Category: Music

Didn’t get tickets to Deftones’ blockbuster London date? The quasi-nu metal beloveds have just announced extra stops in Yorkshire and Cornwall (LouderSound)

Xavier Dphrepaulezz on Sion Of A Broken Man, the concept album inspired by his tumultuous relationship with his late father (LouderSound)

He may not always have been life and soul of the party, but he’s been the heartbeat behind songs across a huge range of genres – to his lasting pride (LouderSound)

Pop-leaning rock band Cats In Space and multi-instrumentalist, singer, composer and producer Willie Dowling have four dates together this month (LouderSound)

Welsh rockers Those Damn Crows are going from strength to strength – we check in ahead of the biggest show of their lives (LouderSound)

The Phil Collins documentary Drummer First will premiere later this month (LouderSound)

More chances to hear monster tunes from From Hell I Rise played live by some of metal’s finest musicians (LouderSound)

The No Name tour will include four British gigs (LouderSound)

We told you it was the best film of the year back in June (LouderSound)

Big Big Train will also play their very first live shows in Canada and Portugal in 2025 (LouderSound)

Hellfest has announced another heavyweight lineup for next year! (LouderSound)

American and Canadian metal fans will be spoiled next year, thanks to these three blockbuster events (LouderSound)

The beloved bassist also reveals how Black Sabbath’s lyrics have been “misinterpreted” over the years (LouderSound)

New Unitopia live release Alive And Kicking was recorded at the band’s 2023 show at Boerderij (LouderSound)

Whores unveil 2025 World War Tour schedule (LouderSound)

From UK greats Bring Me The Horizon and While She Sleeps to young innovators like Heriot and Scene Queen, metalcore has had a hell of a year (LouderSound)

With long-time presenter/judge Gregg Wallace stepping down from MasterChef amid allegations about inappropriate behaviour, Snoop Dogg is sensing an opportunity (LouderSound)

The Metal Gods will be joined by the master of shock rock when they play their biggest-ever London show in July (LouderSound)

Apparently the Prince Of Darkness enjoyed wandering off when he was supposed to be recording music… (LouderSound)

You may as well rename Ihsahn, Zeal & Ardor and Witch Club Satan “Spinal Tap”, because there was none more black in 2024 (LouderSound)

Guns N’ Roses will play 24 shows across the Middle East and Europe next summer (LouderSound)

in 1978 Kate Bush appeared on Saturday Night Live, impressing a budding musician and inspiring a future cinema star (LouderSound)

The Bonzo Dog and Rutles man discusses his career and recent studio album Nearly Really… (LouderSound)

Michael Des Barres leads Detective through an album that sounds a little like their Led Zeppelin paymasters (LouderSound)

Including The Wildhearts, Larkin Poe, Dorothy and five other guardians at the rock’n’roll gates (LouderSound)

It’s all kicking off in Toronto (LouderSound)

Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain has retired from touring after 42 years (LouderSound)

The story behind Paul McCartney’s 1974 vision of making a sci-fi musical film about music-loving aliens (LouderSound)

The epic story of John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers’ 1966 blues rock milestone Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton (LouderSound)

Les Penning and Robert Reed’s new five-track EP Fairytale Of New York is out now (LouderSound)

A day after the sad news that Nicko McBrain will be retiring as Iron Maiden’s full-time drummer, his replacement has been revealed (LouderSound)

The Oppenheimer director worked with Bowie on 2006’s The Prestige, but the rock’n’roll icon needed some convincing first (LouderSound)

Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell died 20 years ago today, on December 8, 2004. In 2007, his brother Vinnie Paul paid tribute to a giant of metal (LouderSound)

The greatest ever songwriter to stand on one leg! (LouderSound)

In short: the singer-songwriter is very lucky to have a publisher who doesn’t pay any attention to his instructions (LouderSound)

He hails their punk ethic, their experiments with electronica, and their way of writing songs about real people (LouderSound)

Watch Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell wow the Strictly judges with Viennese Waltz set to Metallica classic (LouderSound)

Flaming Lips singer Wayne Coyne smoked a joint with Beatles icon –and was fascinated by Sir Paul’s “crusty” ear (LouderSound)

Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard’s other band Brad should have been as big as Pearl Jam themselves (LouderSound)

The story of Fear Factory’s Demanufacture, the album that rewired metal forever (LouderSound)

While She Sleeps’ second of two nights at O2 Forum Kentish Town may not have the scale of their Ally Pally concert last year, but what’s lacking in size is made up for in killer songs and blinding lights (LouderSound)

With his red cap and hip hop swagger, Fred Durst was the biggest and most divisive star of the nu metal era. But that’s only half the story (LouderSound)

Beloved Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain is officially stepping away from the band (LouderSound)

Playing with The Who, jamming with Hendrix, partying with Bowie, Jagger and Lennon -late Mountain man Leslie West did it all and more (LouderSound)

Expansive 10-disc collection is the first of three charting decades of his onstage work (LouderSound)

Confidence Man are a dazzling, ludicrous triumph in Brixton. Surely arenas beckon? (LouderSound)

US prog metal legends Savatage will play their first live shows in over a decade with singer Zak Stevens throughout Europe next year (LouderSound)

Drink, drugs, urinating up unsuspecting keyboard players’ legs – fellow hellraisers Ozzy Osbourne and Lemmy were partners in crime for decades (LouderSound)

A famous frontman looks back on a childhood surrounded by rock stars, actors and welders that his dad had brought home from the pub. (LouderSound)

Hanoi Rocks were the cult Finnish livewires who accidentally helped invent the glam metal scene – and 1983’s Back To Mystery City album was their crowning glory (LouderSound)

It was the Metallica man’s birthday and an iconic rock veteran wanted to make sure it was properly celebrated (LouderSound)

From King Crimson to ELP and beyond, he left a catalogue of impressive creations from an extraordinary musical journey which included that Christmas song (LouderSound)

He welcomed Slipknot, Lamb Of God and more onto The Tonight Show – now, Conan O’Brien has followed in their footsteps and played with a metal band (LouderSound)

UK prog sextet Ghost Of The Machine will release second album Empires Must Fall in March (LouderSound)

Leprous, Opeth, Slift and others have presented some truly forward-thinking excellence this year (LouderSound)

The biggest metal bands in India and Japan have joined forces to make an absolute anthem (LouderSound)

A 20-disc, career-spanning Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band box set Still Barking is released in December (LouderSound)

German electronic music legends Kraftwerk promise “Gesamtkunstwerk – a total work of art” for 2025 multi-media tour (LouderSound)

Band members past and present, plus collaborators and peers, choose the greatest Sisters of Mercy songs (LouderSound)

On what would have been Mark Lanegan’s 60th birthday, friends and peers salute a much-missed musical maverick (LouderSound)

Norse folk shamen Wardruna will release new album Birna in January (LouderSound)

My Dying Bride are back! There’s just one enormous caveat… (LouderSound)

The groove metal behemoths previously teased a new album for April, and now they’ve offered a glimpse inside the studio (LouderSound)

The New Wave Of American Heavy Metal beloveds were twice Grammy-nominated before going on hiatus in 2012 (LouderSound)

Tomorrow singer Keith West found himself at No. 2 in the Top 40 in 1967 with a song he’d never been meant to sing (LouderSound)

The Black Crowes’ comeback album Happiness Bastards has been voted the album of the year in Classic Rock magazine’s annual end-of-year writer’s poll (LouderSound)

Also in this issue: AC/DC, David Gilmour, Foreigner, Slash, Ozzy Osbourne, Ghost Bruce Dickinson, Hawkwind, the Black Crowes and more – and three exclusive gifts (LouderSound)

