Editing Kerrang! (section)

=== 1990s ===
In April 1991, Spotlight/United Newspapers sold ''Kerrang!'' to [[EMAP|EMAP Metro]] (now known as Ascential plc).{{sfn|Gorman|2022|p=307}}<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Anon. |date=13 April 1991 |title=Emap scoops up Select in music titles sell-of |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Week-IDX/IDX/1991/MW-1991-04-13-IDX-3.pdf |journal=[[Music Week]] |page=3 |issn=0265-1548 |via=worldradiohistory.com |access-date=14 May 2023 |archive-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514134126/https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Week-IDX/IDX/1991/MW-1991-04-13-IDX-3.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Although ''Kerrang!'' had an average weekly circulation of 58,685 by this point and was making profits of £1 million a year,<ref name=":1" />{{sfn|Ruskell|2023|p=70}} the publication had been faced with significant competition from [[Raw (music magazine)|''RAW'']] magazine, also owned by EMAP.{{sfn|Gorman|2022|p=309}} British journalist [[David Hepworth]], who launched a number of titles for EMAP in the 1980s, said: "We [EMAP] had made it nearly impossible for Spotlight to publish ''Kerrang!'' profitably because we promoted ''RAW'' and they had to promote back, and that ate into their [[Profit margin|margins]]."{{sfn|Gorman|2022|p=309}} EMAP moved ''Kerrang!''{{'s}} offices to [[Carnaby Street]] in London's [[West End of London|West End]].{{sfn|Ruskell|2023|p=70}}<ref name=":1" />

In April 1992, Barton left his post as the magazine's editor, and was replaced by Robyn Doreian. Although her tenure as editor was brief, Doreian would balance the magazine's focus between heavy metal and the growing [[Alternative rock|alternative music]] scene, following the unexpected success of [[grunge]] acts such as [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]].{{sfn|Ruskell|2023|p=66, 77, 80}} Phil Alexander became the new editor of ''Kerrang!'' in June 1993.{{sfn|Ruskell|2023|p=83}} Alexander felt that the magazine was lagging behind ''RAW'' in terms of its coverage of newer bands, and ''Kerrang!''{{'s}} emphasis began to largely eschew previously featured glam/metal acts in favour of modern acts, such as [[Hole (band)|Hole]], [[Nine Inch Nails]], [[Kyuss]], [[Corrosion of Conformity]] and [[Machine Head (band)|Machine Head]].{{sfn|Ruskell|2023|p=83}} During the [[Britpop]] era, the magazine would largely focus on heavier "[[Britrock]]" acts such as [[The Wildhearts]], [[Manic Street Preachers]], [[Terrorvision]] and [[Therapy?]].{{sfn|Ruskell|2023|p=86}}{{sfn|Ruskell|2023|p=88}} Starting in 1995, ''Kerrang!'' began covering the [[nu metal]] genre after one of the magazine's journalists, Mörat, was introduced to [[Korn]] by Machine Head frontman [[Robb Flynn]].{{sfn|Ruskell|2023|p=93}} During the late 1990s, the magazine would end up covering the likes of [[Limp Bizkit]], [[System of a Down]], [[Deftones]] and [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]], and various other [[punk rock]], [[Hip hop music|hip-hop]] and [[Hardcore punk|hardcore]] acts.{{sfn|Ruskell|2023|p=96, 99-100, 124}}