Category: Music

Babymetal, Sleep Token and Machine Head lead the best new metal songs this week. (LouderSound)

Lik guitarist (and Katatonia bassist) Niklas Sandin picks the five most gut-churning, face-scrunching and ball-kicking albums to ever crawl out of death metal (LouderSound)

PinkPantheress has unveiled her latest single ‘Tonight’, accompanied by a new music video directed by Charlotte Rutherford. The track, produced alongside aksel arvid and Count Baldor, opens with orchestral strings before transitioning into a dance-focused production. The single marks PinkPantheress’s first release from an upcoming project, featuring their signature vocal style over a club-oriented instrumental.…

Brighton trio Fever Rouge have released their new EP ‘Feed The Villain’ today (4th April), having shared new single ‘Weatherman’ last week. The EP showcases the band’s blend of post-punk, rock, and indie influences, drawing inspiration from artists like King Krule, Radiohead, Bloc Party and The Stone Roses, and was produced by Oliver Hughes, Josh…

Glasgow’s San Jose have shared their new single ‘I’ve Got You’, marking their first release of 2025. The six-piece band, known for their theatrical live performances, have crafted a six-minute track that blends post-punk energy with orchestral elements, produced by Christopher McCrory (Walt Disco, Catholic Action, Joy Hotel, Flat Party). ‘I’ve Got You’ arrives as…

FOLLOW UPSET ON SPOTIFY “Hardcore is basically this church for a bunch of misfit toys,” says Scowl vocalist Kat Moss. The punk subculture has a long, storied history but is in the middle of a renaissance thanks to a new generation of bands breaking with tradition and pushing into bold, brutal new places. “Hardcore isn’t…

Welly have shared a new video for ‘It’s Not Like This In France’, taken from their debut album ‘Big In The Suburbs’, which is out now. The track offers a nuanced perspective on British life, as Welly explains: “It could be worse, right? Neither a flag-shagger’s anthem, nor a sarcastic taunt of British life, this…

The Dare is set to release a deluxe edition of debut album ‘What’s Wrong With New York?: Afters’ on 13th June via Republic Records, featuring three new tracks from the original album sessions. Harrison Patrick Smith, who performs as The Dare, has shared new track ‘LCA’ ahead of the expanded release. “LCA: when the party…

FOLLOW HYPE ON SPOTIFY Musical shape-shifters Y have burst out of Peckham with a wonderfully weird and wonky sound that sticks two fingers up to genre constraints and redefines the very concept of chaos. Their impossible-to-Google name materialised through happy accident, as vocalist/synth player Sophie Coppin recalls: “The [song] name ‘Why’ was coined before our…

Underground heroes pay tribute to Da Bruddahs, NYC’s much-missed punk rock pioneers (LouderSound)

Master Of Puppets gets added to Spotify’s elite Billions Club, joining fellow Metallica hits Nothing Else Matters and Enter Sandman (LouderSound)

DORK MIXTAPE COVER STORY FOLLOW DORK MIXTAPE ON SPOTIFY Momma’s evolution from indie-rock’s newest darlings to introspective chroniclers reaches its apex on ‘Welcome to My Blue Sky’, their fourth studio album. The Brooklyn band’s latest offering excavates the whirlwind summer of 2022 when sixty days of touring reshaped their creative trajectory. Songwriters Etta Friedman and…

FOLLOW PLAY ON SPOTIFY “I absolutely adored being in The Regrettes, but I feel so empowered about going solo,” says Lydia Night, a week before she drops her debut single ‘Pity Party’. “I’m almost ashamed of how good I feel right now.” With The Regrettes, Lydia made three albums of woozy, pop-infused rock, but after…

Venamoris’ second album To Cross Or To Burn explores the darker side of the human psyche (LouderSound)

Celebrate the release of Ghost’s Skeletá with this stacked Metal Hammer package – available only through our webstore! (LouderSound)

“Freddie smelt blood. He went for the throat.” (LouderSound)

From deathcore debut Humanity to anthemic new album Zenith, we rank the back-catalogue of Scottish metal’s favourite sons (LouderSound)

Camel’s 1981 concept studio album Nude and 1984 live set Pressure Points are remastered and presented in three-disc sets (LouderSound)

Miley Cyrus is teasing her new studio album ‘Something Beautiful’, set for release on 30th May 2025 via Columbia Records. The 13-track album, executive produced by Cyrus and Shawn Everett, will be accompanied by a visual film premiering in June. The film project brings together XYZ Films and Panos Cosmatos in collaboration with Sony Music…

Matilda Mann has released her version of ‘There Will Never Be Another You’ as part of the upcoming ‘Chet Baker Re:Imagined’ project. The track appears ahead of the full album, which features interpretations from artists including dodie, Matt Maltese, mxmtoon, grentperez, and Benny Sings. The collection reimagines Baker’s work through various genres, blending jazz, pop,…

Blondshell has shared new single ’23’s A Baby’, taken from their forthcoming album ‘If You Asked For A Picture’. The track, which arrives alongside a video directed by Yazz Jansen, features what the artist describes as their most pop-minded chorus to date, complete with girl-group harmonies. The video draws loose inspiration from the DILFS of…

HAIM have released a new track titled ‘Everybody’s trying to figure me out’, taken from their forthcoming fourth album. The new song follows the band’s recent single ‘Relationships’, which marked their strongest streaming launch to date, accumulating over 7 million global streams in its first week. The track also achieved their highest UK chart position…

AURORA has unveiled her new single ‘The Flood’ through Decca Records. The track explores themes of personal struggle and internal conflict, featuring lyrics that address the weight of constant pressure and life’s challenges. The release follows AURORA’s previous single ‘Through the Eyes of a Child’, which recently gained renewed attention after featuring in Netflix series…

Caity Baser has released her new single ‘Running From Myself’ via Capitol Records. The track, written and performed by Baser alongside Oh Wonder, features Motown-inspired production with live instrumentation, including a 14-piece string section and six brass players. This follows the artistic direction established on her previous single ‘Watch That Girl (She’s Gonna Say It)’,…

The Null Club, a project from Gilla Band’s Alan Duggan-Borges, have released their self-titled debut EP alongside new single ’14 Hours’, featuring Faris Badwan of The Horrors. Duggan-Borges has crafted the EP using a combination of vintage synths, drum machines, and guitars, exploring elements of noise, techno, experimental hip-hop, and post-punk. The collaborative project features…

Sleep Token have released their new single ‘Caramel’, taken from their forthcoming album ‘Even In Arcadia’. The track arrives as the second single to be lifted from the new record, which is set for release on 9th May. It follows previous single ‘Emergence’, which reached number 1 on Billboard’s Hot Hard Rock charts and entered…

Hot Milk are teasing their second album ‘Corporation P.O.P’, set for release on 27th June via Music For Nations, with new single ‘Swallow This’. The Manchester band’s latest track takes aim at global leadership and media control, with lead singer Han Mee explaining: “We live in a post-truth era, we are confused, we are lost,…

Watch Jack Black melt hearts on the latest edition of The Kelly Clarkson Show (LouderSound)

Vessel and co. will release their new album Even In Arcadia next month (LouderSound)

Sunset Strip veterans L.A. Guns’ late-career hot streak continues on album number 15 (LouderSound)

Get to know the pioneers who walked so Sleep Token could run (LouderSound)

Watch the video for Tuesday’s Gone featuring Jelly Roll, from Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Celebrating 50 Years – Live At The Ryman (LouderSound)

Steven Wilson has completed a Dolby ATMOS remix of Chicago’s groundbreaking 1970 album Chicago II, with Blu-ray and vinyl editions to be launched in April and May respectively (LouderSound)

Sound City have announced a fresh wave of artists for their 2025 festival, set to take place across Liverpool City Centre from 3rd-4th May. Everyone Says Hi, Monks, Girl Group, Ellur, Rosellas, and Daytime TV are among the latest additions to join the lineup. They will perform alongside previously announced acts including The Royston Club,…

Laufey has returned with new single ‘Silver Lining’, marking her first original release since her GRAMMY-winning album ‘Bewitched’ and its expanded version ‘Bewitched: The Goddess Edition’. The Icelandic-Chinese artist, composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist’s new track arrives alongside a video directed by Jason Lester, who previously worked with Laufey on the visuals for ‘From The Start’…

