Category: Music

The story of Phideaux’s 2018 album Infernal, the final part of his dystopian prog trilogy (LouderSound)

Chamber proggers Iamthemorning will play London’s St Matthias Church in November (LouderSound)

“In the 80s, you ordered a gram of cocaine like you ordered a beer. It was normal in those days”: (LouderSound)

With Yes and Genesis between albums, Camel, Renaissance, Gentle Giant, Be Bop Deluxe, Soft Machine, Steve Hillage and Steve Hackett were among those proved here to be keeping the quality high (LouderSound)

Bad Brains were radical, explosive, controversial and an influence on everyone from Slayer to Foo Fighters and Fever 333 (LouderSound)

Will Slipknot follow Gojira’s lead and play the 2028 Olympics in L.A.? “We’d love to do it,” says Clown. (LouderSound)

The Metallica drummer has loved Oasis since the early days – and even once did the lights for them at a show (LouderSound)

In 2007, three years before his death, Peter Steele sat down for one of his most candid interviews ever (LouderSound)

The rock titans’ 1999 debut Showbiz turns 25 next week and an early interview shows that Matt Bellamy & co. already had their sights set on the big time (LouderSound)

From partying with Guns N’ Roses to pushing back against those poodle perms, this is the story of Swedish hard rock heroes Europe (LouderSound)

Danzig’s classic debut album was released on this day in 1988 (LouderSound)

David Gilmour on Roger Waters, Nick Mason and Pink Floyd (LouderSound)

Gojira, Zeal & Ardor and Charlotte Wessels are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite! (LouderSound)

Hip hop’s most creatively fearless duo haven’t released a new album in almost two decades, but their influence still looms large (LouderSound)

Ranking a back-catalogue as incredible as the Norwegian prog masters’ is a near-impossible job, but someone had to do it (LouderSound)

Jack White will not be voting for Donald Trump’s return to the White House (LouderSound)

The western thriller, produced by Dinklage, hits US theatres on September 6 (LouderSound)

Las Vegas trio Palaye Royale dazzle on bold fourth album (LouderSound)

There are only 300 available, so get yours now! (LouderSound)

Manson (real name Brian Warner) has appealed against a judge’s decision to throw out much of his defamation suit against Wood last year (LouderSound)

Items from Christine McVie’s career as part of Fleetwood Mac will be going under the hammer in aid of multiple charities, including MusiCares (LouderSound)

Academic delivers trainspotterly detail with a personal touch in his in-depth analysis of the band’s work and achievements (LouderSound)

Is she teasing or trolling? Either way, it sounds great! (LouderSound)

Great new prog you must hear today from Koyo, Lizzard, Frant1c and more… (LouderSound)

Beardfsh will release their brand new album Songs For Beating Hearts in November (LouderSound)

Primal Scream explore colonialism, xenophobia, fanaticism, human rights and political violence on new single Deep Dark Waters (LouderSound)

The witchy, gothic artist also starts their UK and Europe tour tonight (LouderSound)

Rosalie Cunningham will release her third solo album To Shoot Another Day in November (LouderSound)

The Slipknot singer cancelled a North American tour in January, saying his “mental and physical health have been breaking down” (LouderSound)

Relive the greatest metal moment of the year wherever and whenever you like! (LouderSound)

Their last announcement didn’t announce much, but will Linkin Park’s next announcement announce their long-anticipated reunion? (LouderSound)

When people turned up to a Newcastle ballroom, they expected to see The New Yardbirds. Instead, they saw the future of rock’n’roll (LouderSound)

We’ve sifted through the hundreds of legally dubious and musically bankrupt albums released under Jimi Hendrix’s name since his death in 1970, and come up with six of the best (LouderSound)

Einar Solberg isn’t sure their eighth album is prog, but there’s plenty of evidence to argue otherwise (LouderSound)

He was a Ramone, been treated like royalty when touring withNancy Sinatra, got hot dogs from Jerry Nolan and played with Pete Townshend: He’s Blondie drummer and more Clem Burke (LouderSound)

Former Biters frontman Tuk Smith delivers a power-pop/classic rock gem (LouderSound)

The Sex Beatles’ defining moment, expanded (LouderSound)

Decline & Fall is the first track to emerge from the Manics’ upcoming fifteenth studio album (LouderSound)

New deluxe edition of 2007 album Fear Of A Blank Planet will be released in October (LouderSound)

Asian Dub Foundation guitarist Steve ‘Chandrasonic’ Savale gives Louder an exclusive track-by-track guide to 94-Now: Collaborations, a new album celebrating ADF’s 30th anniversary (LouderSound)

Released on August 30, 1994, the Manic Street Preachers’ third album The Holy Bible remains one of the most unique, singular albums in history. (LouderSound)

In 2021, Fleshgod Apocalypse leader Francesco Paoli fell in a horrific climbing accident. The singer/bassist explains how he overcame broken bones, internal bleeding and the threat of an amputated arm to make the extreme metal mavens’ poignant sixth album. (LouderSound)

30 years on, band members reflect on their last LP with Rabin and Tony Kaye, giving the overlooked masterpiece the re-evaluation it deserves. (LouderSound)

The Labor Day sales are already under way – here are the CD and vinyl box set bargains that have caught my eye (LouderSound)

Courtney Love once almost hooked up with Oasis’ Liam Gallagher, but wasn’t so keen on his “bad breath” or the fact he apparently looked like a medieval peasant (LouderSound)

Twenty years old this year, Ashes Of The Wake remains a classic of 21st century metal (LouderSound)

Hammerfall’s frontman chats power ballad karaoke, why he hated living in America and touring with Death in the 90s (LouderSound)

Oasis are a British cultural phenomenon, and news of their reunion has sparked outpurings of joy across the planet. Here are the Manchester indie-rock superstars’ albums ranked from worst to best (LouderSound)

Child YouTube guitar sensation Maya Neelakantan was granted permission from Metallica to play Master Of Puppets on America’s Got Talent, and wowed the judges with her sitar-infused axe-slinging skills (LouderSound)

WWE Bash In Berlin is all set for this weekend – here’s how you can watch all the action live (LouderSound)

The Last Dinner Party: “We’ve been creative little weirdos.” (LouderSound)

Could Hanabie win over a crowd of muddy, drunk British rock fans? You bet (LouderSound)

Halsey’s trailer for her upcoming new album The Great Impersonator takes inspiration from multiple decades: “What if I debuted in the early 2000s, the ’90s, the ’80s, the ’70s…” (LouderSound)

His desire to be associated with the space race, first shared on 1970 album Benefit, resulted in disappointment (LouderSound)

Oasis have now scheduled 17 stadium shows in the UK and Ireland next year (LouderSound)

Kiss bassist, Demon and fire-breather Gene Simmons picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and names the “most dishonest” album Kiss ever made (LouderSound)

Only You Can Rock Me comes from Michael Schenker’s upcoming album My Years With UFO (LouderSound)

Joy Division Day will be held in Macclesfield, England, on September 7 with tours and a tribute band lined up for fans (LouderSound)

To be completely frank, we’re not sure what’s going on with this soap opera anymore (LouderSound)

On their 2014 self-titled album, Black Veil Brides were trying to “replicate” Metallica’s own self-titled epic ‘Black Album’ (LouderSound)

The wizards of Aus finds hints of light in the darkness (LouderSound)

