While She Sleeps’ Loz Taylor: “When this whole culture and community hit me, there was no going back”

Long overdue and hard-won, While She Sleeps are on track to be British metal’s next arena band. At the helm, you’ll find singer Lawrence ​‘Loz’ Taylor, propelling this band onward with every ounce of breath his lungs can offer. Over the course of two decades – which have thrown all kinds of challenges in his way – Loz has more than proved that he’s up to the task. Well-accustomed to globe-trotting in the name of Sleeps, the minor matter of a trip to Brazil awaits Loz as he calls Kerrang! from Sleeps HQ, tapping out momentarily from final pre-production rehearsals. He’s still beaming from the release of their killer sixth album SELF HELL, especially when we mention acoustic closer RADICAL HATRED / RADICAL LOVE – which he, perhaps surprisingly, calls his introduction into song...

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