Big Special are set to perform a warm-up show for Dot To Dot Festival at Oslo, Hackney. The punk duo will headline the London show on 5th May, ahead of the metropolitan festival’s 20th edition taking place in Bristol and Nottingham later that month. The event marks the first collaboration between Dot To Dot Festival…

Modest Mouse have announced their first-ever cruise festival, ‘Ice Cream Floats’, setting sail from Miami to Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic in March 2026. The four-night musical voyage aboard Norwegian Pearl will feature performances from Modest Mouse alongside Portugal. The Man, Kurt Vile and the Violators, Built to Spill, Mannequin Pussy, FIDLAR, Tropical Fuck Storm, Ugly…

Blackmore appears on Candice Night’s forthcoming solo album, Sea Glass (LouderSound)

Bruce Springsteen: “I often read about myself in the 1990s as having some ‘lost period’. Not really. I was working the whole time.” (LouderSound)

On April 6, 1974, Black Sabbath performed for 250,000 rock fans at the first California Jam festival. It was a gig that would live long in the memory for all involved, for reasons both good and bad (LouderSound)

WU LYF have announced their return with new single ‘A New Life is Coming’, marking their first new material in twelve years. The Manchester band have recorded the track at Low Four Studios, with production from Tom McClung and the band themselves, alongside additional production and mixing from Brendan Williams. In a statement announcing their…

The Pineapple Thief leader Bruce Soord’s self-titled solo album will be reissued in vinyl to mark its 10th anniversary in May (LouderSound)

Label: Parlophone Records / Atlas ArtistsReleased: 4th April 2025 Remember those perfect indie-pop moments from the late 2000s that made you feel like the main character in your own coming-of-age film? Rachel Chinouriri’s ‘Little House’ EP captures that same magic. Opening track ‘Can We Talk About Isaac?’ could slip seamlessly onto the Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging…

Label: Island EMIReleased: 4th April 2025 Two musical forces collide with the grace of celestial bodies on ‘Who Believes In Angels?’, a collaboration that reads like a love letter to possibility itself. Where some duets can feel like contractual obligations set to music, Elton John and Brandi Carlile’s sparkles with creative electricity and love for both…

Middle Earth: The Soundtrack Of London’s Legendary Psychedelic Club features David Bowie, Family Brian Auger, Denny Laine, Yardbirds, Deviants, The Who and more (LouderSound)

The former Hüsker Dü/Sugar man with many hats on is getting back to basics on his new album (LouderSound)

Richard Thompson thought 2014 solo album Acoustic Classics would just be a nice product for his merch stall – until he’d got over his reluctance to make it (LouderSound)

Turns out it’s not Fade To Black, One or Mama Said that gets Metallica’s guitarist misty-eyed… (LouderSound)

The former Sex Pistol hates shortbread, but loves toffees and biscuit tins (LouderSound)

Despite having written such songs as Satanized and Devil Church, Tobias Forge insists his band aren’t actually obsessed with Old Scratch (LouderSound)

For a man who supposedly moved on from the Sex Pistols decades ago, John Lydon isn’t half spending a lot of time talking about the Sex Pistols (LouderSound)

“Every single song a single, every single single a hit, every hit a direct hit in the face of the man.” (LouderSound)

“There’s people trying to get in the locker room, but we’re like ‘Go, go, go!’ and he’s snorting this big line of cocaine” (LouderSound)

Joe Satriani’s spectacular albums have dazzled and inspired for the best part of four decades, and these are the best of the bunch (LouderSound)

Robb Flynn looks back on Machine Head playing across the US less than a week after the September 11 terrorist attacks (LouderSound)

A fully restored version of Slade’s classic 1975 musical film Slade In Flame is coming to cinemas next month (LouderSound)

With some big names in the studio and on the tour bus, Here Be Dragons continues Avantasia’s all-star journey (LouderSound)

Marko Hietala explains why he had to leave Nightwish, and believes there’s no hate involved in the split, as he focuses on second solo album Roses From The Deep (LouderSound)

Halestorm’s singer/guitarist says that a number of businessmen tried to pull her away from being in a heavy metal band during her teens (LouderSound)

The wild internet genius of Frippcox strikes again (LouderSound)

Why can’t we all just get along? (LouderSound)

“One country, indivisible, with Liberty and Freedom, for all. Remember that?” (LouderSound)

Wet Leg are back, with a “fun and freaky and fabulous” follow-up to their 2022 debut album (LouderSound)

What better way to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Smashing Pumpkins’ Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness than seeing it performed by a band that’s not Smashing Pumpkins? (LouderSound)

Get your hands on a new Grucifix patch, a purple logo patch, and a special art print (LouderSound)

For Britrock stars Skunk Anansie, joining the Sex Pistols Filthy Lucre reunion tour was one of the worst experiences of their lives (LouderSound)

As their new album Dreams On Toast proves, The Darkness are everything rock’n’roll should be in 2025 (LouderSound)

Melbourne’s psych-prog stars King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard unveil a tour like no other (LouderSound)

Meet Knocked Loose spin-off spinkickers Church Tongue, Siberian black metallers Grima, Texan metalcore mob Catch Your Breath and Melbourne deathcore brutes Mélancolia (LouderSound)

New Zealand’s Alien Weaponry step up to the big leagues on stunning third album (LouderSound)

A look back at 12 memorable months for loud music (LouderSound)

As the build-up to Black Sabbath’s farewell show continues, Metallica’s guitarist and Ghost’s mastermind explain why the Birmingham four-piece are so special (LouderSound)

The Sweet are best known for their pop hits, but their back catalogue is a varied treasure trove of glam and hard rock. Here are their 10 finest moments (LouderSound)

Bill Bruford retired in 2009 and later sold most of his equipment to Tool’s Danny Carey. Then he found he wasn’t finished on stage – and he’s come back re-energised (LouderSound)

Kula Shaker’s current tour ends in May, and you might hear some brand-new songs from the next album (LouderSound)

We’re Not Gonna Take It had a long and difficult birth, but the song Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider predicted would become a “monster” is reportedly now the most licensed song in heavy metal history (LouderSound)

As if we weren’t already excited enough for Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne’s final show (LouderSound)

The Fox God has big plans for Babymetal’s 15th anniversary year (LouderSound)

Featuring Joe Bonamassa, Mark Morton & Charlie Starr, The Darkness and five other tattooed beat messiahs (LouderSound)

Nirvana exhibition to open in London this summer (LouderSound)

Before he became the guitarist for the Sex Pistols, Steve Jones was an accomplished thief, as David Bowie was to discover to his cost (LouderSound)

“We want to come and sweat and dance with you one last time” says Dennis Lyxzen, as Refused share final tour details (LouderSound)

In 2019 he reincarnated 30-year-old demos with former Yes bandmates and a stellar supporting cast, offering positive and long-held opinions to a rapidly-changing world (LouderSound)

Bleed From Within’s seventh studio album confirms their status as one of the UK’s most vital and consistent metal bands (LouderSound)

We have a quick catch up with the frontwoman of one of UK metal’s most exciting bands (LouderSound)

“John Paul Jones’ production rounds the edges a little but that’s not necessarily a good thing”: The Datsuns back themselves into a musical cul-de-sac on Outta Sight / Outta Mind (LouderSound)

A cancer tragedy and other real-life dramas inspired Mastodon’s seventh album Emperor Of Sand, which they believe was 17 years in the making (LouderSound)

Canadian punk heroes Sum 41 bid farewell with Rage Against The Machine cover for Spotify Singles series (LouderSound)

The recording was made two months before Yes signed their deal with Atlantic Records (LouderSound)

Better than all the rest, etc (LouderSound)

The charity show in Champaign, Illinois, will pay tribute to late REO Speedwagon members Gary Richrath and Gregg Philbin (LouderSound)

60 Years Ago arrives as Bachman-Turner Overdrive embark on their Back In Overdrive tour (LouderSound)

This Megadeth anthem could have sounded very different (LouderSound)

How Meshuggah inspired a generation of tech metal bands (LouderSound)

