
Adam Brennan
Rugby, Sean Bean and power ballad superfan Adam has been writing for Hammer since 2007, and has a bad habit of constructing sentences longer than most Dream Theater songs. Can usually be found cowering at the back of gigs in Bristol and Cardiff. Bruce Dickinson once called him a 'sad bastard'.
Latest articles by Adam Brennan

Every Sepultura album ranked from worst to best
By Adam Rees last updated
The hits, the misses, the buried treasures – this is Sepultura’s mighty back catalogue arranged in order of greatness

Enslaved’s Utgard: more fearless expeditions from prog-metal’s Viking visionaries
By Adam Rees last updated
Prog-metal kings Enslaved soar as high as ever on 14th album Utgard

Kataklysm’s Unconquered: massive hooks and seismic power courtesy of death metal warhorses
By Adam Rees published
Time and a global pandemic cannot wither Canadian veterans Kataklysm on their 14th album Unconquered

Cult Of Lilith open up a new tech-death frontier on stellar debut album Mara
By Adam Rees published
Icelandic debutants Cult Of Lilith rip up the tech death rulebook with debut album Mara

10 essential nu core bands you need to hear right now
By Adam Rees published
Call it nu core, call it The New Wave Of Nu Metal, but this is the most exciting sound of 2020. From Guerrilla Warfare to Tallah these are the bands you need to hear

Septicflesh’s Infernus Sinfonica MMXIX: orchestral death metal gets its own S&M2
By Adam Rees published
Epic death metallers Septicflesh get the orchestral treatment on new live album Infernus Sinfonica MMXIX

Destruction’s Born To Thrash: German titans live and feral
By Adam Rees published
Euro thrash warhorses Destruction show no sign of slowing on new live album Born To Thrash

Best Funko Pop! figures and collectables 2025: Music icons, Marvel superheroes, Star Wars characters & more
By Adam Brennan published
Funko's wide range of pop culture figures and collectables make a great gift or treat for yourself - and we've picked out our favourites from music and Marvel, to Star Wars, Stranger Things and more

Aversions Crown conjure apocalyptic fury on new album Hell Will Come For Us All
By Adam Rees published
Aussie bruisers Aversions Crown raise their game even further on fourth album Hell Will Come For Us All

End’s Splinters From An Ever-Changing Face: the best kind of sonic nightmare
By Adam Rees published
Undeground metal supergroup End find a collective passion for pain on new album Splinters From An Ever-Changing Face

The tragic story of Eros – the great lost Deftones album
By Adam Rees published
Eros was set to be Deftones’ sixth album until bassist Chi Cheng was involved in a horrific accident that would cost him his life and see the album shelved

The A-Z of Nightwish
By Adam Rees last updated
Your complete guide to the Finnish superstars in alphabetical order

Alter Bridge: the story behind Metalingus
By Adam Rees last updated
Mark Tremonti looks back on the fan favourite that helped crown them champions

The best music documentaries on Amazon Prime US right now
By Adam Rees, Briony Edwards published
From Rammstein to Iggy Pop, these are the best music docs available to watch on Amazon Prime US

The best music documentaries on Netflix US right now
By Adam Rees, Briony Edwards published
From Bob Dylan to Keith Richards: these are best music documentaries on Netflix US

The best music documentaries on Netflix UK right now
By Adam Rees, Briony Edwards published
From Rolling Stones to Bob Dylan to Lemmy, there's a ton of brilliant stories and must-see music documentaries on Netflix right now

The Class Of 2000: Where Are They Now?
By Paul Brannigan, Adam Rees published
It's been twenty years since the year 2000, whatever happened to the millennium's next big things?

Have Steel Panther taken the joke too far?
By Adam Rees published
Sunset Strip revivalists Steel Panther bring more swears than songs with fifth album Heavy Metal Rules

Slipknot: The ultimate timeline of new album We Are Not Your Kind
By Adam Rees, Alice Pattillo published
Updated Slipknot's new album We Are Not Your Kind is nearly upon us – here's what the 18-legged Iowan juggernaut have been doing since they last hung up their masks

Every Cannibal Corpse album ranked from worst to best
By Adam Rees published
We cast a fearful eye over the career of death metal's most revered sickos

Rotting Christ’s The Heretics is a contender for extreme metal album of the year
By Adam Rees published
Greek masters Rotting Christ dive into the ancient mysteries and deliver unto us an extreme metal classic

10 things we want from the final season of Game Of Thrones
By Adam Rees published
The new season of GoT will be the TV event of the year. But this is what we want to see from it

Cattle Decapitation: Medium Rarities album review
By Adam Rees published
Choice offcuts from San Diego’s deathgrind visionaries Cattle Decapitation
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