Bryan Ferry’s new single Star was written with Nine Inch Nails duo Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (LouderSound)

You waited a hundred hours, now you may need to wait a hundred more (LouderSound)

The band’s 11th album, dedicated to “the outsiders,” came after he was diagnosed with ADHD and survived a battle with a flesh-eating infection (LouderSound)

Music business legend Artie Kornfeld recalls the night that John Lennon peed on him during his Double Fantasy recording sessions (LouderSound)

Sleep Token, Bring Me The Horizon, Jinjer, Powerwolf and others will join Slipknot in Nürburg and Nuremberg from June 6 to 8 (LouderSound)

UK chamber proggers Gryphon will release Gryphon Live – A Sonic Tonic in September (LouderSound)

Lord Of Metal will let you manage your own virtual metal festival and is being funded by a Kickstarter campaign (LouderSound)

Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford discusses counselling other gay musicians, the bigotry and hate that LGBTQ+ people still face and meeting his life partner (LouderSound)

Canadian instrumental post-rockers Godspeed You! Black Emperor will release No Title As Of 13 February 2024, 340 Dead in October (LouderSound)

Nick Cave and the late Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan were great friends: here’s how their friendship began (LouderSound)

Arka’n Asrafokor have had to travel 24 hours by bus just to be able to play gigs. Now, they’re starting to get the recognition they deserve (LouderSound)

Kate Bush on the first time she heard and met David Bowie (LouderSound)

Ranking the audio wonders of Wayne Coyne’s Oklahoma City weirdos, from the most out-there to the truly essential (LouderSound)

The beef between Slipknot and Mushroomhead was legendary in the nu metal era, but Steve ‘Skinny’ Felton says it was exaggerated by the media (LouderSound)

Former Genesis and Peter Gabriel tour manager and “sixth-member” Richard Macphail has died aged 73 (LouderSound)

The metal superstars also haul 64 guitars around on tour and make their way through 25 drumsticks per show (LouderSound)

While She Sleeps, Bury Tomorrow, Thy Art Is Murder and more have had seemingly AI-generated music uploaded to streaming services, without their involvement (LouderSound)

Three years before the reunion actually took place, the pair got together in the studio for the first time in a decade – and the guitarist got their first song wrong (LouderSound)

With their frontman now slimmed down and sobered up, Orange Goblin’s new album Science, Not Fiction is similarly fat-free, ferocious and muscular (LouderSound)

…or the harmonica, as it’s better known (LouderSound)

Joe Perry pays tribute to the longevity of AC/DC, who first toured with Aerosmith in 1978 (LouderSound)

After debacles with former guitarist Michael Schenker, UFO returned with a new lineup in 2004 for another shot at the big time (LouderSound)

The Starman footage was shot on David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust tour in 1972 and 1973 (LouderSound)

Sum 41’s frontman has shot down the online rumours that he’s replacing Chester Bennington in a reunited Linkin Park (LouderSound)

The Metallica duo’s latest ‘doodle’ covered a Canadian classic turning 50 this year (LouderSound)

Marty Friedman’s height cruelly cost him the chance to join one of rock’s biggest-ever bands (LouderSound)

Alex Proyas, director of 1994’s The Crow, has annihilated the new remake in a series of Facebook posts (LouderSound)

Guitarist Bjørn Riis says their new concept album grew with the benefit of no record label deadline – but that it was still important to set their own completion date (LouderSound)

Britney Spears got a metalcore makeover courtesy of the first-ever extreme metal vocalist on The Voice Australia (LouderSound)

Just because one iconic Manchester indie band is coming back, doesn’t mean that The Smiths will be following suit (LouderSound)

The self-described “harajuku-core” champions will tour North America with Jinjer next month (LouderSound)

Hopefully the military-obsessed band’s foray into cinemas won’t bomb (LouderSound)

Norway’s Leprous might be ditching some of their heaviness, but Melodies Of Atonement is a prog metal masterclass nonetheless (LouderSound)

Some oddly timed announcements from Sum 41’s singer and nu metal sensations Linkin Park have got internet sleuths theorising (LouderSound)

Oasis have announced 14 shows in the UK and Ireland next year (LouderSound)

Future prog metal master discovered his Canadian counterpart at just the right time in his life – and he soon had friends including John Myung joining in (LouderSound)

Producer and engineer Eddie Kramer looks back on his association with the great Jimi Hendrix (LouderSound)

Highlights from the career of the man formerly known as Henry Saint Clair Fredericks (LouderSound)

There was a time when all rock and pop roads led to London; you couldn’t move without tripping over an icon or a star. Those days are long gone (LouderSound)

Canned Heat drummer Fito de la Parra has survived changing trends, the deaths of all his original bandmates, and more than 40 personnel changes (LouderSound)

The first night of ELO’s Over And Out Tour took place in Thousand Palms, CA (LouderSound)

Despite naming his new band after the track, ex-CKY frontman Deron Miller insists 96 Quite Bitter Beings is “nothing special” (LouderSound)

Tim Bowness will release his latest album Powder Dry, his first for new label Kscope, in September (LouderSound)

Eight years and more than a few band members since their last record, Nails are back and brutal as ever (LouderSound)

UK prog quartet Pure Reason Revolution will release new album Coming Up To Consciousness in September (LouderSound)

Devin Townsend will release his latest album PowerNerd, the first of a new trilogy of releases, in October (LouderSound)

The noise/post-rock maverick gives a bizarre anecdote about canned meat in the new issue of Metal Hammer (LouderSound)

BloodMagic might only have one single out thus far, but they’ve got big plans going forward (LouderSound)

With a pair of pretty boys and a pair of geeks and some glorious songs, Cheap Trick once ruled the pop-rock world (LouderSound)

The Grand Illusion was the first of four consecutive triple-platinum albums for Styx, establishing them as one of America’s biggest rock acts (LouderSound)

Inspired by sharing records with Steven Wilson, he took a more melodic approach, added a vague title that just sounded cool, and forged them into a “journey through life that starts pretty good and ends shit” (LouderSound)

Slipknot DJ Sid Wilson reveals he has suffered burns to his face and arms after an explosion, assures fans that he’ll still play upcoming shows (LouderSound)

The story of early 2000s underground supergroup Scum, who burnt brightly for one album then vanished (LouderSound)

The guitarist and co-founder says he had a close shave with the notorious killers as a kid (LouderSound)

A story of challenges, limitations, the completion of its 40-year journey and working with Stockhausen – who “considered himself to be made of sound” (LouderSound)

Best known for co-founding Whitesnake and as a writer of some of their classic songs, Bernie Marsden spent a lifetime walking in the shadow of the blues (LouderSound)

Thin Lizzy hit their stride between 1977 and 1979 – and journalist Harry Doherty had a front row seat for their American tours (LouderSound)

Just what you always wanted (LouderSound)

Love the original The Crow movie and thinking of watching the remake? Maybe think again (LouderSound)

Operation: Mindcrime is Queensryche’s most famous album – but follow-up Empire remains their biggest commercial success (LouderSound)

Chat Pile, Oceans Of Slumber and Unto Others are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite! (LouderSound)

When it comes to audio quality, these pricey buds from Bowers & Wilkins are among the best I’ve ever heard (LouderSound)

The controversial reboot will be soundtracked by Joy Division, Gary Numan, Enya and more when it comes out on August 23 (LouderSound)

