Adam Brennan

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

Cover art for Oceano - Revelation album

Oceano - Revelation album review

By Adam Rees published

Chicago’s deathcore bruisers explore new depths

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Devin Townsend live in Bristol

Devin Townsend Project at Colston Hall, Bristol - live review

By Adam Rees published

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Canada’s ‘nerd prog’ guru fuses the daft and the divine

Concerts & Shows
Cover art for Wolfheart - Tyhjyys album

Wolfheart - Tyhjyys album review

By Adam Rees published

Finnish melodeath crew conjure new realms of splendour

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Cover art for Royal Thunder - Wick album

Royal Thunder - Wick album review

By Adam Rees published

US rockers light a fire in the heart and mind

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Cover art for Death Remains - Destroy/ Rebuild album

Death Remains - Destroy/ Rebuild album review

By Adam Rees published

London’s metallic hardcore crew crank up the riffage

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Cover art for Between The Buried & Me - Coma Ecliptic: Live album

Between The Buried & Me - Coma Ecliptic: Live album review

By Adam Rees published

Another perfect live chapter from US prog visionaries

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A photograph of Galactic Empire on stage

Galactic Empire at The Globe, Cardiff - live review

By Adam Rees published

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Sith tribute band expand their Empire

Concerts & Shows
Cover art for Fit For An Autopsy - The Great Collapse album

Fit For An Autopsy - The Great Collapse album review

By Adam Rees published

New Jersey bruisers carry on defying boundaries

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Cover Art for Moonloop - Devocean album

Moonloop - Devocean album review

By Adam Rees published

Masterful, progressive explorations of the deep

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Cover art for Ghost Iris - Blind World album

Ghost Iris - Blind World album review

By Adam Rees published

Danish tech-metal hopefuls lose sight of their goal

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A photograph of Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard on stage

Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard at Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff - live review

By Adam Rees published

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A showcase of Welsh heaviness in the capital

Concerts & Shows
Jens Kidman of Clutch at Academy, Bristol 2016

Meshuggah and The Haunted live review

By Adam Rees published

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Sweden’s sonic marauders do the time warp

Concerts & Shows
Cover artwork for Kreator - Gods Of Violence album

Kreator - Gods Of Violence album review

By Adam Rees published

Thrash immortals continue their renaissance

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Cover art for Vipassi SUNYATA

Vipassi - Sunyata album review

By Adam Rees published

Intriguing twiddling from instrumental Australians

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Cover art for Once Human EVOLUTION

Once Human - Evolution album review

By Adam Rees published

Promising LA melodic metallers continue to adapt

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Cover art for City Of Dust's MACHINES OF OUR DISGRACE

Circle Of Dust - Machines Of Our Disgrace album review

By Adam Rees published

Long overdue return from New York’s industrial trailblazer

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Aversions Crown's Xenocide

Aversions Crown - Xenocide album review

By Adam Rees published

More galactic nightmares from Aussie deathcore destructors

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Belial album cover

Belial album review – Nihil Est

By Adam Rees published

Dizzying but dense punishment from Wiltshire debutants Belial

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Razor Sharp Death Blizzard 'You Will Burn' album cover

Razor Sharp Death Blizzard – You Will Burn album review

By Adam Rees published

Enraged anthems from Scottish punk firebrands Razor Sharp Death Blizzard

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Naberus album cover

Naberus – The Lost Reveries album review

By Adam Rees published

Heady metallic expectations from Melbourne debutants Naberus. Read our album review here...

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Ion Dissonance album cover for 'Cast The First Stone'

Ion Dissonance – Cast The First Stone album review

By Adam Rees published

Ugly, complex music from Ion Dissonance for ugly, complex times. Read our album review here...

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Animals As Leaders album cover

Animals As Leaders – The Madness Of Many album review

By Adam Rees published

More highbrow noodling from LA’s tricky tech trio Animals As Leaders. Read our album review here...

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Cover art for Science Of Sleep's Hellmouth

Science Of Sleep - Hellmouth album review

By Adam Rees published

German deathcore unit fuse power and precision

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Lamb Of God

Lamb Of God fight against cancer with The Duke

By Adam Rees published

Randy Blythe explains the band's tribute to late fan with The Duke

Interviews
Anthrax in 1985, standing in a row in a tiled room

The A-Z of Anthrax

By Adam Rees published

Everything you need to know about thrash legends Anthrax, in handy alphabetical order

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