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

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The world's first fan-organised Ghost convention was a gloriously OTT event held in a cave called The Devil's Arse

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The Interrupters' Aimee Allen and Kevin Bivona reveal how laying some life-long demons to rest resulted in the most essential, emotional ska punk album of recent times

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From Bring Me The Horizon’s Sempiternal to Ghost’s Infestissumam, happy birthday to these absolute montsers

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Rock stars, eh? You never quite know where they'll pop up next, as these video cameos prove

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Canadian hardcore experimentalists rise to the challenge of writing and recording an album in a single day

By Rich Hobson Published
From Ghost and Slipknot to Zeal & Ardor and Ithaca, these are the best albums of the last 12 months

By Paul Travers Published
Remembering those we lost this year from the world of music

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Meet Palaye Royale, three brothers from Las Vegas, with a bold new album, a unique worldview and big, big dreams

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Ranking the studio albums of The White Stripes, the little band from Detroit who became a very big noise

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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

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“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?

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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