Odadjian’s new band have released their second single, Radiance, and announced a self-titled album for October (LouderSound)

King Crimson and Peter Gabriel bassist Tony Levin will release Bringing It Down To The Bass in September (LouderSound)

Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax and who? (LouderSound)

Modern-day prog supergroup Cyan will release new mini-album The Guardians in September (LouderSound)

A King Crimson show in 1981 kickstarted the duo’s partnership, powered by all kinds of prog and never completely destroyed by their battles (LouderSound)

Pelagic Festival runs from August 24-25 at Maastricht’s Muziekgieterij (LouderSound)

Paradise Alone is the first release by The Sheepdogs on their own Right On Records label (LouderSound)

After 22 years and eight studio albums with Epica, vocalist Simone Simons is spreading her wings as a solo artist (LouderSound)

The reissue, complete with Steven Wilson remixes, was the band’s chance to look back on what the band had liked about 1975 release, and what they hadn’t (LouderSound)

Having paid his dues – and then some – 1984 found Bryan Adams entering a creative purple patch, writing a timeless hit of the future seemingly every single day (LouderSound)

Ten years, four albums and some huge changes on from their breakout debut, Blues Pills have ditched the self-imposed constraints (LouderSound)

Suzi Quatro on paving the way for other women in rock, social media, age and working hard (LouderSound)

McCartney sang a Neil Young classic before kick-starting a make-it-up-as-you-go-along version of a Beatles hit (LouderSound)

New York noise-rock heroes Helmet have pulled the plug on 14-date US tour due to kick off next month (LouderSound)

Amazon Music Unlimited and social platform Discord join forces to let you and your friends share your own listening party through voice calls or texts (LouderSound)

A 2021 climbing accident almost cost Fleshgod Apocalypse vocalist Francesco Paoli his life. On Opera, that pain fuels the Italians’ best album to date. (LouderSound)

US prog metallers Oceans Of Slumber will release album six, Where Gods Fear To Speak, in September (LouderSound)

Dan Spitz, who played on all of Anthrax’s 80s albums, became a successful watchmaker after leaving the thrash icons (LouderSound)

Harris does however credit Bayley with helping “keep the band alive” in the mid-90s (LouderSound)

Alt-rock rising-star RØRY shares the new track In The Bible (LouderSound)

From Ridley Scott’s original masterpiece to newest offering Alien: Romulus, we rate the entire franchise so far (LouderSound)

UK prog rockers Big Big Train will release A Flare On The Lens on vinyl and Blu-ray in September (LouderSound)

Uniform dig deep into personal issues and demons for their devastating fifth album American Standard (LouderSound)

The Netherlands festival has unveiled its first three bands and will host the first Kylesa show since 2015 (LouderSound)

Space rockers Hawklords also announce UK tour dates for November (LouderSound)

The drum ‘n’ bass icons have teamed up with rising hip hop duo Joey Valance & Brae for a grubby new banger (LouderSound)

The film’s about machines trying to take the over world during Y2K. Will the Limp Bizkit frontman skin their asses raw? (LouderSound)

Tool’s bassist mindf*cked Night Verses during the bands’ recent European tour (LouderSound)

Already huge in their home country, fourth album Stars Aligned was their chance to sell their brand of prog – inspired by Queen and Pink Floyd, among others – to the wider world (LouderSound)

Amp-humpin’, high-octane instrumentalists! Is it music made by guitarists for guitarists? Not always! (LouderSound)

With Free “a huge influence” and pithy lyrics, Big Special might soon live up to their name (LouderSound)

Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats might not be party animals any more, but there’s no shortage of energy when it comes to their music (LouderSound)

Still dealing with the sad loss of their drummer, southern rockers Blackberry Smoke are gearing up for a European tour (LouderSound)

Nöthin’ But A Good Time: The Uncensored Story Of ’80s Hair Metal airs next month (LouderSound)

Turning Back The Time comes from an upcoming, career-spanning Foreigner collection of the same name (LouderSound)

14 new dates have been added to the Black Crowes’ schedule following Aerosmith’s unexpected retirement from the road (LouderSound)

Victrola “challenges the conventional approach” with their brand new automatic turntable (LouderSound)

This Leviathan-inspired shirt – featuring artwork by Metallica, Foo Fighters and Sleep Token collaborator Luke Preece – is only available via the Metal Hammer webstore (LouderSound)

From supporting Bring Me The Horizon to writing a Eurovision anthem, 2024 has been a massive year for Cassyette – and she’s just getting started (LouderSound)

He helped create krautrock before his influence stretched round the progressive world via his belief that “craziness is something holy” (LouderSound)

Canadian prog rockers Huis will release their fourth studio album In The Face Of The Unknown in October (LouderSound)

Pro-Ject’s reputation for high-quality turntables precedes itself. This handful represents some of the best of the bunch (LouderSound)

US label Progrock.com’s Essentials signs three top UK prog acts and will release their next albums later this year (LouderSound)

The Brooklyn bar – which has hosted shows by Megadeth, Anthrax, Converge, Nirvana and Blink-182 – was shut in February and won’t reopen its doors (LouderSound)

According to new data, Coldplay’s latest tour has officially surpassed the likes of U2, The Rolling Stones and Elton John (LouderSound)

The nu metal-era stars loved pranking their tourmates on a run of shows with Killswitch Engage, Shadows Fall and Poison The Well (LouderSound)

Tiles guitarist Chris Hern will release his star-studded debut solo album Hiding In Plain Sight in November (LouderSound)

It’s not inspired by a Michael Moorcock story or an ancient Japanese proverb – It’s just about spitting, farting and behaving like animals (LouderSound)

Begun by Dio when he was fronting Black Sabbath, it transformed his career and became one of the classic metal tracks of the 80s (LouderSound)

With A-list album production and a Bruce Dickinson tour behind them, Black Smoke Trigger aren’t settling for anything (LouderSound)

The Hives, choreographed as they’ve never been choreographed before (LouderSound)

The Queen guitarist has reacted after complaints to the BBC about his film, scheduled to be broadcast this week (LouderSound)

Phil Lynott’s bandmates share their memories of their late,lamented, but inimitable frontman Philip Lynott (LouderSound)

One of the year’s most ludicrously fun metal anthems will officially soundtrack this month’s huge WWE show in Berlin, Germany (LouderSound)

Ylwizaker passed on the night of his 54th birthday and no cause of death has yet been given (LouderSound)

The one-man black metal project has covered an anthem by supergroup I (Immortal, Enslaved, Gorgoroth) (LouderSound)

Win a Tremonti PRS Guitar signed by all members of Creed, plus a vinyl copy of Human Clay, a subscription to Guitar World and a Classic Rock Collector’s Edition with signed setlist! (LouderSound)

We rank Eminem’s catalogue, from overlooked debut Infinite to most recent opus, The Death Of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce) (LouderSound)

Marshall update their portable range with updates to their popular Emberton and Willen Bluetooth speakers (LouderSound)

The thrash metal masters haven’t released a new record since For All Kings in 2016 (LouderSound)

Portals 2025 takes place at London’s EartH in Hackney on May 24 and 25 (LouderSound)

No one does death metal quite like Nile. Their 10th album is a ferocious reminder of why (LouderSound)

UK space rockers Amplifier will release their latest album Gargantuan eary next year (LouderSound)

From headliners Meshuggah to left-field picks like Glassing, Arctangent’s 10th birthday was another extravaganza of forward-thinking talent (LouderSound)

