<![CDATA[ Latest from Louder ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/feeds.xml Sun, 07 Jun 2026 19:00:00 +0000 en <![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 <![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 <![CDATA[ “Metal needs a good f**king kick up the ass”: the story of Metallica’s Load ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/metallica-load-story-behind-the-album ES8ayAsJ3q4TQoeqaS5LqV Fri, 05 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Goat announce 2027 UK tour including biggest-ever headline show at London's Royal Albert Hall ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/goat-announce-2027-uk-tour-including-biggest-ever-headline-show-at-londons-royal-albert-hall t75Y8vf7fmQfsyJoEhLZLS Fri, 05 Jun 2026 09:52:40 +0000 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 10:14:14 +0000 <![CDATA[ "He had a cast of a human skull, because he was interested in the occult." The Life and legacy of At The Gates frontman Tomas Lindberg: the godfather of melodic death metal ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/biographies/the-life-and-legacy-of-tomas-lindberg uPbzEChuczQXY9KrzfAGUB Fri, 05 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I was introverted and just wanted to hide in my bedroom." Laura Cox learned everything by copying others on YouTube - but now she's writing her own script ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/i-was-introverted-and-just-wanted-to-hide-in-my-bedroom-laura-cox-learned-everything-by-copying-others-on-youtube-but-now-shes-writing-her-own-script 9QyNSDdJNXY2woWFL8V9Ti Fri, 05 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “If I’d been sacked, or left over musical differences, I’d have felt a right flunker”: Genesis ex Anthony Phillips on why he really quit – and why he’s not their version of The Beatles’ Pete Best ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/if-id-been-sacked-or-left-over-musical-differences-id-have-felt-a-right-flunker-genesis-ex-anthony-phillips-on-why-he-really-quit-and-why-hes-not-their-version-of-the-beatles-pete-best GqMSix6UHKFnMRcXLyGmpY Fri, 05 Jun 2026 08:06:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Just for once in your life, do something exciting." Ian Gillan offers advice as Deep Purple release frisky new single Diablo ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/deep-purple-diablo-single wDwC22CbxVDHSjTa4mvgva Fri, 05 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "This man said, ‘I’ve brought my wife for a night out and you’re the worst band I’ve seen in my life. You’re crap.’” How the Moody Blues finally came good with Days Of Future Passed ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/moody-blues-days-of-future-past hRRvBcGB2Dx5ZZiVqxWTfi Fri, 05 Jun 2026 04:49:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ Bob Dylan introduced him to The Beatles, he married the girlfriend of a Rolling Stone, and he played with Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page and meditated with David Lynch. Donovan looks back... ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/donovan-stories AmDchXzkKoJEkMwPaxAaV5 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 03:23:47 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I finished the melody in five minutes, but I was so jacked I couldn’t stop playing." The story of the Neil Young classic written on a piece of newspaper in the back of a car ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/neil-young-like-a-hurricane WnB6JNHK9AcXbPTEkDbeK9 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 03:11:46 +0000 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 04:16:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I would rather cut my hands off than be that miserable again." Ginger Wildheart responds to CJ Wildheart's reunion olive branch ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/ginger-wildheart-responds-to-cj-wildheart-olive-branch 7HfMZXeFiJfgHao55CpEC Thu, 04 Jun 2026 21:11:51 +0000 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 04:16:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Everyone agreed it was the perfect song." The story behind the Bruce Springsteen classic that's set to go viral thanks to the new Netflix show that Stranger Things fans will love ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/culture/films-tv-shows/the-boroughs-bruce-springsteen-story-behind-thunder-road r8FA77omYA44SRHtKj7NZm Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:30:00 +0000 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:44:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I knew something was wrong. I went to the bar and my girlfriend was there with another guy." The dagger-through-the-heart memory which inspired the biggest rock song of its generation ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/the-killers-brandon-flowers-story-behind-mr-brightside tnzcd9XghRDVBwXEc6USZU Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:03:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ "They commenced to destroy, slaughter and wipe the stage with our blood." How a hip hop powerhouse and a heavy metal institution united to create a whole new genre - and spark one of the rowdiest tours in history ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/anthrax-public-enemy-bring-the-noise-the-full-story QMy4MrizprbidemPcHa8ka Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:18:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I and everybody else were old farts in her opinion." Roger Waters on the night Sinéad O'Connor sang her spellbinding version of Pink Floyd's Mother ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/roger-waters-sinead-oconnor-pink-floyd-mother-berlin poap6375rkdZvnLHQ6Hq4A Thu, 04 Jun 2026 11:15:16 +0000 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 11:18:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I don't always feel good at confronting people, especially people that I love. Sometimes, it takes songs to get the point across." This is the story of the vitriolic single that saved Paramore from splitting up ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/paramore-the-story-behind-the-song-ignorance ETdw3miavL5fX6qFsxKWei Thu, 04 Jun 2026 11:10:09 +0000 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 11:18:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ "She’d be talking about a song with a really good guitar solo and demand we change it, make it heavier." The trailblazing metal singer who saved an influential band's career and inspired a generation of women in the process ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/the-story-of-angela-gossow-joining-arch-enemy EMekCGgR3WZYPf4BGNEgSY Thu, 04 Jun 2026 11:02:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ "The people that turned up to my concerts were psychos. But I've never experienced anything like Kylie Minogue's audience. They were terrifying." Nick Cave on the joy of working with Kylie, and the horrified reaction of her "monstrous" fans ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/nick-cave-on-working-with-kylie-minogue-and-her-monstrous-fans JV67Xw2RRQdGssoybpEXU5 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 10:51:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ Peter Hammill and Carl Palmer return to the Royal Albert Hall for the prog prom - Prog Rock: A Fanfare for the Common Man ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/concerts-shows/peter-hammill-and-carl-palmer-return-to-the-royal-albert-hall-for-the-prog-prom-prog-rock-a-fanfare-for-the-common-man M25V65VWXwX6QCdCTsS6US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 10:37:45 +0000 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 17:03:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ "A 42-piece orchestra, mellotron, and a string thing all playing this half-Turkish scale." The story of Ritchie Blackmore's most epic Rainbow song ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/rainbow-stargazer zHY37sXwzLtSbPjRBncUfE Thu, 04 Jun 2026 08:56:54 +0000 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 08:58:55 +0000