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

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The new season of GoT will be the TV event of the year. But this is what we want to see from it

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Choice offcuts from San Diego’s deathgrind visionaries Cattle Decapitation

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US metalcore stalwarts All That Remains return with a heavier sound, and heavy hearts

By Adam Rees Published
Northern Irish thrashers Gama Bomb rustle up more killer riffs on Speed Between The Lines

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Brummie hellblazers Anaal Nathrakh conjure anthems for doomed youth on A New Kind Of Horror

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From playing with Alice Cooper to slaying WrestleMania, Nita Strauss has become one of the most talked-about guitar players of recent years

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Another meeting of minds from Metal Allegiance with Volume II: Power Drunk Majesty

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Artful Australians Circles attempt to bend tech metal into a new shape with The Last One

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Arch Enemy frontwoman Alissa White-Gluz airs her thoughts on feminism, activism, music and religion

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Returning metalcore bruisers The Agony Scene skip an evolutionary step with Tormentor

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

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Indonesia’s metal kings Burgerkill set out to build their empire with Adamantine

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Blasphemy Awakes is a rare outing from Danish death metal merchants Thorium

By Adam Rees Published
Gothenburg’s prodigal pioneers At The Gates stay on a full charge

By Adam Rees Published
Emotionally devastating, progressive doom from the Lone Star State

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Big-sounding, Fredrik Nordström-infused melodeath from a tiny country

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Boston hardcore crew return with a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it third album

By Adam Rees Published
Groove-laden modern thrash get prepped by the pits

By Adam Rees Published
Zakk Wylde keeps his reinstated mentor in mind

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Not yet ratedProgressive voyagers bring the riches – and the stitches

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Not yet ratedAtlanta’s rejuvenated riff lords run rampant in the Welsh valleys

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UK death metallers combine polish with potency

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Phil Anselmo’s black metal venture leaves a trail of desolation
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