Zeal & Ardor stop just short of totally ripping up the rulebook, but fourth album Greif is a bold step forwards all the same (LouderSound)

Between her cancer battle and pregnancy, recording Nightwish’s latest album offered some different challenges (LouderSound)

Von Hertzen Brothers will release their ninth studio album In Murmuration in October (LouderSound)

Going from hardcore punks to stoner rock is a big leap,but Fu Manchu made it – with a little help from Melvins (LouderSound)

Always-on-the-road Brits Brave Rival launch new album Fight Or Flight with a London show next month (LouderSound)

The UK pop-metal favourites brought out some heavyweight talent when they performed in Tokyo over the weekend (LouderSound)

From the ashes of post-hardcore punks At The Drive-In something stirred, and it was proggy (LouderSound)

Guitarist explains his love for Thom Yorke’s band and (almost) everything they’ve ever done (LouderSound)

Including Nightwish, Texas Hippie Coalition, Devon Allman and five other sonic sensations (LouderSound)

They just won’t stop, will they? (LouderSound)

Led by former UFO frontman Phil Mogg, Moggs Motel will release their debut album next month (LouderSound)

Trivium broke big with 2005’s Ascendancy – but a year later, The Crusade saw the backlash hit (LouderSound)

From sweeping studio floors to superstardom, Bon Jovi’s Slippery When Wet album turned them into superstars (LouderSound)

Rick Wakeman recalls quitting with Jon Anderson, Steve Howe recalls hoping they’d return, and Trevor Horn recalls being dragged into the line-up that bounced back in 1980 (LouderSound)

Three More Days of Peace & Music? Not quite (LouderSound)

How late Death frontman Chuck Schuldiner helped lay down the blueprint for death metal – then tore it up (LouderSound)

A string of artists including Enter Shikari and Fontaines D.C. have lent their support to Love Music Hate Racism statement (LouderSound)

Coal Chamber frontman Dez Fafara collapsed at home and spent 9 hours in emergency room after medical event (LouderSound)

An epic interview with WASP singer Blackie Lawless about controversy, codpieces and Christianity (LouderSound)

The rollercoaster story behind Bullet For My Valentine’s classic 2005 debut album The Poison (LouderSound)

Lynyrd Skynyrd reunited a decade after the plane crash that killed Ronnie Van Zant to launch their second act (LouderSound)

The story of Cannibal Corpse’s Vile – the album that introduced Corpsegrinder to the wider world (LouderSound)

Heriot, Fever 333 and Leprous are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite! (LouderSound)

Cool new prog you must hear today from Kosmodrome, The Wring, Death By Gong and more… (LouderSound)

Alan Niven, the former manager, co-songwriter and producer of Great White on the Jack Russell he knew (LouderSound)

Halsey unveils their new angst-fuelled emo track Lonely Is The Muse (LouderSound)

Charlotte Wessels reinvented herself as a solo artist after leaving Delain in 2021 (LouderSound)

Tiger Moth Tales will release a 10th-anniversary edition of Cocoon in September (LouderSound)

You can now bid to make your ultimate metal dinner date fantasy a reality and take out Metallica’s James Hetfield for a night in Colorado (LouderSound)

UK prog quartet Frost* will release double concept album Life In The Wires in October (LouderSound)

As Aerosmith prepared to play at Woodstock 1994, Steven Tyler looked back on his experience at the original festival (LouderSound)

From Guns N’ Roses and Velvet Revolver to his solo work, Duff McKagan is still a punk kid at heart – with big ambitions (LouderSound)

Also in this issue: John Mayall, Pink Floyd, Joe Elliott, Creed, Phil Mogg, The Cadillac Three, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Joanne Shaw Taylor, LA Edwards and more (LouderSound)

His voice is as mellifluous as ever – but with songs averaging around two minutes long, this dynamic album feels like a reset (LouderSound)

A twenty-fifth-anniversary reissue of Creed’s globe-conquering second album Human Clay (LouderSound)

Of its time and on vinyl, the six-song set that made Ten Years After US festival titans (LouderSound)

Welsh retro-leaning rockers Scarlet Rebels keep delivering the traditional goods (LouderSound)

The news of Jack Russell’s death comes just a month after he announced he was suffering from two degenerative illnesses (LouderSound)

Greg Kihn was best known for the hits The Breakup Song (They Don’t Write ‘Em) and Jeopardy (LouderSound)

A desert rock homage from an unlikely source, as New Zealander Troy Kingi heads for Joshua Tree (LouderSound)

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From Green Lung’s massive midday set on Friday to Hatebreed’s “Ball of Death”, these are the sets that defined Bloodstock 2024. (LouderSound)

Despite what you may have heard, there is no animosity between England’s most famous punk and prog rock bands (LouderSound)

The Black Dahlia Murder guitarist Brian Eschbach took over vocals after the tragic 2022 passing of singer Trevor Strnad (LouderSound)

Hooked when he heard Tom Sawyer on local radio, the metal singer remains amazed at the trio’s ability to make a story engaging – even if you don’t understand it (LouderSound)

The new issue of Metal Hammer comes with a special Nightwish keyring and an art print of Floor Jansen (LouderSound)

If you’re rediscovering CDs after years of streaming, a veteran of the compact disc or a newcomer to the format, I’ve picked out a selection of CD box sets that’ll sound great on your player (LouderSound)

One of the pioneers of Gothenburg’s legendary melodeath sound, Dark Tranquillity continue to provide remarkable consistency on their thirteenth album (LouderSound)

He’s proud Space Shanty has found an audience over 52 years – but bemused at its collectible status (LouderSound)

Despite a string of hits including Matthew & Son, I’m Gonna Get Me a Gun and Wild World, Cat Stevens was always a reluctant star. These are his best albums (LouderSound)

After A Night At The Opera, Queen had the world at their feet. But how on Earth do you follow such an album? (LouderSound)

Rare 1974 footage of Bedlam featuring Cozy Powell playing the classic Dance With The Devil has appeared online (LouderSound)

Studio shenanigans were fairly standard for the Beastie Boys, but this stunt left them more than a little confused (LouderSound)

There could be new music from the reunited Creed –and guitarist Tremonti vows it won’t get too “progressive” (LouderSound)

Nigerien desert rocker Mdou Moctar performed at the Sultans’ Palace in the historic centre of Agadez (LouderSound)

The Bristol rabble release debut album Devoured By The Mouth Of Hell next month (LouderSound)

From the sinister appearance of Count Orlok to Iron Man rocking out to AC/DC, these are the 50 most metal movie moments ever (LouderSound)

Bones UK share the atmospheric new track Knee Deep, lifted from forthcoming album Soft (LouderSound)

Surprised that Prog wants to talk about The Itself Of Itself, he explains why he’s exploring ideas with sound rather than melody or rhythm, and how Pink Floyd might be where it all started (LouderSound)

The Jesus Lizard share a third single from their first album in 26 years (LouderSound)

The No Name tour is taking place wherever and whenever Jack White feels like it, mostly in small clubs, back yard fetes and festivals (LouderSound)

Norwegian prog metal quintet Leprous will release new album Melodies Of Atonement in August (LouderSound)

Sex Pistols featuring Frank Carter add fourth London show following riotous Bush Hall gig (LouderSound)

Flatspot Records to showcase their roster on 16-date tour of Europe and the UK (LouderSound)

