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Ever wondered who’d win in a fight between Vikings and Saxons? Biff Byford has the answer (LouderSound)

How Casey Chaos became a punk rock icon for the nu metal generation (LouderSound)

More is the first Pulp album since We Love Life in 2001 (LouderSound)

Pulp have announced their first new album in 24 years, with ‘More’ set to arrive via Rough Trade Records on 6th June. The Sheffield band recorded the album at Orbb Studio in Walthamstow with producer James Ford (Arctic Monkeys, Fontaines DC). The record features string arrangements from Richard Jones performed by the Elysian Collective, with…

Pulp are set to share new music during an appearance on Lauren Laverne’s BBC Radio 6 Music show today. The Sheffield group will join Laverne at 11:40am for an interview, marking their first radio appearance since announcing their signing to Rough Trade Records. The band, who have been managed by Rough Trade for over three…

Slung have shared new single ‘Class A Cherry’, taken from their upcoming debut album ‘In Ways’. The Brighton band’s latest track explores themes of sex work and power dynamics, with string arrangements composed and performed by Ukrainian group Kaska Studio String Section. “This song was inspired by strippers, escorts and sex workers and the power…

Simone Simons et al show they can do grandiose metal with their eyes closed on Aspiral (LouderSound)

Loyle Carner has shared two new singles, ‘all i need’ and ‘in my mind’, via Island EMI. The London artist has also been confirmed as a headliner for Glastonbury’s The Other Stage on 27th June. ‘all i need’ sees Carner draw inspiration from artists including Big Thief, IDLES and Fontaines DC, while the second track,…

Twenty One Pilots have released a demo version of their track ‘Doubt’, sharing the recording after performing it during their show in Łódź, Poland. The demo arrives ahead of the band’s album ‘Blurryface’ reaching its 10th anniversary milestone next month. Alongside the track, Twenty One Pilots have shared an official video featuring footage from their…

When Kate Bush released 2011 album 50 Words for Snow, she offered a few words of advice on creating the kind of maverick career she’d made for herself (LouderSound)

Why Ian Anderson is keeping Jethro Tull on a prolifically productive roll (LouderSound)

The incident took place near Downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday afternoon (LouderSound)

Your favourite Filipino children are back (LouderSound)

Kiss star Simmons has appeared on the latest edition of Rubin’s Tetragrammaton podcast and they talk about everything (LouderSound)

Mark Pritchard and Thom Yorke have shared their new single ‘Gangsters’, taken from their upcoming collaborative album ‘Tall Tales’. The track arrives alongside news of a special global cinema event on 8th May, where fans can experience the album alongside its accompanying feature film ahead of the record’s release through Warp Records on 9th May.…

MJ Lenderman has released a new video for ‘Wristwatch’, directed by filmmaker Lance Bangs, taken from his album ‘Manning Fireworks’. The video features Lenderman driving a pickup truck loaded with basketballs and inflatable pool rafts, repeatedly crashing into an overpass. Members of The Wind also make appearances throughout the clip. Bangs explains his vision for…

New York’s punk poetess Patti Smith announces fourth memoir, Bread of Angels (LouderSound)

Sorry have shared their new single ‘Jetplane’, accompanied by a music video directed by FLASHA Productions. The London group’s latest track features a minimalist arrangement built around a rumbling bassline and rapid-fire vocals from Asha Lorenz, incorporating a vocal sample from Guided By Voices’ ‘Hot Freaks’. The release follows their previous single ‘Waxwing’, which arrived…

Green Day are set to release a deluxe edition of their 2024 album ‘Saviors’ on 23rd May, accompanied by new track ‘Smash It Like Belushi’. ‘Saviors (édition de luxe)’ features seven additional tracks, including ‘Fuck Off’, ‘Ballyhoo’, and ‘Underdog’. The expanded version also includes ‘Stay Young’ alongside acoustic renditions of ‘Suzie Chapstick’ and ‘Father to…

“They still call it Sepultura, but everybody knows that it’s not the same.” Max Cavalera isn’t getting sentimental over the end of Sepultura, says fans feel that he and his brother Iggor carry the true spirit of the band (LouderSound)

Fontaines D.C. have completed the line-up for their biggest headline show to date at London’s Finsbury Park on 5th July 2025, with Blondshell (pictured), Been Stellar and Cardinals joining the bill. The newly announced acts will perform alongside previously confirmed special guests Amyl and the Sniffers and Kneecap at the sold-out event, which will welcome…

Sneaking beers on tour in Japan? Heaven forbid (LouderSound)

