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'.

Articles by: Adam Brennan

Cover art for The Hirsch Effekt - Eskapist album

The Hirsch Effekt - Eskapist album review

By Adam Rees published

Seizure-inducing shenanigans from German tech-polymaths

A portrait of Herman Li with guitar

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

Art for Malevolence/ No Zodiac/ Revulsion/ Murder Circuit live at Fuel, Cardiff - live

Malevolence/ No Zodiac/ Revulsion/ Murder Circuit at Fuel, Cardiff - live review

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A night of relentless, metal-minded hardcore

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Orthodox - Sounds Of Loss album review

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Nashville straightedge crew offer an ugly union of the new and nu

Cover art for Decapitated - Anticult album

Decapitated - Anticult album review

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Polish death metal conquerors reach a new peak

Given To Live

How Given To Live is spreading the gift of music

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Given To Live are changing young music fans' lives through the power of live music

Crowd shot

Devil Sold His Soul, Polar and Foes at the Thekla, Bristol - live review

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The Gospel- live

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Sikth - The Future In Whose Eyes? album review

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Watford pioneers still years ahead of their time

Art for Primordial, Fen and Crom Dubh live at Underworld, London

Primordial, Fen and Crom Dubh at Underworld, London - live review

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Ireland’s rabble-rousers light a pyre

Art for Taake and De Profundis live at the Exchange, Bristol

Taake and De Profundis at the Exchange, Bristol - live review

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Bergen firebrands lay siege to the west

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Spoil Engine - Stormsleeper album review

By Adam Rees published

Gutsy Euro metal from melodic, Lowland collective

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Oceano - Revelation album review

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Chicago’s deathcore bruisers explore new depths

Press shot of Alter Bridge

Alter Bridge: the story behind Metalingus

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Mark Tremonti looks back on the fan favourite that helped crown them champions

Devin Townsend live in Bristol

Devin Townsend Project at Colston Hall, Bristol - live review

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

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Wolfheart - Tyhjyys album review

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Finnish melodeath crew conjure new realms of splendour

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Royal Thunder - Wick album review

By Adam Rees published

US rockers light a fire in the heart and mind

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Death Remains - Destroy/ Rebuild album review

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London’s metallic hardcore crew crank up the riffage

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

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

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Another perfect live chapter from US prog visionaries

A photograph of Galactic Empire on stage

Galactic Empire at The Globe, Cardiff - live review

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Sith tribute band expand their Empire

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

Cover Art for Moonloop - Devocean album

Moonloop - Devocean album review

By Adam Rees published

Masterful, progressive explorations of the deep

Cover art for Ghost Iris - Blind World album

Ghost Iris - Blind World album review

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Danish tech-metal hopefuls lose sight of their goal

A photograph of Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard on stage

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

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A showcase of Welsh heaviness in the capital

Jens Kidman of Clutch at Academy, Bristol 2016

Meshuggah and The Haunted live review

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Sweden’s sonic marauders do the time warp

Cover artwork for Kreator - Gods Of Violence album

Kreator - Gods Of Violence album review

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Thrash immortals continue their renaissance

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