<![CDATA[ Latest from Louder ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/feeds.xml Mon, 08 Jun 2026 19:38:50 +0000 en <![CDATA[ "I told our producer, If Slash calls back, tell him I'm not there." Why Detroit rappers Insane Clown Posse blew off superfan Slash after getting him to play on their break-through album ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/why-insane-clown-posse-blew-off-superfan-slash xs7VwYAMwuwaCh8T4qcurb Mon, 08 Jun 2026 19:38:50 +0000 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 19:43:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I tried it for a while, and I was like, ‘This is boring! This is exhausting!’”: OG black metal mask-wearer Mortiis never wanted to be anonymous like Ghost and Sleep Token ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/feature/mortiis-interview-sleep-token-ghost-2026 75xcDNqq77zUBgjmfmCw45 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 17:36:05 +0000 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 17:49:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ “This is a redefining evolution of rhythm games”: Songs by Ghost, Babymetal, Red Hot Chili Peppers and more to appear in new title from company behind Guitar Hero ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/ghost-babymetal-red-hot-chili-peppers-new-rhythm-game-stage-tour-2026 uAiXWitNxvV3TegSDpk2cP Mon, 08 Jun 2026 16:00:33 +0000 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 16:06:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I'm releasing this music into a very strange and dark and power-fixated world that really devalues art and feelings and compassion and empathy and equality." Beastie Boys legend Mike D announces debut solo album Thank You ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/beastie-boy-mike-d-announces-debut-solo-album-thank-you mEHFnWvymYYkMjtZL8qF9j Mon, 08 Jun 2026 14:27:42 +0000 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 14:33:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: June 8, 2026 ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/classic-rocks-tracks-of-the-week-june-8-2026 a6P6PKSr4Juj8avs8wm53n Mon, 08 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We miss him and we love him, also”: Watch Mastodon give new single Your Ghost Again its live debut and dedicate it to late guitarist Brent Hinds ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/mastodon-live-debut-your-ghost-again-single-2026 uTePTafedSjok5wccXVNEL Mon, 08 Jun 2026 13:47:01 +0000 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 14:43:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Anthony Kiedis and Flea showed up wearing dildos." The night Jane's Addiction played a freaky private Halloween party for a debauched Hollywood legend ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/janes-addiction-freaky-hollywood-halloween-party LyEyWNn8XLoUvAntvC8Hf8 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 12:59:01 +0000 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 13:10:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Another band said they were going to shave all our hair off and beat us up”: Bring Me The Horizon cancelled a 2006 festival appearance for fear of being attacked ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/bring-me-the-horizon-cancelled-2006-festival-appearance-attack-fear M64BmuzzXpnCEgG4qqcefK Mon, 08 Jun 2026 12:35:56 +0000 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 14:43:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ "It must be hard for him when people write, 'How could you leave Gwen, she’s so great'." Gwen Stefani wrote a whole album about her bandmate dumping her, and it made No Doubt huge ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/no-doubt-the-story-behind-tragic-kingdom bB3yH7XASAakrhEigsKxZB Mon, 08 Jun 2026 12:15:39 +0000 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 12:25:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Some of my first TV interviews were explaining that the band was more to do with the heart than burning down a church." The rise, fall and demise of HIM - Finland's goth metal princes ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/biographies/if-id-been-in-a-band-like-maneskin-id-have-been-dead-within-six-months-breakdowns-bar-crawls-and-satanism-lite-the-rise-decline-and-much-anticipated-return-of-him fZGrfMKGupvpVFHhtGT7qH Mon, 08 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I could feel his heart through his chest and he passed away right there." Childhood tragedy, unlikely success and emotional reunions: Max Cavalera on how he reshaped metal with Sepultura and Soulfly ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/biographies/the-life-and-career-of-max-cavalera cnK86yQYTLUizzgEsDGLfa Mon, 08 Jun 2026 09:52:08 +0000 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 12:33:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ "It was a beautiful scar on the metal world." How Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Korn and the rest took nu metal from hated subgenre to the biggest thing on Planet Earth ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/the-story-of-nu-metal-korn-limp-bizkit-and-more nnMbf3MQd6wmoTeLt8hQKG Mon, 08 Jun 2026 09:30:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Fans say, ‘You were part of the band.’ I was never part of the band… I was an employee. And all things come to an end”: Chester Thompson’s career in and out of Genesis ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/chester-thopmson-genesis-employee xQ53pXY6akASBDqmEECgYD Mon, 08 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch 90 minutes of previously unreleased, high-quality, pro-shot footage from Marillion's Clutching At Straws tour ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/live-performances/marillion-lesyin-1987 Gt8KsyHL8TaPNJqWcQjkAb Mon, 08 Jun 2026 07:20:40 +0000 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 09:18:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ "We think we played for eight hours. I can't say for sure, because everyone was tripping." The acid-fried story of Man, the Welsh jam band with its heart in San Francisco ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/man yTojFobDdzX6QfsSKQRom Mon, 08 Jun 2026 06:15:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ We have liftoff! Watch Rush return to the stage in Los Angeles - includes full setlist ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/rush-return-kia-forum-setlist Mr5F46ZEpAfSScpqKMRFmS Mon, 08 Jun 2026 05:51:11 +0000 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 05:58:40 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He asked, ‘Will you guys ever tour again?’ We said, ‘We’re going out in 2026.’ The crowd laughed – then realised we weren’t kidding”: How Rush transformed from political pariahs to comeback kings ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/rush-1980s-to-2020s jDF2rZdhtGvHbhnGYgfqpe Mon, 08 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Avalon sits easily alongside ABC's Lexicon Of Love or Duran Duran's Rio." The album that consolidated Roxy Music's shift from weirdo art-rockers to gossamer smooth purveyors of sultry adult pop ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/roxy-music-avalon 8ydTYs3sYekmn84m5iCSEf Mon, 08 Jun 2026 04:44:49 +0000 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 09:27:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I've got some ideas." Glen Matlock open to writing new Sex Pistols material with Frank Carter ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/ive-got-some-ideas-glen-matlock-open-to-writing-new-sex-pistols-material-with-frank-carter 58JjGZxttH2B5TnXq5ZSVn Sun, 07 Jun 2026 22:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We said we’d only do it if it only came out in Japan. Then when we listened back, we thought, ‘Hang on, we’ve got something here’”: In 1972, Deep Purple were falling apart. And then they made the album that accidentally changed rock music ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/deep-purple-made-in-japan-story-behind-the-live-album oG9mKQH2zBqjH5mFpzj3P8 Sun, 07 Jun 2026 19:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Certain people I knew from the scene wouldn’t speak to me after I got a hit. But it’s all music… I just had a great time”: Brian Auger warned Jimi Hendrix off drugs and learned what prog was from Keith Emerson ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/brian-auger-hendrix-emerson-prog 5dengtDubrzdoXBkcNLjTL Sun, 07 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The guitar tone ripped my face off!” When Machine Head's Robb Flynn met Meshuggah ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/meshuggah-interview-robb-flynn wBoqxoNNMBvViVvaS4DoS Sun, 07 Jun 2026 16:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “They said a four-minute single containing lyrics about Jesus would never get played on pop radio”: The US singer loved by John Lennon and hated by right-wing Christian groups who wrote the last great hippie anthem – and then vanished into obscurity ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/they-said-a-four-minute-single-containing-lyrics-about-jesus-would-never-get-played-on-pop-radio-the-us-singer-loved-by-john-lennon-and-hated-by-right-wing-christian-groups-who-wrote-the-last-great-hippie-anthem-and-then-vanished-into-obscurity krx4DwsQAkW5JQLSohHDm Sun, 07 Jun 2026 12:09:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It was the first time I smoked pot and saw a naked girl. The next day I bought a guitar and swore to do this for a living”: How cult AOR hotshot Paul Laine made the greatest Bon Jovi album Bon Jovi never made ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/paul-laine-stick-it-in-your-ear-album Qht499ioWj6JYDmjj67FRe Sun, 07 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0000 Sun, 07 Jun 2026 11:16:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ “A few others were singing about the underside of life, but we had the heaviness to hammer the subjects home.” The inside story of Black Sabbath’s stoned masterpiece Master Of Reality ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/black-sabbath-master-of-reality-story-behind-the-album uEaUW7BLBqqQErwKfcj5YG Sun, 07 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I was still sending him music. He was saying, ‘That sounds great, but you should use it for your solo album.’ I thought, ‘OK, I’m getting the message’”: Richard Barbieri on the much-needed Porcupine Tree hiatus ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/richard-barbieri-porcupine-tree-hiatus HwxmDyqZg4rZz44Q6YLgbn Sun, 07 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "The tours were getting longer and crazier, and the expectations around us were astronomical." How Powerslave cemented Iron Maiden as the biggest metal band on the planet in 1984 ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/the-tours-were-getting-longer-and-crazier-and-the-expectations-around-us-were-astronomical-how-powerslave-cemented-iron-maiden-as-the-biggest-metal-band-on-the-planet-in-1984 52DreEYuEcsYhy4rMkhY2d Sun, 07 Jun 2026 01:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Are you trying to get us killed?” The explosive story behind System Of A Down’s Toxicity album ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/system-of-a-down-toxicity-story-behind-album WokxXHNpdgAxH4jLbuiDkT Sat, 06 Jun 2026 19:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I don’t think I have to forgive them. They replaced me when I was sick and said I ruined the band": Styx fired Dennis DeYoung in 1999, but he still wants a reunion for the fans ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/dennis-deyoung-styx-reunion Q7AQbzdaSDuiB48t4EQKx8 Sat, 06 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Bowie’s a hell of a fast guy. I had to be quicker than him. The band and David would leave the studio to go to sleep, but not me”: How David Bowie came back from the abyss and made four albums in one year that changed music forever ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/how-david-bowie-came-back-from-the-abyss-and-made-the-album-that-changed-music-forever ohg8GCHo7FvCphRs6TfSwa Sat, 06 Jun 2026 16:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Derek Shulman took me to a Bon Jovi show. The whole audience was freaking out, and Derek said to me: ‘Are you ready for this? It’s going to happen to you.’ And I fully believed in it.”: The unlikely rebirth of Dan Reed Network, funk rock’s nearly men ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/the-unlikely-rebirth-of-dan-reed-network-funk-rocks-nearly-men s48zEkRWPwWfTRiw9nGQuE Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “They had become genuine rock stars, with all the excess and trappings that go with it”: Why Korn’s most divisive album is way better than everybody thinks ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/korn-issues-story-behind-album JJHiiR4aWwvFPkbc8Y7cWg Sat, 06 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I lost my virginity to a member of Legs & Co…” From the Bar-L to the Barrowlands, a day out with the Skids ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/the-skids-in-barlinnie EuNV4imLrV6Di7NLbKHR6Y Sat, 06 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0000 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 10:53:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’m not a Satanist, I’m an atheist, but I write the best Satanic lyrics on the planet” How Slayer went from thrash provocateurs to metal’s unlikeliest elder statesmen ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/slayer-interview-2006 xWGxPkZATdueaPU7WMsYgC Sat, 06 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I loved what Hendrix did with it. Jimi took the song one step further with this really amazing, sweaty strum”: How The Troggs and Hendrix turned a flop ’60s single into one of the most famous songs in history ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/wild-thing-story-behind-the-song-troggs-jimi-hendrix SgALPfDLmbJLiZSweiJ8Qf Sat, 06 Jun 2026 01:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The word goth is stupid. I hate that word”: Evanescence’s Amy Lee has strong feelings about being called ‘goth’ – and they’re not positive ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/evanescence-amy-lee-hates-goth f5nZ22wx5kpgwzpGja5ciV Fri, 05 Jun 2026 21:00:00 +0000 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 22:03:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ The 25 best goth metal albums ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/the-25-best-goth-metal-albums Ukv35QZtGexWeTnCcxVVrU Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Linkin Park tease details of a new Unshatter movie inside European tour t-shirts ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/culture/films-tv-shows/linkin-park-unshatter-movie-shirts G3CoLSkD7w36NXg4zs4tnQ Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:44:39 +0000 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:23:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Football