“Five were f***ing horrible.” Skunk Anansie icon Skin shares what it was like being buddies with David Bowie and Lemmy, and run-ins with 90s boybands (LouderSound)

It’s been a rough few years for Jinjer, but new album Duél shows they’re stronger than ever (LouderSound)

Veteran bassist Tony Levin, who met Peter Gabriel and Robert Fripp on the same day in 1976, compares and contrasts the two band leaders (LouderSound)

“At the time I thought I just loved showing off.” Peter Was A Punk Rocker (LouderSound)

Jaz Coleman’s choral work will brings to life Aleister Crowley’s Liber AL vel Legis (The Book of the Law), the foundation for Thelema, Crowley’s spiritual philosophy (LouderSound)

Cosmorat have shared their new single ‘Bad Boys Go To Heaven’, alongside an accompanying music video directed by the band’s own Olly Liu. The London-based duo’s latest track combines noise-driven elements with pop sensibilities, addressing the theme of consequences and male privilege. The accompanying visual features vocalist Taylor navigating through nighttime scenes, filmed through a…

Deep Sea Diver have announced their debut UK headline tour, following the release of their new album ‘Billboard Heart’. The band’s previously announced debut UK shows at Third Man Records on 19th and 20th June have already sold out, as has their support slot with Wilco at London’s Royal Albert Hall on 22nd June. The…

Peter Doherty is teasing his new album ‘Felt Better Alive’, set for release via Strap Originals on 16th May. New single ‘The Day The Baron Died’ is accompanied by a video filmed in Etretat, Normandy. The gothic-themed visual, directed by Thad & Numa, features Doherty and Katia deVidas Doherty. Speaking about the new track, Doherty…

DBA! have shared their new track ‘D.P.D.’, the latest single to be taken from their forthcoming EP ‘skip! worried’. The Liverpool trio, comprising Sam Warren on vocals and guitar, Jamie Lindberg on bass and backing vocals, and Josh Grant on lead guitar, are following up on previous releases ‘sinkorswim’ and ‘Whisky’. “‘D.P.D.’ is a track…

Slaney Bay have announced their new EP ‘The Long Way Home’, set for release on 30th May, alongside sharing its title-track. The South West London quartet, who were named on the Glastonbury 2025 Emerging Talent Longlist, also recently performed at Left Of The Dial and Supersonic festivals, and supported She’s In Parties on their UK…

Briston Maroney has announced his third album ‘JIMMY’, set for release on 2nd May via Parlophone Records. Alongside the announcement, Maroney has shared two new tracks, ‘Tomatoes’ and ‘Bullshit’. The new album explores Maroney’s experiences following his parents’ divorce – split between life as a Catholic school student in Knoxville, Tennessee, and time spent in…

Label: Released: 11th April 2025 The Driver Era’s latest understands the 3am taxi queue and the 8am reflection equally well. ‘Obsession’ finds Ross and Rocky Lynch dancing on the knife-edge between euphoric release and morning-after clarity, marking what might just be their most considered collection yet. ‘You Keep Me Up At Night’ bursts through the speakers…

yeule has shared new single ‘Evangelic Girl is a Gun’, the title-track from their forthcoming album set for release on 30th May via Ninja Tune. The new track sees yeule’s lyrics addressing a divine, dark entity against electroclash-inspired production, and arrives alongside an official video co-directed by yeule and Neil Krug. Speaking about the title…

Label: Roadrunner RecordsReleased: 11th April 2025 Inside the grooves of Teen Mortgage’s ‘Devil Ultrasonic Dream’ lurks something wickedly good – a debut that bottles lightning and serves it neat. The UK-formed, Maryland-based duo have created a record that plays like The Damned gate-crashing a Black Mirror episode, all spit and circuits and delicious discord. The title-track…

Label:Released: 11th April 2025 A decade’s quite the gap between albums, especially for a band who unexpectedly went from cult alt-pop favourites to a household name by capturing the internet’s fleeting attention. OK Go return to a digital world they helped shape, where their trademark visual spectaculars have become common currency. ‘And the Adjacent Possible’ sees…

Label: Cartoon RecordsReleased: 10th April 2025 Dublin’s Hotgirl have mastered the art of making a meaningful racket. Their debut EP ‘Blast Off’ arrives with all the subtlety of a brick through a window, yet beneath the chaos lies something more calculated than first impressions might suggest. Lead track ‘In Your Head’ nods to Britpop’s golden age…

Label: PNKSLM RecordingsReleased: 11th April 2025 From the moment ‘Loves You’ kicks in, Stockholm’s Clutter channel the pure, unfiltered joy of a late-night basement show where the amps are too loud and everyone’s having the time of their lives. Their debut EP packs six tracks of gloriously messy guitar music that bridges the gap between 90s…

