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The band have linked up with producer Leo Abrahams on their first track in four years.

Pond’s eleventh album arrives via the band’s own Mangovision imprint

Anglo-Welsh quintet wrote enough material for a double album, but that’s not the format it’s being released in. Have they found a way to break the mould? (LouderSound)

There’s a 28-date itinerary across four territories alongside KATSEYE’s new EP ‘WILD’

Drummer Jason Bowld says that the metalcore heroes will finish the follow-up to their 2021 self-titled effort in June and release a long string of singles (LouderSound)

Listen here to new Brian Fallon songs Not Bad For New Jersey and Better Before (LouderSound)

The Rick Rubin produced album ‘Reality Awaits’ marks The Strokes’ first new material since 2020.

“It was a huge disaster in front of 65,000 people. We fell apart” (LouderSound)

The most stable line-up in the band’s six-decade history have completed their first trilogy, with new spiritual insight and an old but well-loved guitar style borrowed from Syd Barrett (LouderSound)

The Londoners will headline Desertfest this weekend and release their fourth album, Necropolitan, in September (LouderSound)

Since reuniting in 2011, System Of A Down have headlined festivals, packed arenas and released two songs. What’s the situation with their long-anticipated follow-up to Mezmerize and Hypnotize? Well, don’t hold your breath. (LouderSound)

The Welsh duo unveil first single ‘Lockup’ alongside details of their follow-up to ‘Good Lies’.

The collaboration arrives ahead of Hayley’s directorial debut film and accompanying soundtrack project.

Quiet Sun featured Roxy Music guitarist Phil Manzanera alongside Matching Mole’s Bill MacCormick with Dave Jarrett and Charles Hayward (LouderSound)

The New York duo deliver overhauled version of the cult-favourite collaboration.

In 2024, the former Made Out Of Babies singer and Cult Of Luna collaborator released her long-awaited second solo album, Ridiculous And Full Of Blood (LouderSound)

Five more artists are confirmed for July’s 50th anniversary ceremony at the Royal Albert Hall.

Genre-smashing Welsh rockers Skindred undertake Classic Rock’s £50 vinyl challenge (LouderSound)

The incident took place in Texas in 1970 after Blackmore reacted badly to some flu shots (LouderSound)

Can we please just stop throwing stuff at musicians? (LouderSound)

Jack Douglas also worked on recordings by James Gang, Alice Cooper, Montrose, Mountain, The Who, Patti Smith, Blue Öyster Cult, New York Dolls, Starz and many more (LouderSound)

Journey’s long-running soap opera has been extended for another season (LouderSound)

Arrogant Boy comes from Deep Purple’s upcoming 24th album, Splat! (LouderSound)

Nate Amos confirms label home and London Electric Brixton date for November.

The Glasgow outfit also line up an intimate UK headline run.

Remastered 4AD-era collection gets first vinyl pressing with bonus live side.

“When hip hop DJs started using those chunky riffs, we started checking out old metal again” (LouderSound)

Marshall celebrate the 60th anniversary of Jimi Hendrix famously plugging into one of their amps with striking new range of hardware complete with Acton III speaker covered in crushed purple velvet (LouderSound)

Nicko McBrain is ready to share “a thrilling, hilarious and deeply personal” memoir (LouderSound)

Three headline shows are confirmed in Glasgow, Manchester and London next February.

Further details on casting and release plans are set to be announced later.

Bucket: the very, very, very loud sound of the underground, blow minds at their debut London headline show (LouderSound)

Talking Heads frontman’s Broadway production gets a one-night UK and Irish cinema return.

John Congleton-produced track arrives as the artist launches their own label.

If you can’t connect the drone metal heroes with King Crimson, Mahavishnu Orchestra and Miles Davis, allow co-founder Greg Anderson to explain (LouderSound)

Avant-garde Canadian twosome Angine de Poitrine justify all the hype at their sold-out London debut (LouderSound)

Jonas Björler, Anders Björler and Adrian Erlandsson remember their first encounters with their beloved frontman (LouderSound)

We all spend a lot on our turntables and record collections, so don’t leave them to gather dirt and grime (LouderSound)

Ann Wilson speaks out against sexism as her new documentary, Ann Wilson – In My Voice, is screened in the US (LouderSound)

Mike D will kick off his first ever solo headline tour with two nights at a 1,150-capacity London club (LouderSound)

As the heavy metal juggernauts continue their 50th birthday celebrations, we look back on how The Soundhouse Tapes started it all (LouderSound)

An 11-city tour through the UK, Europe and North America follows shortly afterwards.

The shelved 2011 record arrives as part of a sweeping solo catalogue reissue.

Trevor Horn produces the band’s seventh ahead of co-headline tour with Interpol.

The Beastie Boys icon brings new project to intimate venues this summer.

She previews her unannounced second album with another taste of new music.

“Bleeding Gold is a song about nostalgia,” they explain.

Lily Allen, CMAT and Courtney Barnett also feature on both bills.

The South London group also line up Foo Fighters and Kneecap support slots.

Biohazard were swept up in the major label hysteria that swamped rock and metal in the 90s (LouderSound)

The collaboration marks a reunion after the pair worked together on ‘Immunity’.

Seen on Top Of The Pops alongside the sugary-sweet songs of the era, Delilah affected the band permanently, and not all in a good way. (LouderSound)

The unlikely pairing have completed their highly anticipated appearance on the finale of the latest series of American Idol (LouderSound)

Foo Fighters, The Black Crowes, Nick Cave and dozens more play Spain’s Mad Cool festival in July (LouderSound)

With seemingly constant personnel issues, the band leader wound up recording in a heavy coat with the hood pulled up, and his keyboards facing the wall (LouderSound)

They play soft stuff, hard stuff… and even some in-between stuff. But whatever you do, don’t dismiss Heart as ‘that ballad band’ (LouderSound)

Cursum Perficio, the follow-up to 2016’s For All Kings, will be released later this year (LouderSound)

The series rolls out across four cities with shows at Thekla, 100 Club and more.

Singer-songwriter unveils follow-up to ‘The Secret of Us’ alongside lead single details.

If you know any members of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, now might be a good time to hit them up for a few dollars (LouderSound)

It’s the title-track of a new EP arriving in June.

How one band helped craft a new sound that changed the fate of metal forever (LouderSound)

“Wow, it’s like coming home” – Ringo Starr (LouderSound)

Eight songs you need to hear right now, from the Rolling Stones, Stanley Simmons, Joanne Shaw Taylor and more (LouderSound)

Amon Amarth’s towering frontman opens up on his life, career and whatever else we can squeeze into a cup of coffee (LouderSound)

“The success of translating Mellon Collie into operatic and classical form has been one of the most satisfying experiences of my life” (LouderSound)

K-pop group preview their second studio album ‘LEMONADE’ with a hip-hop-infused dance cut.

