<![CDATA[ Latest from Louder ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/feeds.xml Sun, 26 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “Megadeth sucks!”: This is what it was like being in the van with Slayer on their first ever UK tour ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/slayer-first-uk-tour-eyewitness-account YRPSkMv63vadyW6pjEFmEC Sun, 26 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We supported the Sex Pistols and The Clash. Their audiences didn’t know what to make of us, but we had so much energy we’d really stick it to ’em!”: The forgotten 1979 debut album that helped launch the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/the-forgotten-1979-debut-album-that-helped-launch-the-new-wave-of-british-heavy-metal DRAcYJsx6D9Z4LTw7Z9Jse Sun, 26 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I really wanted to help. But if I’m honest I was just crap. I couldn’t pull it off”: It Bites ex Francis Dunnery abandoned Asia after one show. He’s stopped trying to please everybody ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/francis-dunnery-it-bites-asia kheqNnFPdU27tCsFmVPqHU Sun, 26 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +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/queen-innuendo-made-in-heaven-story-behind-albums oDRDeGmiLcZTGQQWMYFguc Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Queens Of The Stone Age perform Auto Pilot with their former bassist Nick Oliveri ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/watch-queens-of-the-stone-age-perform-auto-pilot-with-their-former-bassist-nick-oliveri xHqg4jSddFnNA6iqK5btpG Sat, 25 Apr 2026 23:25:01 +0000 Sat, 25 Apr 2026 23:27:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ Slam Dunk festival director steps down in wake of sexual assault allegation ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/slam-dunk-festival-director-steps-down-in-wake-of-sexual-assault-allegation zANqzAKnBY9S3qEGuBY9RE Sat, 25 Apr 2026 22:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "There were people that really resented me for having the audacity to keep playing music after Nirvana." Every Foo Fighters album ranked, from the worst to the best ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/people-resented-me-for-playing-music-after-nirvana-every-foo-fighters-album-ranked Q2xaDjg56etziC8oVxz8L Sat, 25 Apr 2026 19:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/best-new-metal-korn-dimmu-borgir-at-the-gates TrBmt9anzGtDbGMWekSYoF Sat, 25 Apr 2026 16:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “You hear voices in your head or somebody’s messing with your brain. Somebody, your mind’s eye, has some talking to do to you”: The power-pop classic that finally turned four Chicago misfits into 70s rock superstars ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/cheap-trick-dream-police-story-behind-album AukaEdGRX5hTXyBNdV3yQW Sat, 25 Apr 2026 14:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Metallica have tried some crazy things, some which have worked better than others. That’s a part of being an artist”: Twenty thousand people, an 80-piece symphony and the world’s biggest metal band – the epic story behind rock’s greatest orchestral gig ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/metallica-have-tried-some-crazy-things-some-which-have-worked-better-than-others-thats-a-part-of-being-an-artist-twenty-thousand-people-an-80-piece-symphony-and-the-worlds-biggest-metal-band-the-epic-story-behind-rocks-greatest-orchestral-gig 8PCCYVBVhtBpsbxivApzXg Sat, 25 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "You gotta hit rock bottom to move somewhere else." Earthquakes, power struggles, and 16 songs that "sounded like people fighting": the curious tale of The Black Crowes 'lost' album, Tall ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/the-curious-tale-of-the-black-crowes-lost-album-tall tohZggABfFpe5v6inyYiCd Sat, 25 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0000 Sat, 25 Apr 2026 08:14:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We were looking for a song along the lines of The Bay City Rollers. Coming home from the grocery store, I just thought of a chant – ‘Hey! Ho! Let’s go!’”: The unlikely teenybop inspiration behind punk rock’s first classic single ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/ramones-blitzkrieg-bop-story-behind-the-song 3umMQEu2kwum3WHs3K7y9g Sat, 25 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It’s historically important for music lovers of that genre”: The legal dispute over Black Sabbath’s earliest recordings has been settled – and they could finally be released ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/black-sabbath-early-demos-earth-legal-dispute-settled XZjxH5RC3iiZ7hZCXZdF45 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 18:49:42 +0000 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 18:50:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "One of the songs is the sound of a tree hearing itself for the first time." The forthcoming solo album from former R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe sounds like it'll be quite a trip ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/michael-stipe-solo-album-sounds-like-a-trip BWdcgo3NqHDwqAajdqyaL3 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:07:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ Great new proggy sounds you need to hear from Crown Lands, A.A. Williams, Devin Townsend, Tarja and more in Prog's brand new Tracks Of The Week ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/music-videos/great-new-proggy-sounds-you-need-to-hear-from-crown-lands-a-a-williams-devin-townsend-tarja-and-more-in-progs-brand-new-tracks-of-the-week k6vDvBV2hcj6KDqqizqtRd Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:55:52 +0000 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 14:16:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I had to fight for everything I wanted and got treated like a child." How Amy Lee fought to take back control of Evanescence ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/evanescence-amy-lee-interview-2017 EQWwse6PW6ANLrUTU8a6Dk Fri, 24 Apr 2026 11:34:11 +0000 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:26:04 +0000 <![CDATA[ "They blame us as musicians because it's easier than blaming family or society." How Brazilian metal legends Sepultura were demonised in the media following a heartbreaking tragedy ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/how-sepultura-were-demonised-following-a-horrific-murder SV7ZxpGyVhriEnrqp9vPCS Fri, 24 Apr 2026 11:09:23 +0000 Sat, 25 Apr 2026 09:53:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ "We had a song that was humongous, but we were just dumb and young." How Hoobastank wrote a billion-streaming hit single and entrenched themselves in pop culture forever ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/we-had-a-song-that-was-humongous-but-we-were-just-dumb-and-young-how-hoobastank-wrote-a-billion-streaming-hit-single-and-entrenched-themselves-in-pop-culture-forever fMDX6NwPa7BXPtc7xTSfSN Fri, 24 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Marillion are "cooking with gas" as new album nears completion ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/marillion-are-cooking-with-gas-as-new-album-nears-completion 5ZGCLYQXsJygpUzxovg2D6 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 10:31:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I didn't want to be like stage dad." Dave Grohl shares his pride in his daughter Violet's emergence as a star on her own terms ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/dave-grohl-pride-in-his-daughter-violet ZjotGECEHk4ZcwVoKyu296 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I want to dedicate this next one to a dear friend of mine in the sky tonight!" Watch a tearful Yungblud pay emotional tribute to Ozzy Osbourne with his cover of Black Sabbath's Changes in Birmingham last night ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/i-want-to-dedicate-this-next-one-to-a-dear-friend-of-mine-in-the-sky-tonight-watch-a-tearful-yungblud-pay-emotional-tribute-to-ozzy-osbourne-with-his-cover-of-black-sabbaths-changes-in-birmingham-last-night zzNpUv73kfDLkqn5zPKFwY Fri, 24 Apr 2026 09:56:04 +0000 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 09:56:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ New Muse single Cryogen recalls classic earlier years with spiralling guitar riffs ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/new-muse-single-cryogen-recalls-classic-earlier-years-with-spiralling-guitar-riffs MwxCFu6MpYJoyKpDqSaaBN Fri, 24 Apr 2026 09:25:56 +0000 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 10:05:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Look at the bands that are out there now, crap like Radiohead. You can't tell us that we don't deserve to be more than that." On the eve of the release of Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness, Smashing Pumpkins wanted to take on the world ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/smashing-pumpkins-interview-mellon-collie-and-the-infinite-sadness-1995 mhirXobxb8wsDyL3Qsqb2m Fri, 24 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I was grossly overconfident because I was 21 years old: ‘Of course I’m going to get the gig.'" Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson opens up on what it was like joining the metal legends just as they were blowing up ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/i-was-grossly-overconfident-because-i-was-21-years-old-of-course-im-going-to-get-the-gig-iron-maiden-frontman-bruce-dickinson-opens-up-on-what-it-was-like-joining-the-metal-legends-just-as-they-were-blowing-up dh4TKWVWxzCUccXsYPXNiA Fri, 24 Apr 2026 08:43:09 +0000 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 11:11:14 +0000 <![CDATA[ "This is the sound of a band finding their spark again amid the wreckage." Foo Fighters bounce back from turbulent few years with punky, at-times surprisingly thrashy new record Your Favorite Toy ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/foo-fighters-your-favorite-toy-album-review tNtg8ZiD4rVN7gaF4wBpV5 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0000 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 