
Liz Scarlett
Liz works on keeping the Louder sites up to date with the latest news from the world of rock and metal. Prior to joining Louder as a full time staff writer, she completed a Diploma with the National Council for the Training of Journalists and received a First Class Honours Degree in Popular Music Journalism. She enjoys writing about anything from neo-glam rock to stoner, doom and progressive metal, and loves celebrating women in music. '10 bands that rip off Black Sabbath but get away with it' is her favourite article she's written with Louder so far. When not writing, Liz enjoys various creative endeavours such as graphic design, as well as reading about rock’n’roll history, art and magic.
Latest articles by Liz Scarlett

Watch Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson perform Deep Purple's Burn with an orchestra
By Liz Scarlett published
Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson performed a fiery cover of Deep Purple's Burn as part of Jon Lord's Concerto For Group And Orchestra

Classic Rock Tracks Of The Week: new music from Foo Fighters, Skindred and more
By Liz Scarlett published
Music your ears will thank you for, from Black Spiders, Uriah Heep, John Mellencamp, The Damned and more

Classic Rock Tracks Of The Week: new music from The Lemon Twigs, Sophie Lloyd and more
By Liz Scarlett published
Outstanding new tunes from Danko Jones, Elegant Weapons, Smashing Pumpkins and more

Jack Black has released a frankly deranged music video for his new Super Mario Bros. Movie single Peaches
By Liz Scarlett published
Watch Jack Black's wild and eccentric Peaches video immediately

A Christian store is stocking a Lamb Of God mug unaware they're a heavy metal band, and guitarist Mark Morton is not happy
By Liz Scarlett published
"I ain't mad at Jesus, but y’all can’t just be out here bootleggin' my s**t"

Joe Elliott duets with a younger version of himself on new Def Leppard album
By Liz Scarlett published
Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott says singing with his younger self on forthcoming orchestral album Drastic Symphonies was like "singing with a ghost that's still alive"

Guns N’ Roses, Tool, Avenged Sevenfold, Korn and more announced for Aftershock 2023
By Liz Scarlett published
Guns N’ Roses, Tool, Avenged Sevenfold, Korn, Godsmack, Incubus, Queens Of The Stone Age, Limp Bizkit and many more are set to play at Sacramento's Aftershock festival this year

A guitarist played Buddy Holly every day until Weezer duetted with him. Rivers Cuomo finally responded on day 990
By Liz Scarlett published
After almost 1000 days, Weezer's Rivers Cuomo has duetted the Buddy Holly lick with one very determined guitarist

Watch grannies rip through some gnarly death metal and shoot fireworks from their backsides in this hilarious advert for Liquid Death iced tea
By Liz Scarlett published
Water company Liquid Death have brought out a range of new iced tea drinks alongside a bizarre advert starring a group of skateboarding, death metal-playing grandmas

Paramore share eccentric and surreal music video for Running Out Of Time
By Liz Scarlett published
Paramore unveil the accompanying music video for Running Out of Time, the latest single to be lifted from their recently-released This Is Why album

Radio X launches new radio station dedicated to classic rock music
By Liz Scarlett published
Journalist Sunta Templeton will host the new Classic Rock radio station, “dedicated to the greatest classic rock music of all time from across the decades"

Dana Dentata transforms into a murderous bodybuilder in new video for Dstock '99
By Liz Scarlett published
Nu gen frontrunner Dana Dentata has dropped the gruesome video for Dstock '99, a track lifted from 2021's Pantychrist

Spiritbox reveal that they are already working on eight new songs
By Elizabeth Scarlett published
In the wake of their monumental success of their 2021 debut album Eternal Blue, Spiritbox have revealed that they are already working on new material

Primus take aim at paranoid conspiracists on wacky new track Conspiranoia
By Elizabeth Scarlett published
Primus have announced that they will be releasing the three-track EP Conspiranoid and drop its first track, Conspiranoia

There's now a new emoji that's perfect for metalheads
By Elizabeth Scarlett published
Ever heard a riff so good your face melted into the floor? Well now there's an emoji for that

Watch Dee Snider perform acoustic version of We're Not Gonna Take It at Concert For Ukraine
By Elizabeth Scarlett published
Dee Snider performs Ukraine's battle cry anthem, Twisted Sister's We're Not Gonna Take It, at Concert For Ukraine

Korn and Evanescence announce huge co-headline tour
By Elizabeth Scarlett published
Korn and Evanescence will set off on the road together this summer across the US for an 18-city tour

Saturday Night Live share axed skit about goths and now we understand why it was dropped
By Elizabeth Scarlett published
SNL's unused sketch Three Normal Goths contains plenty of eyeliner...but not a lot of laughs

Cassyette's spellbinding cover of My Chemical Romance's I'm Not Okay (I Promise) will give you goosebumps
By Elizabeth Scarlett published
Cassyette has revamped MCR's iconic emo anthem I'm Not Okay (I Promise) into a soaring ballad and we absolutely cannot get enough

Korn and Evanescence are up to something together, but what?
By Elizabeth Scarlett published
Korn and Evanescence have shared two cryptic social media posts, and we want to know what it is they're teasing

Clutch drop riotous new single Red Alert (Boss Metal Zone)
By Elizabeth Scarlett published
Maryland maulers Clutch return with new single Red Alert (Boss Metal Zone), previewing their upcoming thirteenth studio album

Babymetal team up with a digital fashion label for release of virtual NFT sneakers
By Elizabeth Scarlett published
Babymetal have collaborated with digital fashion label 1BLOCK for the release of virtual NFT sneakers that you can wear in the "Metalverse"

Lamb Of God's Randy Blythe wants blessing of deceased fan's family before playing in the Czech Republic again
By Elizabeth Scarlett published
Lamb Of God's Randy Blythe says he "wouldn't mind" returning to play in the Czech Republic – the country where he was tried (and found not guilty) for the manslaughter of a fan
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