Be-bop, beat and ballads (LouderSound)

That Led Zeppelin film everyone’s been waiting for finally has a release date, but there’s a catch (LouderSound)

Soul power: Dutch rockersDeWolff tap into the musical ley lines on tenth studio album (LouderSound)

Seattle legends Pearl Jam have scheduled another run of dates in support of their Dark Matter album (LouderSound)

Travis Scott, Enter Shikari, Amyl & The Sniffers, Chappell Roan, Hozier, among other main attractions for the twin town festival, to be held on August 21-24, 2025 (LouderSound)

Inspired by hold music, movie scenes, Sarah Bernhardt, Carry On Wayward Son and more, the Northumberland-based proggers have a new line-up and a new energy to go with their new music (LouderSound)

Cillian Murphy’s music taste is every bit as low-key cool as the man himself (LouderSound)

“I think a lot of us can relate to frustration, anger, betrayal, all those things, and that’s kind of what I highlighted lyrically with this album” (LouderSound)

Profits from the Fontaines D.C. x Boheman F.C. shirt will go to Medical Aid for Palestinians for their emergency response action for what is most needed in Gaza (LouderSound)

The song will be on the Swiss outfit’s next album, expected in 2025, and they’ll probably play it on their impending European tour with Arch Enemy, too (LouderSound)

Blood Incantation’s progressive death metal opus tops the Metal Hammer 2024 album of the year list. See the other 49 entries here. (LouderSound)

“Timmy’s a brilliant actor so I’m sure he’s going to be completely believable as me.” The love-in between Bob Dylan and Hollywood star Timothée Chalamet, who’s playing Dylan in the forthcoming biopic A Complete Unknown, is a pure and precious thing (LouderSound)

“All of the elements of my album are in this video. Mourning of the growing distance between family, homeland, mortality awareness, and the inevitability of death” (LouderSound)

The new issue of Metal Hammer is our biggest of the year and it’s on sale now! (LouderSound)

The Greek trio’s musical take on the apocalyptic Gospel of John returns 52 years on with far less controversy and unbroken artistic impact (LouderSound)

An exclusive extract from Kris Needs’ biography Make My Day: The Rock n Roll Story of Eddie Clarke (LouderSound)

Rock, and indeed, roll (LouderSound)

Kim Thayil, Ben Shepherd and Matt Cameron will reunite onstage at a benefit for Seattle Children’s Hospital (LouderSound)

The hard rock/heavy metal titans will play arenas and festivals across the continent in June (LouderSound)

Grateful Dead spin-off Dead & Company will be the first band to play a second residency at the revolutionary Las Vegas venue (LouderSound)

80-minute work from 2009 – of which just a fraction was used in a movie soundtrack – was rescued from his vault following his 2022 death (LouderSound)

Nine Inch Nails might be back with us sooner than we had imagined (LouderSound)

The stomping track is taken from the Arch Enemy album of the same name, out next year (LouderSound)

Adam Ant’s rescheduled Antmusic tour will kick off at Bournemouth Pavilion on October 23, 2025 (LouderSound)

Marking an and and a beginning for the band, this extended version of the 1997 original states its case as an elegant outlier in their catalogue (LouderSound)

UK prog rockers Stuckfish released their latest album IV earlier this year (LouderSound)

From Judas Priest to Poppy, Spiritbox, Ghost and beyond, 2024 has offered some great new metal tunes. But now we need your help deciding the best of the best (LouderSound)

“A new chapter in Wildhearts history – new music, new line-up, new label, new focus…” (LouderSound)

The beverage was served with a side of legitimately chocolate starfish, because how could it not be? (LouderSound)

Native James and Hak Baker complete the nominations in the Best Alternative Music Act category at the 2025 MOBO Awards, to be staged in Newcastle on February 18 (LouderSound)

The former metalcore cohorts have been hard at work on their first album together since 2009 (LouderSound)

The mysterious masked metallers put on a dazzling second show at a packed-out London O2 (LouderSound)

The Scottish metal aggressors have released In Place Of Your Halo following its live debut last week, and the bagpipe-backed track will appear on new album Zenith next year (LouderSound)

One of this country’s best up-and-coming metal bands will hit the road in April (LouderSound)

From breaking out of local clubs to touring with Jethro Tull and attracting guest spots from David Bowie and Peter Sellers, the leading light of British folk looks back – and forward (LouderSound)

Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose was accused of assaulting former Penthouse model Sheila Kennedy in 1989 (LouderSound)

Bill Wyman’s time in The Greatest Rock’N’Roll Band In The World was storied, but there’s been much, much more to his life than that (LouderSound)

It’s exactly why the internet was invented (LouderSound)

The Nine will play sideshows in Adelaide and Auckland in addition to already-announced Knotfest dates (LouderSound)

Slash and Duff McKagan appear together on I Can Breathe, a new charity single by Gibson Brand (LouderSound)

Yacht rock, soft rock – call it what you will. Here are five brilliant albums that define the genre in all its bearded, Hawaiian-shirted glory (LouderSound)

Kneecap unveil their manifesto for a better way to live (LouderSound)

The Grammy-nominated metalcore stars will trek across the States and Canada shortly after the release of new album Tsunami Sea (LouderSound)

Dream Theater’s first new album with Mike Portnoy for 16 years, Parasomnia, will be released in February (LouderSound)

The role-playing game, which lets players control multiple eras of iconic mascot Eddie, will no longer be playable or downloadable after December 31 (LouderSound)

The Ocean and Sierra release a limited edition 7″ single featuring reworked versions of Boreal and Traum (LouderSound)

A Public Service Announcement for anyone who needs to hear it: Do not, under any circumstances, attempt to f**k with Cher, ever (LouderSound)

Gene Simmons: “Ask the first young person you meet, ‘Name me anybody in Pearl Jam.’ Good luck with that” (LouderSound)

UK prog folk duo Candacraig will perform their retelling of Marilllion’s Brave and their own material in new livestream (LouderSound)

Symphonic metal heroes Epica offer a peek behind the curtain of their upcoming ninth album (LouderSound)

Storm Thorgerson’s right-hand man on breaking the law, pushing creative concepts, refusing to work with record labels, watching Pink Floyd get rich and staying friends by never taking sides (LouderSound)

From Italian power metallers Alterium to French psych metal from Slift, Brighton’s prog metal mavericks El Moono and death metal horror fanatics Fulci, these are the bands you need to hear in December 2024 (LouderSound)

UK prog rockers Suns Of The Tundra celebrate the 20th anniversary of self-titled debut album with new reissue (LouderSound)

How Mick Jagger helped Sonny and Cher get discovered, then wound up miming to their biggest hit on primetime television in 1965 (LouderSound)

The annual list honours “inspiring and influential women from around the world” (LouderSound)

German electronic pioneers Tangerine Dream continue to celebrate their groundbreaking Phaedra album with shows in Birmingham and Manchester (LouderSound)

Black Friday and Cyber Monday might be over for another year, but some price drops are still hanging around. Here’s my pick of the best discounts (LouderSound)

Ninth album deals with two different concepts, as the Finnish group look forward to a future of total control over their catalogue (LouderSound)

For some people, travelling life’s road is easy. For lifelong worrierMyles Kennedy it’s anything but (LouderSound)

The Cure have gone from sullen outsiders to stadium-sized riff monsters via all points in between (LouderSound)

And we still don’t have personal jetpacks (LouderSound)

Watch 20 minutes of highlights and explosions from Kiss’s final blow-out in New York City – as Gene and Paul talk about the future (LouderSound)

You still have a few hours to pick up some vintage WWE shirt designs if you’re based in the US (LouderSound)

