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Louder is the definitive guide to the world of rock, metal and alternative music and the online home of Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog magazines
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Zombie metal lunatics Dominum are here for everyone who loves Sabaton, Ghost and The Walking Dead: “There’s pirate bands, there’s Viking bands, why is there no zombie band?”
20+ hour, 57+ min ago (1677+ words) With their albums invading the top 10 at home in Germany, Dominum's brand of zombie metal is proving infectious We were informed on entering that we only had an hour to make it out or we’d join the Puppet Master’s show…...
That time Slade's Noddy Holder reviewed Red Hot Chili Peppers, Smashing Pumpkins, Oasis, Nick Cave and more
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (263+ words) A music writer since 1993, formerly Editor of Kerrang! and Planet Rock magazine (RIP), Paul Brannigan is a Contributing Editor to Louder. Having previously written books on Lemmy, Dave Grohl (the Sunday Times best-seller This Is A Call) and Metallica (Birth…...
Every Slipknot album ranked from worst to best: over 25 years of heavy metal's angriest band
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (508+ words) With Slipknot surprise-releasing new single Arsenal this week, we rate the metal legends' fearsome back catalogue so far The noise around Slipknot's seventh studio album proper did not exactly bode well. Jim Root seemed to confirm rumours that the record's…...
Rob Halford opens up about Judas Priest's classic tracks and hard times
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (1815+ words) With a Best Of album in the shops and a documentary on the big screen, Rob Halford looks back over four decades of Judas Priest Rob Halford was disappointed. It was April 1975, and Judas Priest had been invited to make…...
“Prog was a dirty word. But so much music of the time was inspired by Yes, Genesis and King Crimson, and no one was talking about it. So I spoke up to buck that trend”: Elbow only made it by reconnecting with their progressive roots
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (1217+ words) Guy Garvey recalls being played Genesis songs as a baby, forcing his bandmates to listen to Yes, embracing unusual inspirations and using a glass lampshade as a musical instrument When Elbow won the Mercury Music Prize for 2008 album The Seldom…...
"By 12th grade, people gave us a certain amount of respect. But we were never rock stars, just the weird guys who did music." The story of Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo's high school prog metal band Avant Garde
5+ day, 10+ hour ago (299+ words) A music writer since 1993, formerly Editor of Kerrang! and Planet Rock magazine (RIP), Paul Brannigan is a Contributing Editor to Louder. Having previously written books on Lemmy, Dave Grohl (the Sunday Times best-seller This Is A Call) and Metallica (Birth…...
“I’ve heard Robert Fripp say no to everybody. David Bowie, Peter Gabriel, you name it, he always has an excuse not to play… He’s a wonderful husband but professionally it’s done me no favours”: Toyah Willcox is more than just Mrs King Crimson
5+ day, 15+ hour ago (912+ words) From post-punk icon and award-winning female solo artist to becoming regarded as just the prog mastermind’s wife, her rebellious creative energy is fired by Roxy Music, Devo, The Tubes and all things off the wall Most people think they know…...
Gryphon: the unique band who forgot about themselves
1+ week, 20+ hour ago (1622+ words) Five decades after an incredible year of two remarkable albums and large-scale touring, the band look back on crêpe paper mushrooms, stolen costumes and writing classic tracks in half an hour Gryphon experienced a remarkably busy periods in 1974. The release…...
The Darkness announce best-of album Crock Of Hits and tiny London show
1+ week, 13+ hour ago (797+ words) Crock Of Hits will go on sale in November, before The Darkness's Christmas arena tour The Darkness have confirmed that their forthcoming 'best of' compilation album Crock Of Hits will be released via Warner Music on November 27. News of the…...
How Mark Kozelek turned Bon Scott's AC/DC songs into haunted folk ballads
1+ week, 1+ day ago (432+ words) A dimly lit club in Spain. Mark Kozelek stands alone with an acoustic guitar and begins playing What’s Next To The Moon. The audience hears a melancholy folk ballad. Nobody hears AC/DC. Nobody hears hard rock. One listener later…...