“He needed to do something which was such a departure it would destroy everything that went before” (LouderSound)

Ville Valo reflects on 30 years of HIM and horny, doomed gothic romance (LouderSound)

Symphonic and operatic staging of the 1995 album is arriving later this year.

Running from 26th-28th June, the event will run at over more than 400 venues.

See the Alissa White Gluz-led Dragonforce play their first show at Welcome To Rockville 2026 (LouderSound)

Mayfair building’s seven floors and famous rooftop to welcome visitors.

The Vaccines, Alessi Rose and Folk Bitch Trio are among acts confirmed across two London shows.

They join previously announced artists Lewis Capaldi, Conan Gray and Jacob Alon.

Guitar virtuoso explains why he can’t wait to escape domestic life and get back on tour, and reveals his multi-generational approach to his many collaborations (LouderSound)

For half a century, the first songs Squeeze’s Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook wrote together sat on a cassette tape: Now they’ve finally been rerecorded and released (LouderSound)

How Foreigner guitarist Mick Jones wrote a transatlantic hit that he believed came from “a higher force” (LouderSound)

The soul singer who named The Nice – and had them stolen from her – still recalls the keyboard wizard with great affection (LouderSound)

A work of spittle-flecked, petulant genius (LouderSound)

The Newcastle artist will release her new six-track collection later this month.

Latest preview of upcoming ‘Night At The Opera’ EP arrives via Atlantic Records.

Josh Tillman returns with his second 2026 single.

The Dublin three-piece pair LP news with fresh cut ‘Do It’.

The mixtape follows Porches’ 2025 album ‘Shirt’.

The LA artist drops a second taster from incoming Lex Records full-length.

The ‘Panic Room V4’ run follows new album ‘injury episode’.

The Chess Club Records signee teams up with producer Hugo M. Hardy for first release.

Chrissie Hynde and Sharleen Spiteri also feature on the new single.

The Southern California band will release the record in September.

The Tromsø-born artist follows ‘Dancefloor Erotica’ with second taste of new record.

They pair the rework with a Joe Mischo-directed visual.

Led Zeppelin Live On Blueberry Hill shows the band at the height of their powers in 1970 (LouderSound)

No Metallica show is complete without The Ecstasy Of Gold as its intro tape (LouderSound)

The Who’s Lifehouse album could have been Pete Townshend’s masterpiece – but no one understood it (LouderSound)

The Mount Lofty Rangers were a brief and largely overlooked part of Bon Scott’s pre-AC/DC career (LouderSound)

Rumours of alchemy, magick, war heroism and Van Gogh’s ear surrounded the “bonkers, eclectic and free-thinking” group earlier known as The Giant Sun Trolley, National-Balkan Ensemble and Hydrogen Jukebox (LouderSound)

From Throbbing Gristle to Ministry, industrial became one of the defining sounds of the 1980s (LouderSound)

Jess Roden is one of British rock’s best kept secrets (LouderSound)

Her fourth full-length is led by ‘Cabin Fever’ and arrives on Vertigo Records in November.

Eighth studio album ‘petal’ lands later this summer via Republic Records.

The director Lauzza pairs the singer with the broadcaster in a talk show scene.

Slipknot percussionist Clown needs surgery after discovering his heartbeat skips (LouderSound)

Members of Darkthrone, Satyricon, Enslaved and more celebrate the legend that is Lemmy (LouderSound)

Audience member throws what appears to be a vinyl record at Eric Clapton during gig in Spain (LouderSound)

The story of Def Leppard’s ‘lost’ Jim Steinman sessions (LouderSound)

Motionless In White team up with Corey Taylor, Cancer Bats mark 20 years and nu gen star Mimi Barks announces her next release in this week’s best new metal songs (LouderSound)

Wobbler and White willow musician Lars Fredrik Frøislie tells the story of his second solo album, 2025’s Gamle Mester (LouderSound)

The lifelong experimental rocker believes only the first three Mothers Of Invention albums are worth listening to, because after that Zappa succumbed to “unfortunate prog tendencies” (LouderSound)

Lynyrd Synyrd’s Free Bird was the monster hit that the band themselves didn’t believe in (LouderSound)

Canadian prog-thrashers Voivod predicted a grim future on their 1987 album (LouderSound)

He returns with first new music since 2011.

It’s the follow-up to 2024’s debut ‘Cacophony’ .

The Brighton band have signed to New York label ALTER Music.

The Southampton singer ushers in summer with a hook-laden pop anthem.

Four extra songs land ahead of the singer’s 32-date global run.

Track from ‘From The Pyre’ arrives with poem ‘Come All You Beasts’.

Greta Van Fleet share live footage of new song just days after cryptic message left fans fearing for their future (LouderSound)

North of Ireland rap trio debut at number two with second album FENIAN (LouderSound)

With 2020’s F8, Five Finger Death Punch proved they could move beyond a difficult few years (with the help of All That Remains, Korn and Judas Priest) (LouderSound)

Who had ‘Robert Smith to appear on new Rolling Stone album’ on their 2026 bingo card? No-one, not even the Rolling Stones (LouderSound)

Ever wanted to hear what Sleep Token’s biggest album would sound like without Vessel crooning all over it? Have we got news for you! (LouderSound)

Reading & Leeds slots feature in the Minneapolis band’s summer schedule.

This month’s issue is full of self-belief, slow-burn growth, hard-earned honesty and the sort of records that arrive when artists trust their own instincts.

Ace new prog from Hanry, Iron Jinn, Aisles and more in all new Tracks Of The Week (LouderSound)

When the three modern metal icons united, it was a special moment – and Amy hasn’t taken it for granted (LouderSound)

You might not be surprised to find that Clown’s sense of showmanship is inspired by the showiest rock band of them all (LouderSound)

“We are reluctantly cancelling my orders for bulbs” (LouderSound)

2014 NYC heralds the start of a series of releases from the King Crimson line-ups from 2014-2021 (LouderSound)

L7 get set to hit the road one last time (LouderSound)

Evanescence’s new album is imminent, and you can bag yourself a beautiful vinyl variant right here (LouderSound)

Catch them at The Great Escape later this month.

She teams with JT, Deela and 070 Shake on Jakwob-produced project.

The four-track collection captures highlights from his recently wrapped tour.