Label: JagjaguwarReleased: 11th April 2025 Justin Vernon is an artist who has gently traversed the thorny spectrum of cool for almost twenty years now with Bon Iver, sometimes having huge mainstream breakthroughs like winning Grammy Awards and collabing with Taylor Swift but at others content to quietly plough his own esoteric but distinctly singular furrow. You…

Marillion’s attempt to make a full-length move to accompany 1994 concept album Brave went so badly that the director disassociated himself from it (LouderSound)

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

By 1976, Black Sabbath already had a huge heritage to live up to. We joined them on the road in Portsmouth (LouderSound)

The Revox machine is limited to just 25 units, and there’s a snazzy turntable too (LouderSound)

Turnstile have announced their new album ‘Never Enough’, set for release on 6th June. The band have shared the album’s title-track alongside a music video directed by vocalist Brendan Yates and guitarist Pat McCrory. ‘Never Enough’ marks the band’s first full-length release in four years, following their previous album ‘Glow On’, which earned them four…

Elton John and Brandi Carlile have released a new documentary offering a look into the creation of their collaborative album ‘Who Believes In Angels?’. The 30-minute film, titled ‘Who Believes In Angels?: Stories From The Edge Of Creation’, captures the complete recording process of their new record, marking the first time John has allowed cameras…

hard life have returned with new single ‘othello’, which arrives via Island EMI and premiered as BBC Radio 1’s Hottest Record. The track, written and recorded by Murray Matravers in Japan, marks his first release since last summer’s ‘tears’. The new material follows a period of significant change for Matravers, including alterations to names, countries,…

An official documentary about the band’s fans – directed by longtime collaborator Jonas Åkerlund – will be screened in US cities over the coming weeks (LouderSound)

The Mark, Tom and Travis show is hitting the road once more, and Blink-182 fans will recognise the support band’s frontman too (LouderSound)

In the summer of 1996, rumours spread that the Red Hot Chili Peppers were going to break up following the conclusion of their One Hot Minute world tour. I was sent to the tour’s final show to find out the truth (LouderSound)

Stream the title track ahead of the album’s release on June 6 (LouderSound)

Sepultura guitarist Andreas Kisser cares so deeply for Yes that his band named an album after one of the prog giants’ songs (LouderSound)

We got bands and academics to tell us why heavy music can’t get enough of big, burly berserkers (LouderSound)

Katatonia reveal their new line-up and lead single Lilac from upcoming album Nightmares As Extensions Of The Waking State (LouderSound)

To celebrate incredible new album Fallen Star, we’ve teamed up with Employed To Serve for this exclusive bundle (LouderSound)

Model/Actriz have shared a new remix of their single ‘Doves’ by Berlin techno producer Marcel Dettmann. The track arrives ahead of their second album ‘Pirouette’, which is set for release on 2nd May via True Panther and Dirty Hit. The forthcoming album was co-produced and mixed by Seth Manchester at Machines With Magnets in Pawtucket,…

UNIVERSITY have announced their debut album ‘McCartney, It’ll Be OK’, set for release on 20th June via Transgressive. The Crewe-based four-piece have also shared new single ‘Curwen’. The album, recorded with producer Kwes Darko at Damon Albarn’s Studio 13 in London, follows their 2023 EP ‘Title Track’. The new record was recorded live, maintaining the…

How Bambie Thug went from ballet and Catholic school to witchcraft, Eurovision and touring with Babymetal (LouderSound)

On publication day for his autobiography, Fahrenheit-182: A Memoir, Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus reveals why being in a punk band never gets old (LouderSound)

New Found Glory have announced their first full UK headline tour in eight years, set to take place in October 2025. The Florida pop-punk veterans will begin their run of shows at Birmingham’s O2 Academy on 10th October, with special guests Real Friends and Koyo joining them on the road. The tour marks their return…

Electric Castle have announced the final wave of artists for their 2025 edition, with YUNGBLUD and RUDIMΞNTAL among 200 new additions to the lineup. The five-day festival, taking place at Bánffy Castle in Transylvania from 16th-20th July, will feature performances across 10 stages over a continuous 24-hour period. The new names join previously announced headliners…

The Amazons are teasing their fourth studio album ’21st Century Fiction’, set for release on 9th May, with new single ‘Night After Night’ and details of a UK headline tour. The track follows their recent collaboration with Royal Blood on ‘My Blood’ and previous single ‘Love is a Dog From Hell’. Drawing inspiration from Jumbo’s…