Ticketmaster have a few metalhead-friendly acts in their 2-4-1 Cyber Weekend offer – but you’ll need to be quick to get them! (LouderSound)

The Loop Experience 2 earplugs are down below $30 this Cyber Monday – an essential for all gig-goers. Get them before the deal door slams shut (LouderSound)

Replacing beloved classics or jumping on the unexpected CD boom bandwagon? Here are ten discs you need in your collection (LouderSound)

Lord Of The Rings, Star Wars, Sleep Token: Displate have you covered for epic wall art posters this Cyber Monday – but you’ll have to be quick (LouderSound)

The Cyber Monday sales are drawing to a close, but there’s still time to save 21% on the high regarded Audio-Techinca LP5X turntable (LouderSound)

This very popular Denon turntable has had its prices slashed, but be quick, because the deal won’t be around for much longer (LouderSound)

From a truly atrocious Metallica monstrosity to a One Piece number that’ll make your eyes bleed, these are the jumpers to go for on Cyber Monday if you want to ruin Christmas for everyone (LouderSound)

Bose have slashed prices on some of their most popular speakers – including their lowest ever price on Ultra Open Earbuds – for Cyber Monday, but hurry, because they won’t be around for long (LouderSound)

Damon Albarn, the gift that keeps on giving (LouderSound)

With 26% off the all-new Amazon Kindle Paperwhite, I’ve finally upgraded from my creaking 2012 model – and there’s money off some brilliant books too (LouderSound)

Dunn has suffered two heart attacks since 2018 but says “personal issues” have also made him step away (LouderSound)

“Round two let’s fking gooooo!!” (LouderSound)

With limited stocks and an even more limited time span, you won’t want to linger too long before grabbing a record player from Walmart (LouderSound)

U2’s frontman says their producer forced the band to record it live, and he’s glad he did (LouderSound)

The travelling adaptation of H.G. Wells’ classic sci-fi epic has now got added post-hardcore/pop-punk cred (LouderSound)

Maiden, Sabbath, Sepultura and Alice In Chains are just some of the artists whose classic albums are included in these cut-price Walmart deals (LouderSound)

The North American leg of the rock legends’ Power Up tour will see Angus & co. work their way across the country next spring (LouderSound)

The muscular track will come out later this week as the firebrands prepare to Europe with Slipknot (LouderSound)

If you ever wondered who the coolest Gallagher is, it’s Peggy, Liam and Noel’s mum (LouderSound)

34 bands, including all of the Manchester weekender’s headliners, are still to be announced (LouderSound)

The 1985 novel that rarely left the Nirvana frontman’s pocket and became the basis for one of In Utero’s heaviest tracks (LouderSound)

Lego has been holding a big sale over the weekend, and there are still excellent deals to be nabbed for Cyber Monday – but you’ve got to be quick as the sale is ending at midnight (LouderSound)

The co-founder of Sick New World is the CEO of System Of A Down’s management company, making John Dolmayan something of an insider (LouderSound)

Ohio rock ‘n’ roll fundamentalists The Black Keys will cross the Atlantic for 15 shows in June/July. (LouderSound)

Even as they began spiralling out of control, the cut-down double album delivered 46 minutes of creativity, complexity and power (LouderSound)

The Radiohead man also says he’d love the band to get back on the road in 2025, but there is a caveat… (LouderSound)

Pearl-clutching Facebook parents haven’t stopped the ABC chat show from booking Ice-T’s outspoken rap metal icons. Or perhaps they’ve encouraged it? (LouderSound)

The Temperance Movement have a UK and European tour lined up for March next year (LouderSound)

Just when you thought you couldn’t love David Bowie more, along came his surprise cameo in a hit British comedy series (LouderSound)

New UK festival Forever Now, a celebration of alternative culture, will take place at The National Bowl, Milton Keynes on June 22 (LouderSound)

The Rocket Man was speaking at a performance of his new musical The Devil Wears Prada, which he says he can only listen to (LouderSound)

U2’s frontman on being enlightened by a true rock’n’roll sage (LouderSound)

Keyboard master – who took the plunge and played guitar on his new solo album – on his decision to lay aside some of the crazy and create a song-based work (LouderSound)

Rooted in tragedy, Temple Of The Dog’s 10 original tracks are a kind of catharsis through music (LouderSound)

Including Crossbone Skully, Three Days Grace, Eisbrecher and five other leaders of the rock’n’roll pack (LouderSound)

Gene Simmons’ sultry cover of Stormy Weather comes from the soundtrack of the Dennis Quaid movie Reagan (LouderSound)

Former Deep Purple man Ritchie Blackmore has spoken (LouderSound)

Ding dong merrily on high indeed (LouderSound)

Former Pink Floyd man Roger Waters does not hold back (LouderSound)

The Cure’s royalties from sales of Songs Of A Live World Troxy London MMXXlV will be donated to War Child (LouderSound)

Amazon are offering deals on a range of vinyl record players this Cyber Monday (LouderSound)

You may already have Rush’s 1976 masterpiece 2112 on your vinyl shelf, but do you have the awesome Hologram Edition? If not, now’s your chance (LouderSound)

The early Cyber Monday Lego sales have already started, making it the perfect time to grab something for yourself or an early Christmas present (LouderSound)

We’ve picked out a selection of our favourite discounted CD players that offer great value for money ahead of this year’s Cyber Monday (LouderSound)

The Cyber Monday CD deals have started to filter through – here’s the Louder team’s favourite sales (LouderSound)

Paramount Plus have slashed their prices for Cyber Monday, and there’s plenty of excellent music content to discover (LouderSound)

The story behind the smooth sounds of Yacht Rock has hit HBO Max. Here’s the cheapest way to watch it, with 70% off for Cyber Monday (LouderSound)

In a small London studio, two Yardbirds, one member of The Who and a pair of passing session maestros united to record a spontaneous instrumental track. Things would never be the same again. (LouderSound)

Second Coming turns 30 this week but the Mancunian indie-rockers’ resurrection didn’t last long (LouderSound)

Thin Lizzy: A charismatic frontman, a glorious twin-guitar attack, and some of the most enduring anthems in rock (LouderSound)

As 2022’s The Tipping Point confirmed, they’ve always known how to go big without ever going over the top (LouderSound)

Las Vegas festival Sick New World was due to feature Metallica, Linkin Park and more (LouderSound)

Bob Bryar played on My Chemical Romance’s The Black Parade and Danger Days (LouderSound)

I thought my kids would be a little army of music nerds but social media and video games had other plans for them. And then I got them a serious pair of headphones… (LouderSound)

Save on iconic designs from bands including AC/DC, Blondie, Black Sabbath and more with Amazon this Cyber Weekend (LouderSound)

Lego can be pricey, even in the Black Friday sales – but we’ve rounded up some of the best sets which are reduced to under $25 (LouderSound)

Star Wars, Marvel, DC, Stranger Things, Power Rangers and some horror icons are all included in this special Black Friday Zavvi deal (LouderSound)

Linkin Park’s Hybrid Theory, Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours and Metallica’s Black Album aren’t just generational albums – they can be bought cheap in this massive deal for Amazon US customers (LouderSound)

There’s still a little bit of time to snag some bargains in Marshall’s Black Friday sale, but we recommend acting quickly because the best deals are time-limited (LouderSound)

Lego have a nice little wedge of Marvel sets available in their Black Friday sales this year. But which are must-haves? (LouderSound)

Maddy Prior & The Carnival Band announce An Evening of Carols and Capers – The 40th Anniversary Farewell Tour (LouderSound)

