In this week's Kerrang! magazine...
The Gospel according to Billy Talent! Adored and worshiped, Canada's cult heroes Billy Talent have a secret society of devoted followers that are lifting them to megastar status. Find out how it all began...
Plus: Warped Tour 2009 is go! K! joined Gallows, VersaEmerge, Madina Lake, Aiden, NoFx, Alexisonfire and more at the summer's biggest and best punk rock fest. Former Bleeding Through guitarist Jona Weinhofen joins Brit metal mob Bring Me The Horizon full time, Every Time I Die part ways with drummer, we join Atreyu in the studio and Biffy Clyro wreak havok in London on the set of their new video.
And: AC/DC rock Wembley stadium, Spinal Tap fail to rock Wembley Arena and Brand New make a welcome live return to the UK. We go Inside The Mind Of Mastodon's Brent Hinds, cult mathcore mob Coalesce return on their own terms, Introducing The New 1920 and Ignominious Incarceration, we get up close and personal with Silversun Pickups, punk rock godfathers Rancid talk about their new album, Let The Dominoes Fall, but don't go calling them old y'hear?! Steel Panther frontman Michael Starr talks groupies, plastic surgery and what he would do if he were a lady for a day when he takes on the Random Question Generator and Green Day reveal how politics became their most powerful weapon. New albums from DevilDriver, Judas Priest and Against Me! rated and reviewed and Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz tells us the last time he told a lie.
And: Free posters of Alexisonfire, Papa Roach, Green Day, Slaves To Gravity and Killswitch Engage.