I just went through storage rooms full of stuff and found a flyer for a show that was Fear, Murphy's Law, Hatebreed, 25 Ta Life and One 4 One. Man, I would remember...
My Chemical Romance delivered an emo night to remember by playing on Halloween at Hollywood Bowl. Amongst their iconic bangers, fans were also treated to long-awaited live returns of Someone Out There Loves You and Early Sunsets Over Monroeville 🧪Spooky season, may you never end! 🎃📢: My Chemical...
A bunch of metalheads on a cruise liner? Bellyflop competition time. Here's what went down at the Tsunami Bellyflop Competition on @headbangersboat, for the culture...🎥: @ashmillmann
GWAR brought so much blood, goo and spew to @headbangersboat the whole deck needed a thorough pressure wash afterwards. Built-in Halloween costume for all those lucky enough to be in the @gwar splash zone though, right? 🩸🎥: @ashmillmann
Here's a little peek at what went down on Halloween with the fans aboard @headbangersboat 🎃 Lots of amazing sets and coverage still to come from the whole trip right here on Kerrang! 🌴🎥: @ashmillmann
Lamb Of God performed an incredibly and entirely fan-chosen set for Halloween aboard their Headbanger's Boat cruise, bringing heavy metal to the high seas 🤘📢: @lambofgod on @headbangersboat 🎥: @ashmillmann
You get bombarded with new music. To make it easier to get on board with the most killer stuff, we’ve digested it all, and curated the ultimate weekly chart. Follow us on Apple Music, and you’ll never miss the hottest new tunes. Check out this week’s Top...
Is it time for a new Fall Out Boy era? Read more at the link in bio 🔗
Against The Current took time out of their Till Death And Back rehearsals to chat with us about making the album, their hero's journey and... Sausages?📢: @againstthecurrent @chrissycostanza @willferri @danielwgow 🎥: @ashmillmann
Kerrang! Cover Story: Inside Josh Homme's imperfect world“The records need to get more personal as the years go on, they’re snapshots of a life in progress”Read our eye-opening interview with the Queens of the Stone Age frontman now:https://www.kerrang.com/queens-of-the-stone-age-josh-homme-…
It’s said that football stadiums are the only places men cry. You may find this is also true of watching a football stadium in a cinema...https://www.kerrang.com/film-review-ozzy-black-sabbath-back…
Here to stay! The Korn resurgence marches onward as the Bakersfield titans indulge in their first proper UK tour in 10 years, with support from Architects and Youth Code…Read our full live review of KoRn at Leeds First Direct Arena at the link in bio 🔗✍️: @rishi.shah2📷: Paul Harries
Into the BREACH! The noisiest night of incredible UK metal bands is just around the corner, and we've still got one more big surprise coming. Will we be seeing you there, or in the comments regretting missing out? 👀Get your tickets now at the link in bio 🔗📢: @cagefightldn @kila.kosa...
Miguel joins Bristol-based Chris on Zoom from some 5,140 miles away, where he and his wife are being kept busy by their five-month-old son. While first-time fatherhood is an experience he’s loving, he’s less keen on flying – terrified, in fact – so the initial trip to meet the rest of SAVE US was...
We caught up with Matt Heafy of Trivium on his favourite new band, but picking just one proved near impossible...📢: @matthewkheafy of @triviumband shouts out @palefaceswiss @gaerea_ @frozensoultx @powertriptx @fitforanautopsy🎥: @rishi.shah2
If it seemed uncanny that Floor Jansen released a song called Everything Is Moving On right after leaving Nightwish, she tells us that wasn't an accident, neither that the video for the song told the story of her time with the Finnish symphonic...