09:18:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I said to Phil on the side of the stage: 'What are we going to do? I can't distinguish between the songs!'" Brian Robertson played with Thin Lizzy, Motörhead and Wild Horses: Now he finally reveals all ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/ibrian-robertson-interview-thin-lizzy-motorhead-wild-horses u89TCgrNAHRgt7R2pjWvhN Fri, 24 Apr 2026 06:45:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "He's jumping up in the air and breathing really heavily, making these animal noises. I'd never seen anything like it." The story of Andrew W.K. and the strangest TV performance in music history ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/andrew-wk-space-nz-jaquie-brown cBH9AgrC2DRh4ZddnsZuX7 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 05:04:13 +0000 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 18:50:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Even when I got pretty good fees, I lost money on everything. I was thinking so idealistically”: Leprous’ Einar Solberg releases Vox Occulta, with hard lessons learned from the past ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/einar-solberg-vox-occulta qBpPzouiNUhfgtZj5ecTiE Fri, 24 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "This is the new sound – it's hyper, it's energy, it's urgent.” Nine Van Halen albums to listen to and one to avoid ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/van-halen-albums pSd8iA6MAiiUwKR7R3ZJtA Fri, 24 Apr 2026 04:24:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ "It's like The Who channelling Cheap Trick, filled with catchy pop songs slathered with hard rock guitars." How the folk songs of Pope John Paul II buried one of rock'n'roll's great lost albums ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tko-let-it-roll uervKSoFAwxBFDkancxfJ5 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 03:56:43 +0000 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 05:06:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ "His music reflects the joy and the pain of his life experiences." Watch the trailer for the upcoming Gregg Allman movie ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/documentary/gregg-allman-the-music-of-my-soul-trailer whjGPcjfPuXLYrHxpXpWSJ Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:21:05 +0000 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 05:06:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ Korn return with pounding single Reward The Scars, in collaboration with new Diablo IV expansion Lord Of Hatred ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/korn-new-single-reward-the-scars-2026 J3ygwBZtywQKmDwAcHf7Ag Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:19:53 +0000 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 08:43:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It was cheaper to come here and rent a whole hotel out of season. The bar was open 24/7”: Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson recalls writing classic albums in empty Jersey hotel ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/it-was-cheaper-to-come-here-and-rent-a-whole-hotel-out-of-season-the-bar-was-open-24-7-iron-maidens-bruce-dickinson-recalls-writing-classic-albums-in-empty-jersey-hotel uRx5E4uTq8du6WnSnTLiK9 Thu, 23 Apr 2026 15:00:28 +0000 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 04:07:05 +0000 <![CDATA[ "We didn’t talk to each other for three months." Haunted houses, fallouts and a drunken singer: inside Slipknot's experimental masterpiece, Vol. 3 ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/slipknot-story-behind-vol-3-subliminal-verses LKaoR2kk79jfqFBuExeChV Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:15:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ "One love for the world!" French psychedelic rock mind expanders Slift announce North America, Europe and UK tour dates ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/slift-announce-north-america-europe-and-uk-tour-dates GyYMg2D4fGPD7HYCSXyEiR Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:15:01 +0000 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 11:35:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ "The Ramones rescued rock 'n' roll." How Ramones' first album changed the lives of punk rock icons Henry Rollins, Bob Mould, Ian MacKaye and Steve Albini, in their own words ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/how-the-ramones-first-record-changed-everything BeAtohpq7CJk9heY5ztDEj Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:31:31 +0000 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 08:18:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ The niece of late Iron Maiden drummer Clive Burr has become a WWE wrestler – and her gimmick is pure 80s metal ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/iron-maiden-clive-burr-niece-lizzy-rain-debuts-wwe-2026 mQtaMY2WBRgoYyrNmLoabU Thu, 23 Apr 2026 09:27:37 +0000 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 04:08:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I wrote a lot of the tracks envisioning powerful live drumming – enter Dave Grohl." How the