This week, we welcome brilliant young metal stars Vended to the cover of Kerrang! for the first time, to discuss their journey so far, their love for all things heavy, and much more. And the band are only too happy to also chat about the fact that, as we all know, two members’ dads are in Slipknot – something that has caused plenty of discourse online (this is the internet, after all). Indeed, if you couldn’t already tell from their names, vocalist Griffin Taylor’s pa is Corey, while drummer Simon Crahan’s father is Shawn aka Clown. But, Vended insist, they haven’t had a complete leg-up at all from the masked metal legends – they have worked incredibly hard to find their musical talents all by themselves. “Yeah, we got more help than other bands do and I’m honest about ...
