
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

Steve Albini: a guide to alt-rock's unsung hero
By Briony Edwards published
From fronting Big Black to producing almost every alternative album worth talking about in the last 30 years, Steve Albini is an under-appreciated alt-rock champion – here, Asylums talk us through the albums you need to get you started

Gavin Rossdale's track-by-track guide to Bush's new album The Kingdom
By Briony Edwards published
Bush's new album The Kingdom is the best thing they've released since the 90s, and Gavin Rossdale is here to tell us all about it

Culture Abuse's new compilation rips it up and starts again
By Briony Edwards published
Culture Abuse's new compilation Good Shit, Bad Shit, Who Gives A Shit?! promises new insight into the Californian punk's back catalogue

Two queer icons collide in Orville Peck's cover of Bronski Beat
By Briony Edwards published
Orville Peck has covered Bronski Beat's 1984 classic Smalltown Boy and the results are just as good as you'd expect

Human Impact's new singles drag 90s noise rock into a broken 21st century
By Briony Edwards published
Worlds falling apart? The rotten core of modern humanity? It's all covered in Human Impact's new singles Transist/Subversion

Incineration Festival adds five new acts to 2021 bill
By Briony Edwards published
London’s Incineration Festival announces another five names for next year’s event – including Akercocke and Unfathomable Ruination

Bloodstock announce the European Metal Festival Alliance
By Briony Edwards published
Bloodstock have teamed up with 12 European metal festivals for an online event to benefit the "beleaguered" independent festival sector

Run The Jewels sneak release new album RTJ4
By Briony Edwards last updated
Run The Jewels have made their new album, RTJ4, available for free – telling fans "here’s something raw to listen to while you deal with it all"

We went to see Rammstein's stadium show and it blew our tiny minds
By Fraser Lewry, Merlin Alderslade, Eleanor Goodman, Briony Edwards last updated
We went to check out Rammstein's show at Stadium MK and were met with unbelievable pyro, an exploding baby and the best stage show in modern metal

Playlist: A guide to the world's best soundtracks, by Loathe
By Briony Edwards published
Loathe vocalist and guitarist Erik Bickerstaffe talks us through the atmospheric world of the multimedia soundtrack

Pabst: A punk's guide to Berlin
By Briony Edwards published
Berlin punks Pabst give us the ultimate outsider's guide to the German capital... to enjoy just as soon as lockdown is over

Playlist: A guide to Bring Me The Horizon, by Derange
By Briony Edwards published
Derange vocalist Cat Pereira joins us to talk us through the Bring Me The Horizon songs you need in your life

Playlist: A guide to Kyuss, by Louise Lemón
By Briony Edwards published
Louise Lemón talks us through the Kyuss tracks you need to hear

Rammstein - Rammstein: your ultimate track-by-track guide
By Briony Edwards, Fraser Lewry, Alice Pattillo published
Everything you need to know about Rammstein's self-titled album in exhaustive detail

The 10 best DC hardcore songs, as chosen by Fake Names
By Briony Edwards published
Punk-rock supergroup Fake Names talk us through the sounds that defined DC hardcore

Kraftwerk co-founder Florian Schneider dead at 73 - music world pays tribute
By Briony Edwards published
Kraftwerk co-founder Florian Schneider has died following a short battle with cancer

Jehnny Beth releases new single Heroine
By Briony Edwards published
Jehnny Beth has released new single Heroine – the latest track taken from upcoming debut album To Love Is To Live

Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever launch video for new single Falling Thunder
By Briony Edwards published
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever release promo for Falling Thunder – the latest single taken from upcoming album Sideways To New Italy

Playlist: Positive metal attitude, by Tenside
By Briony Edwards published
German metallers Tenside have gathered the best heavy sounds from all over Europe to give you a fresh dose of PMA

Playlist: A soundtrack to life on the road, by Khemmis
By Briony Edwards published
US doom metallers Khemmis are missing life on the road, so here they supply us with the soundtrack to their late night drives and pre-show warmup routines

Playlist: Songs to get you stoked, by GroundCulture
By Briony Edwards published
North East hardcore squad GroundCulture join us with a playlist guaranteed to put a very noisy spring in your step

People are recreating classic album covers from home and they're brilliant
By Briony Edwards last updated
People have been flexing their creative muscles while stuck at home by recreating classic album covers with household objects – the results will fill you with joy

Tom DeLonge's UFO videos officially released by The Pentagon
By Briony Edwards published
Outer space enthusiast Tom DeLonge furthers our quest for The Truth as his UFO videos are officially released by The Pentagon

Playlist: Songs everyone should love, by Make Them Suffer
By Briony Edwards published
Australian metallers Make Them Suffer join us with a playlist designed to impart joy onto all who listen to it

The 10 best Josh Homme songs, as chosen by Sky Valley Mistress
By Briony Edwards published
Josh Homme's recording career has taken more twists and turns than the average Agatha Christie novel – here, UK stoner squad Sky Valley Mistress pick the 10 finest moments from his eclectic back catalogue
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