Glorious visual celebration of the neo-prog survivors in the present, accompanied by New Light, a fascinating documentary of their past (LouderSound)

From guitars to plectrums, amplifiers to bags, you can get it at a major discount thanks to Fender’s Black Friday deals (LouderSound)

From Bonehead to Andy Bell and Guigsy to Gem, your essential guide to the contenders to join the Oasis Live ’25 bandwagon (LouderSound)

Transatlantic leader’s latest album sees him working with younger musicians and letting them work their own magic – while adding plenty of his own (LouderSound)

Producer Nigel Godrich on the “clusterf**k” that was putting together the 2004 charity single (LouderSound)

From legendary Metallica albums to landmark releases from Oasis, Green Day, Type O Negative and more, you need to check out these massive deals (LouderSound)

The entry-level Fluance RT81 is a sturdy, slick-sounding vinyl-slinger, and a veritable steal with this 15% Black Friday discount (LouderSound)

Imperial Credits are not required to snaffle one of the most famous ships in the Lego Star Wars galaxy – get Mando’s pride and joy with a deep discount this Black Friday (LouderSound)

Save in excess of up to 50% on releases from Sleep Token, My Chemical Romance, Type O Negative and more (LouderSound)

Amazon have shredded prices on a mountain of CD and vinyl – don’t miss your chance to fill your shopping basket for less (LouderSound)

Buy the Metallica lead guitarist’s signature model for $8,999 in Sweetwater’s Black Friday sale (wah-wah pedal not included) (LouderSound)

Move over Amazon – Townsend Music’s Black Friday music sale is offering some of the biggest discounts we’ve seen this year (LouderSound)

Ringing in your ears? Not anymore; that’s the sound of savings! 25% off, to be exact, on quality ear protection courtesy of Amazon’s Black Friday sale (LouderSound)

Max and Iggor Cavalera’s re-recordings of Sepultura’s Bestial Devastation EP, Morbid Visions and Schizophrenia aren’t appreciated by guitarist Andreas Kisser (LouderSound)

Iron Maiden’s Live After Death – one of the greatest live albums of all time – is currently available for a total steal (LouderSound)

Want the best music magazines ever made, for cheap? Step this way, friend (LouderSound)

The story goes that the other members heard him singing Bowie’s “Heroes” in the room next door – but was it Gahan on the mic or not? (LouderSound)

Nixon Watches are offering 25% off on everything online, including pieces inspired by Nirvana and the Rolling Stones. Here’s what you need to buy… (LouderSound)

Desertfest 2025 just got darker, doomier, heavier and more exciting with the addition of 20 artists to the line-up (LouderSound)

Rock out and save with these deals on records by Foo Fighters, Lamb Of God, Amon Amarth and more (LouderSound)

Everyone’s favourite totally gnarly skate shoes are up to 60% off this Black Friday (LouderSound)

It may not surprise you to learn that there is no place for Love Actually, Titanic, or The Muppet Christmas Carol on Trent Reznor’s all-time favourite movies list (LouderSound)

Cool new proggy sounds you really should check out from Allamedah, Astreyane, The Wring and more… (LouderSound)

The Manics man, who also reveals the very unique approach he has to making baked beans, probably didn’t tune in to the Great British Bake Off finale this week (LouderSound)

The Anchoress has signed a new record deal with the Scottish label Last Night From Glasgow and will release her new album in the Autumn (LouderSound)

The Scorsese-directed Beatles documentary has landed on Disney+. Here’s the cheapest way to watch it (LouderSound)

Lana Del Rey extends her summer 2025 stadium tour to six shows in the UK and Ireland (LouderSound)

New Roger Dean exhibition Horizon Line is on at Trading Boundaries in East Sussex until December 31 (LouderSound)

Karmakanic will release their brand new album Transmutation in March (LouderSound)

Belfast court rules that the UK government acted illegally in withholding funding from Irish rap trio (LouderSound)

Diving into the beginnings of Gorillaz, Damon Albarn’s virtual pop side-project that became even bigger than Blur (LouderSound)

“We made records every four years. In that gap, labels were like, ‘How can we get a band that sounds like Rage but sang about girls and showed up for video shoots?’” (LouderSound)

Debbie Harry’s new wave trailblazers had a special formula to knocking out the hits in the late 70s, not one your doctor would recommend (LouderSound)

The music business has lost too many hugely talented artists who’ve died too soon, but only one, as far as we know, has faced the prospect of being trampled to death on an English farm (LouderSound)

Dark proggers revisit their past and banish memories of bad blood in a collection of re-recordings that could easily have been so much less, plus a set of impressive covers (LouderSound)

Former Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Jake E. Lee was wounded in the unprovoked attack in October (LouderSound)

Glam royalty Sweet buff up their crown jewels (LouderSound)

Two nights, four CDs, one six-string feast (LouderSound)

The 20th album from Underground linchpins Crippled Black Phoenix comes with a second disc of covers (LouderSound)

Sir Rod Stewart’s wife Penny Lancaster appeared on the Greg Wallace-hosted Celebrity Masterchef in 2021 (LouderSound)

English trio SKAM find an intensity of their own on From The Depths (LouderSound)

This mini hi-fi system from Denon is powerful, practical and priced to wow – and Currys will throw in Apple TV+ for 4 months too (LouderSound)

Filmed during the nu metal stars’ enormous show in São Paulo two weeks ago (LouderSound)

Metalheads loved it when Knocked Loose and Poppy destroyed Jimmy Kimmel Live! this week. These people didn’t… (LouderSound)

Former Nightwish bassist and singerMarko Hietala will release new album Roses From The Deep in February (LouderSound)

Marillion singer Steve Hogarth will play live shows in England Germany and the Netherlands over the festive period (LouderSound)

Metal’s OG guitarist pays tribute to the generation that followed his (LouderSound)

Enjoy massive savings on a wide range of Beats headphones at Amazon US and Argos in the UK this Black Friday – with up to 54% off (LouderSound)

The date is part of a monster tour that will stretch across Europe from 2025 to 2026 (LouderSound)

John Hackett Band will release their third album, Red Institution, in the first half of 2025 (LouderSound)

Etsy is the place to be for amazing products not found on the high street – and with 30% off this Black Friday, you can save while also helping independent retailers (LouderSound)

After their brief collaboration together in 1969 with the Plastic Ono Band, John Lennon had hopes of recruiting Clapton for a “revolutionary” new supergroup, one where wives and girlfriends were “welcome” on the road instead of “frowned upon” (LouderSound)

The Oasis brother has hit back at Glen Matlock with some icy words (LouderSound)

US prog metal legends Savatage will play their first live shows in over a decade with singer Zak Stevens next year (LouderSound)

Creed frontman Scott Stapp names the album that put him on the road to rock’n’roll (LouderSound)

Folk and folk rock bands are responsible for some of the most progressive music ever made. Not only that, but they influenced the rock world as we know it (LouderSound)

The band suffered a few false starts before delivering a triumph with a daring album that explored a new kind of energy (LouderSound)

Before Queen + Adam Lambert there was Queen + Paul Rodgers. We spoke to them about the plusses and the minuses (LouderSound)

Lemmy’s afterlife continues to be more lively than many peoples’ actual lives (LouderSound)

And he’s proved it once again, paying tribute to New York City via the medium of dance (LouderSound)

In an excerpt from memoir Dreaming Japanese, Friedman looks back on the “unusually strong” panic attack he suffered on Christmas morning, 1999 (LouderSound)

How an unsettling, misogynistic encounter in Kim Deal’s hometown inspired one of her most unsettling songs (LouderSound)

