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The 11 best Pierce The Veil songs
Why have a Top 10 when you can have one more? Here are the 11 best Pierce The Veil songs ahead of their 2025 UK arena dates
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The 11 best System Of A Down songs
Ahead of their long-awaited return to the UK, we count down the most unhinged, unrelenting and utterly iconic songs from the genre-defying metal icons
Interview
My Greatest Hits: Winston McCall of Parkway Drive
The Parkway Drive frontman talks us through his career highlights, from being shut down by the riot squad to their history-making secret set at Download 2024
Interview
Nova Twins: “We can’t be superheroes all the time”
Nova Twins on stripping back their armour, embracing chaos and finding strength in honesty on their new album
Looking Back
Everything Everything talk 10 years of Get To Heaven
The art rock shapeshifters reflect on the enduring impact of their third album as they gear up to celebrate with a full UK tour
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The 11 best My Chemical Romance songs
With Wembley shows announced for 2026, the Long Live... The Black Parade tour is finally headed to the UK. Here's what we want to hear on it...
Interview
Stage Times: New Found Glory
New Found Glory vocalist Jordan Pundik talks us through his gig memories, from dive-bar concussions to crowd-surfing on 70,000 heads
Review
Download 2025: the highlights
The best of the fest, from Sleep Token’s history-making headline set to mysterious masked newcomer President’s inaugural rally
Review
Korn make history with their long-awaited debut as Download Festival headliners
It was a hard-hitting, career-sweeping set as the nu metal stalwarts topped the bill for the first time
Sleep Token lead Download Festival in worship
It's a masked mass at the Apex Stage as Sleep Token prove themselves much more than just the fastest rising headliners in Download history