Lamb Of God frontman Randy Blythe says he’s going to start performing sat down with a phone in his hand if fans continue to film his concerts (LouderSound)

Chicago guitarist and singer-songwriter JB Lenoir avoidedblues cliches to tackle politics and social justice in his lyrics,influencing a whole generation of classic rock acts (LouderSound)

The space rock poet, who died in 1988, inspired Auteurs leader and Britpop pioneer Haines to explore a wider world of art (LouderSound)

Driving across deserts, owning polo ponies, making and losingfortunes, influencing generations of musicians… Ginger Baker‘s story nothing was like no one else’s (LouderSound)

Roy Buchanan inspired Jeff Beck, Gary Moore and Joe Bonamassa, but suffered a life of addiction and died a bluesman’s death (LouderSound)

A desert rock album made by Māori musician Troy Kingi at the fabled Rancho De La Luna studio in Joshua Tree? Step right this way (LouderSound)

In the late 1990s, Zakk Wylde formed Black Label Society during time away from Ozzy’s band. Cue lawsuits and a lot of alcohol (LouderSound)

Lynyrd Skynyrd’s classic debut album (Pronounced ‘Lĕh-‘nérd ‘Skin-‘nérd) was released on August 13, 1973, setting them on the path to stardom (LouderSound)

The US grindcore gaggle will release their next album, Dreams On Algorithms, in October (LouderSound)

This year’s ArcTanGent Festival takes place between August 14-17 at Fernhill Farm, Somerset, near Bristol (LouderSound)

Veteran UK prog rockers The Tirith will release live album Earth Songs in August (LouderSound)

A sludge metal maven performed at the closing ceremony for the Paris Olympic Games, and we bet you didn’t notice (LouderSound)

The The’s Matt Johnson isn’t happy about the state of the world, and he fears for what lies ahead (LouderSound)

The Metallica duo have also done ‘doodles’ of songs by Iron Maiden, Prince, Abba and more (LouderSound)

The So Far, So Good… So What! classic hasn’t been heard live since 2006 (LouderSound)

Eclectic London prog trio black midi surprise fans by announcing split over the weekend (LouderSound)

UK prog rockers The Fierce And The Dead will also tour the UK in Septembe rand October (LouderSound)

At Bloodstock Open Air, Sheffield nasties Malevolence rile up a passionate crowd – to the point that they break a festival record for crowd-surfing (LouderSound)

Pye Hastings, Davy O’List and others recall the company that aimed for an audience of “groovy people” and backed The Moody Blues, Caravan, The Move, Camel, Procol Harum and others (LouderSound)

According to Michael Schenker, Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose is “a perfectionist” (LouderSound)

California’s arena-metal stars will return to their roots with a classic setlist in a tiny venue (LouderSound)

A sprawling 3CD / 2LP retrospective of Britain’s first “groovy” record label (LouderSound)

Neal Schon has taken to social media to hit back at Jonathan Cain’s claims of profligate spending (LouderSound)

Heart’s long and eventful career has taken the Wilson sisters to thin-air highs and crushing lows in a real rock’n’roll saga (LouderSound)

From punk beginnings to Britpop and avant-rock, the Woking Wonder has a thousand things he wants to say to you – and these are his best albums (LouderSound)

Rock City becomes the latest venue to host the ashes of the late, great Motörhead frontnan (LouderSound)

Brian May’s show highlights the Queen guitarist’s four-year battle to rid a farm of bovine tuberculosis without harming badgers (LouderSound)

“If we’d made only that album, then I’d still be as happy as I am now.” Noel Gallagher on Definitely Maybe (LouderSound)

The death of US music writer Charles R. Cross was confirmed by his family on August 9 (LouderSound)

The third instalment in the Tron film series will be graced with a Nine Inch Nails soundtrack (LouderSound)

Yungblud’s bold bespoke festival draws one of rock’s most hardcore, passionate fanbases to Milton Keynes (LouderSound)

Being prepared and embracing deadlines have never been her strong suits – but when she developed a new approach for Love In Constant Spectacle, she was delighted with the results (LouderSound)

The folk/metal stars will play a handful of headliners as they trek around North America with Iron Maiden (LouderSound)

At Bloodstock Open Air, Architects play a set stacked with modern anthems – but they don’t treat headlining a UK fest for the first time like it’s a big deal (LouderSound)

Hirax frontman Katon W De Pena was there at the birth of thrash – and he’s still passionately flying the flag today (LouderSound)

The reissue comes in a 4LP boxset stacked with Bullet For My Valentine-themed goodies (LouderSound)

Opeth frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt explains why he doesn’t label himself as a singer or guitarist, says he doesn’t like to hear the “ugly aspects” of his voice (LouderSound)

Iron Maiden lived a life of decadence and luxury when they toured behind the Iron Curtain in 1984 (LouderSound)

Motley Crue’s Tommy Lee reveals what happened after Ozzy Osbourne snorted ants in 1984, and it’s pretty disgusting (LouderSound)

The Leeds thrash mob will release their new EP Year Of The Pest in autumn (LouderSound)

Though he isn’t out to “reform” the band permanently, Tom G. Warrior hopes for ex-Celtic Frost members to regroup for some special concerts (LouderSound)

The Iron Maiden drummer had a transient ischaemic attack (TIS) in January 2023 and was back on the road by June (LouderSound)

Casagrande quit Sepultura less than a month before the Brazilian band started their farewell tour (LouderSound)

Visionary, guitar wizard and inspiration, Les Paul invented the electric guitar and drew the blueprint for contemporary music as we know it (LouderSound)

The 25th anniversary edition of the Woodstock Festival was supposed to revive memories of the original. It’ll be remembered for mud. (LouderSound)

They were only around for half of the decade before splitting – but left an indelible mark with six albums of bold, visionary work (LouderSound)

Legend tells us that Captain Beyond were pioneers of stoner rock, a supergroup who should have been super-massive (LouderSound)

Including Tremonti, Massive Wagons, Sólstafir and five other carriers of the rock’n’roll flame (LouderSound)

Red Hot Chili Peppers take part in handover from Paris to Los Angeles –where 2028 Olympics will be held (LouderSound)

Lynyrd Skynyrd blended southern soul and hard rock to define southern rock better than anyone – and these are their best albums (LouderSound)

Opeth’s third time headlining Bloodstock shows just how they elevated extreme metal at the turn of the millennnium (LouderSound)

Ice-T is one of metal’s most influential frontman, and 2014’s Manslaughter album proved it (LouderSound)

David Gilmour to release Luck And Strange in September, his first new album in nine years (LouderSound)

King Crimson’s legendary 1974 album Red will be available on two CDs and two Blu-rays (LouderSound)

In 2013, Dream Theater released their eponymous 12th album – but not everyone was onboard with their “soulless”prog metal (LouderSound)

Killswitch Engage singer and Bad Brains uber-fan Jesse Leach’s ultimate 10-track Bad Brain playlist (LouderSound)

1984 release led the way for countless bands who’d be labelled shoegaze and dream-pop – but trio’s motivation was to find their own direction (LouderSound)

Disney reveals Nine Inch Nails’ involvement in Tron: Ares with epic lazer show at D23 Expo fan event in California (LouderSound)

How Celtic Frost demolished metal’s boundaries with their classic 1987 album Into The Pandemonium (LouderSound)

