Paul Travers
Paul Travers has spent the best part of three decades writing about punk rock, heavy metal, and every associated sub-genre for the UK's biggest rock magazines, including Kerrang! and Metal Hammer.
Latest articles by Paul Travers

"We were at each others throats": Inside the intense, freaky, fairytale world of Palaye Royale
By Paul Travers last updated
Meet Palaye Royale, three brothers from Las Vegas, with a bold new album, a unique worldview and big, big dreams

Every The White Stripes album ranked from worst to best
By Paul Travers published
Ranking the studio albums of The White Stripes, the little band from Detroit who became a very big noise

10 things to look out for at this weekend's When We Were Young festival
By Paul Travers last updated
The 'World's Biggest Emo-Fest Ever!' aka When We Were Young is set to take over Las Vegas this weekend: here are 10 things worth getting over-emotional about

"Overcoming darkness is a beautiful thing": How My Chemical Romance battled ghosts, addiction, the Daily Mail and Kasabian to take over the world with The Black Parade
By Paul Travers published
The story behind My Chemical Romance's transformation from cult punks to global superstars with the gloriously ambitious The Black Parade

The story of Metallica and the ‘obscene’ punk cover that got them banned from MTV
By Paul Travers published
“It just felt good to blast the words ‘cock’ and ‘fuck’”: the story behind Metallica’s shocking cover of Anti-Nowhere League’s punk classic So What?

Bob Rock thinks “the rules of metal are very confining”, says “Metallica stretched the boundaries” on Load and Reload
By Merlin Alderslade published
Mega-producer Bob Rock, who worked with Metallica on Load and Reload, has some interesting thoughts on their mid-90s output
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