“The Lock-In is the culmination of everything we’ve built so far.”

Brighton quartet play Bristol Sounds, Wanderlust and more this summer.

Mr Bungle’s hellish carnival soundtrack debut was released in the summer of 1991 (LouderSound)

New Rush drummer Anika Nilles will make her tour debut next month in Los Angeles (LouderSound)

“We know there’s gonna be people who are bothered by it, but that’s fine.” (LouderSound)

Tension drowned the post-punk art quartet’s creative powers. But they point out that no one died in the making of their records (LouderSound)

The End Of The Road was not the end of the road (LouderSound)

Singer Bonnie Tyler was rushed to hospital in Portugal for emergency intestinal surgery (LouderSound)

The singer-songwriter will appear as musical guest on Saturday Night Live UK this weekend.

Magdalena Bay, Rico Nasty and Annie DiRusso are confirmed as support across the run.

Sophia Stel joins main stage as Next Stage line-up is completed for Poznań event.

Cameron Picton’s post-black midi group share Japan-shot clip and reveal venue upgrades.

Six new names join each of the rapper’s London headline dates.

Lorna Shore played their biggest UK tour to date at the start of 2026, cementing their claim on the title of deathcore’s biggest band (LouderSound)

Colin Solal Cardo directs the latest clip from ‘KISS ALL THE TIME. DISCO, OCCASIONALLY.’

Here’s how UK up-and-comers can apply to be considered for the event.

Foo Fighters frontman reveals how he surprised Ian MacKaye with a bespoke birthday present (LouderSound)

Celebrate 30 years of goth metal’s finest in style (LouderSound)

Watching The Tide, the forthcoming album from Steve Cropper & The Midnight Hour, will feature a host of guitar legends (LouderSound)

Perpetual Paradox aren’t trying to keep up with the scene – they’re finding healing through their own tragedy and trauma (LouderSound)

From Kyuss to Hermano, Slo Burn and Unida, John Garcia helped define a genre. Just don’t call him a stoner metal legend. (LouderSound)

The J-metal idols admit that some of the responses to their 2014 hit were “frightening” (LouderSound)

How one of the world’s great comic actors got into character for This Is Spinal Tap (LouderSound)

Former 4 Non Blondes frontwoman and all-powerful pop songwriter Linda Perry goes solo (LouderSound)

The independent songwriter unveils her first record, due in September.

The London five-piece share their ‘Bear Hunt’ video and confirm European tour plans.

The Leeds group reveal their Justin Meldal-Johnsen-produced LP and add UK November shows.

Eaves Wilder, The Itch, Office Dog, MORN and more will play the curated weekend line-ups.

The Manchester five-piece preview their debut EP, due in June.

Brian and Michael D’Addario continue to effortlessly pluck songs from the rock’n’roll ether (LouderSound)

The Brooklyn band reveal their first track recorded outside New York City.

The fifth preview of forthcoming album ‘Detour’ arrives via BunHead Records.

The run of dates accompanies her debut album ‘Nature Is Healing’.

Stoner-metal icons Corrosion Of Conformity are back in the groove (LouderSound)

Armed with a synth that cost £18,000 when that was a lot of money, this group – with strong Yes connections – made a real statement with their debut album (LouderSound)

On tour throughout 2026, The God Of Hellfire will be unveiling his upcoming album in full later in the year (LouderSound)

When the Porcupine Tree and Opeth leaders got together in 2012, they were prepared to defy fans. And Åkerfleldt only wanted one thing out of the collaboration: a copy of their record (LouderSound)

Everyone has a favourite Thin Lizzy song, right? So we asked a load of famous folks to pick theirs and tell us why (LouderSound)

Trio share title track and confirm follow-up to ‘Access All Areas’

The furious track is taken from the metalcore quintet’s upcoming album Decades (LouderSound)

The band will give their first performance with their new, two-vocalist lineup at US festival Welcome To Rockville this weekend (LouderSound)

One Metallica song above all others had a profound effect on James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett (LouderSound)

The rapper-turned-rocker insists he merely “punched back” at the metal star, even though the spat stemmed from comments he made lambasting the heavy music scene (LouderSound)

Much-missed Huntress singer Jill Janus had one of the most unusual career paths in heavy metal history (LouderSound)

The veteran bassist says that the metal giants’ refusal to slow down and let him seek help played a part in his 2001 departure (LouderSound)

Jules Buckley Orchestra joins singer for Royal Festival Hall show supporting charitable programmes.

Nick Hodgson and co tease their second album with a psych-leaning new track.

First single ‘Punch Drunk Love’ is also shared as the Dutch group plot an autumn tour.

New track ‘linknb’ arrives as a taster.

The three-piece unveil their first body of work alongside new song ‘Opportunity Arising’.

“Splat! explores the end of humanity not in any crude apocalyptic sense but as a metamorphosis beyond physical existence” (LouderSound)

How Manfred Mann took a song, added the Chopsticks chords, got the song banned and scored a No.1 (LouderSound)

Did band leader Christian Vander really manifest serious chest wounds upon his bandmate? Does he really believe we must leave Earth to survive? Does he mind other bands joining the genre he created? (LouderSound)

Debbie Harry’s distortion of stereotypes, her costumes and her confrontational use of sexuality, defined her as a true artist (LouderSound)

Patti Smith might be best remembered for helping to kick-start the American punk revolution, but there’s far more to her than that (LouderSound)

The sons of Kiss icons Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons played their first show together at a tiny venue in San Diego – and Classic Rock was down the front (LouderSound)

Get ready for Stones’ album number 25 (LouderSound)

Fronting one of Europe’s biggest metal bands has given Sharon a special kind of insight through her career. Here’s what she’s learned (LouderSound)

Two icons, one song (LouderSound)

The single arrives via Play It Again Sam after a year-long break.