Ahead of their impending retirement, Derrick Green and Andreas Kisser explain which songs have most shaped Sepultura’s career (LouderSound)

Courtney Love nominates some of her favourite emerging artists, among them “the Gen Z Trent Reznor or Brian Eno” (LouderSound)

The story of Marillion. keyboard player Mark Kelly’s first solo venture with Mark Kelly’s Marathon (LouderSound)

Phil Bozeman explains in a video statement that he’s trying to come off antidepressants which he’s used his teenage years (LouderSound)

“He said, ‘Well, clearly your wife has impeccable taste where you have little. I suggest you listen to her’.” (LouderSound)

Squeeze celebrate 50 years at The Roundhouse, London (LouderSound)

The Emerald Dawn will headline London’s Camden Club in July with Viper Soup Complex as support (LouderSound)

If you’re a UK-based fan of ’80s post-punk, alt. rock, new wave and goth, you might want to clear a date in your diary next summer for Forever Now festival (LouderSound)

A song so long and so brutal it had to be split into two parts (LouderSound)

The Manchester festival will be starting an offshoot in the UK capital as of next year, with Knocked Loose, Alex G and others also populating the bill (LouderSound)

The Knocked Loose and Poppy team-up was recently nominated for a Grammy Award For Best Metal Performance (LouderSound)

Beneath Pamela Des Barres’ infamous groupie exterior beats a romantic heart (LouderSound)

A quarter of a century after its original broadcast on Saturday Night Live, the Cowbell Sketch’s ripples are still spreading (LouderSound)

Dead Boys frontman Jake Hout has hit out after leaving the band, but guitarist Cheetah Chrome isn’t taking it lying down (LouderSound)

Gigs today ain’t what they used to be (LouderSound)

Orianthi will fill in for Nita Strauss on a run of dates early next year after a decade away (LouderSound)

Evan Rachel Wood’s legal team say Marilyn Manson’s “attempt to silence and intimidate” their client has failed (LouderSound)

From 1995’s Orchid through to 2024’s The Last Will And Testament, we ranked every Opeth album in order of greatness (LouderSound)

In 2001, US singer/songwriter Tori Amos recorded an ethereal cover of Slayer’s Raining Blood for her sixth studio album Strange Little Girls. For this, you can thank the Taliban (LouderSound)

German label Pelagic Records has become home to some of metal’s brightest and most experimental names – these are their five most landmark releases (LouderSound)

The build-up to 2025 album Duél continues! (LouderSound)

Outbreak festival announces typically bold and eclectic 2025 line-up (LouderSound)

Hot Topic’s wide-ranging sale has t-shirts available from as little as $15 from some of the biggest names in music – stock up while you can (LouderSound)

Edvard Graham Lewis will release his new solo album Alreet? in January (LouderSound)

Durst’s suit claims the multinational behemoth tried to short Limp Bizkit and possibly “hundreds” of other artists out of owed royalties (LouderSound)

The Do Ya Think I’m Sexy? singer has been announced for Glastonbury Festival’s coveted legend slot (LouderSound)

Courtney Love is writing new music, but not everyone she wants to work with is interested (LouderSound)

The singer/guitarist claims he’s had more energy during live performances since going vegan in 2014 (LouderSound)

The collective of former Palm Reader, Black Peaks and Toska members have released their first song since this summer’s lauded Apricity EP (LouderSound)

The masked metal sensations are doing their own Eras Tour, playing tracks from their three albums in chronological order (LouderSound)

The amateur impressionist on finding his birth mother then closing communications with her, Stiff Records’ plans to make him a star, and saying the “stupidest thing” to Michael Jackson (LouderSound)

U2 are working on new music, but not the kind of raw, rowdy music they’ve been talking up over the past few years (LouderSound)

In 2005, Classic Rock spoke with former Marillion frontman Fish as he released a best-of collection, Bouillabaisse (LouderSound)

In 1968 the MC5’s Kick Out The Jams album was a grenade thrown into the music scene. Wayne Kramer acted as guardian of the band’s legacy until he died earlier this year, after making one final album (LouderSound)

The hard-working, fuzzed-up Detroit rock’n’rollers who became blue-collar America’s – and Homer Simpson’s – favourite band (LouderSound)

The popular Aerosmith-themed Rock’N’Roller Coaster is getting a Muppet makeover after 25 years in business (LouderSound)

Shoegaze legends My Bloody Valentine will play a rare hometown show in 2025 (LouderSound)

Pearl Jam share rare outing of Temple Of The Dog masterpiece Hunger Strike in Sydney, Australia (LouderSound)

Therapy? roll back the decades in joyous communal celebration of their best-loved album, 1994’s Troublegum (LouderSound)

Folk metal heavy hitters and one of America’s most exciting young death metal bands will join Arch Enemy on tour in 2025 (LouderSound)

Papa Het can’t quite reach the Judas Priest frontman’s high notes without a little assistance, but nevertheless he gives it his best shot in this behind the scenes clip from Metallica’s 2003 St. Anger sessions (LouderSound)

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

Former Purson leader’s third solo album is far more self-assured than her first two outings, with a loose concept that lets her imagination run wild (LouderSound)

Hole frontwoman Courtney Love keeps her cool when a fiery Nirvana fan calls in to ask some rather inappropriate, misogynistic questions on the Howard Stern show (LouderSound)

UK prog rockers Kyros have just released the brand new Fear & Love mini-EP (LouderSound)

With the Converse Cyber Week sale offering discounts of up to 50% off in the US and up to 40% off in the UK, it’s the perfect time to replace your battered old Chucks (LouderSound)

Saxon will hit the road next year to play an all-time great heavy metal album in its entirety (LouderSound)

Bleed From Within are making a big step up for 2025! (LouderSound)

From the history-making brilliance of debut album Hybrid Theory to the triumphant comeback of From Zero, we rate Linkin Park’s impressive discography (LouderSound)

System Of A Down frontman Serj Tankian reveals that his first ever metal show involved one of the greatest metal bands of them all (LouderSound)

The self-proclaimed second-loudest drummer in Birmingham recalls his time with The Move, Black Sabbath and more – and he wants you to know he hasn’t retired (LouderSound)

Dark Room is the fourth studio album by Aussie rockers The Angels, released in 1980 (LouderSound)

Including Smith/Kotzen, Those Damn Crows, The Sheepdogs and five other riders on the rock’n’roll storm (LouderSound)

In which Britain’s top light entertainment couple cover a Cold War classic (LouderSound)

The one with the balls. Michael Schenker’s Last stand. And a masterclass from all five of them (LouderSound)

Gonzo glam greatness (LouderSound)

The first 20 acts have been confirmed for next year’s Maid Of Stone festival, with another 20 to follow (LouderSound)

The story behind Tom Petty’s classic 1979 album Damn The Torpedoes and its follow-up Hard Promises (LouderSound)

Satyricon may have recorded their 2008 album The Age Of Nero in sunny LA, but it was steeped in bleakness and doom (LouderSound)

Italian prog fusion duo Asymmetric Universe recently signed with InsideOutMusic (LouderSound)

London-based prog metallers Exist Immortal will release a new EP in 2025 (LouderSound)

Controversy, chaos and “the heavy metal horn” – the story of Judas Priest’s 1984 album Defenders Of The Faith (LouderSound)

In 2014, Robert Fripp brought King Crimson back from hiatus – and he was ready to make a “joyous racket” (LouderSound)

Anthrax and revived Pantera drummer says industry ‘fucked us so bad. you’d make more money selling lemonade.’ (LouderSound)

The chaos, confusion and righteous vision of Queens Of The Stone Age and Josh Homme (LouderSound)