Bloodywood weren’t India’s first metal band, but they’ve become the country’s loudest champions (LouderSound)

In 2009, the Britpop icons went into the studio to make their seventh record and by the time they left, they were no more. (LouderSound)

When The Darkness call, Hollywood picks up the phone (LouderSound)

Living Colour are the black rock band who blazed a trail through the 80s and 90s music scene (LouderSound)

Heaven & Hell’s The Devil You Know was a Dio-era Sabbath record under any other name (LouderSound)

It’s no secret the members of Metallica love Motorhead. But Kirk Hammett shares just what the rock’n’roll legends mean to him (LouderSound)

As their debut single turns 30, we head back to the beginnings of a scintillating quartet who’ve always done things their own way (LouderSound)

Singing with Page and Metallica, flirting with Hendrix, getting high with Clapton – the late Marianne Faithfull did it all (LouderSound)

Doom metal never sounded so huge as it did on Candlemass’ game-changing 1986 debut album Epicus Doomicus Metallicus (LouderSound)

America, prepare yourselves for the return of the world’s greatest punk band (LouderSound)

“Would I be caught dead in Pretty Evil? Absolutely. And so should you.” (LouderSound)

Pink Floyd explored the theme of communication on 1994 album The Division Bell – despite their infamous communication issues (LouderSound)

From big-hitters Evanescence and Linkin Park to underground heroes Imha Tarikat, Employed To Serve and Esprit D’Air, these are the best new metal songs you need to hear this week (LouderSound)

If you had hoped to see Ministry outside of a festival next summer, you’re in luck (LouderSound)

After straying from their black metal roots in recent years, Deafheaven come shreeching back on Lonely People With Power (LouderSound)

Dua Lipa maintains her pledge to cover a local hero’s song on every stop on her world tour (LouderSound)

Switzerland’s premier post-punk/industrial heroes are back (LouderSound)

Prog and Metal Hammer partner with post-rock and prog metal event Pelagic Fest which takes place in Maastricht in August (LouderSound)

“If I had sung this song, it would not have been a hit” Springsteen says, before passionate performance of Because The Night at Patti Smith tribute gig in NYC (LouderSound)

New Delhi’s viral superstars keep a sold-out O2 Forum Kentish Town singing and screaming for their entire 60-minute set (LouderSound)

Lucy Dacus shares first solo album since boygenius announced their indefinite hiatus (LouderSound)

Gentle Giant will release the reimagined, remastered and remixed Playing The Fool: The Complete Live Experience in May (LouderSound)

Dublin shoegaze legends My Bloody Valentine will play UK arena shows this coming winter (LouderSound)

Also in this issue: Bon Jovi, Steven Wilson, The Darkness, Gary Moore, Smith/Kotzen, Bush, Envy Of None, The Pretenders, Goo Goo Dolls, The Damn Truth, Simon McBride and more (LouderSound)

The Geoff Downes-led new lineup of Asia play the band’s first three albums, one per night, in April (LouderSound)

Pulchritudinous platinum perfection (LouderSound)

The Who lynchpin’s deeply uneven solo odyssey receives the box-set treatment (LouderSound)

Envy of None’s second album Stygian Wavz proves Alex Lifeson was right to work with other artists – might it make Geddy Lee consider doing the same? (LouderSound)

It’s complicated (LouderSound)

Up From the Bottom will appear on a deluxe edition of last year’s From Zero album (LouderSound)

Disguised music superstar + New York subway busking = the work of Jimmy Fallon, once again (LouderSound)

The Oscar-nominated actor and her band will release Midnight Minuet next month (LouderSound)

Amazon’s Spring Deal Days is in full swing – and there’s a huge saving on Marshall products, including the Marshall Major IV headphones with 52% off (LouderSound)

It’s an exciting time to be a fan of Amy Lee and co. (LouderSound)

Just some of the co-founding keyboardist’s iconic contributions to an award-winning catalogue of groundbreaking muisic (LouderSound)

Ever wanted to own a comic printed using the dirt that surrounds William Blake’s dead body? Bruce Dickinson’s got you covered! (LouderSound)

The Horrors promote new album Night Life by painting Manchester’s Night & Day Cafe several shades of black (LouderSound)

“Lulu means so much to me for a number of reasons.”, Kirk Hammett states (LouderSound)

Wilson and Carti’s new albums were engaged in a two-horse race for UK chart supremacy last week (LouderSound)

Williams previously joined the nu metal-era idols for a performance of Passenger in 2010 (LouderSound)

After seeing how Mike Campbell’s input revitalised Don Henley, Bob Dylan fancied a slice of the action, but was thwarted by a uncooperative drum machine (LouderSound)

2014’s I See You, Daevid Allen’s swansong with Gong has been remixed and will be released in May (LouderSound)

24 life-changing live shows from 60 years of gigs (LouderSound)

Since picking up the progressive rock baton from Genesis in the 80s, Marillion have recorded one of prog’s most impressive catalogues, and these are their best albums (LouderSound)

Pop star made his life-changing decision at a Camel concert, before discovering the work of keyboard genius Wakeman via Yes (LouderSound)

After decades in the business of rock’n’roll, this is the Gospel according to Alice Cooper (LouderSound)

“We all looked at each other and said, Well, maybe we should think about it, Freddie.” (LouderSound)

Stuart Braithwaite found himself unexpectedly inspired by King Crimson on his band’s 11th record – and the influence of Pink Floyd could appear on their next (LouderSound)

Buy a vinyl record on Record Store Day, help a good cause: win-win (LouderSound)

“That riff is kind of awkward. But I like the song.” (LouderSound)

Listen to The Beatles, with Pete Best on drums, play Money on a newly discovered 1962 audition tape (LouderSound)

The plan was unfortunately shot down by Ipswich City Council (LouderSound)

What do a heavy metal and Hollywood star have to bond over? A lot, it turns out. (LouderSound)

Appropriately enough, it’s called Villain Arc (LouderSound)

Meet Ginger Wildheart, the multi-tasking musical superhero who’s shared stages with Cheap Trick and Motörhead and drinks with Axl Rose, Tony Iommi and Liza Minnelli (LouderSound)

Grain expectations: Lowestoft legends The Darkness mix it up on eighth studio album Dreams On Toast (LouderSound)

Omar Rodriguez-Lopez challenged himself to stop aiming for perfection, and challenged old friend Cedric Bixler-Zavala to write direct lyrics. It wasn’t easy for either of them (LouderSound)

Rosetta, a film about the life of one of rock’n’roll’s founding mothers, is the culmination of several years’ work for Lizzo (LouderSound)

As Heart resume their Royal Flush tour, Ann Wilson reveals she’s been writing songs and is pushing for the band to record a new album (LouderSound)

Good news for European metal fans (LouderSound)

The rejuvenated Sex Pistols – or Frank Carter, Steve Jones, Glen Matlock and Paul Cook if we must legally refrain from using that name – deliver a joyous start to this year’s Teenage Cancer Trust at the Royal Albert Hall gig week (LouderSound)

Amazon’s week of Spring sales has begun – here are 7 of my favourite Lego Star Wars sets you can get for less right now (LouderSound)

‘The Boss’ was touched by Stephen Graham’s performance in forthcoming biopic Deliver Me From Nowhere (LouderSound)

James Mangold’s Bob Dylan biopic is set to land on streaming services this week – here’s everything you need to know (LouderSound)

Everybody’s favourite German metal werewolf sex cult will reach a new apex in March 2026 (LouderSound)

The star-studded collaboration is part of the soundtrack for Black’s new film A Minecraft Movie (LouderSound)

To be fair, where’s the lie? (LouderSound)

Ever wondered why Chinese Democracy took so long to make? This is the truly unbelievable story of a year in the life of Axl Rose (LouderSound)

Crispian Mills hails the “complete maniac” Pink Floyd, Peter Gabriel and Alice Cooper producer for his work on 1999 album Peasants, Pigs & Astronauts (LouderSound)

“He is not only a consummate vocalist, but a verified Broadway actor to boot” – Mick Jones (LouderSound)

Photos posted on social media show Lindsey Buckingham in the studio with Mick Fleetwood for the first time since being fired by Fleetwood Mac seven years ago (LouderSound)