The Black Keys are done playing nice for the music industry (LouderSound)

The Pro-Ject T1 EVO BT is audiophile-adjacency at its near-best – and likely to be somewhat overshadowed by its competitors (LouderSound)

Todd Rundgren will play live dates in London, Bristol, Manchester and Glasgow in September (LouderSound)

We head inside the Thai metal scene via the country’s biggest rock festival, Rock Alarm. Our hosts? Bangkok metalcore crew Defying Decay (LouderSound)

Devin Townsend’s Metamorphosis tour of the UK and EU starts on September 1 and runs through to October (LouderSound)

Arena metal main eventers Five Finger Death Punch will be bringing some US and UK riff monsters with them for the ride when they hit the UK and Europe in 2027 (LouderSound)

You might assume that Iron Maiden wanted strict creative control over the definitive telling of their story. You’d be wrong (LouderSound)

With three studio albums under their belt, Whitesnake unleashed their live sound on the world in a double dose of Hammersmith havoc (LouderSound)

Terje Mikkelsen was once told to avoid the ELP icon’s material. He ignored that advice, and went on to collaborate with Emerson himself (LouderSound)

As Switzerland’s answer to Angus Young & Co. continue to play live years after their farewell tour, we look at their must-have (and best not to have) albums (LouderSound)

Theo Travis on tempting fate, revisiting a tradition, being the best-tempered line-up since the beginning in 1966, and adding a posthumous appearance by co-founder Daevid Allen (LouderSound)

Jeff Scott Soto has sung with Journey, Yngwie Malmsteen, Sons Of Apollo, the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Talisman, W.E.T., Art Of Anarchy and more (LouderSound)

It’s confusing (LouderSound)

These two cross-generational icons talk about siblings, sobriety and covering Stairway To Heaven in front of Led Zeppelin themselves. (LouderSound)

Venom: unlikely heroes to the New York hardcore community (LouderSound)

Kiss legend Gene Simmons has been on this planet for over seven decades. Here’s some things he’s learned… (LouderSound)

Eight songs you need to hear right now, from The Gulps, Girl Tones, These Wicked Rivers and more (LouderSound)

“A lot of people bought the single and came to our shows thinking we were a black act” (LouderSound)

Crazy Town had two failed singles under their belt, then a nu metal ballad turned their world upside down (LouderSound)

Star Wars Day – a day so good it would even make a glum-faced Gamorrean smile. Here’s my top merch picks and gift ideas that celebrate Earth’s finest sci-fi saga (LouderSound)

Amalie Bruun (aka Myrkur) shares how she entered Eurovision to honour her late father, how she ended up on a viral SNL skit and why her five-year-old is friends with King Diamond (LouderSound)

White Flag Down is A Thousand Horses’ most personal work by far (LouderSound)

Rainbow’s Jimmy Bain + Thin Lizzy’s Brian Robertson = Mild Horses (LouderSound)

Rush are preparing 38 songs for their Fifty Something tour, which begins next month (LouderSound)

Highlander director Russell Mulcahy on swords, Sean Connery and Freddie Mercury‘s breakfast-making skills (LouderSound)

The keyboard wizard recalls accepting a presentation disc from the suit who’d made his 1974 project difficult – and the advice from David Bowie that had kept him fighting for it (LouderSound)

Peter Steele was a contrarian at the best of times, and rarely more so than when he oversaw Type O Negative’a most surprising single (LouderSound)

Pink Floyd dismiss Ummagumma and Atom Heart Mother – but they were necessary evolutionary steps (LouderSound)

Krokus were nicknamed ‘The Alpine AC/DC’ (LouderSound)

The drummer decided to focus on his “day job” band in 1991, and finally released his first solo album in 2010 – after finding influence in King Crimson, Pink Floyd, Can and other prog giants (LouderSound)

Judge dismisses majority of child sexual assault lawsuit against Steven Tyler but he will face a jury in August (LouderSound)

From punk rock to pop stardom and beyond (LouderSound)

Ebert previously charged with attempted second degree murder and first degree assault on Turnstile frontman’s father but now faces more serious charge (LouderSound)

Ex-Metallica man Jason Newsted “free and clear” of cancer after intensive treatment (LouderSound)

When the Body Count singer invites you into his house, you do not refuse (LouderSound)

How Avenged Sevenfold wrote their 2005 banger Beast and The Harlot (LouderSound)

The Bright-Side Mix marks May’s first full moon, while the Dark-Side Mix will be released at the time of the new moon (LouderSound)

An early Sex Pistols show made quite an impact on Pet Shop Boys frontman Neil Tennant (LouderSound)

Nazareth’s Hair Of The Dog inspired one of rock’s biggest bands (LouderSound)

After an incredible six-album run, the wheels came off the Sabbath bandwagon with Technical Ecstasy and Never Say Die! (LouderSound)

Loathe finally return, Bahrain produces a mystical death metal band and things take a turn for the occult in this week’s best new metal song round-up (LouderSound)

“Were we in a relationship? We did go on a date.” (LouderSound)

Despite some controversy about the band’s line-up, Dogma’s first headline tour of the UK has been sold out for months (LouderSound)

Crowbar’s story is full of tragedy, dedication and triumphing over the odds – as their late-career bloom proves (LouderSound)

Dave Grohl reveals a surprising fact about the new Foos record – and it’s all down to last year’s Wicked sequel (LouderSound)

Maybe the fact that King Crimson’s Robert Fripp had been hired to produce and play on the 1977 project was enough to scare the suits (LouderSound)

Cage Fight’s Rachel Aspe took a while to find herself, but a surprising message from a beloved metal hero changed everything (LouderSound)

A decade in the making, the classic ballad featuring Moody Blues singer Justin Hayward was a standout on Jeff Wayne’s epic prog sci-fi album The War Of The Worlds (LouderSound)

Iron Maiden’s highly anticipated Eddfest event will take place in July – and the band are on the cover of the new issue of Classic Rock (LouderSound)

It’s that time of the season – Zombies singer Colin Blunstone is touring the UK this month (LouderSound)

Getting hooked on music from first hearing Robert Plant and Freddie Mercury ain’t a bad place to start (LouderSound)

Dave Brock’s band didn’t steal the Beatle’s instrument – but in their early days they were involved in a wide range of nefarious incidents some distance from the world of “peace and love” (LouderSound)

Fiona took on Hollywood with Bob Dylan, sang on Warrant’s Cherry Pie, made four albums, then disappeared. Two decades later, she was back (LouderSound)

Ville Valo looks back on 30 years of HIM, only in the new Metal Hammer (LouderSound)

With a practicing witch as a vocalist, WitcheR really do practice what they preach (LouderSound)

A freshly sober Megadeth entered the 90s with one goal: conquer the world at any cost (LouderSound)

From beloved pets to a definitely not metal US singer-songwriter, Ville opens up on what helped Him find their identity (LouderSound)

As Metallica prepare to reissue 1997’s Reload, we look back on the calamitous free gig that launched the album 29 years ago (LouderSound)

Hats off to a band with a questionable past and sword-swallowing, trick-cycling, lion-taming grandparents (LouderSound)

Paul McCartney: The Hunt For The Lost Bass tells the story of the former Beatle’s long-lost Höfner violin bass (LouderSound)

