
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

Gama Bomb – Speed Between The Lines album review
By Adam Rees published
Northern Irish thrashers Gama Bomb rustle up more killer riffs on Speed Between The Lines

Anaal Nathrakh – A New Kind Of Horror album review
By Adam Rees published
Brummie hellblazers Anaal Nathrakh conjure anthems for doomed youth on A New Kind Of Horror

How Nita Strauss became a 21st century guitar hero
By Adam Rees published
From playing with Alice Cooper to slaying WrestleMania, Nita Strauss has become one of the most talked-about guitar players of recent years

Metal Allegiance – Volume II: Power Drunk Majesty album review
By Adam Rees published
Another meeting of minds from Metal Allegiance with Volume II: Power Drunk Majesty

Circles – The Last One album review
By Adam Rees published
Artful Australians Circles attempt to bend tech metal into a new shape with The Last One

Arch Enemy: Alissa White-Gluz's Guide To Life
By Adam Rees published
Arch Enemy frontwoman Alissa White-Gluz airs her thoughts on feminism, activism, music and religion

The Agony Scene – Tormentor album review
By Adam Rees published
Returning metalcore bruisers The Agony Scene skip an evolutionary step with Tormentor

Between The Buried And Me – Automata II album review
By Adam Rees published
Prog metal posterboys Between The Buried And Me kick convention into the long grass on Automata II

Burgerkill – Adamantine album review
By Adam Rees published
Indonesia’s metal kings Burgerkill set out to build their empire with Adamantine

Thorium – Blasphemy Awakes album review
By Adam Rees published
Blasphemy Awakes is a rare outing from Danish death metal merchants Thorium

At The Gates – To Drink From The Night Itself album review
By Adam Rees published
Gothenburg’s prodigal pioneers At The Gates stay on a full charge

Oceans Of Slumber - The Banished Heart album review
By Adam Rees published
Emotionally devastating, progressive doom from the Lone Star State

Desdemonia - Anguish album review
By Adam Rees published
Big-sounding, Fredrik Nordström-infused melodeath from a tiny country

Amid The Barren And Lost - Shadow Self Psalms album review
By Adam Rees published
Boston hardcore crew return with a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it third album

Amethyst - From The Fire album review
By Adam Rees published
Groove-laden modern thrash get prepped by the pits

Black Label Society - Grimmest Hits album review
By Adam Rees published
Zakk Wylde keeps his reinstated mentor in mind

Opeth/Enslaved at Academy, Bristol - live review
By Adam Rees published
Not yet ratedProgressive voyagers bring the riches – and the stitches

Mastodon/Red Fang/Russian Circles at Great Hall, Cardiff - live review
By Adam Rees published
Not yet ratedAtlanta’s rejuvenated riff lords run rampant in the Welsh valleys

Infected Dead - Archaic Malevolence album review
By Adam Rees published
UK death metallers combine polish with potency

Scour - Red EP album review
By Adam Rees published
Phil Anselmo’s black metal venture leaves a trail of desolation

Aosoth - V: The Inside Scriptures album review
By Adam Rees published
Antaeus frontman makes a fierce declaration of independence

Thy Art Is Murder/ After The Burial/ Oceano at Y Stiwdio, Cardiff - live review
By Adam Rees published
Not yet ratedAustralia’s reunited ruffians overcome their confines

Winds Of Plague - Blood Of My Enemy album review
By Adam Rees published
West coast metallic hardcore bruisers in need of more moves
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