Hot On My Tail comes from Dreams On Toast, the new album from The Darkness (LouderSound)

Australian prog metallers Ne Obliviscaris tell how without their Patreon-funding they might not have got to make album number four, Exul (LouderSound)

In 2009 US prog metallers Mastodon released their conceptual opus Crack The Skye. It proved to be the step up to the big time the band deserved… (LouderSound)

“There’ll be another renaissance in the arts to push back against the oppression of the cranky old rich white guys” (LouderSound)

Stewart Lee, Al Murray, Clinton Baptiste and Frank Skinner will all support Steven Wilson on different nights (LouderSound)

As controversial as Metallica’s 90s rock tangent was, Kirk Hammett says re-exploring that side of their sound isn’t off the table (LouderSound)

The story of the Washington instrumental trio’s third album, 2014’s The Joy Of Motion (LouderSound)

A Living Colour classic on daytime TV in America? More of this please (LouderSound)

Featuring Buckcherry, Luke Spiller, Battlesnake and five other speed kings and highway stars (LouderSound)

The Pogues, minus Shane MacGowan, are touring in May to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Rum, Sodomy & The Lash. Jem Finer recalls life in the original line-up (LouderSound)

Listen to new Peter Murphy single The Artroom Wonder, featuring Justin Chancellor from Tool (LouderSound)

Yorkshire metalcore troupe Malevolence announce “the biggest and baddest Malev show of all time” (LouderSound)

Mixing some bold experimentation with the kind of full-throttle heavy metal thunder you’d expect, Blood Dynasty continues Arch Enemy’s hot streak (LouderSound)

What are the chances? (LouderSound)

Two decades on and people still can’t decide whether Permission To Land is parody, pastiche or perfection (LouderSound)

Admitting that arrogance played a role in accepting the challenge, Wilson was left with an even greater appreciation of Fripp’s achievements (LouderSound)

The Pearl Jam singer’s version of Neil Young’s song about heroin addiction comes from an upcoming Bridge School benefit compilation (LouderSound)

Babygirl comes from the upcoming Black Keys album No Rain, No Flowers (LouderSound)

Toxic masculinity, matriarchal societies, fights with bandmates, Metallica’s future – Kirk Hammett tells all (LouderSound)

The former Pink Floyd leader’s take on their 1973 signature album includes superior version of his moody reimagining. (LouderSound)

Inside one of the most remarkable success stories in modern metal (LouderSound)

Chickenfoot’s second album, III, picked up where their debut left off (LouderSound)

A life-changing loss shaped Gojira’s classic 2016 album Magma (LouderSound)

The trio needed one more song to complete their third album, so Tom DeLonge went home and summoned up a classic… (LouderSound)

The Irish music scene continues to go from strength to strength, and here’s further proof (LouderSound)

Long before he started playing bass, but after discovering Wishbone Ash and Curved Air, he was introduced to the pioneering power trio’s 1971 album by a future bandmate (LouderSound)

After announcing high-priced roadie experience for solo shows, Gene Simmons has cancelled more than half of upcoming tour (LouderSound)

Megadeth mainman Dave Mustaine pulls no punches when it comes to nu metal bands (LouderSound)

In the 2000s, sections of the UK press hated Disturbed – and singer David Draiman was trying to work out why (LouderSound)

Steve Hillage was one of the architects of 70s prog (LouderSound)

How young UK prog metal quintet TesseracT introduced themselves to the world back in 2010… (LouderSound)

Before Ville Valo and HIM, there was Jyrki 69 and The 69 Eyes (LouderSound)

Yeah, I said it. (LouderSound)

Black Sabbath’s Born Again: flawed classic or total disaster? Ian Gillan has opinions (LouderSound)

Beach Boys drummer and singer Dennis Wilson made a cult classic with 1977’s Pacific Ocean Blue – a few years later he was dead (LouderSound)

The Seattle giants were determined to show they had moved on from being the band that had made Ten and Vs., and this strange lead single was their Exhibit A (LouderSound)

Meet the only man to have played with Hendrix, the Stones and Chad Kroeger from Nickelback (LouderSound)

Billed as ‘The SPOTS’, punk legends thrill fans old and new at legendary London club that helped birth punk (LouderSound)

Lord Of The Lost, Malevolence and The Haunted lead this week’s best new metal songs (LouderSound)

And the moral of Tobias Forge’s story is: Don’t give up on your dreams (LouderSound)

From touring with Iron Maiden and Guns N’ Roses to meeting Metallica, Killswitch Engage and Zakk Wylde, 2005 – 2007 was a massive time for Bullet For My Valentine (LouderSound)

Ace new proggy sounds from AVAWAVES, Transcendence, TÖRZS, Constellations Of Atlas and more… (LouderSound)

Fourteen albums in, Cradle Of Filth reconnect with their roots to produce an expansive, era-encompassing epic (LouderSound)

Fontaines D.C. create musical mash-up magic for Australian radio station triple j’s popular Like A Version series (LouderSound)

Multi-format box set cherrypicks at least one track from every studio and live album of the Canadian giants’ career (LouderSound)

Catch British singer Elkie Brooks on her farewell tour after more than half a century at the microphone (LouderSound)

Canada’s premiere punks talk about their new album At Peace, searching for comfort in the chaos and antagonising the KKK (LouderSound)

With The Gaslight Anthem and solo Brian Fallon has made some marvellous records, but industry pressures extracted a heavy toll (LouderSound)

Inspired by the Beatles, a famous piece of classical music and the post-war era, Fool’s Overture isn’t the band’s longest song – but it’s by far their most complex and intense (LouderSound)

Rush’s career-spanning box set R50 is a chronological 50-track anthology that documents the trio’s five-decade arc (LouderSound)

Just get on with it, lads (LouderSound)

The news arrives 24 hours after the departure of long-serving sticksman Frank Ferrer was announced (LouderSound)

Alexander Milas and Mark McCaughrean from Space Rocks, Prog Editor Jerry Ewing and solar scientist Miho Janvier discuss prog, space and The Overview. (LouderSound)

The Collection: Kirk Hammett, announced in a video narrated by Aquaman star Jason Momoa, offers a look at the Metallica player’s famously massive guitar stash (LouderSound)

We’ve ranked every studio album to bear the Lacuna Coil logo, from In A Reverie to Sleepless Empire (LouderSound)

Created by Damnation organiser Gavin McInally and 2000 Trees/ArcTanGent boss James Scarlett, Two Promoters One Pod shares behind the scenes stories of the music world (LouderSound)

Supported by cellist extraordinaire Jo Quail, the shaman dazzle with their powerful voices and mystical production (LouderSound)

Born into a musical family and a pro by his teenage years with a real-life education in backstage realities, the passionate drummer has seen dreams come true with Arthur Brown, Atomic Rooster, Asia, Mike Oldfield and others (LouderSound)

Shaman’s Harvest’s Nate Hunt on surviving workplace falls, deadly tornados and Chad Kroeger parties (LouderSound)

Parts of Iron Maiden’s famous flying tour bus have been upcycled (LouderSound)

Frank Farrer has been behind the Guns N’ Roses kit for 19 years (LouderSound)

Is the world ready for Neil Fak the punk rocker? All will be revealed when Pig Pen play their debut gig next month (LouderSound)

Imperial Triumphant’s Goldstar is their most accessible record yet – but still weirder than a box of frogs (LouderSound)

Frontman Matt Tuck shares the stories behind the songs on Bullet’s groundbreaking debut (LouderSound)

Katatonia announced they’d split with founding member and guitarist Anders Nyström earlier this week (LouderSound)

Their fourth album, a prophetic masterpiece and best-selling work, made them stars – but its creation wasn’t easy (LouderSound)

Yungblud is back, sounding more ambitious than ever on an epic new single nodding towards classic British rock artists (LouderSound)

Babymetal line up summer shows across North America (LouderSound)

Noted metalcore fan Halsey has joined Billie Eilish and Demi Lovato in revealing they love a bit of Knocked Loose (LouderSound)

“I love their music, but I became addicted to it when I heard it live” (LouderSound)