In 2009, Dream Theater released Black Clouds & Silver Linings – an album the prog metal giants claimed could give Slipknot and Trivium a run for its money in heaviness (LouderSound)

Supported by Darkest Hour and Heriot, the co-headliners host a night of wall-to-wall adrenaline at Electric Brixton (LouderSound)

Katatonia frontman Jonas Renske looks back on his band’s epic journey out of the death metal underground (LouderSound)

Bowie, Blackmore, Richard Burton and Linda Blair – Glenn Hughes has crossed paths with them all (LouderSound)

Moody Blues bassist and vocalist John Lodge announces UK tour dates for April (LouderSound)

Polish prog rockers Riverside will release new live album, Live ID., in January (LouderSound)

By 1968, The Beatles were falling apart – but that didn’t stop them recording their greatest artistic statement, The White Album (LouderSound)

American guitarist knew his recordings would never appear on the record, but knows his contribution made a difference to the 1979 song (LouderSound)

Charismatic new singer, groundbreaking new sound, a rap-metal classic in the making – this is how Faith No More’s The Real Thing helped usher in the alt-rock decade (LouderSound)

West Belfast’s bi-lingual hip-hop sensations Kneecap deliver a phenomenal, rapturously-received end of tour party in north London (LouderSound)

“This is very cool. It’s such a big deal to all of us!” Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda celebrates his band’s fourth UK chart-topping album (LouderSound)

Human Impact to premiere new album Gone Dark in the UK and Europe next spring (LouderSound)

WWE wrestlers including Johnny Gargano, Tiffany Stratton and Carmelo Hayes tell us about the bands and artists that have impacted them the most (LouderSound)

She was the coolest person in the Pixies, a platinum-selling artist with The Breeders, and now, finally, she’s gone solo. Kim Deal on Steve Albini, dogs, loss, life and loving it all – even the rubbish bits (LouderSound)

Architects, Body Count and Spiritbox are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite! (LouderSound)

The metalcore firebrands have offered another instantly catchy anthem and announced their next studio album (LouderSound)

Cool new prog you really should check out from The Hypothesis, Somewhere, Gerd Weyhing and more… (LouderSound)

Steve Hackett will release his latest live album, Live Magic At Trading Boundaries, in January (LouderSound)

The Ocean guitarist Robin Staps founded Pelagic Records to reissue one of his band’s albums. 15 years later, the label is home to post-metal’s best and brightest. (LouderSound)

Plus Tony Levin, Jethro Tull, BEAT, Dream Theater, Public Service Broadcasting, Rosalie Cunningham, Beardfish, Vincent Cavanagh and more… (LouderSound)

Mikael Åkerfeldt insists his band’s new concept album, featuring Jethro Tull and Europe men, is no return to their death metal past – and won’t keep prog fans away (LouderSound)

Family drama, a pair of prog legends and even the bloke who sang The Final Countdown… Swedish prog metal kings have made a concept album like no other (LouderSound)

The Gallagher Brothers have confirmed shows in Goyang and Tokyo on their Live 25 tour of the world’s great stadiums (LouderSound)

Classic Rock’s final interview with Chris Cornell: Grunge superstar, acoustic balladeer, would-be R&B lover-man, drinker (LouderSound)

The grand piano heard on the outro to Layla is being sold alongside more than 600 other lots from New York studio The Hit Factory (LouderSound)

National treasure Joan Armatrading maintains forward momentum (LouderSound)

Bryan Adams reinvents his wheels again (LouderSound)

Mutt lives! (LouderSound)

Succession meets Edgar Allan Poe on prog metal kingpins Opeth’s fascinating fourteenth album (LouderSound)

Fast-rising Australian dance quartet Confidence Man recall the evening they had world-famous rock stars drop around for a home-cooked meal, and things got “rowdy” (LouderSound)

Singer/guitarist Mille Petrozza has co-written a book about the thrash metal veterans’ first 10 years of service, expected next year (LouderSound)

Guitarist Michael Amott and drummer Daniel Erlandsson admit Arch Enemy considered packing it in after losing their longtime vocalist in 2014 (LouderSound)

New Pentangle 14 LP deluxe box set features 22 recordings previously unreleased on vinyl (LouderSound)

Overcoming technical troubles and an initially thin crowd, the three bands offer unique approaches to mind-expanding music (LouderSound)

Zavvi’s Black Friday sale is now live – and while I don’t need any more pop-culture collectables on my shelves, I’m still going all-in (LouderSound)

Listen to the title track of Kim Deal’s debut solo record (LouderSound)

Godley & Creme will release the 11-disc Parts Of The Process—The Complete Godley & Creme in February (LouderSound)

“I live in a different universe to AI,” legendary British singer/songwriter Elvis Costello maintains, advising songwriting thieves from the future to go back on their rocket ships (LouderSound)

Axl Rose and Michael Schenker, together forever via the medium of animation (LouderSound)

The Yes powerhouse bassist had a unique talent for knowing where to be among a relentless band of virtuosos (LouderSound)

As the 1980s dawned, Iron Maiden were about to record their debut album. It was the start of a journey that would launch them into the stratosphere, but there were some massive hurdles to overcome first (LouderSound)

Mike Portnoy’s DT40 audience playlist includes songs by Snarky Puppy, Queens Of The Stone Age, Frank Zappa, Jack White and many more (LouderSound)

As the 80s dawned, Simple Minds were in crisis. But, believing that life was without limits, they recorded the album New Gold Dream and the dream became reality (LouderSound)

The 2025 Coachella festival will take place in Indio, California, next April – and the headliners have been named (LouderSound)

Miley Cyrus has proved once again that she has good taste (LouderSound)

Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour reflects upon the genesis of one of his band’s most iconic songs, Shine On You Crazy Diamond (LouderSound)

Fred Durst doesn’t always do press, but when he does, he pretends he’s a guy called Gary who paints teabags for a living (LouderSound)

US prog rockers Coheed And Cambria will release their latest album The Father Of Make Believe in March (LouderSound)

From Linkin Park to Sleep Token, The Weeknd and Faithless, Delain vocalist Diana Leah shares the songs that changed her life (LouderSound)

In 1976, Manchester schoolboy Johnny Marr purchased a punk rock album that would change his life forever (LouderSound)

New Dolby ATMOS mix of The Lamb… overseen by Peter Gabriel and Tony Banks at Real World Studios (LouderSound)

The 2022 passing of Trevor Strnad could easily have spelled the end for The Black Dahlia Murder. Instead, they rallied to create an album worthy of his legacy (LouderSound)

Amazon Music Unlimited subscribers now get a free Audible audiobook per month – and you can currently get 3 months for free by signing up (LouderSound)

“A lot of stuff” was thrown at Atreyu when they supported Iron Maiden in 2009, including a coin which caught Marc McKnight beneath the eye and dented his skull (LouderSound)

Norwegians didn’t make things easy for themselves by forming as an octet, while one member tried to avoid their natural musical tendencies; but thanks to the European prog community they’re riding high at last (LouderSound)

Chicago indie trio announce follow-up to 2022’s acclaimed Versions of Modern Performance (LouderSound)

A five-disc The Jethro Tull Christmas Album – Fresh Snow At Christmas will be released in December (LouderSound)

The mathcore underdogs have uploaded the entirety of their new live album, Live At The Electric Ballroom, to Youtube. Watch for free here. (LouderSound)

The metalcore mavens have also announced ninth album This Consequence, due next year (LouderSound)

Keep On Rising is a three-part concept rock opera that fans of Kiss, AC/DC, Guns N’ Roses, Meat Loaf and more will adore (LouderSound)

