Rich Hobson

Writer for Metal Hammer, Classic Rock and Louder, Rich has never met a feature he didn't fancy, which is just as well when it comes to covering everything rock, punk and metal for both print and online. Passionate about seeing the spread of metal on a global scale, Rich has spent the last decade seeking out emerging acts from around the world, covering everyone from Alien Weaponry and The Hu to Kaoteon, Nine Treasures and Jinjer, whilst also re-examining rock and metal history with bands like Faith No More, Sepultura and Ozzy Osbourne, alongside legendary events like Rock in Rio and the 1991 Clash Of The Titans tour.

Articles by: Rich Hobson

Every Carcass album ranked from worst to best

By Dom Lawson, Rich Hobson published 11 February 22

Hold on to your stomach and watch out for the bloody spray - this is the best (and worst) of innards-obssessed extreme metal icons Carcass

Every Alice In Chains album (and EP) ranked from worst to best

By Rich Hobson published 10 February 22

Ranking every album (and EP) by grunge titans Alice In Chains in order of greatness

Watch Keith Buckley sing acoustic version of Thing With Feathers as he opens up on “heartbreaking” Every Time I Die split

By Paul Brannigan, Rich Hobson published 9 February 22

Exclusive Currently on tour in the UK, Every Time I Die frontman Keith Buckley shares his thoughts on the band’s split, and performs an acoustic reading of Thing With Feathers from 2021’s Radical

The 25 best Limp Bizkit songs ever

By Rich Hobson published 7 February 22

The 25 best Limp Bizkit songs that prove their status as nu metal whipping boys was entirely undeserved

Once Human's Lauren Hart: "Singing Davidian with Robb Flynn is something I will remember for the rest of my life"

By Rich Hobson published 7 February 22

Once Human talk touring with Machine Head, collaborating with Robb Flynn and how Scar Weaver perfects their melodeath meets groove metal sound

Watain talk blistering new single The Howling: "Our work is an illumination of the abyss"

By Rich Hobson published 4 February 22

Infamous Swedish black metallers Watain announce seventh album with infernal new single The Howling

Ithaca's empowering new single They Fear Us is "about inner power, femininity and why people should fear us"

By Rich Hobson published 4 February 22

UK metallic hardcore heroes Ithaca announce second album They Fear Us with pummeling title-track

Venom Prison's Erebos: An evolutionary step towards becoming extreme metal legends

By Rich Hobson published 3 February 22

Venom Prison's Eerebos "is to Samsara what Carcass's Heartwork was to Reek Of Putrefecation": the diving line between greatness and legends

The metal world reacts to Jon Zazula's death: "Metallica would not be who we are without Jon"

By Rich Hobson published 2 February 22

The music world reacts to the loss of Jon Zazula - the man who brought the world Metallica, Anthrax, Testament, Overkill (and so much more)

System Of A Down and Korn kick off US co-headline tour and the setlist is a millennial metalheads' dream

By Rich Hobson published 2 February 22

Inside the first night of the Korn/System Of A Down co-headline tour - 41 songs, countless singalongs and the live debut of a new single

10 obscure but brilliant 90s bands that deserved better

By Rich Hobson published 1 February 22

The 90s might have been a golden age for alternative rock and metal, but these 10 bands never got the dues they deserved

Top 10 Turnstile songs

By Rich Hobson published 29 January 22

The 10 best Turnstile songs that helped turn them into a breakout hardcore sensation

New metal albums 2022: The 50 most anticipated releases this year

By Rich Hobson published 28 January 22

From Ghost, Slipknot and Rammstein to Venom Prison, Bloodywood and beyond, these 50 albums show that 2022 is going to be insanely stacked for new releases

Inside Ghost's first US show of 2022: new songs, new look, new era

By Rich Hobson published 27 January 22

Papa Emeritus IV makes his official live debut on Ghost's US tour with Volbeat and we got a good look at the next stage of their evolution - including new-look Nameless Ghouls

10 bands that wouldn't exist without Faith No More

By Rich Hobson published 25 January 22

Faith No More spearheaded the alt-metal movement and inadvertently gave rise to nu metal – but these 10 bands show their biggest impact was in changing metal's attitude to sonic anarchy

22 killer albums turning 20 in 2022

By Rich Hobson published 25 January 22

Never mind When We Were Young, these 22 scene-defining, game-changing albums turn 20 in 2022 and we are Officially Old

Hear the first single from Matt Heafy's Japan-themed black metal solo project Ibaraki

By Rich Hobson published 21 January 22

Trivium’s Matthew Kiichi unveils Tamashii No Houkai, the debut single from his Japan-themed, Ihsahn-produced black metal solo project Ibaraki

Indian metallers Bloodywood's epic Aaj video will give you travel envy

By Rich Hobson published 21 January 22

Indian metal band Bloodywood get their Shikari on with epic new song Aaj, combining traditional folk metal and electro rock

Vote for the best Limp Bizkit song ever

By Rich Hobson published 21 January 22

Limp Bizkit might have been nu metal's whipping boys but they were also one of its biggest pop culture phenomenons with over 40 million estimated sales. Now we want you to help us crown their best song

A posed shot of Every Time I Die with tape over their mouths

Every Every Time I Die Album Ranked From Worst To Best

By Jim Smallman, Rich Hobson published 20 January 22

Every Time I Die's game-changing, genre-defining discography ranked in order of greatness

Limp Bizkit standing in a row in front of a wall

Every Limp Bizkit Album Ranked From Worst To Best

By Alec Chillingworth, Rich Hobson published 19 January 22

The classics and the clangers from Limp Bizkit's nu metal back pages

KK Downing: My Life In 10 Songs

By Rich Hobson published 18 January 22

Legendary ex-Judas Priest guitarist KK Downing reflects on five decades of shaping heavy metal history with Judas Priest, Ross The Boss and KK's Priest

The Story Behind The Song: Bodies by Drowning Pool

By Rich Hobson published 17 January 22

Drowning Pool's Bodies was one of the great moshpit anthems of the early 00s, yet the Texan metallers’ biggest hit was overshadowed by tragedy

Somebody has made a mash-up of Aqua's Barbie Girl in the style of System Of A Down and now our brains hurt

By Rich Hobson published 14 January 22

This mash-up asks the question nobody asked - "what would Aqua's Barbie Girl sound like played by System Of A Down?"

Keith Richards and former Rolling Stones cover artist Ruby Mazur get in on the NFT craze - for charity

By Rich Hobson published 14 January 22

Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards is auctioning a signed guitar and NFT for charity MusiCares

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