Horslips At The BBC features four CDs and a DVD containing BBC TV footage, live material and rare archival footage (LouderSound)

Watch one of Britain’s biggest pop stars lay down a stunning rock vocal on the first night of her 2025 Radical Optimism tour (LouderSound)

Steven Wilson will make a series of record store signings this week in Nottingham, Bristol, Southampton, Brighton and London (LouderSound)

“I haven’t ever felt the battery power of that night wane” (LouderSound)

Longtime guitarist Brent Hinds left the sludge/prog metal favourites earlier this month (LouderSound)

The Finnish brothers created a different working method for their fifth album, but to their surprise the results weren’t much different from the previous four. Which was no bad thing (LouderSound)

When Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich was taken ill before Download festival 2004, Lombardo and Slipknot’s Joey Jordison filled in (LouderSound)

Katatonia have just announced a European tour for November and December (LouderSound)

When German prog rockers RPWL released their album Crime Scene we grilled singer and keyboardist Yogi Lang on his prog loves (LouderSound)

Ex Candlemass and Avatarium member was won over by prog veterans’ Godbluff album – and it started with a photo of Mikael Åkerfeldt with Peter Hammill (LouderSound)

Do you wanna get rocked? Of course you do, silly question really (LouderSound)

Yeah Yeah Yeahs reveal Hidden In Pieces tour to celebrate their 25th anniversary (LouderSound)

Starring Witch Fever, Dinosaur Pile-Up, The Southern River Band and more! (LouderSound)

Zakk Wylde is excited for Ozzy and Black Sabbath’s final bow this summer, but would be up for another Ozzy tour (LouderSound)

Peter Farrelly fronted Northern Ireland proggers Fruupp throughout their six-year tenure in the 1970s (LouderSound)

Blur guitarist Graham Coxon was a progressive rock fan as a teenager, and one song in particular captured his imagination (LouderSound)

Indian nu metal machine Bloodywood are packing nothing but bangers (LouderSound)

“Is it problematic to expose children [to this] and glorify characters who are depicted committing murder, torture, sexual assault, body mutilation, necrophilia etc?” (LouderSound)

Legendary American funk/soul/R&B musician joins BST Hyde Park line-up on the same weekend as Neil Young and Jeff Lynne’s ELO (LouderSound)

Avantasia frontman Tobias Sammet takes fan questions on power metal, dream guests and more (LouderSound)

Co-founding drummer discusses how easy 16th album Parasomnia came together, his sadness when he thought a reunion might not happen, and how he’s not quite the control freak some people think he is (LouderSound)

Journey show in Texas cut short as electrical fire develops underneath drum riser (LouderSound)

Former Tangerine Dream keyboardist Peter Baumann will release new album Nightfall in May (LouderSound)

Drone visionaries Sunn 0))) continued their journey into the heart of darkness with 2009’s Monoliths & Dimensions (LouderSound)

The less-is-more electronic music milestone returns with Ralf Hutter Atmos remix (LouderSound)

From Cream to Blind Faith and beyond, this is how Ginger Baker revolutionised music (LouderSound)

Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson recalls being sickened by tasteless messages from people who wanted to audition for Peart’s seat (LouderSound)

Alice In Chains’ unexpected comeback continued with 2013’s The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (LouderSound)

Musician, artist, poet – Tyla J Pallas is rock’n’roll’s answer to Charles Bukowski (LouderSound)

Radiohead uncover 1995 footage for release of The Bends – and appear to be gearing up for something in 2025 (LouderSound)

Be Prog ! My Friend takes place on September 27 and 28 and will also feature The Dear Hunter, Threshold, Von Hertzen Brothers and more… (LouderSound)

How cult early 80s metallers Hell bounced back from tragedy nearly 30 years later (LouderSound)

ELO were the mad Englishmen who conquered the US in the 1970s – and Jeff Lynne was at the heart of it (LouderSound)

Biff Byford looks back on Saxon’s divisive 1984 album Crusader (LouderSound)

20 questions to test your rock knowledge (LouderSound)

Who do you have to thank for Blur, Depeche Mode, punk, Underworld and many more? Not Kent, that’s for sure! (LouderSound)

Lou Reed, Bob Dylan, Eddie Van Halen and Diana Ross – they’ve all crossed paths with Gene Simmons (LouderSound)

Wayward pyro at Disturbed show in Chicago leads basketball team’s NBA championship banners to be removed for repair (LouderSound)

From mega rock star to stand-in ‘meteorologist’ –Kiss ‘Demon’ Gene Simmons’ talents know no bounds (LouderSound)

Cool new prog you must hear from SOM, Gösta Berlings Saga, Benthos, worriedaboutsatan and more in this week’s Tracks Of The Week (LouderSound)

Sleep Token, Cradle Of Filth and Epica are among the best new metal songs this week (LouderSound)

Are you a true metal warrior or a shameless poseur? Try our new quiz and find out! (LouderSound)

Zakk Wylde picks out iconic riffs from Black Sabbath, Jimi Hendrix, AC/DC and more (LouderSound)

Bring your daughter… to the cinema: metal icons mark their 50th anniversary with career-spanning film (LouderSound)

Roxy Music’s Bryan Ferry creates music for another artist’s words for the very first time with Amelia Barratt for Loose Talk (LouderSound)

How Jesse Leach went from preacher’s son to metalcore icon with Killswitch Engage (LouderSound)

Canadian/American art rock quartet Envy Of None will release their new album Stygian Wavz in March (LouderSound)

Punk rock icon Bob Mould showcases his new album Here We Go Crazy at intimate London gig (LouderSound)

Moody Blues signer and guitarist Justin Hayward and producer Mike Batt team up for the first time since Hayward’s 1989 album Classic Blue (LouderSound)

Steve Harris salutes the singer who helped launch Iron Maiden from London’s East End to stadiums worldwide (LouderSound)

Dorothy’s The Way is a modern rock gem – with added Slash (LouderSound)

Larkin Poe are taking care of business in all aspects of their music and career (LouderSound)

His challenging return-to-prog album The Overview contrasts the collapse of a nebula with a bursting grocery bag in Swindon, all to illustrate that space is “nothingness; it’s scary; it’s death” (LouderSound)

Turns out, whether it sounds happy or sad, Lauper’s 1989 anthem is still incredible (LouderSound)

In a new interview with Metal Hammer, the Cradle Of Filth frontman talks about his grungy roots in the Suffolk hardcore scene (LouderSound)

Coheed And Cambria retain their sci-fi prog metal crown on The Father Of Make Believe (LouderSound)

Hailing from a sea-level Canadian island, Spiritbox singer wakes up every day hoping it won’t be swallowed up by the ocean (LouderSound)

With the occasional nod to his greatest achievements, his exploration of the cosmos is at times a challenging, daunting experience – but it’s rewarding (LouderSound)

Film will document Oasis’ upcoming reunion as Noel and Liam Gallagher play huge venues around the world (LouderSound)

Released on March 13, 1995, Radiohead’s second album continues to influence new artists and wow younger audiences (LouderSound)

Divide And Dissolve’s Takiaya Reed has made the leap tocomposing symphonies – with some help from the BBC (LouderSound)

We took Wardruna’s Einar Selvik foraging in one of London’s oldest graveyards (LouderSound)

Metal’s newest arena-fillers have kicked off their next era with a song, album news and a big tour announcement (LouderSound)

“I was unable to fully grasp at that point in my life, that Flea was a human being of an entirely different calibre” (LouderSound)

Gentle Giant’s classic 1977 live album has been reimagined, remixed and remastered (LouderSound)

Black Star Riders and The Almighty frontman Ricky Warwick is sharper than ever on his new solo album Blood Ties (LouderSound)

Months before his death from cancer, he encapsulated his unique vision in a forward-looking album, then left others to continue his work (LouderSound)

The 94-proof drink comes in a collector’s box that also features shot glasses modelled after bullet cases (LouderSound)

The Pogues’ second album Rum, Sodomy & The Lash remains the late Shane MacGowan’s finest moment (LouderSound)

Prepare to go one louder with David St. Hubbins, Nigel Tufnel, Derek Smalls, Elton John, Paul McCartney and more (LouderSound)