Having recently quit Deep Purple, the bassist was looking for a new challenge in 1973. It came in the form of The Butterfly Ball And The Grasshopper’s Feast, featuring notable prog guest stars (LouderSound)

The self-proclaimed heroic kings and defenders of True Metal: How to buy the very best of Manowar (LouderSound)

Evil World Machine is the debut album by Crossbone Skully, formed by Alice Cooper and Hollywood Vampires guitarist Tommy Henriksen (LouderSound)

Yes guitarist Steve Howe picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance (LouderSound)

Al Green’s gospel version of Everybody Hurts is out now via Fat Possum (LouderSound)

The November Rain video arrives ahead of his weekend’s AEW Full Gear pay-per-view event (LouderSound)

The as-yet-untitled Fleetwood Mac film will include previously unseen footage and new interviews with the surviving band members (LouderSound)

Brighton’s greatest metal export will release a new album next year! (LouderSound)

Forget Number Of The Beast – these bands say Powerslave is Iron Maiden’s greatest achievement (LouderSound)

Poppy is taking her metalcore era to the US and Canada next year! (LouderSound)

Norwegian proggers Leprous will tour Europe, Latin America and return to North America in the first half of 2025 (LouderSound)

Opeth go Miss Marple via Edgar Allen Poe on the prog-death-jazz metal odyssey that is The Last Will And Testament (LouderSound)

“Being signed to record labels made me fall so out of love with making music that I almost stopped.” The music industry needs more artists like Du Blonde, but Du Blonde doesn’t need the music industry at all (LouderSound)

“I didn’t think I had it in me”: Steven Wilson released a surprise Christmas song in 2023 after an unlikely challenge from a friend (LouderSound)

Get a fantastic Mark Wilkinson-designed Fish t-shirt you won’t be able to buy anywhere else, along with a signed Mark Wilkinson The Art Of Fish calendar that comes with issue 155 of Prog, a bespoke front cover (LouderSound)

Lambrini Girls share the tumultuous new single Love, from their forthcoming debut album, Who Let The Dogs Out (LouderSound)

Sizeable discounts on the Monitor II A.N.C., Emberton II, Major IV & more (LouderSound)

British comedy icon Frank Skinner explains why he’d choose to send one of the UK’s biggest 21st century rock bands to Room 101 (LouderSound)

Primus have announced a open call across the universe for a “well-mannered, affable” new drummer. Here’s how to submit your application (LouderSound)

Latest album Melodies Of Atonement sees the Norwegians continuing to strip back and seek catchier elements of themselves – including taking influence from hip-hop (LouderSound)

Ohio’s instrumental post-rockers If These Trees Could Talk played their very first UK performance at this year’s Portals Festival (LouderSound)

Recording almost everything on his latest album himself and putting it out on his own label, Tuk Smith followed the adage that if you want something doing properly, do it yourself (LouderSound)

Want to beat Billy Corgan to the ownership of lyrics about Billy Corgan, and help a wildlife sanctuary in Sumatra at the same time? Of course you do (LouderSound)

London-Irish folk-punk group to tour for the first time since the death of former frontman Shane MacGowan (LouderSound)

The prog supergroup were at their creative peak when they created the 1973 epic that took the world by storm, despite the apparent hordes of critics (LouderSound)

We catch up with Mötley Crüe legend Nikki Sixx (LouderSound)

Sammy Hagar launched the Santo Spirits brand with celebrity chef Guy Fieri in 2019 – but now the pair are missing 24,240 bottles of tequila (LouderSound)

Rod Stewart and Cheap Trick are to pair up again, just like they did in 2023 (LouderSound)

You too can be as healthy as guitar whizz Yngwie Malmsteen (LouderSound)

Oasis leader Noel Gallagher might be a long-time fan of The Cure, but, not for the first time, his little brother Liam doesn’t share his opinion (LouderSound)

Black Friday is right around the corner, but there’s no need to wait until then to get a galactic-sized deal on the ever-popular Star Wars Millennium Falcon – save 28% right now (LouderSound)

Between 1983 and 2014 he released a series of records that took him beyond the confines of Jethro Tull – for a variety of reasons and with a variety of results (LouderSound)

Kim Deal on how she helped influence and inspire Olivia Rodrigo (LouderSound)

Danfest 13 takes place this weekend at The Musician Pub in Leicester (LouderSound)

Body Count only seem to improve with age courtesy of their heaviest album yet (LouderSound)

Newly-reunited nu metal giants Linkin Park are set to screen their From Zero release show in cinemas worldwide in 2025 (LouderSound)

The Who legend Pete Townshend reveals why he ditched his therapist and how he self-medicates to combat depression (LouderSound)

Metalcore heavyweights Spiritbox share details of their highly-anticipated second studio album, Tsunami Sea, and unveil the new single Perfect Soul (LouderSound)

Johnny Cash took some persuading before agreeing to Rick Rubin’s idea that he should cover a Nine Inch Nails classic (LouderSound)

Steven Wilson will release his new solo album The Overview ahead of the live dates in May and June (LouderSound)

Christie’s will be accepting bids for 90 guitars owned and played by late guitar legend Jeff Beck, plus his amps and ‘tools of the trade’ (LouderSound)

1974’s ambitious double-album took a heavy toll on the people who worked on it – then its lukewarm reception and bewildering stage show made things even more tense (LouderSound)

Amused To Death is Roger Waters’ proudest solo moment and a damning reflection on social disintegration. (LouderSound)

Including Blackberry Smoke, Orianthi, Bruce Springsteen and five other not-so-secret members of the Musical Illuminati (LouderSound)

Beatles 64 will premiere on Disney+ later this month (LouderSound)

The debut album by Crossbone Skully, led by Alice Cooper guitarist Tommy Henriksen, is out this week and it sounds BIG (LouderSound)

Live At KK’s Steel Mill was recorded in December 2022, and will be released shortly before the band embark on a tribute tour in January (LouderSound)

Watch Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne launch the Ozzy-designed Ban Trophy Hunting t-shirt (LouderSound)

Think waiting 53 years for a new MC5 album is a chore? They’re merely the latest in a long line of slow-working, deadline-averse dawdlers (LouderSound)

In early 2001 the Eagles were about to start work on their comeback album, Long Road Out Of Eden – so we tracked them down (LouderSound)

How one disastrous show in a cemetery made Evan Dando realise it was time to kick his drug habit (LouderSound)

From The Hu and Within Temptation to Carrie Underwood and Pharrell, Papa Roach are the kings of the collaboration – and here are the most memorable (LouderSound)

In 2006, Lacuna Coil covered Depeche Mode and become household names, to the point that even Dave Gahan was a fan (LouderSound)

In 2016, Black Sabbath’s The End tour reached Australia – and after a tumultuous career, the were finally ready to take their final bow (LouderSound)

Bowie’s jazz experiment was released ten years ago this month. Here, his collaborators remember how it came together (LouderSound)

Any chance of Johnny Rotten fronting the Sex Pistols again seems slim as bandmate Steve Jones says 2008 tour was “too much” (LouderSound)

Linkin Park guitarist Brad Delson’s absence is linked to his mental health, says singer Mike Shinoda (LouderSound)

Ghost’s third album Meliora found them going darker and poppier than ever before – and the result pointed towards what was to follow (LouderSound)

King Crimson and ELP producer and lyricist Pete Sinfield sadly died on Thursday, aged 80 (LouderSound)

Is fencing better than karate? Was the world about to end? How many frozen daiquiries can you have and still pull off an epic solo? Maiden were answering all the important questions when they made Powerslave (LouderSound)

By 1970, Jim Morrison was in an alcoholic spiral and facing jail time – but The Doors still managed to make one of their greatest albums in Morrison Hotel (LouderSound)