Why did he miss out an entire piano solo? Why did Steve Hackett leave during mixing sessions? Did the band sound better on stage than in the studio? Did early fans stop liking them because they became popular? The keyboard master speaks out (LouderSound)

The Alarm’s Transformation was originally scheduled for release in 2025, but was put on hold in the wake of frontman Mike Peters’ death (LouderSound)

Iron Maiden’s much-heralded Burning Ambition film will hit cinemas on May 7 – and the band are on the cover of the new issue of Classic Rock (LouderSound)

Blues rockers The Black Keys return to their roots in more ways than one (LouderSound)

Before he was churning out megahits with Aerosmith, Bon Jovi and Kiss, Desmond Child was the cornball king of streetfighting anthems (LouderSound)

In this 2015 audience with Ghost mastermind Tobias Forge, he reflects on the band’s rise – and admits he doesn’t think they’ll stick around forever (LouderSound)

Norwegian chameleon rejected the nation’s controversial black metal scene, then rejected his record label, and recently rejected synthpop. Now he’s rejected the tragedy of the band’s past – and partying too – to embrace freedom instead (LouderSound)

Exodus mainman Gary Holt on his singer situation, Mexican cartel violence, and what he listens to in the car (LouderSound)

The Dune, Skyfall and No Country For Old Men star appears in the British heavy metal band’s new documentary, Burning Ambition (LouderSound)

Benji Webbe has faced his share of hardships – and come out as a resilient force of positivity in British metal (LouderSound)

Twin Temple are one of the most unlikely breakouts of the 2020s metal scene. This is their story (LouderSound)

The US metal titans gave 1996’s Load a similar treatment last summer (LouderSound)

Well-travelled and current Mötley Crüe guitarist John 5 is about to embark on a European tour (LouderSound)

Faroese artist says her first music since 2024 is a conversation with her younger self, who was full of doubt and didn’t know her own strength (LouderSound)

Sebastian Bach and Jay Jay French are interviewed in the new issue of Classic Rock, out today (LouderSound)

A look back at the life and music of Mikre Peters, the much-loved guitarist, singer and songwriter with Welsh rockers The Alarm, who died a year ago today (LouderSound)

Also in Classic Rock 353: Toto, Genesis, Phil Campbell, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Sepultura, The Black Keys, Tori Amos, Robben Ford, The Karma Effect, Jim Jones, The B-52s and more (LouderSound)

Iron Maiden’s much-heralded Burning Ambition film will hit cinemas on May 7 (LouderSound)

Come This Madness is Europe’s first album in nine years – new single One On One stars Fargo and The Big Lebowski actor Peter Stormare (LouderSound)

Members of Korn, The Smashing Pumpkins and Scorpions will also appear on the 19-song set (LouderSound)

Alphawhores don’t have the most SFW name but its inspiration might just surprise you (LouderSound)

They’re arguably the heaviest and most technical band of all time, but they’re also extraordinarily easy to listen to (LouderSound)

Disney+ is home to the entire Star Wars saga and much more – grab a subscription for as little as £3.99 a month for 3 months ahead of Star Wars Day on May 4 (LouderSound)

Who knew that nine masked, bodysuit-wearing, baseball bat-wielding hooligans were so synonymous with fashion? (LouderSound)

The frontman sang the traditional prayer Der Voghormia, one day after Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day was recognised on April 24 (LouderSound)

Max Cavalera, Cristina Scabbia, Scott Ian and more grill Randy Blythe in an all-star interview (LouderSound)

Celebrating Canada’s phony metal conspiracy (LouderSound)

With a number one single under their belt, Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel booked their biggest headline show – it did not go according to plan (LouderSound)

Backstage boss Stewart Young took one look at the prototype in 1974 and decided to walk away – but the keyboard maestro wouldn’t have it (LouderSound)

From an El Cerrito garage to stadiums with Ozzy Osbourne – as told by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and more (LouderSound)

Megadeth gave a debut to Ride The Lightning at the Movistar Arena in Bogota, Colombia (LouderSound)

Journey’s Stagecoach set was canned by organisers when the festival site was evacuated due to extreme winds (LouderSound)

The prog polymath felt Orchestra Futura’s performances should be left as one-off experiences. But Theo Travis and Dave Sturt persuaded him to release Live At Nelsonica & Clothworkers Hall (LouderSound)

Evanescence’s leader is keenly aware that the world is going to hell, but she sees a light at the end of the tunnel (LouderSound)

Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Foo Fighters, Airbourne, All Them Witches and more (LouderSound)

Nu gen provocateur Mimi Barks talks us through the songs that have defined her life (LouderSound)

Static-X became main eventers of nu metal’s second wave thanks to their classic banger, Push It (LouderSound)

From Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden to Skindred and Sleep Token, here’s every single time metal topped the album charts in the UK (LouderSound)

Done With Mirrors and Permanent Vacation had put Aerosmith on the comeback trail, but Pump was Aerosmith’s ultimate destination (LouderSound)

The singer names the track where he and his colleagues matched perfectly – even though it hurt to create it (LouderSound)

The Black Crowes may have been born out of time, but their best albums – a fusion of southern rock, gospel, blues and fiery rock’n’roll – are timeless (LouderSound)

Grace Bowers now plans to make music for her own generation (LouderSound)

Stu Mackenzie, leader of the Australian sextet behind a total of 27 studio records to date, finds the fun in a massive back-catalogue, and lives by the advice his mother-in-law gave him (LouderSound)

The Quicksand frontman reflects on the transformative power of music (LouderSound)

In 1987, one intrepid writers got in the van with thrash’s most controversial band as their Reign In Pain tour hit the UK (LouderSound)

Saxon’s debut album has been overshadowed by the classics that followed (LouderSound)

Robert Plant and Santana collaborator reveals complaints about his recent DVDs, the possibility of revisiting his 80s heyday, and why it was time to explore his difficult childhood on new album England’s Tales Of The Council House Kid (LouderSound)

How Queen made Innuendo and Made In Heaven against the odds (LouderSound)

Queens Of The Stone Age joined onstage by Nick Oliveri for first time since 2014 (LouderSound)

A director of UK’s Slam Dunk festival “strongly refutes” claim he drugged and sexually assaulted woman (LouderSound)

Dave Grohl’s stadium rockers are arguably the most successful second act in rock history. Here’s our guide to their dozen studio albums (LouderSound)

Robb Flynn teams up with Black Veil Brides, Tarja Turunen recruits Dani Filth and Korn bounce back in this week’s best new metal song round-up (LouderSound)

1979’s Dream Police was Cheap Trick‘s last truly classic album (LouderSound)

