Within the first two minutes of spine-tingling opener Adderall, it’s clear that Slipknot have never sounded like this before in their 20 years as a band. Despite the album title’s somewhat ominous feeling, The End, So Far is the thrilling sound of Corey Taylor and co. continuing to push their own boundaries – and an intriguing look at what else they might pull out the bag in the future, too… (EC) In 2008, EMAP sold its consumer magazines to Bauer Media Group. Brannigan left Kerrang! in 2009 and Nichola Browne was appointed editor. [39] She later stepped down in April 2011. Former NME features editor and GamesMaster deputy editor James McMahon was appointed as editor on 6 June 2011. [40] Corey Taylor (vocals): “That emotion that you hear in this album is very real: that angst, that aggression, that depression and that manic frenzy to get away from that pain. I’ve always been the guy that can only really write from the standpoint of things that I understand because I’ve gone through them…” Kerrang! Tour 2016! - Kerrang!". Kerrang!. Archived from the original on 23 January 2016 . Retrieved 28 January 2016.

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It’s raw and emotional. Funny and disturbing. It’s a laugh at the pain, weep in the happiness kind of record. From mysterious cult to a multiversal sensation: Inside Sleep Token’s phenomenal rise – only in the new issue of Kerrang!Rammstein could have released anything and it would sell. It speaks not only to their integrity but also to the mastery of their art that, from its forehead-slappingly simple cover to its most OTT moments that will scorch the skies live, this is a record made with care, craft, and nothing allowed in that isn’t just-so.” Read full review. Venom Prison have humanised this music by holding up a mirror to a cruel world and viewing people as more than simply walking dummies full of guts, but sentient beings worthy of life, rather than a grisly, gory death.” Read full review. Ng, Justin (4 May 2011). "Kerrang! Awards Fuelled By Relentless Energy Drink Nominations Announced". Entertainment Focus. Archived from the original on 28 November 2011 . Retrieved 22 November 2011. Nowhere near as sweet as their name, Candy are the sort of band who make music that’s actively threatening. Already with a good name in the underground, Heaven Is Here’s violent mash of powerviolence (Mutilation), hardcore (Price Of Utopia), unsettling, scraping electronics (Transcend To Wet) and simply noises (all across it) is a wonderful, thrilling migraine of a record. Unpleasant, but undeniably exciting, Heaven Is Here is the sound of Hell on Earth. It ain’t a bad place to be. (NR) Brown, Andy R. (2007). "Everything Louder than Everything Else" (PDF). Journalism Studies. 8 (4): 642–655. doi: 10.1080/14616700701412209. S2CID 142637249.

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Baran, Pete (15 February 2002). "Kerrang topples NME as best selling music weekly". Freaky Trigger. Archived from the original on 28 May 2013 . Retrieved 23 November 2011. things, to achieve, to live. Not a man given to sitting around waiting for things to happen to him, one imagines such restrictions weren’t so much boring as headache-inducing for the Behemoth mainman. The way all this erupts on Opvs Contra Natvram speaks to the catharsis within it. Already a band with an imperious confidence, here the power of their steamrolling assault comes with, squint hard, a vital sense of what might be called joy. The strength in Off To War!, Ov My Herculean Exile and the explosive Versus Christus is a mighty flex, and the album proves there’s nothing that fires Nergal up like a challenge. (NR) If GosT’s existence to date has been largely spent lurking with sinister intent in the shadows of the darkest bits of synthwave’s club, being almost wilfully unattractive, then 2019 was the year they suddenly burst onto the dancefloor.

We want to do with our band what we did in 2003 with Untitled,” he told Kerrang!, “where we take our foundations and go off in completely weird directions.” When Nine, the band’s ninth record (or eighth, depending on whether you count 1994’s Buddha as canon) finally landed in September, not only was it a promise that had been made good on, but it was a change that caught the notoriously fun-loving group in a more pensive and socially conscious mood. Caleb’s clever lyricism remains a constant, particularly on the rampant What’s Killing You, but The Surface’s most affecting moment comes at its climax, as closing number I Was Alive delivers a carpe diem musical affirmation that reflects the newfound self-love that has engulfed its creators. In many ways, it’s a far cry from the despair that characterised the band’s celebrated debut album Disgusting, but the emotional impact is just as, if not more, profound.