Ronnie Wood has played in some of the world’s greatest bands – and the ultimate rock’n’roll survivor has the bruises to prove it (LouderSound)

On the 30th anniversary of Machine Head’s Burn My Eyes, mainman Robb Flynn looks back on the making of his band’s classic debut (LouderSound)

2005’s Ghost Reveries was the album that kicked Opeth to the next level, but Mikael Åkerfeldt wanted to untangle his band from the metal scene (LouderSound)

Late Yes bassist Chris Squire, ex-Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett, some old Led Zeppelin and pints of vodka – this was one-off prog supergroup Squackett (LouderSound)

The King had just staged his comeback and Jethro Tull were touring breakthrough album Stand Up – but when the ‘invitation’ came to greet Presley, Anderson resisted (LouderSound)

Hank Azaria is the voice of Moe Szyslak, Chief Wiggum and more on The Simpsons, but his biggest challenge? Getting Bruce Springsteen right (LouderSound)

Bloodstock 2024 is underway and late Motorhead frontman Lemmy is being celebrated in a number of ways (LouderSound)

Los Angeles camp attendees will learn from former members of The Doors, The Police, Nickelback, Black Sabbath and more (LouderSound)

“Rush were my earliest childhood influences.” Dave Navarro comes clean on his life-long love of Rush (LouderSound)

Emperor, Lacuna Coil, Creeper and more have also been announced for the Derbyshire weekender in August 2025 (LouderSound)

Ratt were kings of the 80s hair metal scene, only for it all to go very wrong (LouderSound)

From Nightwish’s mega-symphonic single to Lordi’s metal mobile phone tie-in, hear the best heavy tracks of the week. Plus, vote for your favourite. (LouderSound)

Green Day reveal details of expanded 20th anniversary editions of their 23-million-selling American Idiot album (LouderSound)

From HIM to Avatar, The 69 Eyes and Ice Nine Kills, The Crow has had a lasting impact on metal’s aesthetic and themes (LouderSound)

In March 1987, Bob Dylan booked LA’s Sunset Sound studios for a recording session with two English punk ‘faces’. Then Mickey Rourke showed up uninvited, with 30 bikers in tow (LouderSound)

Swallow The Sun will also host an exclusive listening party for the new album Helsinki on October 14 (LouderSound)

Slipknot are dishing out the deep cuts on their 25th anniversary tour. Here are six more long-unplayed fan-favourites we’d love to hear again. (LouderSound)

There are only 250 available, so get yours now! (LouderSound)

New prog you must hear today from Haven Of Echoes, The Aphelion, Arild Brøter, Luca and more… (LouderSound)

David Sylvian’s Everything And Nothing features collaborations with Ryuichi Sakamoto, Robert Fripp and Mick Karn as well as tracks by Japan and Rain Tree Crow (LouderSound)

Even nine years after his death, Motörhead frontman Lemmy remains one of rock’s greatest and funniest icons (LouderSound)

Northern Irish art rockers’ seventh album proves yet again they can deliver emotion without language (LouderSound)

Robbie Robertson was behind two world-changing musical revolutions; a Canadian songwriter and lead guitarist whose group The Band gave birth to Americana (LouderSound)

Bill Wyman’s Drive My Car is a covers-heavy stroll that conveys gentle, unpretentious senior joy (LouderSound)

Paul Weller’s 2003 treasure trove of obscurities, now available again (LouderSound)

Memphis is a mammoth, probably definitive set of Elvis Presley’s Bluff City belters (LouderSound)

Sarcasm and cheap thrills abound from Aussie rockers Dune Rats (LouderSound)

Legendary photographer Steve Gullick shares his memories of shooting Kurt Cobain, Courtney Love, Eddie Vedder and more (LouderSound)

Royal Blood will celebrate the 10th anniversary of their hugely successful debut album with an archival documentary (LouderSound)

California punks Destroy Boys grow up on assertive fourth album, Funeral Soundtrack #4 (LouderSound)

Change is in the air after perplexing pair drew a line under their past with Origins anthology, and began work on their heaviest and proggiest album to date (LouderSound)

Metallica’s second album got a big commercial bump as a 40th birthday present (LouderSound)

When former bassist Bob Daisley heard Ozzy Osbourne and Randy Rhoads trying to pen lyrics, he told himself, “God, this is awful!” (LouderSound)

Elephant9 and Terje Rypdal will release the double live album Catching A Fire in October (LouderSound)

Megadeth’s leader received hate from “people I didn’t even know” after his Metallica dismissal in 1983 (LouderSound)

Danish/Swedish prog rockers VOLA will release their new album Friend Of A Phantom in November (LouderSound)

The orchestral metal sensations have just released the second preview of upcoming album Yesterwynde (LouderSound)

How the “junior member” broke into the band’s songwriting clique, his embarrassment over his solo success, and how the Sex Pistols influenced his choice of record label (LouderSound)

The band members may argue about the origins of the title, but there’s no denying that the multi-part I’m Mandy Fly Me is a true pop classic (LouderSound)

Legendary producer and ‘fifth Beatle’ George Martin combined an adventurous sense of musicality with suit-and-tie professionalism (LouderSound)

Emo/indie-rock vets Bright Eyes unleash latest single from their forthcoming tenth album, Five Dice, All Threes (LouderSound)

From debut Blue Lines to return-to-form Heligoland, we revisit and reassess every album by Bristol’s finest (LouderSound)

He took inspiration from Steely Dan, Kate Bush and Peter Gabriel to take a shot at space-race moguls via what he calls “yacht doom” music (LouderSound)

Not counting a Lollapalooza warmup show last week, this was the first time Deftones played the beloved 2000 song in five years (LouderSound)

David Gilmour graces the front cover of the brand new issue of Prog Magazine, on sale now… (LouderSound)

Dublin’s finest band move away from post-punk and step into the big league on album number four, Romance (LouderSound)

Black put the comedy rock pair on ice last month, following bandmate Kyle Gass’ controversial comments about the Donald Trump assassination attempt (LouderSound)

Sólstafir will release Hin helga kvöl (The Holy Suffering) for new label Century Media in November (LouderSound)

Oli Sykes explains how his relentless work ethic and the sudden lockdowns that brought the world to a halt left him returning to bad habits (LouderSound)

Ever wondered what Shirley Manson’s vocal cords look like? Wonder no more (LouderSound)

Old school boiler suits and songs from the debut album era only?! This was a very special Slipknot show (LouderSound)

Tim Bowness will play a one-off album launch show with Butterfly Mind at London’s The Camden Club in September (LouderSound)

From Accept’s triumphant trad metal to the flamethrowing folk of Feuershwanz, these were the bands that ruled Wacken Festival 2024 (LouderSound)

Rock ‘N’ Roll Fantasy Camp announce their third annual female-only camp (LouderSound)

A selection of the NWOBHM veterans’ longest, deepest and weirdest tracks – and they weren’t all written by Steve Harris (LouderSound)

Jeff Lynne’s vision for ELO was more ambitious than most of his peers – but which of his grand ideas hit home the hardest? (LouderSound)

Given events surrounding AC/DC in recent years, anyone could be excused for thinking it was all over for one of rock’s greatest bands. But as long as there’s a school uniform… (LouderSound)

In 1976 Angel released On Earth As It Is In Heaven: It turned out be be a mixed blessing (LouderSound)

It’s so sad (LouderSound)