Metallica’s S&M2 remains the ultimate meeting of metal and classical music (LouderSound)

“Our studio collapsed. The ceiling dropped ten feet. No-one could get any sleep because of the aftershocks” (LouderSound)

Ramones’ Blitzkrieg Bop opened the floodgates for punk rock (LouderSound)

The legal beef between Sharon Osbourne and Sabbath’s original manager has been squashed – and it could be good news for fans (LouderSound)

Michael Stipe is putting the finishing touches to his debut solo record (LouderSound)

Top new prog from VMBRA, Kristoffer Gildenlöw, Lost In Kyiv and more in all new Tracks Of The Week (LouderSound)

As Evanescence prepared to release Synthesis, Amy Lee reflected on her position as one of metal’s most prominent women (LouderSound)

“The blame is being pushed onto Heavy Metal, and Sepultura’s name is being dragged down” (LouderSound)

This California four-piece were once viewed as an Incubus clone, then they discovered how to write a power ballad with strings (LouderSound)

Marillion are expected to release their twenty-first studio album later this year (LouderSound)

Dave Grohl reveals the guidance he’s offered his daughter Violet as she launches her own career (LouderSound)

Yungblud made the most of playing Ozzy’s home city (LouderSound)

Muse will release their space-themed tenth studio album, The Wow! Signal in June (LouderSound)

“Everyone keeps telling us how pretentious this album is without even hearing it” (LouderSound)

Bruce Dickinson joined Maiden at a crucial point in their career. We all know what happened next (LouderSound)

Dave Grohl and co. go back-to-basics to kick out the jams (LouderSound)

Brian Robertson lived it live and dangerous in Thin Lizzy, lived it loud in Motörhead, rode his own band Wild Horses, and has an impressive list of credits as both session musician and producer (LouderSound)

In 2002 Andrew W.K. was interviewed on New Zealand TV series Space. It did not go according to plan (LouderSound)

He wants to use a large band to tour his boredom-beating second album – and thinks he’s come up with a way to keep it in budget this time (LouderSound)

Signed by Heart’s management and to the same record label as the head of the Catholic Church, TKO toured with everyone from Cheap Trick and The Kinks to Foreigner and Van Halen: It wasn’t enough (LouderSound)

Gregg Allman: The Music of My Soul will open in US cinemas on June 17 (LouderSound)

It’s the first new music from the nu metal superstars since 2022 album Requiem (LouderSound)

The singer looks back on writing Piece Of Mind, Powerslave and Somewhere In Time in a hotel on the Channel Islands (LouderSound)

After the phenomenal success of Iowa, Slipknot took a break. But where there had once been unity, there was now conflict. Yet they produced something that defied any expectations… (LouderSound)

“One love for the world!” French psychedelic rock mind expanders Slift announce North America, Europe and UK tour dates (LouderSound)

On April 23, 1976 Sire Records released a punk rock record that changed everything (LouderSound)

Lizzy Rain joins the likes of Rhea Ripley and Seth Rollins in bringing heavy metal to wrestling fans’ screens (LouderSound)

Trent Reznor wanted his drummer to play like Dave Grohl on their 2005 album, so he got the Foo Fighter frontman stop by the studio instead (LouderSound)

Yes will also release their twenty-fourth studio album, Aurora, in June (LouderSound)

Headlining Wembley Arena, selling out shows and climbing the charts: the future has never looked brighter for Skindred (LouderSound)

Watch Gregg Allman perform Don’t Mess Up A Good Thing and Midnight Rider on Cher’s TV show, just weeks before their wedding (LouderSound)

Selling 50 million-plus records over more than five decades, Styx are the kings of pomp rock (LouderSound)

Dutch composer’s collaborators include James LaBrie, Mikael Åkerfeldt, Floor Jansen and others. He did one song with Dickinson too – but it could have been so much more (LouderSound)

After decades of feuding and fall-outs, The Black Crowes’ Chris and Rich Robinson have found a groove of brotherly love and rock bravado (LouderSound)

Dave Mason and Steve Winwood founded Traffic in 1967 alongside Jim Capaldi and Chris Wood (LouderSound)

Frank Turner closes out his Campfire Punkrock Twenty tour in London (LouderSound)

Weinberg played with Slipknot from 2014 to 2023, and admits he has “no regrets” about his time in the band as he lines up new projects (LouderSound)

Polly Samson – Between This Breath and Then is at the Leica Gallery London (LouderSound)

From debut Poppy.Computer to this year’s Empty Hands, here’s what you need to know about the discography of one of modern metal’s most unique creatives (LouderSound)

Two symphonic celebrations of the Gothenburg Sound will be held in Sweden on December 4 and 5, in tribute to late At The Gates frontman Tomas Lindberg (LouderSound)

Former Porcupine Tree alumni Colin Edwin and John Wesley are joined by keyboardist Lef from O.R.k. and drummer Alessandro Vagnoni (LouderSound)

Ever heard Maynard James Keenan singing a Paul McCartney song? Now is your chance (LouderSound)

The vocalist, who was a member of The Beast from 1994 to 1999, has been sober since June 2019 (LouderSound)

Tomas Lindberg recorded his vocals for The Ghost Of A Future Dead the day before surgery, but still captures the magic that made melodeath a global movement (LouderSound)

Carl Palmer will perform live with late band members Keith Emerson and Greg Lake appearing in sync on screens on either side of the stage (LouderSound)

Written by Otis Redding and his guitarist/producer Steve Cropper, (Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay became one of the truly great songs (LouderSound)

Beset by overwork, listless colleagues and a family tragedy, Mikael Åkerfeldt felt like splitting the Swedish group apart as they worked through 2002’s Deliverance to get to 2003’s Damnation (LouderSound)

Dave Mason worked with Traffic, Jimi Hendrix, George Harrison, Delaney and Bonnie, Derek and the Dominos, Mama Cass, Fleetwood Mac and many more in a sixty-year career (LouderSound)

Black Sabbath’s Ozzy Osbourne and Tony Iommi on the legendary Black Zeppelin jam – the greatest session you’ve never heard (LouderSound)

In the 1970s, REO Speedwagon were the Midwest rock band everyone was rooting for – until they actually had a hit (LouderSound)

“I love Gerard Way!” (LouderSound)

Oathbreaker seemed destined for greatness after the release of the superb Rheia. Then the band went on a near-ten-year hiatus. But why? (LouderSound)

Cannibal Corpse, the Cavaleras and Crowbar are among the support acts for the gigs in Minnesota and California (LouderSound)

There’s more to British punk rock than Never Mind The Bollocks and London Calling (LouderSound)