Deftones will play an additional 14 dates in Canada and the US in August and September of this year (LouderSound)

Tobias Forge explains why your mobile phone will be locked away during the upcoming Ghost tour (LouderSound)

Hinds parted ways with the pioneering progressive/sludge metal act last week, ending his 25 years of service (LouderSound)

It appears that some familiar faces are returning to the reformed Oasis line-up (LouderSound)

Songs recorded at recent live shows in London and Paris are available on an expanded edition of new album Tsunami Sea, which can be downloaded until 11:59pm on Thursday (LouderSound)

Limp Bizkit have proven time and again they can roll with the punches (LouderSound)

Okay, it’s not all-out prog – but the band’s second record contains the spirit of the genre, with its English eccentricities, non-linear approach to playing and rule-breaking flair (LouderSound)

Back To The Beginning won’t be the first time Black Sabbath’s founding lineup briefly got back together to raise money for charity… (LouderSound)

We’ve put the five studio records by Ukraine’s sonic wrecking machine in reverse-order of magnificence (LouderSound)

The world got its first look at Ghost’s ‘new’ frontman last week, but Papa V Perpetua was first named on February posters for Black Sabbath’s Back To The Beginning event (LouderSound)

Even after all this time, the Manic Street Preachers still bow to no one (LouderSound)

The classic line-up had assembled, Steven Wilson was contributing and Mikael Åkerfeldt was mining songwriting gold – but you can’t convince him the 2001 release was their magnum opus (LouderSound)

New Wave megahit My Sharona was The Knack’s sole claim to fame – but what a claim to fame (LouderSound)

Chicago’s Lyric Opera to host ‘A Night Of Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness’ for seven nights in November (LouderSound)

You can watch “overwhelming” Metallica live performance –as long as you’ve got a set of $2500 Apple Vision Pros (LouderSound)

From their goth metal breakouts to Ozzfest and requiring FBI support against stalkers, Lacuna Coil put Italian metal on the map (LouderSound)

Metal Hammer has teamed up with the New Heavy Class Of 2025 – Jinjer, Electric Callboy, Slaughter To Prevail, Bambie Thug and Bloodywood – for these special bundles featuring exclusive merch (LouderSound)

Carrie Underwood, nu metal aficionado? Apparently so! (LouderSound)

The prospect of Led Zeppelin reforming to play Live Aid, the biggest music event of the 1980s, sparked great excitement. But their return to the stage on July 13, 1985 did not work out as anyone had planned (LouderSound)

November and December tour dates heighten expectations that Swedish prog rockers Katatonia are to announce a new album soon (LouderSound)

Lamb Of God’s frontman has once again spoken out against the salute the Tesla/SpaceX CEO made in January (LouderSound)

Gruelling exertion, exhilaration, determination and a human tragedy all played a part in her 1979 Tour Of Life – and she never hit the road again (LouderSound)

When Von Hertzen Brothers’ Mikko Von Hertzen has control of the playlist, these are the songs you’re going to hear (LouderSound)

The Opeth frontman also reveals which of his songs he feels are overrated in a new interview with Metal Hammer (LouderSound)

Looking for a hit of classic Yes in 2025? Jon Anderson & The Band Geeks deliver it on new album Live – Perpetual Change (LouderSound)

The Mamma Mia! star covered Mitchell’s classic California during a recent stop by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (LouderSound)

Fans were promised two “unique” sets for Tool In The Sand event – but some were unhappy when the band repeated 4 songs (LouderSound)

BTB&M bassist Dan Briggs formed Nova Collective with members of Haken and Cynic and they released their debut album The Further Side in 2017 (LouderSound)

Claudio Sanchez has suggested this album came from a musical midlife crisis. Luckily for us, he pushed through and the results were well worth it (LouderSound)

The Murder Capital’s third album, Blindness offers a soundtrack to a world of uncertainty and confusion (LouderSound)

The story of UK prog quintet Panic Room’s fourth album, 2014’s Incarnate (LouderSound)

Nova Twins say forthcoming third album Parasites & Butterflies is about “the bridge between chaos and beauty, embracing and accepting both sides” (LouderSound)

Including Ghost, Volbeat, Ricky Warwick, Baby Said and more! (LouderSound)

The final entry into Black Sabbath’s original golden run, Sabotage is often hailed as the band’s heaviest and most fearless album. But is it really? (LouderSound)

Won over by the psych-prog outfit, ex Transvision Vamp singer used a clip from In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida in one of her own songs (LouderSound)

For between £2,000 and £3,000, the most ridiculous guitar I’ve ever seen could be yours (LouderSound)

The trip-hop pioneers launched a cover of a Russian punk band into space as part of an art installation (LouderSound)

Ian Gillan reinvented himself as a NWOBHM-era star with Gillan (LouderSound)

Steven Wilson’s interstellar new album The Overview measures up to prog’s greats (LouderSound)

Curious Ruminant, the band’s third album in three years, is more meditative and personal as their leader explains why he’s more motivated than ever (LouderSound)

Sleep Token ramp up the mystery as they drop another strong hint that their fourth album is imminent (LouderSound)

The Heavy Metal Kids were the missing link between David Bowie and AC/DC (LouderSound)

Two-hour special filmed earlier this year will be broadcast on March 10 featuring Jack White, Sheryl Crow, Emmylou Harris, Larkin Poe & more (LouderSound)

The rise and rise of Avenged Sevenfold, in their own words (LouderSound)

The late Johnny Winter was a blues great – and he had the hard life to show for it (LouderSound)

If it wasn’t for Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi, the world would sound very, very different (LouderSound)

From PJ Harvey to Burial to Portishead to Sparklehorse, the singer has been a keen collaborator over the years. Here’s ten must-hear songs he’s leant his voice to. (LouderSound)

Despite being one of metal’s most revered frontmen, Tom Araya knew nothing about the genre until his Slayer bandmates clued him in (LouderSound)

Thinking of wrestling a Russian brown bear? Slaughter To Prevail’s Alex Terrible has some tips (LouderSound)

Ann and Nancy Wilson look back over the rise, fall and resurrection of Heart (LouderSound)

Ghost mainman Tobias Forge gives inside scoop on aesthetic of the Papas, Cardinals and Nameless Ghouls of the Ghost clergy (LouderSound)

Jon Bon Jovi has his sights set on touring again as he recovers from surgery to repair his damaged vocal cord (LouderSound)

In 2006, HIM were at the peak of their powers –and frontman Ville Valo was living the rock star life to the max (LouderSound)

How cult British reprobates The Wildhearts made a masterpiece in Earth Vs The Wildhearts (LouderSound)

Motörhead’s second album, Overkill, was the one that truly put them on the map (LouderSound)

Fit For An Autopsy want to be extreme metal’s biggest band (LouderSound)

Partying with Keith Moon, jamming with Jerry Lee Lewis, getting into a ménage à trois with Brian Jones –Dave Davies has done it all (LouderSound)

20 questions to test your rock knowledge (LouderSound)

The Britpop legends’ first Number One heralded the moment they turned from thrilling rock’n’roll band to cultural phenomenon. Here’s how it came together. (LouderSound)

Their 24th album echoes the renewed vigour of The Zealot Gene and RökFlöte, but takes a different path (LouderSound)

Talking to Metal Hammer last year, Iron Maiden’s frontman discussed attending Ghost’s 2023 Los Angeles shows and his joy over the absence of mobile phones (LouderSound)

Gene Simmons is selling fans the chance to be his roadie for a day –and he’ll throw in a bass guitar used during Kiss rehearsals (LouderSound)

Napalm Death, Voivod, Ihsahn, Mondo Generator and more will cover The Ramones for a pair of upcoming tribute albums (LouderSound)

The latest in Neil Young’s series of ’lost’ albums is a 1977 adventure, now welcomely restored. (LouderSound)

By mutual consent, Brent Hinds leaves Mastodon (LouderSound)

Ghost, Kittie and Volbeat lead this week’s best new metal songs (LouderSound)

Good news for those who managed to score tickets for Ozzy and Black Sabbath’s farewell bow in Birmingham (LouderSound)

A fast history of punk legends The Damned. Includes: spit, vomit, cider, sulphate, haunted mansions, and “serious amounts of lunacy”. (LouderSound)