Newcastle’s finest Pigs x 7 deliver a masterclass in stoner/doom/psych riffathons on release day for their new album Death Hilarious (LouderSound)

BC Camplight has announced his new album ‘A Sober Conversation’, set for release via Bella Union. The band have also shared new single ‘Two Legged Dog’, featuring Abigail Morris from The Last Dinner Party. The new album follows 2023’s ‘The Last Rotation Of Earth’, which marked BC Camplight’s first Top 40 record. The new release…

Italian doom metallers Messa are probably the coolest band you’ll hear this week (LouderSound)

Sugababes have released a surprise new single ‘Weeds’ to coincide with the start of their biggest-ever arena tour. The track sees the group working again with producer Jon Shave, known for his Grammy-winning work on Charli xcx’s ‘BRAT’ album, alongside songwriters including Anya Jones. “The love for ‘Jungle’ has been incredible, and watching it take…

Spacey Jane are teasing their third album ‘If That Makes Sense’, set for release on 9th May, with new single ‘Through My Teeth’. The Australian indie-rock band’s latest track serves as the album opener, following previous singles ‘How To Kill Houseplants’ and ‘All The Noise’. The new album was produced by Mike Crossey, known for…

Man/Woman/Chainsaw have released their new single ‘Adam & Steve’ via So Young Records. The London-based six-piece’s latest track, recorded at RAK Studios with producers Seth Evans and Margo Broom, features shared verses between vocalists Billy Ward and Vera Leppänen. The single forms part of a special AA release, with a second track to be announced…

“It’s hard to defend a lot of the stuff that happened in that period but, in retrospect, it moved some boundaries that needed to be moved” (LouderSound)

Fat Dog have shared a new remix of their track ‘Peace Song’ by TowerBlock1, the latest project from The KLF and The Orb’s Jimmy Cauty. The new version, titled ‘Peace Song (A riot in Sydenham bus depot – TowerBlock1 mix)’, transforms elements of the original including Joe Love‘s vocals and the children’s choir into a…

Black Country, New Road are a-changin’. An amalgamation of old and new, a splicing together of driving post-punk, muscular art-pop, and nostalgic folk-rock, their third studio album, ‘Forever Howlong’, sees the sextet redefine themselves in the image of the heartfelt songwriters of a bygone era. This is the band’s first studio album since former frontman…

DORK MIXTAPE COVER STORY FOLLOW DORK MIXTAPE ON SPOTIFY Somewhere in London, Jessica Winter – veteran musician, theatrical performer, and delightfully direct songwriter – is plotting her next artistic metamorphosis. “I’m at rehearsals for my new live show,” she explains. “Feeling grateful to be able to produce a bigger and bolder set than before!” The…

The Minecraft Movie actor still has no idea what he’s going to do onstage, though (LouderSound)

Booze, barbiturates, suicide and overdoses – the twisted tale of America’s first great boogie-rock band (LouderSound)

Get to know Ghost’s new album before it drops on April 25 (LouderSound)

Body Count singer and rapper Ice-T picks the records and artists he loves, and names the singer who almost guarantees pregnancy (LouderSound)

Trent Reznor reportedly told Richie Kotzen he was the man for the Nine Inch Nails job before backtracking (LouderSound)

Rock and roll all nite and streamline and automate processes every day (LouderSound)

Featuring Those Damn Crows, Brothers Osborne, Ally Venable and five other masters and mistresses of reality (LouderSound)

“It’s like a movie unto itself. What a song!” Billy Corgan on the Metallica classic that meant everything to him as a teenager (LouderSound)

Role Model has announced the second leg of his No Place Like Tour (The Longest Goodbye), with six UK and European dates scheduled for November 2025. The tour will begin at London’s Eventim Apollo on 4th November, visiting Manchester, Leeds, Tilburg, Berlin and Paris. The announcement follows Role Model’s current sold-out North American tour, which…

Down With Boring’s latest episode airs tonight (7th April) on Dork Radio, with everyone’s favourite Swedish troublemakers in tow. Viagra Boys are our special guests. With their brand new self-titled album ‘viagr aboys’ set to drop on 25th April, the Stockholm post-punk outfit are checking in for a chat and a dose of their trademark chaos ahead of its…

Slayer are coming to a venue near you, but only if that venue is Hersheypark Stadium in Pennsylvania (LouderSound)

Punk/New Wave legend Clem Burke (Clement Anthony Bozewski) has passed away following a battle with cancer (LouderSound)

CHINCHILLA has announced a series of UK live shows set to take place this June, alongside teasing new music. The London-based artist will perform across three cities, with appearances scheduled in Manchester, London, and Brighton. “GET ME ON TO THAT STAAAAAGE. I need to unleash every pent-up emotion from September – June in the sweetest…