The news comes just days after Journey keyboardist Jonathan Cain sued guitarist Neal Schon (LouderSound)

Stereo is so passé. The high-tech LG Tone Free T90S wireless earbuds are the first in the world to support Dolby Atmos immersive audio with head tracking (LouderSound)

25 years since they first appeared at Wacken, Amon Amarth prove the festival’s ultimate conquerors (LouderSound)

Doro Pesch helped Klaus Meine and company blitz through one of their greatest hits over the weekend (LouderSound)

The bundle includes an exclusive t-shirt design you can’t get anywhere else, alongside a special ‘clean’ cover version of our latest magazine (LouderSound)

Duff McKagan on the education he received from punk rock (LouderSound)

Opeth’s leader was approached to help celebrate 50 years of Abba’s 1974 Eurovision win, but turned the chance down (LouderSound)

Nordic folk duo Nytt land have released a shamanic take on Slipknot’s nu metal classic (LouderSound)

The influential guitarist died days after the release of 12-disc collection The Man Who Changed Guitar Forever! – but ahead of the launch he had a lot to say about that and many other things (LouderSound)

Allegedly inspired by Led Zeppelin, punk icons Discharge released Grave New World in 1986… and never really recovered (LouderSound)

Making great records greater, one edit at a time (LouderSound)

Black Country Communion’s new album V is the best one they’ve made so far. But will it be their last? (LouderSound)

Porcupine Tree mainman, solo star and prog remix king Steven Wilson on 20 British albums that blew his mind (LouderSound)

It turns out there’s a catch (LouderSound)

Bubblegum XX, an expanded 20th anniversary of Mark Lanegan’s 2004 album, is set for release this month: listen to one of the original album out-takes set for inclusion (LouderSound)

Sammy Hagar’s puffed-up personality oozes from every pore during a short, sharp, scintillating set (LouderSound)

Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer hears Bring Me The Horizon for the first time, attempts to play along to a metalcore anthem (LouderSound)

Beatrice Laus grows up on Rick Rubin-assisted third album, This Is How Tomorrow Moves (LouderSound)

Bruce Dickinson was very impressed by what he saw in Camden Town that night (LouderSound)

Songs shorten and moods swing wildly on New Yorkers’ 10th album (LouderSound)

Rearranging Bring Me The Horizon’s fascinating, diverse back catalogue in order of greatness (LouderSound)

We rank the discography of one of hip hop’s singularly most influential and important groups (LouderSound)

Power metal icons Hammerfall return another another top notch slab of epic bombast with Avenge The Fallen (LouderSound)

Heilung’s awe-inspiring live show is captured marvellously on this latest release (LouderSound)

Def Leppard took Sheffield to the world’s stadiums and arenas, staring down tragedy and selling millions in the process. These are their best albums (LouderSound)

Unhurried, dark and dreamy, their fifth album features smooth instrumentation and warm, yearning vocals (LouderSound)

Including Blues Pills, The Sheepdogs, X and five more rockabilly rebels from head to toe (LouderSound)

Pristine footage from Wishbone Ash’s second appearance on The Midnight Special has made its way online (LouderSound)

Old Grey Whistle Test legend ‘Whispering’ Bob Harris picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance (LouderSound)

Not since King King straddled the top of the Empire State Building in 1933 has New York borne witness to such an event (LouderSound)

The hours must fly by (LouderSound)

Aerosmith might have come to the end of the road, but their best albums are swaggering, charismatic evidence of a unique rock’n’roll legacy (LouderSound)

“Even in their responses to this violence, our Prime Minister and Home Secretary fail to centre Muslim people, or call out racism for what it is.“ Massive Attack on the UK’s far-right riots (LouderSound)

Scorpions show why they are one of Germany’s most beloved rock icons (LouderSound)

Deep Purple frontman Ian Gillan has seen a party or two in his day (LouderSound)

It’s 40 years ago this weekend since Purple Rain went to Number One in the US – and stayed there for 24 weeks (LouderSound)

Spiritbox’s Wacken debut was overdue, but they absolutely made the most of it (LouderSound)

The iconic title track from Blur’s third album turns 30 later this month… (LouderSound)

Tension-torn trio’s final studio album extended with fascination under-construction demo collection and energetic live show (LouderSound)

The dust has barely settled on Wacken 2024, but tickets for next year’s event will go on sale today (LouderSound)

Brian May, Slash, Sammy Hagar and more hail Aerosmith’s legacy as Steven Tyler’s vocal cord injury leads to retirement (LouderSound)

Metallica frontman gives us all a laugh as he celebrates his 61st birthday – under the influence of helium gas (LouderSound)

Dublin’s Fontaines D.C. and Belfast’s Kneecap to unite Ireland (in song) at huge London outdoor show (LouderSound)

Stoner stars-in-the-making Green Lung played a secret show at a London brewery – and proved they’re ready to hit the big time (LouderSound)

Elder’s Nick DiSalvo will perform a rare European tour with delving in November and December (LouderSound)

The band hired an arena to unveil their monster fifth record to fans (LouderSound)

Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt has growled on a new song for the first time since 2008. This is his explanation why. (LouderSound)

The Definitely Maybe anthem turns 30 next week, and Gallagher says he knew he’d written a classic from the off (LouderSound)

Extended editions of his first two post-Marillion albums mark his final releases before he bows out (LouderSound)

“When we heard it, we were in shock. The producer had tried to make us sound like Def Leppard”: how Anthrax defied the odds to deliver a thrash classic with Among The Living (LouderSound)

A statement reveals that Steven Tyler is not expected to fully recover from his vocal injury (LouderSound)

Poison’s 1986 debut album Look What The Cat Dragged In is a killer glam metal album. But not everybody loved it (LouderSound)

Hear the best songs metal has offered this week, from Opeth’s snarling comeback to Lacuna Coil’s Lamb Of God team-up. Plus, vote for your favourite. (LouderSound)

“A showcase for mandolin, banjo and Maddy Prior”: Steeleye Span’s Now We Are Six, 2024 edition (LouderSound)

These eight artists didn’t need tons of time to make a long-lasting impact (LouderSound)

Cool new proggy sounds from Jinjer, Susanna, Kingcrow and more… (LouderSound)

There are only 200 worldwide, so get yours while you can! (LouderSound)

New Marilyn Manson single As Sick As The Secrets Within has been released, officially marking his comeback following the wave of abuse allegations that arrived in 2021. It all sets a grim precedent (LouderSound)

The 1996 DEP Sessions and Fused will re-enter Earth’s atmosphere in October (LouderSound)

Plus Focus, Gryphon, Tim Bowness, Leprous, Yes, Saucerful Of Secrets, Jadis, ELO, Caligula’s Horse, Azure and loads more… (LouderSound)

Opeth’s The Last Will And Testament features guest appearances from Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson and Europe’s Joey Tempest (LouderSound)

Bryan Adams’ video for Rock And Roll Hell was filmed on the roof of London’s iconic Royal Albert Hall (LouderSound)

Rival Sons frontman Jay Buchanan picks ten records that inspired his career in rock (LouderSound)

Rikard Sjöblom and co mark their return with first vinyl version of breakthrough fifth album (LouderSound)

He’s Ian Hunter, solo artist and former Mott The Hoople frontman, and these are some of his stories (LouderSound)

Multi-national retro rockers Blues Pills recapture some of their earlier purpose on fourth studio album Birthday (LouderSound)