Cult UK rock heroes The Wildhearts deliver another masterpiece with their 11th album (LouderSound)

“We were thrown into the lion’s den and it was a pretty dark time.” (LouderSound)

How Vukovi traded West End aspirations for joyous, liberating pop metal (LouderSound)

All six current members of Iron Maiden look back on their monumental 50 year journey (LouderSound)

The Smashing Pumpkins don’t get the credit they deserve, and Billy Corgan thinks he knows why (LouderSound)

Ace new prog you must hear from Glass Hammer, Ash Twin Project, Whimsical Creature and more in this week’s Tracks Of The Week (LouderSound)

Courtney Love performed Bob Dylan’s Like A Rolling Stone this week at London’s Royal Geographical Society (LouderSound)

Spiritbox’s immense new album Tsunami Sea is finally here – so we got Mike Stringer and Courtney LaPlante to talk us through every track on the record (LouderSound)

Over 28 years the genre giants released 15 albums, achieving over 100 million sales. It’s unfair to boil their work down to just a handful of key songs – but you did it anyway (LouderSound)

Plus Kevin Godley, Ghost Of The Machine, Mike Ratledge, Can, Cardiacs, Amplifier, Karmakanic, Envy Of None and more… (LouderSound)

Brian James wrote much of The Damned’s early material as they carved their place in punk rock history (LouderSound)

Metal Hall of Famer Aaron Rossi played with Prong, Ministry, John 5 and others and was nominated for a Grammy in 2009 (LouderSound)

A new web documentary about the nu metal stars’ 2025 world tour ends with Mike Shinoda and Emily Armstrong recording what appears to be a brand-new track (LouderSound)

From winding up death metal legend Glen Benton to chaotic live shows in their underpants, Chat Pile are one of metal’s wildest new bands (LouderSound)

Lady Gaga teases her ’90s inspired new album, Mayhem (LouderSound)

The deathcore veterans have released their heaviest record since This Is Exile (LouderSound)

With depth, dimensionality and comfortable ear cups, these open-back wonders change the game for affordable hi-fi (LouderSound)

Prog & Progeny features Marillion’s Mark Kelly and daughter Tallulah discussing Marillion, music and life in general (LouderSound)

Prepare yourself for “a staggering monolith of melody and malady, volume and velocity” from new alt. rock supergroup (LouderSound)

Glastonbury has officially unveiled its lineup for 2025! (LouderSound)

Safer pyrotechnics, local hero status and the benefit of a Wallace & Gromit movie helped make his 2017 concert movie a very different experience from Floyd’s 1972 release (LouderSound)

Before a 2017 lawsuit revealed that Tobias Forge was Ghost’s Papa Emeritus, the frontman went to great pains to keep his identity secret (LouderSound)

When rock’s most ‘difficult’ guitarists need a singer, it’s Ronnie Romero they hit up (LouderSound)

Kansas vocalist Ronnie Platt thanks fans for support as he reveals he’s recovering from successful thyroid cancer surgery (LouderSound)

Motley Crue will now launch their Las Vegas run in September as Vince Neil takes a step back on doctors’ orders (LouderSound)

Rob Zombie, Gojira, Turnstile, Bad Omens, and The Dillinger Escape Plan are also bound for California’s biggest rock festival in October (LouderSound)

Banksy’s ‘Crude Oil (Vettriano)’ has a new owner, whose bank account is now £4.3 million lighter (LouderSound)

The all-star Vote For Change tour might not have made much impact upon the result of the 2004 US presidential election, but it did throw up some heavyweight collaborations (LouderSound)

Seriously, how much? (LouderSound)

Pink Floyd At Pompeii – MCMLXXII will be released on film, vinyl and CD with new Dolby Atmos mix from Steven Wilson (LouderSound)

Times are dark, but our music doesn’t have to be: here Bob Mould hits the cover of Louder to discuss his new album Here We Go Crazy, the state of the world, unexpected collaborations and how to stay hopeful through a crisis (LouderSound)

Iron Maiden’s label representatives haven’t been allowed to hear what the metal legends are recording since as far back as The Number Of The Beast (LouderSound)

Oasis’ forthcoming world tour will be tour managed by Miss Piggy from The Muppets, if Liam Gallagher is to be believed. It’s possible that he might be joking (LouderSound)

How Spiritbox have taken steps to world domination (LouderSound)

Director Ezra Edelman was working on a new Prince documentary for Netflix, however it has since been axed, allegedly due to disagreements over how the late musician was to be depicted (LouderSound)

How Vice Grip took Parkway Drive from metalcore heroes to future festival headliners (LouderSound)

Bryan Garris discusses one of the most viral moments in metal last year (LouderSound)

Big Big Train will reissue their 2002 album Bard on vinyl and CD in March (LouderSound)

Hooked on Tobias Forge’s satanic hymns? These anthems will keep you (and me) going until Skeletá drops next month. (LouderSound)

The former 10cc man has written for The Yardbirds, The Hollies and more – and now he’s taking his songs on the road (LouderSound)

Ozzy and Dio may be Sabbath’s best-known singers, but these bangers with less-famous voices deserve their share of the love (LouderSound)

Ghost are back with a new figurehead and some new-look Nameless Ghouls with the devilishly daft video for new single Satanized (LouderSound)

Lyricist, art director, producer and all-round creative who aimed to enlighten, provoke or stir died in November 2024 without being fully aware of what he’d achieved (LouderSound)

Age cannot wither Ian Anderson, as Jethro Tull’s new album Curious Ruminant proves (LouderSound)

One of pop’s biggest-ever names has expressed his love for Kneecap, lauding the trio’s energy and lyricism (LouderSound)

Big Big Train’s companion to 2012’s English Electric Part One arrives right on time… (LouderSound)

Meet your New Heavy cover stars for 2025 (LouderSound)

Sykes guested on the You Me At Six single in 2011 and recaptured that magic onstage during a recent show in his hometown (LouderSound)

Guitarist Eric Bell and producer Richard Whittaker tell us about Thin Lizzy’s acoustic album, grass-addled sessions and why this project definitely isn’t AI (LouderSound)

The Irish band’s award-winning work on cult 80s TV show Robin Of Sherwood transformed how music was used in small-screen productions. Amid flashbacks to overwork and lightning-speed inspiration, they bowed out at the Albert Hall with the release of Legend Extended (LouderSound)

Guitar legend Eric Clapton will play a select number of US shows this September (LouderSound)

Korn’s frontman was supposed to show up on the new album by Shavo Odadjian’s Seven Hours After Violet project but never appeared (LouderSound)

Also in this issue: Elton John, John Sykes, Jethro Tull, Bonnie Raitt, Led Zeppelin, The Wildhearts, Twisted Sister, Bon Mould, Black Spiders, Ice-T and more (LouderSound)

The thrashers have scheduled headliners in Cardiff and London around their appearance at Black Sabbath’s Back To The Beginning event in July (LouderSound)

We sat down with Rush’s Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson at the end of 2024 to speak about their 50-year journey from there to here – and what might happen next (LouderSound)

Excellent parenting skills here (LouderSound)

He once gatecrashed Chris Squire’s dressing room because he knew nothing about concerts. Later, when his own band were at their proggiest, he took everything he could out of opening on Yes’ Relayer tour of 1974 (LouderSound)

Spiritbox’s second album doesn’t just match the instant-classic status of their debut: it surpasses it (LouderSound)

Californian rockers The Offspring will be hitting the road this summer across North America with special guests Jimmy Eat World and New Found Glory as part of their 2025 Supercharged tour (LouderSound)

Including The Darkness, The Wildhearts, Rose Tattoo and five other masters of rock’n’roll reality (LouderSound)

Elton John shared some very kind words for Chappell Roan before duetting on her massive hit Pink Pony Club (LouderSound)

Testament and ex-Death man Steve Di Giorgio claims Metallica’s bass-free classic forced the instrument into the background for years afterwards (LouderSound)

Swedish prog rockers The Flower Kings will release their latest album LOVE in May (LouderSound)

Metal’s resident nine-piece went deep into the rarities bin for their set at Knotfest Melbourne last week (LouderSound)