unites us." Blur's Alex James to host Britpop party nights in London's Trafalgar Square ahead of England's World Cup group stage games ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/blur-alex-james-to-host-britpop-world-cup-party-nights-in-london SJ8p75sHpS9VHVfpuAQLiE Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:31:14 +0000 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:42:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ “They were defensive about keyboards. Everything I played, they had to have a band meeting about. Then they suddenly wanted wall-to-wall keys. It was quite silly”: Deep Purple’s Don Airey recalls the one album he regrets ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/deep-purple-don-airey-album-regret MR6aPD7bjLwwrNFyJ4UxHc Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:30:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "In many ways that entire album feels like we were rebelling against ourselves." How Mastodon overcame moments of self-doubt and rebuilt themselves from the ground up on The Hunter ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/mastodon-the-hunter-story-behind-the-album Yqb7NUsigw7c9yjKR2xMDU Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:30:00 +0000 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:43:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Freddie said, ‘Write me stuff, I know I don’t have very long. I will sing it. And then you do what you like with it afterwards." The tragedy and triumph of Queen’s final album and Freddie Mercury’s last goodbye ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/freddie-said-i-dont-have-very-long-queen-innuendo-made-in-heaven yq4vYL8SQorbyQHcbyRxZM Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:33:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ Phoebe Bridgers announces UK and European dates for The Lost Tour, with every ticket sold benefitting organisations supporting those impacted by sexual assault and violence ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/phoebe-bridgers-uk-and-european-dates-for-the-lost-tour YHLedx96BMXqawm2e8zFm Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:13:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ The 10 best new metal songs you need to hear right now ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/tracks-of-the-week-pussy-riot-evanescence-avatar 8oB6JFqqCSmMUpJCCE8jxD Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:03:05 +0000 <![CDATA[ "People went, 'That's woke.' Well, go f*** yourself." Elvis Costello explains why he's rewritten the most controversial lyric in his provocative 1979 single Oliver's Army and is playing it live again ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/elvis-costello-on-rewriting-the-most-controversial-lyric-in-olivers-army QiQGP3dLz9VQ26XLf7uGgc Fri, 05 Jun 2026 14:26:55 +0000 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 14:32:05 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Steve Harris was a road sweeper when I met him." What it was like following metal icons Iron Maiden from their very first gig ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/what-it-was-like-being-an-early-iron-maiden-follower cSQdKEo8VCyzMxwoTUQyYe Fri, 05 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "We smoked so much weed that we set off the fire alarms and almost killed everybody with the gas that was going to be released." The story of Machine Head’s Burn My Eyes, the debut album that revitalised 90s metal ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/the-story-behind-machine-head-classic-debut-burn-my-eyes V99vWsxB5nVmfcEdsxKwjW Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:00:14 +0000 <![CDATA[ "He glared out into the audience like he wanted to kill each and every one of us, one at a time." The story behind the gig which inspired the birth of Joy Division ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/the-gig-which-inspired-the-birth-of-joy-division 7nPznaXWU8qTTENL5jvhU4 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:34:57 +0000 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:46:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ Cool new proggy sounds from Gentle Giant, Voyage 35, Mastodon and more in Prog's brand new Tracks Of The Week ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/music-videos/cool-new-proggy-sounds-from-gentle-giant-voyage-35-mastodon-and-more-in-progs-brand-new-tracks-of-the-week iiCsao6VUHgVszviNUUhpf Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:08:43 +0000 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:20:46 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Are you a guitarist too?" The day that rock legends Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Brian May and Jeff Beck met Queen Elizabeth II ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/when-jimmy-page-eric-clapton-brian-may-and-jeff-beck-met-queen-elizabeth-ll ttYwm5wAhqWUHByQJPeGwG Fri, 05 Jun 2026 10:05:53 +0000