
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

Begerith - A.D.A.M. album review
By Adam Rees published
Relocated Russians conjure a black/ death behemoth of their own

Cattle Decapitation and Broken Hope at Fuel, Cardiff - live review
By Adam Rees published
Not yet ratedThe Gospel live

The Black Dahlia Murder - Nightbringers album review
By Adam Rees published
Michigan’s melodeath masters hit new heights

5 things we learned at Alter Bridge's Royal Albert Hall show
By Adam Rees published
Alter Bridge played two sold-out shows at London's spectacular Royal Albert Hall, complete with a full orchestra! Not a bad night out.

Clutch: "It sucks that a band has to do wacky social media to be recognised"
By Adam Rees published
Clutch's Neil Fallon tackles the big subjects facing the world of metal today

In Flames: "This music and genre will last forever"
By Adam Rees published
In Flames frontman Anders Fridén shares his thoughts on the state of metal in 2017

Archspire - Relentless Mutation album review
By Adam Rees published
Well-honed tech-death with an aptitude for destruction

Alter Bridge: "Diversity is the main thing we've got to strive for"
By Adam Rees published
Alter Bridge's Mark Tremonti on the state of heavy metal in 2017

Widowmaker - Widowmaker album review
By Adam Rees published
Technical deathcore still trying to prise itself from the template

Nostoc - Ævum album review
By Adam Rees published
Progressive Costa Ricans go exploring without a map

36 Crazyfists - Lanterns album review
By Adam Rees published
Alaska’s melodic metallers continue to explore their own path

Skindred: Scenes cause division, which is not cool
By Adam Rees published
Skindred's Benji Webbe on metal in the mainstream, its diversity and what scenes actually mean

Kreator: There's no such thing as mainstream any more
By Adam Rees published
Kreator's Mille Petrozza shares his thoughts on the state of metal today

Ex People: "We make doom songs about catcalling”
By Adam Rees published
London doom squad Ex People are all doom, no gloom on new album Bird

Thy Art Is Murder - Dear Desolation album review
By Adam Rees published
Aussie deathcore brutalists try to regain their bearings

The Hirsch Effekt - Eskapist album review
By Adam Rees published
Seizure-inducing shenanigans from German tech-polymaths

Five minutes alone with DragonForce's Herman Li
By Adam Rees published
The shredder chats up the band’s new album, their impact on power metal and *that* videogame

Malevolence/ No Zodiac/ Revulsion/ Murder Circuit at Fuel, Cardiff - live review
By Adam Rees published
Not yet ratedA night of relentless, metal-minded hardcore

Orthodox - Sounds Of Loss album review
By Adam Rees published
Nashville straightedge crew offer an ugly union of the new and nu

Decapitated - Anticult album review
By Adam Rees published
Polish death metal conquerors reach a new peak

Devil Sold His Soul, Polar and Foes at the Thekla, Bristol - live review
By Adam Rees published
Not yet ratedThe Gospel- live

Sikth - The Future In Whose Eyes? album review
By Adam Rees published
Watford pioneers still years ahead of their time

Primordial, Fen and Crom Dubh at Underworld, London - live review
By Adam Rees published
Not yet ratedIreland’s rabble-rousers light a pyre
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