“We refuse to be silent. We refuse to be complicit” (LouderSound)

Adrian Erlandsson admits he hasn’t yet read the lyrics of the Gothenburg innovators’ upcoming record, The Ghost Of A Future Dead (LouderSound)

“Prog is simply great music,” says this year’s Prog Prom curator and 6 Music Freak Zone presenter Stuart Maconie (LouderSound)

The Straight Edge Superstar battled Roman Reigns at Las Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium on Sunday (LouderSound)

Revisiting one of melodic rock’s greatest long-lost albums (LouderSound)

Big Big Train co-founder Gregory Spawton picks his records, artistsand gigs of lasting significance (LouderSound)

Mari Kawaguchi remembers hearing his best-ever performance of Tarkus in a Japanese dive bar, where the critics couldn’t hurt him (LouderSound)

In 1994 Aerosmith did something no other major band had ever done, and gave the world a glimpse of what was to come (LouderSound)

It’s god’s work, but someone has to do it (LouderSound)

“After waiting 30 years to come back, we really wanted to get this right” (LouderSound)

Pulkas were beloved in the UK metal press and signed to one of underground metal’s most illustrious labels – so what happened? (LouderSound)

Warning: rock ‘n’ roll icon incoming (LouderSound)

The collected studio works of Billy Corgan and company rated and ranked, from the so-so to the smashing (LouderSound)

Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Skindred, The Karma Effect, Billy Talent and more (LouderSound)

Taking advantage of a steadied line-up, their 2018 release featured a new approach, plus sonic textures built from recordings sent in by supporters (LouderSound)

Metallica almost destroyed themselves making 2003’s St. Anger (LouderSound)

Misha Mansoor explains why people who think his band need advice have misunderstood their entire purpose (LouderSound)

It’s late 1972, and Thin Lizzy are about to lose their record contract – then along comes an offer they can’t afford to refuse (LouderSound)

Gregg Allman takes a break from the Brothers to mourn his brother (LouderSound)

Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst wants to start his own “gathering” (LouderSound)

Your Favourite Toy is the Foo Fighters’ twelfth album and the follow-up to But Here We Are (LouderSound)

Blind Melon’s Shannon Hoon was one of the shining stars of early 90s alt rock (LouderSound)

Mott The Hoople’s The Hoople album was a fitting swansong (LouderSound)

Therapy?’s 1994 album Troublegum united the tribes like few other things (LouderSound)

The guitarist has been a fixture in Dave Brock’s band for nearly a decade, but his history with the space rockers goes much further back. Now he’s released his debut solo album too (LouderSound)

Mountain served up a stone cold classic in Nantucket Sleighride (LouderSound)

Grindcore made thrash metal sound like Celine Dion (LouderSound)

The two surviving Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr sing on ode to Liverpool called Home to Us (LouderSound)

Hipgnosis design house co-founder Aubrey Powell recalls the 70s from their first big success and the inflatable pig incident to destruction at the hands of a young punk artist (LouderSound)

Homelessness charity Centrepoint drops Sharon Osbourne as celebrity ambassador after her apparent support for far right movement (LouderSound)

Savoy Brown have featured members of some of rock’s greatest bands – but they remain an mystery to most people (LouderSound)

Woodstock 94 was everything the original festival hadn’t been (LouderSound)

ZZ Top’s 1979 album Deguello marked the start of their most successful era (LouderSound)

Space Oddity would introduce the wider world to David Bowie (LouderSound)

Ozzy reborn! AC/DC back! Iron Maiden on the prowl! 1980 rocked (LouderSound)

Prince: 10 years gone, never forgotten (LouderSound)

Nine Inch Nails and recent tourmate Boys Noize have teamed up for a killer remix album to commemorate their Coachella sets (LouderSound)

Iron Maiden aren’t snubbing the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, they just won’t be there (LouderSound)

This isn’t a record, it’s a crime scene (LouderSound)

Ace new prog from Blueneck, Prince Of Failure, Million Moons and more in all new Tracks Of The Week (LouderSound)

“I wasn’t exactly sure what was going on” (LouderSound)

Best known for his work with Pendragon and Arena, he’s given his passion for prog musicals a new lease of life – with practical assistance from his theatre group (LouderSound)

Black metal sax solos, wild prog metal symphonies and a new album from technocore masters Electric Callboy lead this week’s best new metal songs (LouderSound)

In the late ’90s, Lit were rejected by many labels until RCA spotted their potential. The band repaid the favour with an earworm of a hit single (LouderSound)

I’ve picked out a variety of accessories for your new record player that’ll keep your vinyl in great condition and enhance your listening pleasure (LouderSound)

It’s a long way to the top, if you play rock’n’roll (LouderSound)

With options ranging from portable vinyl crates to integrated stands for your records and turntable, there’s no excuse not to make room for your RSD26 purchases (LouderSound)

“If this development goes ahead, we will lose far more than a studio” (LouderSound)

Although David Bowie’s Berlin-period anthem Heroes was initially something ofacommercial failure, it became a classic for the ages (LouderSound)

Another Record Store Day? Just take my wallet! (LouderSound)

Making up for childhood poverty, the Opeth mastermind championed classic bands of the 70s when no one else cared – which made him a strange figure on the 90s Swedish metal scene (LouderSound)

“We are giving listeners unprecedented access to 30 years of live recordings, via one of the greatest live archives ever assembled” (LouderSound)

How much do you really know about Led Zeppelin’s beginnings? Test yourself now! (LouderSound)

Why do some people love metal while others hate it? Why do metalheads gatekeep? And does heavy music make us more logical thinkers? We hit a practicing therapist with the big questions. (LouderSound)

Extreme metal legend Shane Embury shares some of the wildest stories from his life in Napalm Death and beyond (LouderSound)

“If you’d said my mother had died, I wouldn’t have cared less” (LouderSound)

Waits’ first new material since 2011 is a dark collaboration with Massive Attack (LouderSound)

He recalls being surprised with his first hit in America, taking five minutes to write another chart-topper, and the inspiration that led to Mr Blue Sky (LouderSound)

Scabbia, who was in a relationship with ’Knot guitarist Jim Root from 2004 to 2017, lends her voice to two songs on the long-delayed project (LouderSound)

Dave Grohl on his “deeply divided” homeland (LouderSound)

The story of three songs that started fifty years of fake news (LouderSound)

Motörhead’s shelved would-have-been debut album gets the box set treatment it doesn’t need (LouderSound)

The long, strange trip of Journey’s Neal Schon (LouderSound)

Perfect for people who think Survivor rock too hard (LouderSound)