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Sometimes, being a ‘supergroup’ doesn’t quite live up to its title. For L.S. Dunes, though, that’s simply not the case. While these five emo and post-hardcore heroes (members of My Chemical Romance, Circa Survive, Thursday and Coheed & Cambria) joined forces this year purely for the love of music, the quality of Past Lives has seen them become so much more than just another side-project. Can’t wait to scream along to Permanent Rebellion and 2022 on their upcoming UK tour… (EC)Their raucous, riotous, no-holds-barred live shows have helped Melbourne’s Amyl And The Sniffers become one of the most talked about bands on the planet. Somehow, their self-titled debut managed to catch that wild energy in the confines of a record without losing a single bit of bite or sweaty thrust. Since the world first caught a glimpse of Manuel Gagneux’s Satanic sigil, Zeal & Ardor have been on an upward trajectory. We all know the story of how the project started, but few know where it is going, and this self-titled effort is by far the strongest and most accomplished record the Swiss-American outfit have released. A continuation on the unique sounds of earlier records, Z&A’s third LP embraces more post and industrial elements, often driving headfirst into a roaring cacophony. The pure cathartic joy of barking ‘ death to the holy’ cannot be underestimated. (LM) Central to it all was CJ Gilpin. Both survivor and saviour, the singer has grown into a quietly commanding personality, drawing attention not just through her magnetic onstage charisma and energy, but also through her genuine openness, honesty and accessibility. In the truest sense of the phrase, she really is one of us. She pours her heart out on these songs, and with that comes a feeling of deep catharsis. Demons are exposed and explored with sensitivity, dexterity and defiance, while the scars of trauma, depression and addiction are worked over and expunged to leave behind a feeling of clarity and life-affirming euphoria. Adam Thomas: “I love how heavy this album is. It’s like Slipknot meets Converge or something – really heavy and techy, but totally moshy as well. Employed To Serve just don’t write bad riffs, either, and there’s no end of them on here. They’re one of the best metal bands in Britain right now, and this properly proved why.” On top of albums, there’s also been a flood of amazing EPs and mixtapes: Mimi Barks’ gritty doom-trap on DEADGIRL, Heriot’s Profound Morality announcing them as one of the most promising new metal bands in Britain, mysterious synth duo Zetra casting a spell that’s sure to grow into something magnificent with their From Without EP, WARGASM continuing to aim high on EXPLICIT. And that’s to name only four.

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This album is compiled in association with Burning Heart, B-Unique, BMG Entertainment UK, EMAP, Island Records, Jive, Mercury, Mushroom Records, Polydor, Roadrunner, Rough Trade, Sony, Universal Music, ZTT. When Halsey announced that their fourth album If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power would be co-written and produced by Nine Inch Nails supremos Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, it was a game-changer. The New Jersey pop artist had already fleetingly collaborated with Thirty Seconds To Mars, Bring Me The Horizon and Machine Gun Kelly, but to be crossing streams with arguably the greatest minds in the past 30 years of alternative music signified a bold step up. A head-spinning stream of consciousness exploring Halsey’s recent experiences with “the joys and horrors of pregnancy and childbirth”, IICHL,IWP veered spectacularly between glassy synths and Dave Grohl drum solos, capturing the teetering vulnerability and bosom-baring defiance of becoming a young mother at the cutting-edge of the music industry. What’s more punk than that? (SL) Beth Avison: "Samsara is really heavy, and the amount of emotion in it is really refreshing for death metal. They’re brilliant.” Amyl wrote and recorded their 2016 debut EP, Giddy Up, in the space of 12 hours. This full-length doesn’t sound like it took much longer – it’s urgent and intense, visceral and wild, pummelling you in the head and the stomach from the moment you press ‘play’. Kerrang! Tour 2015 Line-Up Completed - Kerrang!". Kerrang!. Archived from the original on 25 November 2015 . Retrieved 28 January 2016.It was at the beginning of 2019 when blink-182 bassist Mark Hoppus revealed that the band’s forthcoming record could see the California pop-punk kings taking a step into uncharted territories. With their third record, Baltimore’s Turnstile both furthered hardcore’s infiltration into the mainstream and reshaped the already-nebulous confines of the genre. GLOW ON was the five-piece’s most accessible set of songs to date, but driven by the same punk ideology as ever. It’s just that now, the abrasive aggression of Don’t Play was tempered by quasi-tropical instrumentation, while Alien Love Call and Lonely Dezires – both of which featured shapeshifting indie-pop firebrand Blood Orange – took sharp left musical turns. As T.L.C. (Turnstile Love Connection) showed, however, they could still blast out old school hardcore like the best of them. Better, in fact. (MP) While Eternal Forward Motion is most definitely a record that sounds like it would spit in your face before punching you, this isn’t simply moping around. These lyrics have a very real meaning, written for the voiceless millions of disenfranchised youths, growing up into a shitshow of someone else’s making.” Read full review. In a world where the concepts of ‘genre’ and ‘heaviness’ are becoming more and more disparate and divided, Michigan experimentalists The Armed released perhaps the most subversive record of the year. From its cover looking more like a polished fashion shoot and the corpse-painted music videos, to the fact that nobody is actually sure who’s in the band and who is just trolling, this group of eight (possibly more, or less) musicians found a delicious disharmony in ULTRAPOP. Extreme in its intent and not just sound, everything was pushed to the nth degree, building up layer after distorted layer, engulfing the listener in a record that somehow straddled the worlds of Throbbing Gristle, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Les Savy Fav and, dare we say it, pop music. An album best served whole, there were countless sides to the polygon and punishment – from the claustrophobic BIG SHELL to the hyperactive MASUNAGA VAPORS to the oddly sun-drenched BAD SELECTION. No matter what genre you ascribe to ULTRAPOP, it's determined to be misunderstood. All we know is, we like it. (LM)