
Briony Edwards
Briony is the Editor in Chief of Louder and is in charge of sorting out who and what you see covered on the site. She started working with Metal Hammer, Classic Rock and Prog magazines back in 2015 and has been writing about music and entertainment in many guises since 2009. Her favourite-ever interviewee is either Billy Corgan or Kim Deal. She is a big fan of cats, Husker Du and pizza.
Latest articles by Briony Edwards

Looks like Glastonbury will be going ahead as a 'limited festival' in September
By Briony Edwards published
Glastonbury have been granted a licence to have a limited event at Worthy Farm this year – with up to 50,000 people allowed to attend

Mr Bungle have done a Van Halen cover and it's actually pretty good
By Briony Edwards published
Mr Bungle share their cover of Van Halen's 1980 track Loss Of Control, taken from upcoming The Night They Came Home livestream release

Take a tour of Slash's former mansion courtesy of rapper Big Sean
By Briony Edwards published
Rapper Big Sean recently took on Slash's former Beverly Hills home – and now you can take a look inside

Green Day, Fall Out Boy and Weezer have rescheduled their remaining Hella Mega Tour dates
By Briony Edwards published
The US leg of the Hella Mega Tour, featuring Green Day, Fall Out Boy and Weezer, is set to go ahead this summer

Over 70 new bands announced for Download Festival 2022
By Briony Edwards published
Download Festival have announced a host of new bands set to take the stage in 2022 – including Deftones, Korn, Megadeth and more

US rapper DMX dies aged 50
By Briony Edwards published
American rapper and actor DMX has died aged 50 following a heart attack earlier this month

Wolfgang Van Halen's Mammoth WVH release not one but two new singles
By Briony Edwards last updated
Mammoth WVH release new single Don't Back Down along with Wolfgang Van Halen fave Think It Over – new album due out in June

Some guy on YouTube has "fixed" Van Halen and it sounds horrible
By Briony Edwards published
This is what it sounds like when you "time correct" Van Halen's 1978 classic Runnin' With The Devil – and readers, it isn't good

Neil Peart voted the greatest prog musician of all time
By Briony Edwards last updated
Readers of Prog magazine name Neil Peart as the best-ever prog musician

How online vigilantes framed an innocent death metal musician for a murder that never was
By Briony Edwards last updated
When Pablo Vergara – AKA death metal musician Morbid – was implicated in a woman's disappearance in 2013, he had no idea that his life was about to be turned upside down. Here, he tells us about his journey to rock bottom and back again

Bikini Kill’s Kathleen Hanna has sung the latest riot-grrrl inspired WandaVision theme song
By Briony Edwards published
Riot grrrl and the Marvel Cinematic Universe collide as Bikini Kill's Kathleen Hanna stars in a new version of the WandaVision theme song

Kim Gordon rails against suffocating suburban America in new video Hungry Baby
By Briony Edwards published
Kim Gordon has released a new video for single Hungry Baby – starring her daughter Coco Gordon-Moore

The 10 loudest bands on Earth, as chosen by Morag Tong
By Briony Edwards last updated
Stoner doom noiseniks Morag Tong select the 10 loudest bands to ever have graced our planet

Reckon you can guess who the world's loudest band is?
By Briony Edwards last updated
Who performs at the same level as an air raid siren? Which band knocked out three of their fans with their horrible noise? A brand new survey answers all this and more...

Tom Jones has released an alt-rock single because it's 2021 and nothing makes sense anymore
By Briony Edwards last updated
Welsh crooner Tom Jones releases the spoken-word Talking Reality Television Blues and yeah, we don't know what's going on either

Anna B Savage's Baby Grand is an ode to every headf**k relationship you've ever had
By Briony Edwards published
Anna B Savage releases video for new song Baby Grand, a cathartic track about love, confusion and the often baffling world of modern romance

Sammy Hagar: Van Halen reunion tour would have been a "dream come true"
By Briony Edwards published
Sammy Hagar admits a 'kitchen sink' Van Halen reunion was "totally on his radar" – but that he wouldn't have enjoyed sharing the stage with David Lee Roth

Have you always wanted a tiny Papa Emeritus II? Well, we've got good news
By Briony Edwards published
Ghost release the latest in their range of action figures – and this time, it's a tiny version of Papa Emeritus II

Deftones recruit an unlikely fan in the shape of Michael Bublé
By Briony Edwards published
Christmas crooner Michael Bublé outs himself as a secret Deftones fan – is "absolutely loving" new album Ohms

Why we asked Marilyn Manson about Evan Rachel Wood – and why he hung up on us
By Briony Edwards last updated
In September, we sat down to have a chat with Marilyn Manson. It didn't go quite as planned

Missing live music? Asylums have got you covered
By Briony Edwards published
UK alt-rockers Asylums have recorded a live set of songs, taken from their new album Genetic Cabaret, exclusively for Louder

AC/DC share teaser video for new single Shot In The Dark
By Briony Edwards published
The video for AC/DC's new single Shot In The Dark is coming on Monday – but you can watch the first teaser for it now

Black Stone Cherry share video for new single Ringin' In My Head
By Briony Edwards last updated
Black Stone Cherry release promo for their track Ringin' In My Head - the second single taken from upcoming album The Human Condition
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