Latest articles by Merlin Alderslade
Our 8 favourite moments from Glastonbury 2025
From punk, metal and hardcore bands bringing the heavy to surprise sets and emotional tributes, Glasto 2025 had it all
"The Melbourne crew have Glasto by the baps and balls." Aussie punks Amyl and the Sniffers just ripped Glastonbury a new one
"The crowd in front of the Other Stage is a bubbling sea of pits, dancing, headbanging and fist-pumping"
"Hooks big enough to snag a kaiju and basslines so irresistible they could land people in rehab." One of the world's hottest edm bands just fcuked Glastonbury festival
You’ll find few hotter acts in the edm scene right now than Fcukers
Controversial Irish rappers Kneecap draw massive crowd at Glastonbury, as BBC refuse to livestream the festival's most talked-about performance
Read Louder's eyewitness account of what went down at Kneecap's Glastonbury set, the gig the BBC didn't want you to see
"You worry for anyone that has to follow them." Biffy Clyro's magnificent Glastonbury set serves notice that they're more than ready to headline Britain's biggest and most beloved festival when the call comes
Biffy Clyro kickstart the weekend on Glastonbury's Pyramid Stage blending the anthemic with the angular, the emotional and the straight-up eccentric
Native James just brought grime metal to Glastonbury - and Glasto lapped it up
The UK’s premier proprietor of grime metal makes a big impact on the Greenpeace stage
Metal Hammer writers name the albums they’d listen to during a zombie apocalypse
As 28 Years Later lurches its way towards box office success, we suggest the rock and metal albums that would best soundtrack a zombie killing spree
A guide to every Poppy album so far
Our guide to every full-length studio album made by one of alternative music's most fascinating and unpredictable creatives
12 alternative acts you should try and watch at Glastonbury 2025
Think Glastonbury Festival is all about mainstream artists? Think again
The 16 greatest Glastonbury Festival performances ever
These are the most iconic sets to have ever graced the world's most famous music festival
I'm a Glastonbury Festival veteran of over 20 years - here are 5 things I never go to Worthy Farm without
Heading to Glastonbury this year? I promise you won't regret bringing these essentials with you
Watch Linkin Park singer Emily Armstrong shave a fan's head live on stage
One fan held up a sign during Linkin Park's Rock For People set with a surprising request - and Emily was happy to oblige
Lzzy Hale on why it was "different" for her growing up as a Black Sabbath fan
Halestorm frontwoman Lzzy's taste in music made her something of an outcast as school
Watch latest masked metal sensations President play their first ever show at Download this past weekend
Mystery masked metallers President take a big leaf out of Sleep Token's book and draw a packed-out crowd at Download
Here's what Sleep Token played at their first ever Download headline set
Sleep Token made history by headlining Download festival for the first time - here's what they played
Watch 90s pop crew Vengaboys pull an insane crowd at Download, the UK's biggest rock and metal festival
The 10 best Sleep Token songs ever
From obscure masked metal curios to Download headliners and record-breaking streams, Sleep Token are the biggest thing to hit metal in a generation. Here are their 10 best songs so far
Watch Sharon den Adel and Simone Simons surprise Cristina Scabbia for her birthday
Fans couldn't believe their eyes as three modern metal icons embraced on stage and shared some delicious looking birthday cake
You can watch Spiritbox's entire, pro shot, rain-soaked Rock Am Ring 2025 set right now
Metalcore heavyweights Spiritbox played a banger of a set at Germany's Rock Am Ring festival over the weekend, and you can watch it in full
We've ranked every Killswitch Engage album from worst to best
Reordering the catalogue of one of metalcore's greatest bands in reverse order of awesomeness
System Of A Down's Shavo Odadjian on the Serj Tankian lyrics that confused him the most
Even System Of A Down's own bassist has raised his eyebrows at some of Serj's unusual lyrics
Kirk Hammett picks the Metallica album where he got his playing "spot on"
Iconic Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett thinks he nailed his playing on this album in particular
Babymetal's Moametal reveals the touching message she'd give her younger self
Having started when she was just 11 years old, Moametal has already had an amazing career
"An Iron Maiden gig quite unlike any other we've seen." The first night of Iron Maiden's Run For Your Lives tour packs big surprises, lashings of nostalgia and a state-of-the-art new show
From beloved rarities getting dusted off to some truly impressive new visuals, Maiden kicked off their new world tour in style
