
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

Oceano - Revelation album review
By Adam Rees published
Chicago’s deathcore bruisers explore new depths

Devin Townsend Project at Colston Hall, Bristol - live review
By Adam Rees published
Not yet ratedCanada’s ‘nerd prog’ guru fuses the daft and the divine

Wolfheart - Tyhjyys album review
By Adam Rees published
Finnish melodeath crew conjure new realms of splendour

Royal Thunder - Wick album review
By Adam Rees published
US rockers light a fire in the heart and mind

Death Remains - Destroy/ Rebuild album review
By Adam Rees published
London’s metallic hardcore crew crank up the riffage

Between The Buried & Me - Coma Ecliptic: Live album review
By Adam Rees published
Another perfect live chapter from US prog visionaries

Galactic Empire at The Globe, Cardiff - live review
By Adam Rees published
Not yet ratedSith tribute band expand their Empire

Fit For An Autopsy - The Great Collapse album review
By Adam Rees published
New Jersey bruisers carry on defying boundaries

Moonloop - Devocean album review
By Adam Rees published
Masterful, progressive explorations of the deep

Ghost Iris - Blind World album review
By Adam Rees published
Danish tech-metal hopefuls lose sight of their goal

Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard at Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff - live review
By Adam Rees published
Not yet ratedA showcase of Welsh heaviness in the capital

Meshuggah and The Haunted live review
By Adam Rees published
Not yet ratedSweden’s sonic marauders do the time warp

Kreator - Gods Of Violence album review
By Adam Rees published
Thrash immortals continue their renaissance

Vipassi - Sunyata album review
By Adam Rees published
Intriguing twiddling from instrumental Australians

Once Human - Evolution album review
By Adam Rees published
Promising LA melodic metallers continue to adapt

Circle Of Dust - Machines Of Our Disgrace album review
By Adam Rees published
Long overdue return from New York’s industrial trailblazer

Aversions Crown - Xenocide album review
By Adam Rees published
More galactic nightmares from Aussie deathcore destructors

Belial album review – Nihil Est
By Adam Rees published
Dizzying but dense punishment from Wiltshire debutants Belial

Razor Sharp Death Blizzard – You Will Burn album review
By Adam Rees published
Enraged anthems from Scottish punk firebrands Razor Sharp Death Blizzard

Naberus – The Lost Reveries album review
By Adam Rees published
Heady metallic expectations from Melbourne debutants Naberus. Read our album review here...

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...

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...

Science Of Sleep - Hellmouth album review
By Adam Rees published
German deathcore unit fuse power and precision
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