Forget Nirvana’s Nevermind – it was Jane’s Addiction’s game-changing second album Ritual De Lo Habitual that ushered in the alternative rock decade (LouderSound)

It’s 30 years since McCartney, Starr and George Harrison entered the studio together again to record The Beatles’ reunion hit (LouderSound)

Robert Smith & co. took on the very chirpy and unCure-like Hello Goodbye for a Paul McCartney tribute album (LouderSound)

Gem-studded yet often overlooked album from ex-Beatle George Harrison, now with added extras (LouderSound)

Machine Head, Poppy and Lord Of The Lost are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite! (LouderSound)

Jack White announces lengthy world tour schedule, kicking off in Hong Kong next month (LouderSound)

Celebrating their seminal classics and modern material alike, Sepultura bow out in impeccable form at London’s Hammersmith Apollo (LouderSound)

Chris Goss will bring cult heroes Masters of Reality back to the UK in April (LouderSound)

The new Metal Hammer Papa Roach bundle comes with its own exclusive t-shirt design and a mag packed with nu metal brilliance (LouderSound)

Beth Jeans Houghton aka Du Blonde serves up one of 2024’s most deliciously defiant albums with the brilliant Sniff More Gritty (LouderSound)

Fantastic new prog to enjoy from Crisálida, Kill The Drama Queen, Myriad’s Veil and more.. (LouderSound)

Moody Blues bassist and vocalist John Lodge will release new extended EP Love Conquers All in February (LouderSound)

The Californian dynamos played their masterpiece in full on a North American tour last year (LouderSound)

Back Street Crawler singer Terry Slesser sang on Pyromania and auditioned for both AC/DC and Iron Maiden. Now he’s finally made a solo album (LouderSound)

The Bergen black/death metal weekender will return from July 30 to August 2 (LouderSound)

UK prog pop trio Exploring Birdsong will begin work on their debut full-length album soon (LouderSound)

The former WWE World Heavyweight Champion has given his theme song an overhaul, with the help of some thrash metal royalty (LouderSound)

These Scars Won’t Define Us will appear on the groove metal gods’ next album, out next year (LouderSound)

Produced by Andrew Watt (Ozzy Osbourne, The Rolling Stones, Pearl Jam), Never Too Late arrives in advance of next month’s Disney+ documentary, co-directed by David Furnish, Elton John’s husband (LouderSound)

Guitar maestro professes his love for Ian Anderson’s genius, along with early Yes, ELP and King Crimson (LouderSound)

Teaming up with Bring Me The Horizon’s Jordan Fish, Poppy has crafted an anthem-stacked, arena-ready metal record (LouderSound)

The Florida extravaganza takes place at the Daytona International Speedway from May 15 to 18 (LouderSound)

“I was in a weird place. I contributed creatively, but I didn’t.” (LouderSound)

The Majority Oakington sits second in our list of best CD players – and Amazon have slashed the price ahead of Cyber Weekend (LouderSound)

Midsummer Prog Festival will now take place in Maastricht on May 23 and 24 (LouderSound)

Prog legends Atomic Rooster are currently working on their first new studio album since 1983 (LouderSound)

Former Porcupine Tree and current O.R.k. member on seeing Daevid Allen live, falling under Tim Smith’s spell, messing about with plastic cameras and, well, Lonnie Donegan (LouderSound)

Queens Of The Stone Age, Spiritbox, AFI, Architects, Grandson, Jean Dawson, Jpegmafia and Pvris will support the nu metal superstars (LouderSound)

Czechia’s coolest rock and metal festival has just unveiled its first lineup announcement for 2025 (LouderSound)

The John Hackett Band, John Mitchell and Hoopy Frood all appear at First Night Of The Progs at Reading’s The Butler this Saturday (LouderSound)

There’s “determined”, then there’s whatever the hell “climbing off of a surgery table to prove someone wrong” is (LouderSound)

With their new album just hours away, Linkin Park have released another taste of what’s to come (LouderSound)

Nu metal giants Linkin Park return after tragedy rebooted and reborn (LouderSound)

Rush icon planned to buy 12 instruments for his own enjoyment – but when his collection reached 250 he decided to justify the expense by writing a 600-page book (of which 408 were published) (LouderSound)

The second volume of US bluesman Kenny Wayne Shepherd’s Dirt On My Diamonds series is out now (LouderSound)

Inspired by a baseball-capped server at a dive-thru, the song brought the band a UK No.1 single, lifted them out of the doldrums and set them up for the next period of huge success (LouderSound)

Timothée Chalamet stars in Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, due for release in the new year (LouderSound)

In 1976, Thin Lizzy were touring Jailbreak in the US and breaking big. Then disaster struck. Band manager Chris O’Donnell details the roller-coaster year in which they were cruelly robbed of their American dream (LouderSound)

The reissue comes with three songs recorded during the band’s blockbuster headline set at Radar Festival in July (LouderSound)

Are Epica the busiest band in symphonic metal? It certainly seems that way… (LouderSound)

A stunning guitar owned and played by Prince is among the highlights of the Marvels of Modern Music collection currently up for auction (LouderSound)

Mikael Åkerfeldt spills the tea on Opeth’s prog metal rock opera The Last Will And Testament (LouderSound)

Tech-metal’s masked wackadoodles have released their second single of 2024, with more delirium to follow next year (LouderSound)

Watch the video for new Benefits single Relentless, featuring Pete Doherty of The Libertines (LouderSound)

In the new issue of Metal Hammer, Trivium’s leader names the song that most candidly deals with his mental health (LouderSound)

Fish and Marillion artist Mark Wilkinson will also will be previewing a very special collaboration between him and Prog at the event (LouderSound)

Jon Courtney had to deal with writer’s block and line-up issues before securing Pink Floyd collaborator Guy Pratt for new album Coming Up To Consciousness (LouderSound)

UK instrumental prog metal trio Jomo Tuun will release second album Critical Destiny Of Mankind in November (LouderSound)

Alt Blk Era feel like teenage dirtbags on a new version of recent single My Drummer’s Girlfriend, which now has 100% more Wheatus (LouderSound)

Starting out as a YouTube sensation with a robotic persona, Poppy has broken out to become a hyperpop/metal crossover star (LouderSound)

I’ve taken advantage of 3 free months of Amazon Music Unlimited – here’s what you need to know if you’ve yet to take the plunge (LouderSound)

“Counting From Zero” teases have appeared near venues in North America and Europe, with an announcement expected tomorrow (November 14) (LouderSound)

The magic and mystery surrounding the architect of Pink Floyd endures – and a larger canvas emerges of a confident, multi-talented originator… (LouderSound)

Watch Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell tango to Rock and Roll All Nite by Kiss on Strictly Come Dancing (LouderSound)

Already confirmed for Download 2025, the Southern River Band are about to kick off a UK tour (LouderSound)

AI company ElevenLabs have worked with the Jerry Garcia estate to recreate the Grateful Dead founder’s voice (LouderSound)

Unfairly framed as rock’s ultimate nearly man, Terry Reid chose to take his own path, and he’s still going strong (LouderSound)

We dive deep into the discography and lore behind masked metal entities Sleep Token (LouderSound)

Lou Gramm has shed some light on what went on behind the scenes as Foreigner were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame (LouderSound)

Weezer, Bullet For My Valentine, Spiritbox and dozens more have also been confirmed for the Donington extravaganza, taking place in June (LouderSound)

Emo overlords MCR reveal plans for 2025 stadium tour, with video teaser referencing “a great Dictator” and “THE CONCRETE AGE” (LouderSound)