Gene and Dean Ween’s 1993 collection Chocolate And Cheese, now with bonus snacks (LouderSound)

New Zealand’s Black Smoke Trigger have released their hard-hitting if at times hollow debut (LouderSound)

One of rock’s most thoughtful and empathetic elder statesmen, Nick Cave shares his thoughts on coping with loneliness (LouderSound)

Streaming is fine and dandy, but physical media is for keeps – and hot on the heels of the vinyl revival, comes news that interest is booming in the humble compact disc (LouderSound)

Rick Wakeman will release his new suite Yessonata on limited edition vinyl in October (LouderSound)

The Ukrainian progressive metal sensations haven’t shared new music since 2021 (LouderSound)

Can’t Be Found comes from the MC5’s Heavy Lifting, their first album in more than half a century (LouderSound)

Rap legend Snoop Dogg apparently has “a huge fan” among the British royal family (LouderSound)

Robert Reed will release his new covers album Sanctuary Covered in August (LouderSound)

Lacuna Coil have tapped some serious groove metal royalty for their latest track (LouderSound)

Ian Anderson 8314 Boxed collects all of Ian Anderson solo alums plus a disc of unreleased live material and will be released in August (LouderSound)

Shane MacGowan didn’t hold back when asked to review the music of his peers (LouderSound)

Storm Corrosion will be reissued on coloured and black vinyl, Blu-ray and CD in September (LouderSound)

How King Crimson fractured, regrouped and fractured again as they made 1971 album Islands (LouderSound)

Born out of hard rock pioneers Vanilla Fudge and contemporaries of Led Zeppelin, Cactus are the unsung innovators of 70s US rock (LouderSound)

“We didn’t let anything fly that wasn’t perfect” – Michael D’Addario on the Lemon Twigs’ latest album, A Dream Is All We Know (LouderSound)

Canada’s finest The Sheepdogs look to Florida for inspiration before heading off on tour (LouderSound)

In 2008, Joe Elliott sat down with Classic Rock to discuss the band’s roots, selling Britain to America, and that iconic Union Jack shirt (LouderSound)

Artist Anthony Burrill has turned the musicians’ favourite drumming patterns into typographic artworks – and it’s for a good cause (LouderSound)

Jack White’s ‘surprise’ album No Name is to get an August release (LouderSound)

The 1975 are being sued for breach of contract by Malaysian festival organisers after Matty Healy’s protest at the country’s strict anti-LGBTQ+ laws (LouderSound)

Withdrawn track Symphony No. 2 – Third Movement reinstated to new Egg reissue (LouderSound)

The melodeath squad’s first new music since 2022 has some big choirs and even bigger riffs (LouderSound)

London punks High Vis explore themes of class, isolation and loneliness on stunning new single, featuring Ell Murphy (LouderSound)

Say hello the fully automatic, two-speed Audio-Technica LP70xBT – a record player designed to be enjoyed by newcomers to the world of vinyl (LouderSound)

Two years after the release of her solo debut, Ms Amy Birks is back with In Our Souls. (LouderSound)

Catch Amalie Bruun onstage when The King tours North America at the end of the year (LouderSound)

Byran Ferry’s new solo career retrospective will be released this October (LouderSound)

Jamie Campbell Bower – aka Stranger Things big bad Vecna – and drummer Kyle Adams talk new band BloodMagic, influences and the most important band in rock and metal right now (LouderSound)

The Swedish four-piece have shed their face paint and emphasised melodic singing for their sixth studio album (LouderSound)

For The Clash, gigs in Hamburg, Germany in the early ’80s were challenging, scary and violent (LouderSound)

After falling in love with In The Land Of Grey And Pink, the bassist created Down In The Sewer as a response – and if that makes his band prog, he’s fine with it (LouderSound)

Acclaimed South London independent label Speedy Wunderground readies sixth annual compilation (LouderSound)

The System Of A Down singer acknowledges his past activism might have hurt the band, but is proud of their legacy and enduring popularity (LouderSound)

The adored occultists will headline Manchester’s The Ritz and London’s Kentish Town Forum in February, with support from Unto Others and Satan’s Satyrs (LouderSound)

Hamferd’s latest album Men Guðs Hond Er Sterk explores a maritime disaster that befell a whaling ship in their native Faroe Islands (LouderSound)

Australian prog metallers Ne Obliviscaris also announce return of drummer Dan Presland ahead of upcoming tour (LouderSound)

Donations will go towards the musician’s memorial service and other family expenses (LouderSound)

Reeling from the death of guitarist Steve Clark, Def Leppard were determined to keep the party going. The result was Adrenalize – their last great blockbuster album (LouderSound)

After a decade of massive success, the bandleader faced an ever-increasing rate of change – but an exciting range of new challenges too (LouderSound)

Myles Kennedy’s third solo album The Art Of Letting Go will be released in October (LouderSound)

The story of Long Night at Wrong Beach (LouderSound)

The Iron Maiden frontman’s Mandrake Project tour wrapped up earlier this month (LouderSound)

Ghost’s Rite Here Rite Now soundtrack is duking it out with Blur’s Live At Wembley Stadium (LouderSound)

The Hu’s morin khuur player Enkush Batjargal shares the songs that inspired him to lead the Mongolian metal revolution (LouderSound)

Wolfe’s star-studded Undone EP will come out next month (LouderSound)

“I’ve been a massive fan of Blur my whole life, so growing up I was like, I want to meet this fella” (LouderSound)

Never before has a metal band had so many eyes on them at once – and the Olympic Committee chose one of the best, most principled names we have (LouderSound)

Looking for a new ultra-credible indie-rock supergroup? The Hard Quartet have got you covered (LouderSound)

The New Normal is the surprise second helping from Steven Wilson bandmates Beggs, Holzman and Blundell. Among the silliness there’s also deep love and sincere cynicism (LouderSound)

As Vended announce their self-titled debut, read our exclusive interview with singer Griffin Taylor and drummer Simon Crahan (LouderSound)

Big Big Train will tour European throughout September and October (LouderSound)

Atmospheric French proggers will release their tenth full-length album, The Unseen in November (LouderSound)

Mysterious masked magick mavens Goat are back, back, back (LouderSound)

What happened when we took Kittie to a cat cafe in LA to talk life, music and fur babies? (LouderSound)

Royal Blood frontman Mike Kerr on the five songs that define his band (LouderSound)

With a 100 hour battery life, the Marshall Major V Bluetooth wireless headphones have the stamina for the longest, loudest playlists (LouderSound)

Finnish proggers Von Hertzen Brothers will play four album launch shows in the UK in November and December (LouderSound)

Joacim Cans pulls Hammerfall away from the power metal genre in a new Metal Hammer interview (LouderSound)

Singer/guitarist Joe Duplantier shoots down allegations of satanism fired at the French extreme metal stars (LouderSound)

Bassist contributed to some of the band’s most definitive works – but ultimately couldn’t resist the call of another art form (LouderSound)

The 2600-2700 block of West Belmont Avenue in Chicago is now Steve Albini Way (LouderSound)

“I feel really lucky to be given the opportunity to be truly emotive each night with people who are equally as excited to be there as I am” – Marcus King (LouderSound)

With Soundgarden, Audioslave, Temple Of The Dog and solo, Chris Cornell proved to be a vocalist of singular talent. Here we round up his best albums (LouderSound)