former Nirvana drummer shaped the sound of Nine Inch Nails' album With Teeth ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/how-dave-grohl-shaped-nine-inch-nails-with-teeth gA6RCnNJqPFuRVT57BQEpc Thu, 23 Apr 2026 09:21:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ Yes reschedule postponed UK Fragile tour to May 2027 ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/concerts-shows/yes-reschedule-postponed-uk-fragile-tour-to-may-2027 LzXSZ6xXqvVJGBMTHbCbdK Thu, 23 Apr 2026 09:05:12 +0000 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 10:05:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ "One of the year’s most instantaneous, joyous, technicolour listens." Mixing reggae, heavy metal, punk, hip hop and pop and never missing a beat, Skindred's You Got This is the burst of sunshine you need ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/skindred-you-got-this-album-review GbhCsoGZS2MvDmoio6B3bD Thu, 23 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0000 Thu, 23 Apr 2026 13:20:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I was really glad that she never asked me what I thought of her singing." What happened when Gregg Allman appeared on Cher's TV show ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/gregg-allman-cher-midnight-rider KwaPT3uUKKw7NfDBiSciML Thu, 23 Apr 2026 07:53:08 +0000 Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:16:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Prog, power-balladry and arena rock: Nine Styx albums you should listen to and one to avoid ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/prog-power-balladry-and-arena-rock-nine-styx-albums-you-should-listen-to-and-one-to-avoid MMh9J6T2jtFQMEey4As52o Thu, 23 Apr 2026 07:04:57 +0000 Thu, 23 Apr 2026 07:54:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Bruce Dickinson’s manager was really angry. He cancelled the whole project”: Arjen Lucassen stupidly talked himself out of making an album with Iron Maiden’s singer ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/ajen-lucassen-bruce-dickinson-album 4itFsnWnPeGX6U4iNiZM7c Thu, 23 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "You make one record, and now you have your own fried chicken restaurant and your own hovercraft company!" The Black Crowes reflect on success and longevity, and answer the question: Why do they still bother making albums? ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/black-crowes-a-pound-of-feathers-interview X4qJYQ5z6XGuTSmU59GSbB Thu, 23 Apr 2026 02:27:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ "His songwriting, musicianship and distinctive spirit helped create music that has lasted far beyond its era." Steve Winwood pays tribute to fellow Traffic founder Dave Mason ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/steve-winwood-pays-tribute-dave-mason Yj95HfDEoubsknTXX9mbmh Wed, 22 Apr 2026 22:09:32 +0000 Thu, 23 Apr 2026 07:54:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ "A reminder of just how powerful and wonderful music can be in a world where little else makes sense." Frank Turner charms the capital with a celebration of twenty years of punk rock honesty ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/frank-turner-twenty-years-of-punk-rock-honesty Mw8ouMwS2BcJqNZ7t5t2nY Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:53:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ Former Slipknot drummer Jay Weinberg reveals he first jammed with the band just 24 hours before they announced the departure of Joey Jordison ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/jay-weinberg-discusses-slipknot-audition-and-finding-out-joey-jordison-was-leaving DW4msiQ2vgcH7KbRGcFFKi Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:26:26 +0000 Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:01:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ Pink Floyd collaborator Polly Samson, wife and creative partner of David Gilmour, has a London photo exhibition featuring her documentation of the creation, recording and live performance of Gilmour's Luck and Strange album ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/culture/pink-floyd-collaborator-polly-samson-photo-exhibition FUTseuqZjoD79iP3NVg3UT Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:07:32 +0000 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:12:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Veering between sweet and sour, violent metal, disturbing imagery and cutesy melodies." A guide to every Poppy album so far ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/poppy-albums-a-guide aG7akbaQfaJnuakEsPGtRo Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:39:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Something we never could have imagined when this all began”: Songs by melodic death metal pioneers In Flames, At The Gates and Dark Tranquillity to be performed by Gothenburg orchestra ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/gothenburg-orchestra-to-perform-in-flames-at-the-gates-dark-tranquillity-songs-2026 HPrQuhvQH7VERtSeVLwPVm Wed, 22 Apr 2026 12:58:46 +0000 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:12:00 +0000