The story behind the new Nine Inch Nails and Boys Noize collaboration (LouderSound)

Want to listen to Nirvana, Nick Cave, Sonic Youth or The Cure gigs from the ’80s and ’90s? Allow us to introduce you to your favourite new online archive (LouderSound)

Maiden’s 90s vocalist admits it’s a “real privilege” to be included with artists like Billy Idol, Joy Division and Oasis in this year’s nomination (LouderSound)

The story behind The B-52’s timeless anthem Love Shack (LouderSound)

“Fleetwood Mac has become a business, and I don’t want to be a part of a business” (LouderSound)

Slipknot’s founding drummer departed the band in 2013, before dying in July 2021 aged 46 (LouderSound)

The Jethro Tull mastermind reveals who he’s really performing for – and why he never plays as much flute as he planned to on his albums (LouderSound)

Suzi Quatro shot Alice Cooper, sang with Donovan, starred on Happy Days and toured with Noddy Holder and Phil Lynott: These are just a few of her stories (LouderSound)

It probably worked on paper (LouderSound)

After reading a live review that described him as a giant comical spider, Rick Wakeman knew he had to take action (LouderSound)

When Jimi Hendrix played Woodstock, old friend Larry Lee played guitar beside him – but his contributions were scrubbed from the movie (LouderSound)

The man born Stephen Bruner was a member of the California band for almost 10 years before leaving to focus on his solo career (LouderSound)

“This is the phoenix rising out of the ashes” (LouderSound)

Look Outside Your Window, a long-shelved project recorded in 2008, is due to come out on Record Store Day, April 18 (LouderSound)

Nearly 10 years after one of Finland’s biggest bands called it a day, their singer is hoping they can get back together (LouderSound)

“How did so many millions of people fall for this conman?” (LouderSound)

Mark knew that Metallica were destined for great things from the very start (LouderSound)

2023 release marked the fastest turnaround in studio projects since 1971, delivered by a band whose personality clashed were emphatically behind them (LouderSound)

Former Irish president Michael D Higgins is among those paying tribute to the late Clannad singer Moya Brennan (LouderSound)

Greg Dulli’s band add UK dates to previously announced 40th anniversary tour (LouderSound)

The singer/guitarist formed her band while attending a Christian school, but she quickly found that organised religion wasn’t for her (LouderSound)

Metal was in a time of serious evolution as the New Millennium dawned, and these seven bands were already getting ahead of the pack (LouderSound)

What better way to pay tribute to a fallen comrade? (LouderSound)

Visionary producer Bob Ezrin – who steered Alice Cooper to his greatest triumphs – looks back on decades of madness, mayhem and macabre genius (LouderSound)

Buckcherry were always gloriously out of step with the times. Here are the cherries on their catalogue cake (LouderSound)

They met when Palmer stood in with Fleetwood Mac for a show with The Nice. Half a century of amazing music and friendship followed. The drummer reveals what they’d be doing today if Emerson was still alive (LouderSound)

“I actually think the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame is an utter, complete load of bollocks” – Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson (LouderSound)

In 1992 Love/Hate wanted to get their career back on track. What better way than by fastening their frontman to a homemade cross attached to the most famous landmark in Los Angeles? (LouderSound)

10 songs which shaped Limp Bizkit guitarist Wes Borland’s life and music (LouderSound)

“They started the Seattle sound 15 years too early” – Kurt Cobain (LouderSound)

How Jay Weinberg went from playing New York bars to playing stadiums with Bruce Springsteen as a teenager (LouderSound)

NYC indie rockers unveil 2026 tour itinerary (LouderSound)

This is the story behind All Star, the song that soundtracked a thousand memes (LouderSound)

Royale Lynn decided to embrace her love of heavy music and embark upon a drastic career change (LouderSound)

Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Erik Grönwall, Castle Rat, The Black Crowes X Whiskey Myers and more (LouderSound)

Shields have been through the ringer to get back together, but it’s been worth it (LouderSound)

Shields have been through the ringer to get back together, but it’s been worth it (LouderSound)

Failure tackled substance abuse and bad luck to make a perfect alt-rock album, only to split up a year later (LouderSound)

Bring Me The Horizon doing Count Your Blessings in full in Manchester this July? There’s a sentence we didn’t expect to be writing today (LouderSound)

Walter Trout protoge Danny Bryant has survived alcoholism, divorce and liver disease, but new album Nothing Left Behind is the exorcism he needed (LouderSound)

The million-dollar lineup of John Waite, Neal Schon, Jonathan Cain, Ricky Phillips and Deen Castronovo piles on the gloss (LouderSound)

The politician is a confessed rocker who plays Burn by Deep Purple to let off steam (LouderSound)

Tom Dumont’s diagnosis revealed just weeks ahead of No Doubt’s residency at Sphere in Las Vegas (LouderSound)

Corrosion Of Conformity might have thought they’d already peaked by 1994. They were very wrong (LouderSound)

Frustrated with the recording of Foo Fighters’ One by One sessions, Dave Grohl needed to let off some steam. Then he received a call from Josh Homme… (LouderSound)

Attila Csihar is an extreme metal pioneer and has the wild stories to prove it (LouderSound)

The former Mr Big guitarist and solo artist discovered his prog hero via Eddie Van Halen – and even tried to play like him for a while (LouderSound)

Inspired by a draft dodging lover and unfolding global chaos, Heart’s Crazy On You still resonates today (LouderSound)

From the late 60s until today, here are 40 songs that show why Southern rock continues to thrive (LouderSound)

As far as weird rock celebrity stories go, this one from Foo Fighters drummer Ilan Rubin is going to be pretty hard to beat (LouderSound)

Maryland hardcore heroes address shock alleged attempted murder with sweet video of victim Bill Yates at Coachella (LouderSound)

The violinist’s post Curved Air band only lasted two years, but released three compelling albums in that time, and set his colleagues on course for prog greatness (LouderSound)

From her love of Iron Maiden and Megadeth to her fiery entrance, Stephanie Vaquer is one of WWE’s most metal superstars ever (LouderSound)

30 years ago this week, Alice In Chains played a legendary MTV Unplugged set that has only grown more poignant with time (LouderSound)

Slayer intended to make pop fans “ill” with their grotesque representation of hell. It worked… (LouderSound)

New Zealanders’ 1975 debut album Mental Notes has been unfairly forgotten in the light of the creators’ later successes (LouderSound)

She also showcased ‘2SIDED’ from ‘Ambiguous Desire’ during the session.

It’s from her latest album, out now via Dead Oceans.