PinkPantheress has announced her second mixtape ‘Fancy That’, set for release on 9th May via Warner Records UK. The nine-track project has been written and produced by PinkPantheress alongside collaborators including aksel arvid, Count Baldor, phil, Oscar Scheller, and The Dare. The mixtape features samples and interpolations from artists including Panic! at the Disco, Jessica…

Somebody’s Child have announced their largest UK and European headline tour to date, including their biggest show yet at London’s KOKO. The tour announcement follows the release of their second album ‘When Youth Fades Away’, which arrived on 28th March. The record was produced by Grammy Award-winner Peter Katis, known for his work with The…

Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor played through an acoustic set of mostly covers during his appearance at this weekend’s Spookala horror convention event in Florida, and performed tracks by pop superstar Chappell Roan, Foo Fighters, Nine Inch Nails and more (LouderSound)

The Sex Pistols were huge fans of Abba. Abba may not have been huge fans of the Sex Pistols (LouderSound)

From Metallica and Lou Reed’s Lulu to Iron Maiden’s No Prayer For The Dying, the Metal Hammer team band together to defend their favourite clangers (LouderSound)

The Maccabees have announced their first UK and Ireland headline tour in nine years, following news of their reformation to headline London’s All Points East festival this summer. The band are set to perform shows in Dublin, Glasgow and Manchester this August, alongside their previously announced All Points East appearance. Tickets will be available from…

Gwenno has announced her fourth solo album ‘Utopia’, set for release on 11th July via Heavenly Recordings. ‘Utopia’ marks Gwenno’s first predominantly English-language album, following her Mercury Prize-nominated record ‘Tresor’. The new album features contributions from Cate Le Bon and H. Hawkline, with production from long-term collaborator Rhys Edwards. The Welsh artist has also shared…

The frontman’s only solo album leaked in February after going unheard for 17 years (LouderSound)

From Mississippi roots to wilderness years and redemption, John Lee Hooker always played the blues his way. Here are the albums that go boom boom (LouderSound)

Matt Berry’s Heard Noises coincided with the end of What We Do In The Shadows and his 50th birthday – making it the most confessional album of his career (LouderSound)

As Becoming Led Zeppelin continues to take the world by storm, we talk to the duo who put it all together (LouderSound)

For their second album, The Band relocated from upstate New York to California and turned Sammy Davis Jr.’s poolhouse into a makeshift studio (LouderSound)

Track is taken from Babymetal’s upcoming fifth album Metal Forth (LouderSound)

Former bandmates have paid tribute to influential bass player and digital advocate Dave Allen (LouderSound)

How a bunch of kids from Florida took metal into extreme new realms (LouderSound)

They don’t make them like the late, great Jimmy Bain any more (LouderSound)

Fyre Festival was an unrivalled disaster and subject of two documentaries – now part 2 looks to be off to a less than ideal start (LouderSound)

In 2012, Adrian Smith stepped away from Iron Maiden to indulge in something edgier (LouderSound)

There’s much more to Journey‘s Escape than Don’t Stop Believin’ (LouderSound)

A list in which we sacrifice some of our favourite opening tracks in the name of journalistic integrity… but seriously, no Serve The Servants? (LouderSound)

The story behind a comics-inspired thrash anthem (LouderSound)

Bring Me The Horizon were dealing with the haters from the start (LouderSound)

Aerosmith were always destined for stardom – and Toys In The Attic was the album that finally got them there (LouderSound)

From Cradle of Filth to Whitechapel, Bloodywood to Spiritbox, these are some of the best metal releases of 2025 so far. (LouderSound)

Future rock superstars, US presidents, Hollywood megastars –Fleetwood Mac drummer Mick Fleetwood has met with them all (LouderSound)

The Blackening remains Machine Head’s masterpiece (LouderSound)

The band’s leader tells us about the making of Life, Death And Dennis Hopper – and why one period of Hopper’s life feels like a reflection of his own (LouderSound)

Faulkner says he suffered the stroke as he recovered from the aortic aneurysm he experienced at Louder Than Life in 2021, and it’s left him permanently damaged (LouderSound)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The wild internet genius of Frippcox strikes again (LouderSound)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nirvana exhibition to open in London this summer (LouderSound)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Better than all the rest, etc (LouderSound)

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

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

This Megadeth anthem could have sounded very different (LouderSound)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pulchritudinous platinum perfection (LouderSound)

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

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

It’s complicated (LouderSound)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Good news for European metal fans (LouderSound)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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