Editing Kerrang! (section)

{{short description|British rock, punk and heavy metal music magazine}}
{{redirect|K!|the quiz platform|Kahoot!}}
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{{Use British English|date=May 2012}}
{{Infobox magazine
| title = Kerrang!
| logo = Kerrang 2021 Logo.png
| image_file = Kerrang! April 2023 cover.jpg
| image_size = 
| image_caption = Cover of 12 April 2023 digital issue of ''Kerrang!'' featuring American [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Metallica]]
| editor = Luke Morton
| editor_title = 
| previous_editor = 
| staff_writer = Nick Ruskell, David McLaughlin, Emily Carter, Tom Shepherd, [[Ethan Fixell]], [[Christopher Krovatin]], Cat Jones
| category = 
| frequency = {{Plainlist|
* Monthly (1981–1982)
* Fortnightly (1982–1987)
* Weekly (1987–2020)
* Quarterly (2021–present)
}}
| publisher = Wasted Talent Ltd
| founder = [[Alan Lewis (music journalist)|Alan Lewis]]
| firstdate = {{start date|df=y|1981|6|6}}
| country = United Kingdom
| based = London
| language = English
| website = {{URL|kerrang.com}}
| issn = 0262-6624
}}

'''''Kerrang!''''' is a British music [[webzine]] and quarterly [[magazine]] that primarily covers [[Rock music|rock]], [[Punk rock|punk]] and [[heavy metal music]]. Since 2017, the magazine has been published by Wasted Talent Ltd (the same company that owns electronic music publication ''[[Mixmag]]'').<ref name="wasted">{{cite news |last=Spanier |first=Gideon |date=15 April 2017 |title=Mixmag buys Kerrang! and plans to revive The Face in double acquisition |work=[[Campaign (magazine)|Campaign]] |url=https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/mixmag-buys-kerrang-plans-revive-face-double-acquisition/1431481 |url-status=live |access-date=2 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103072655/https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/mixmag-buys-kerrang-plans-revive-face-double-acquisition/1431481 |archive-date=3 January 2018}}</ref> The magazine was named [[onomatopoeic]]ally after the sound of a "guitar being struck with force".{{sfn|Ruskell|2023|p=14}}

''Kerrang!'' was first published on 6 June 1981 as a one-off "Heavy Metal Special" from the now-defunct ''[[Sounds (magazine)|Sounds]]'' newspaper. Due to the popularity of the issue, the magazine became a monthly publication, before transitioning into a weekly in 1987. Initially devoted to the [[new wave of British heavy metal]] and the rise of [[hard rock]] acts,<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Brannigan |first=Paul |date=6 June 2006 |title=25 Most Important Bands of Our Lifetime |magazine=Kerrang! |issue=1110}}</ref> ''Kerrang!''{{'s}} musical emphasis has changed several times, focusing on [[grunge]], [[nu metal]], [[post-hardcore]], [[emo]] and other [[alternative rock]] and [[Heavy metal music|metal]] genres over the course of its forty-year publication history. In 2001, it became the best-selling British music weekly, overtaking ''[[NME]]''.

After publishing a total of 1,818 issues, ''Kerrang!'' ceased publication of their weekly magazine in March 2020 amidst the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], whilst continuing as an online publication featuring digital "cover stories". In December 2021, the print edition of ''Kerrang!'' was revived, and is now published on a quarterly basis.