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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German deathcore unit fuse power and precision

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

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

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Adventurous Germans with a point to prove

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Not yet ratedUS tech-metallers Born Of Osiris fail to catch a break, live in Cardiff with Black Crown Initiate, Volumes and Veil Of Maya

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Another feral blast of Brummie filth from Anaal Nathrakh. Read our album review here...

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Fear Factory's frontman Burton C Bell shares his thoughts on the latest Terminator film, Donald Trump and more

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Not yet ratedMad Al Jourgensen delivers civilisation’s last rites with Ministry, live in Cardiff

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Swedish legends In Flames visually document hometown victory lap with new album

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Noisy New Englanders Barishi find new ways to roar with new album, reviewed here

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Rhianna-loving tech-metallers Any Given Day fail to prove their staying power with new album

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Greek progsters sow exactly what it says on their tin

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Host to some of the most devastating battles in the history of the Roman Empire, Imperium Dekadenz’s native Black Forest has also inspired a scintillating new path for black metal

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Ambitious Swedish pair Witherscape dial down the extravagance with new album

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Sweden’s melodic metal masters Soilwork pilfer the vaults

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Windy City riff-wielders Scientist merge the gruff and the gorgeous with new album

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Returning deathcore heroes Despised Icon narrow the lead on new album 'Beast'

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Spasmodic trio The Fall Of Troy gift their return album, 'OK', to the fans

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Deathgrind supergroup Asphalt Graves long for blastbeats of yore on new album

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Ex-Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison makes a brutal return with new band Sinsaenum

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Ambitious metalcore crew I Am Noah fail to steal any thunder

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Californian trio’s further lesson in violence

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Chaotic hardcore debut from Swedish firebrands
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