"This release has allowed us to look back on Exist in a new light, and view it in a different way," explains LASTELLE's Jonjo Williams as the band announce the extended editions of their twin EPs...https://www.kerrang.com/lastelle-announce-extended-edition-…
“Urgh. I can’t believe I’m gonna die at Avenged Sevenfolds’ house,” NOFX frontman Fat Mike sighs irritatedly, lying on the bathroom floor in a pool of freshly-sh*t blood...https://www.kerrang.com/film-review-nofx-40-years-of-fuckin…
SAVE US hadn't all met until one of them flew from the West Coast of America to the Westcountry with just a few hundred quid. They've just made one of the best debuts of the year. Mad? Absolutely. But it's working...https://www.kerrang.com/save-us-interview-death-to-somethin…
Make sure to smile wide and headbang hard at Mammoth's London show next month, as it turns out you'll be on camera. What could be coming?https://www.kerrang.com/mammoth-are-filming-their-london-sh…
ate To Go (Take Out Or Delivery) is jam-packed with tunes that leave no doubt about Al’s opinions on the state of America and the modern world, like Voices Of Hate and We Hate. Yep, that’s a lot of hate...https://www.kerrang.com/album-review-ministry-hate-to-go-ta…
Many of us were lulled into the belief that Mason Hill, once among the UK’s brightest prospects, couldn’t possibly return after a five-year hiatus. Enter new frontman Tom Ward – finally – and now we must find our marker pens and cross out those...
Architects are unleashing their inner Animals at their Leeds show tonight! 💣📢: @architects supporting @korn_official🎥: @rishi.shah2
More Malevolence shows in the UK next year could be on the cards, as the band have posted a 'United Kingdom Of Chaos' teaser...https://www.kerrang.com/are-malevolence-teasing-a-uk-tour-2…
Chelsea Wolfe finished her North American tour in style in LA with guest performances from Courtney LaPlante, Shirley Manson and Robin Finck - check it out below...https://www.kerrang.com/watch-chelsea-wolfe-bring-out-spiri…
Good bands doing good things! Check out Turnstile's boundary-breaking free gig at Washington Monument, raising money for humanitarian aid in Palestine, Sudan and Lebanon...https://www.kerrang.com/turnstile-raise-over-220-000-for-pa…
It's almost time to relive Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath's Back To The Beginning gig from last summer on the big screen, and here's where and when you can watch it...https://www.kerrang.com/heres-where-you-can-watch-the-back-…
The Lone Star State gets a masterclass in weirdness, wonder, war and wilding out as SOAD cap off a stacked Sick New World Texas...https://www.kerrang.com/system-of-a-down-sick-new-world-tex…
“Everyone has to be a decent person, basically,” says bassist Jack Miles. “We’ve seen other bands let some of this stuff [like attention] go to their heads, and I think for us, it’s just about keeping ourselves grounded, making memories, meeting people and having genuine, authentic interactions...
We get the lowdown on @bloodywood's dream three headliners for a facemelting festival lineup 🔥📢: @slipknot @kublaikhantx @officialalterbridge🎥: @rishi.shah2
“There’s so many notes on the album, and they all have to be written down in exactly the way that they were played, whether it was a slide, pinch harmonic or regular harmonic, a bend or a whammy,” Tim explains. “Any kind of craziness happening to a note has to be documented exactly the way it was....
Clayface is out today! To celebrate, we challenged director James Watkins and stars Tom Rhys Harries and Max Minghella to see if they knew their Metallos from their Metallicas. How will they fare in DC Villain or Metal Band...?📢: @tomrhysharries, @maxminghella, @jameswatkinsfilmfor @clayfacemovie...
"These Killing Times has more of an outward focus than an inward one. There’s no way to be reflective or introspective, or make work that’s about my past, when the present is so pressing, and creating such intense feelings..."Read our full interview with Emma Ruth Rundle at the link in bio 🔗✍️:...
Castle Rat are a band built on magical fantasy, home-brewed lore, and righteous metal, so we asked them the most important question that dives deep into the unexplored nooks of their mythology. Finally, your prayers are answered...These are @castle.rat's favourite rats 🐀 🎥: @ashmillmann
blink-182, Iron Maiden and Korn will be performing at Sonic Temple 2027, joined by over a hundred other rock and metal artists.Check out the full list of announcements for the Sonic Temple 2027 lineup at the link in bio 🔗📷: JENN FIVE 📸✌🏻
To celebrate 20 years of My Chemical Romance's masterpiece, The Black Parade, we dive into the Kerrang! archives to tell the full, incredible story in the band's own words. Presented as a limited-edition 20-page A5 zine, complete with exclusive rare and unseen photography from the time,...
Kerrang! Presents… Crawlers 💙Having returned with two brilliant EPs, TURN OFF THE TV and LIVE WITH THIS, the mighty Crawlers are ending the year in style by headlining the third Kerrang! Presents… show at The Barfly in Camden on December 7. Get your tickets from the link in bio now 🔗"After selling...