The occult rockers continue the build-up to “new” vocalist Papa V Perpetua’s debut (LouderSound)

The death of talismanic frontman Jim Morrison in 1971 looked like it marked the end of the road for The Doors. But his bandmates had other ideas (LouderSound)

Norwegian multi-instrumentalist explains what the genres have in common, buying a synth just to learn one Pink Floyd song, and discovering musical airplane engines via his wife (LouderSound)

Made between the much-derided Burnin’ Sky and the much-derided Rough Diamonds, Desolation Angels was heralded as a return to form – but was it? (LouderSound)

Our 2011 interview with the late David Johansen finds him talking about Arthur Kane, Johnny Thunders and dancing backwards in high heels (LouderSound)

The death of Joey Molland, the last-surviving member of Badfinger’s most famous lineup, has been confirmed (LouderSound)

11-disc set gathers what the perverse polymath pair did after 10cc – which was basically anything they wanted to do (LouderSound)

Rush’s Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson look back their journey from high school stoners to prog icons-in-waiting (LouderSound)

The story of High On Fire’s bonkers stoner doom landmark De Vermis Mysteriis (LouderSound)

The Oxford quintet’s era-defining second record turns 30 this month. Here’s the story of how it came together. (LouderSound)

In 1978, Kate Bush had just released her debut single Wuthering Heights – and one journalist was there to watch it all take off (LouderSound)

Wolfgang Van Halen thinks he’d be “selling out” if he gave in to fan demands to play Van Halen songs (LouderSound)

Led Zeppelin icon Jimmy Page speaks out as UK Government wraps up consultation into AI ‘learning’ capabilities (LouderSound)

Disturbed hit it out the park first time with debut album The Sickness (LouderSound)

The death of New York Dolls singer David Johansen has been confirmed by a spokesperson (LouderSound)

When Slipknot’s Corey Taylor met Machine Head’s Robb Flynn (LouderSound)

Meet the “deathcore Slipknot” Paleface Swiss, to Danish prog metallers Danefae, concept-driven Texan metalcore mob Cantervice and UK alt metallers Vower (LouderSound)

In late 2004, Classic Rock joined the reunited Judas Priest on the road in Spain (LouderSound)

How Alice Cooper made shock rock classic Welcome To My Nightmare – with help from a horror icon (LouderSound)

Things were never straightforward for Corgan & co. throughout the 90s and the tale of what was meant to be their final record pretty much sums it up (LouderSound)

From Hendrix’s backing vocalist to George Harrison and Roger Waters’ right hand man, Andy Fairweather Low is one of rock’s secret MVPs (LouderSound)

John Mellencamp drummer Kenny Aronoff shows his prog chops drumming to Changes by Yes for the first time (LouderSound)

Bad Omens, Employed To Serve and Deafheaven lead this week’s best new metal songs (LouderSound)

12 questions to test your rock knowledge (LouderSound)

Great new proggy sounds from Oak, Panzerballett, Lumens and more in Prog’s Tracks Of The Week (LouderSound)

Scorpions, The Cult, King Diamond, Till Lindemann, In Flames, Blind Guardian and Stryper are just some of the names confirmed for this year’s amazing lineup (LouderSound)

Halsey unveils their raunchy S&M-inspired music video for punky new single Safeword (LouderSound)

The thrash metal legends’ surprise reunion rumbles on as they confirm shows in Canada and the US, and tease appearances in England and Wales (LouderSound)

The 15-disc The Official Broadcast Collection collects live Rick Wakeman shows between 1980 and 2014 on CD and DVD (LouderSound)

Neil Young will play in Hyde Park this summer – support acts also confirmed (LouderSound)

Although never rock A-listers, enduring Scots Nazareth have a recorded catalogue peppered with timeless bluesy rock gems. These are their best albums (LouderSound)

Keith Emerson, Davy O’List and Lee Jackson created enough controversy to last for decades in their original three-year run (LouderSound)

Deep Purple survivor Ian Gillan’s career-reviving vehicle rides again across seven discs on 1978-1982 (LouderSound)

Steven Tayler’s stereo and 5.1 remixes add fresh value to what are arguably the underrated band’s best albums (LouderSound)

Bonzo would surely approve (LouderSound)

Meanwhile, Paul Stanley has revealed why Ace Frehley and the other former members of Kiss weren’t involved in their final show (LouderSound)

There’s a seething sense of urgency permeating Architects’ eleventh studio album and we are very much here for it (LouderSound)

Nu metal legends Limp Bizkit are amongst dozens of new additions to this year’s Reading and Leeds lineup (LouderSound)

A pianist has played the sheet music shared by Sleep Token’s mysterious new social media accounts. It sounds pretty damn good! (LouderSound)

Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor and Bad Omen’s Noah Sebastian perform a stunning duet on the soundtrack for the upcoming wrestling film Queen Of The Ring (LouderSound)

Bon Voyage (Live Hamburg Audimax 1981), recorded by Schulze with former Ash Ra Tempel colleague Manuel Göttsching, will be released in April (LouderSound)

“There are some things AI can’t replace, and that is drinking two-litre bottles of cider and ****ing yourself in a field.” We’re going to miss Ithaca dearly, and this interview with Djamila Azzoz shows why (LouderSound)

Chris Motionless on ice hockey, being a Swiftie and why Motionless In White are taking their time on the new album (LouderSound)

The Queen Of Soul, the birth of the Allman Brothers Band, and the new album from retro-rock flag bearers DeWolff all have something in common (LouderSound)

The Punks, Monsters, Smut & Madmen: A Countercultural Cross-Section auction has listed a number of rare items, including strands of Kurt Cobain’s hair, a signed CD by Church of Satan founder Anton LaVey and GG Allin’s blood-signed underwear (LouderSound)

Rejuvenated after latest album The Last Will And Testament, the prog/death metal masters honour both sides of their sound with cinematic accoutrements (LouderSound)

Fish, Steve Rothery and Mark Kelly look back at the making of Marillion’s best-known and most successful record, Misplaced Childhood (LouderSound)

The Canadian five-piece will play three UK shows in addition to their previously announced headline show at the Red Rooster Festival (LouderSound)

Travelling the world with his Walkman, the young Australian moved on from his family’s opera and folk to Rush, Steven Wilson, Brian Eno, Francis Dunnery and Anathema, and adopted his chequered headband in honour of Cheap Trick (LouderSound)

The deluxe edition package of Status Quo – Live! includes three complete sets recorded in Glasgow in 1976 (LouderSound)

Watch the video for Billy Idol’s new single, Still Dancing, a song inspired by his path through life (LouderSound)

Louder Than Life 2025 is go and it is STACKED! (LouderSound)

London doom metallers Green Lung make their bid to be breakout stars with a packed show at Kentish Town Forum (LouderSound)

Pink Floyd At Pompeii – MCMLXXII, digitally re-mastered in 4K from the original 35mm footage and with enhanced audio newly mixed by Steven Wilson will be released in April (LouderSound)

Only 300 copies are available, so order yours now! (LouderSound)

Endless Forms Most Beautiful started with a handwritten letter and resulted in an extraordinary, inspiring concept album – plus the professor’s first-ever prog performance at Wembley Arena (LouderSound)

With Metallica’s S&M reaching the grand old age of 25, we look back at how, and why, the world’s leading metal band teamed up with – shock, horror – the San Francisco Symphony (LouderSound)

If Rick Wakeman’s son had taken an angrier attitude to being fired in 2011, their 2019 mini-album From A Page might never have been rescued from the demo stacks (LouderSound)

From psychedelia to wild success, the very best of the band who delivered The Dark Side Of The Moon and The Wall (LouderSound)

At least her dad stuck around (LouderSound)

Five Finger Death Punch, Breaking Benjamin and Shinedown will headline this year’s Rocklahoma event in Pryor, Oklahoma (LouderSound)

The Amity Affliction, The Devil Wears Prada and more will also populate the obscenely huge bill at the travelling Summer Of Loud festival (LouderSound)

Ozzy Osbourne: No Escape From Now is currently in production and chronicles the Black Sabbath singer’s life since he suffered a spinal injury in 2019 (LouderSound)