<![CDATA[ Latest from Louder in Albums ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums Mon, 13 Apr 2026 04:08:48 +0000 en <![CDATA[ "The production is so polished and shiny that magpies tried to steal my stereo every time I pressed play." Supergroup Bad English's debut album is a perfect time capsule of late-80s AOR ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/bad-english-bad-english 6r4dATEvGk9JuaZYUsdVQB Mon, 13 Apr 2026 04:08:48 +0000 Mon, 13 Apr 2026 06:43:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We weren’t after our version of Iron Maiden’s Eddie, but it needed to be striking.” The story behind Slayer's grim Reign In Blood album artwork ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/slayer-reign-in-blood-larry-carroll NoW4pSHHqR8ggXin3hfBTj Sat, 11 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0000 Sat, 11 Apr 2026 09:14:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It sits between Genesis, Van der Graaf Generator and Roxy Music – all viewed through a haze of spectral menace”: Before Crowded House, before their new-wave hits, Split Enz were unabashedly prog ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/split-enz-mental-notes HP3pHn2WnwCTF2kCBA2TmR Sat, 11 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000 Sun, 12 Apr 2026 21:19:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I didn’t do terribly well with solo work compared to my colleagues in Genesis. But I had a golden period, and I bought the Steinway piano I play on this record”: Anthony Phillips’ fight through pain barrier to make Gemini ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/anthony-phillips-gemini zsAPfMihm2uZm2AYJKAPCL Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:30:00 +0000 Sat, 11 Apr 2026 11:10:04 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Making this record was joyful." Yes share first music from brand new studio album, Aurora ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/making-this-record-was-joyful-yes-share-first-music-from-brand-new-studio-album-aurora uWiGUTqB2Kv5dSzYZf9xs9 Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:05:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Their record label couldn't figure out whether they were the next Poison or the first Guns N' Roses." The story of Jetboy, the band who could have saved glam metal but didn't ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/jetboy CnY9hx8tzWQpgcrDnukTEc Wed, 08 Apr 2026 07:45:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We’re back to being the opening act – a difficult pill to swallow. But I see a great opportunity”: Textures pioneered djent but never received full credit. Can their comeback album secure their achievements? ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/textures-genotype 5DhiijwQWAm4RuBeLUEfcW Wed, 08 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ New Hawkwind release unearths the late Huw Lloyd-Langton's final recording with the band ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/new-hawkwind-release-unearths-the-late-huw-lloyd-langtons-final-recording-with-the-band XthF5PupULnq2ukayfoKQ5 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:03:23 +0000 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:20:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Like Blondie with Teeth." Shakin' Street mix high-energy rock with post-punk pop sensibility on album starring Ross The Boss and Fabienne Shine ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/shakin-street-shakin-street Njf5vUr5o9Uf6hM3RXN7rK Mon, 06 Apr 2026 23:40:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ Former King Crimson drummer Michael Giles returns with Shadows/Solo, his first album for 25 years ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/king-crimson-drummer-michael-giles-returns-with-shadows-solo-his-first-album-for-25-years e2uZybFZ8gxbGKmGRWXkS6 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 10:46:19 +0000 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:58:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When Eric Clapton left, we tried different guitarists. Peter Green told me he was better than everybody else. Once I heard him play, I realised he was”: How the most influential British blues band of the 60s replaced one brand new guitar god with another ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/john-mayall-bluesbreakers-peter-green-hard-road-story-behind-album 4gsjtESvRXsK6hEFdP9oYk Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Our peers – Metallica, Guns N’ Roses, Green Day – see the honesty and they get it. A lot of people never will, but that’s not important”: Horror-punk icons the Misfits recorded their classic debut album in 1978. It took 18 years for it to be released ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/misfits-static-age-story-behind-the-album JwrbbtFYdNC87ReeCHVP26 Sat, 04 Apr 2026 15:00:00 +0000 Sun, 05 Apr 2026 08:09:35 +0000 <![CDATA[ 5 insanely obscure 1980s rock albums that are a perfect 10/10 ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/lost-treasures-1980s-rock-albums qpMuWzwA79h62HKiD9uuvb Sat, 04 Apr 2026 01:00:00 +0000 Sat, 04 Apr 2026 09:32:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ “David Coverdale believed those things were alright to say. Jon Lord and I would see something he’d said and wrinkle our noses”: How a controversial album cover and cheeky T-shirts helped turn two ex-Deep Purple members into stars all over again ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/whitesnake-lovehunter-story-behind-the-album hpDtY594Vs8pWTgCRb5oZU Fri, 03 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Lost treasures: Ten cult classic albums worth scouring second-hand record stores for ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/lost-treasures-ten-cult-albums RstDWerXVKCfwoBG7T8EJ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 07:45:00 +0000 Thu, 09 Apr 2026 08:45:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I want to do lots of different things. I'm always on some sort of learning curve." Every album Robert Plant has made since Led Zeppelin broke up, ranked from worst to best ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/post-led-zeppelin-robert-plant-albums-ranked kdrAfFFphQddLS7zjSqFWg Thu, 02 Apr 2026 23:58:53 +0000 Fri, 03 Apr 2026 05:25:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He may be alluding to life, the universe or a balance sheet, for all the listener knows”: The 1980 album that brought George Orwell, Casio calculators and a pop producer into the realm of prog ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/new-musik-from-a-to-b jZbVm5CQY73VoEqRzKP279 Thu, 02 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I wake up in the middle of the night thinking, ‘What if we hadn’t gone with him?’ I can’t see how it would have worked”: If Big Big Train hadn’t met Alberto Bravin, they wouldn’t have been on tour to discover the inspiration for Woodcut ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/big-big-train-woodcut eDSxXjKWmZYo7KWNoXekE4 Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:30:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "It was an experiment, and not everyone was ready for that kind of change!" Jethro Tull announce six-disc reissue of 1984 album Under Wraps ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/it-was-an-experiment-and-not-everyone-was-ready-for-that-kind-of-change-jethro-tull-announce-six-disc-reissue-of-1984-album-under-wraps WEzf8C2WYvjwGhtwngKm3H Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:26:33 +0000 Wed, 01 Apr 2026 20:27:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I just wanted to punch that dude in the face." How Linkin Park pushed themselves to the limit on Hybrid Theory and changed the face of metal ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/how-linkin-park-debut-hybrid-theory-changed-metal mxi57dmptE7DXCofprr3k7 Tue, 31 Mar 2026 15:00:00 +0000 Thu, 02 Apr 2026 14:26:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Blessedly free of vibraphones and scatological humour." Todd Rundgren delights some and confounds others on A Wizard, A True Star ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/todd-rundgren-a-wizard-a-true-star Y3ofqVVXNCTWEMcwwnY43g Mon, 30 Mar 2026 03:34:50 +0000 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 22:06:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ “They perceived it to be blasphemous. It was not pornographic. It was serious. It was my first experience of the gulf between a record company and an artist”: Vangelis’ disgust at the treatment of Aphrodite’s Child masterpiece 666 ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/vangelis-aphrodite-s-child-666 aECWczwZ9szYt3JGBEEDwm Sun, 29 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ I'm a life-long Rush fan and I can't believe there's an 18% saving on the newly-released Grace Under Pressure super deluxe edition in Amazon's Big Spring Sale ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/rush-grace-under-pressure-super-deluxe-box-set-on-sale-at-amazon GPCMzKJGaz7aN7rU5ZoYiB Sat, 28 Mar 2026 15:30:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Pink Floyd to release 1975 Los Angeles Sports Arena concert on vinyl and CD for very first time in April ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/pink-floyd-to-release-1975-los-angeles-sports-arena-concert-on-vinyl-and-cd-for-very-first-time-in-april YeS8zZEN5rfwarzMzCq2DC Fri, 27 Mar 2026 13:59:02 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We loved being pretentious, in the best possible sense of the word”: The bloody-minded duo who dared to delete a Robert Fripp solo in front of him ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/no-man-robert-fripp-flowermouth tUEvFcS7K8cCMidVjP6KCE Fri, 27 Mar 2026 08:15:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Judas Priest have started recording their next album: “I don't know if I’m allowed to say that, but I’ve said it” ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/judas-priest-recording-new-album-2026 6WBP5FMAWETXQwbEWNZUMa Thu, 26 Mar 2026 16:15:41 +0000 Thu, 26 Mar 2026 16:19:05 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It's unbelievable we survived.” How a gang of OC punks changed the face of metalcore - and ultimately became one of 21st Century metal's true stadium acts ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/avenged-sevenfold-story-of-waking-the-fallen Mb482KwJpZYyn4xB4TyTbY Thu, 26 Mar 2026 15:58:46 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Guaranteed to turn any club, field or arena into a writhing mass of sweating, crashing bodies." Every Lamb Of God album ranked from worst to best ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/ranking-every-lamb-of-god-album-worst-to-best PsGQaPr8Frt2BHK3DeDd2a Thu, 26 Mar 2026 13:21:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ "He’s a judge! What do I say? I’m 26, I don’t know **** about the legal system!" How a fake murder story, a lawsuit and one extremely weird phone call got this classic Slipknot song removed from the world and hidden for a decade ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/hes-a-judge-what-do-i-say-im-26-i-dont-know-about-the-legal-system-how-a-fake-murder-story-a-lawsuit-and-one-extremely-weird-phone-call-got-this-classic-slipknot-song-removed-from-the-world-and-hidden-for-a-decade wfzvWDCraiMJZWAVX8548b Wed, 25 Mar 2026 17:16:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ The 30 best metal albums of the decade (so far) ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/the-30-best-metal-albums-of-the-decade-so-far duNbqzm6Cg5W3ioFPzhK38 Wed, 25 Mar 2026 11:58:11 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’d never heard of them before I got the request. But my assistant said they were very good, so I agreed”: The ambition behind Nightwish’s collaboration with Richard Dawkins ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/nightwish-richard-dawkins-endless-forms DCpoqXwA5mnZRFGHQ3fPmh Wed, 25 Mar 2026 11:15:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ "There's no reason why you can't get better as you get older." Nine Thunder albums to listen to and one to avoid ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/thunder-best-albums 96zsaoiQNgxkQfm5KdhW9T Tue, 24 Mar 2026 06:45:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "On paper, it's hard to imagine Ronstadt as a road-weary trucker, but she completely owns Lowell George's Willin'." Linda Ronstadt gently explores an eclectic selection of songs on Heart Like A Wheel ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/linda-ronstadt-heart-like-a-wheel S3FaR5mvRBTzMMgXeCPS5i Mon, 23 Mar 2026 06:37:21 +0000 Mon, 23 Mar 2026 06:41:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ Bloody Well Right! Breakfast In America might have had the bangers, but it was Crime Of The Century that truly saved Supertramp's bacon ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/bloody-well-right-breakfast-in-america-might-have-had-the-bangers-but-it-was-crime-of-the-century-that-truly-saved-supertramps-bacon dLw3p2siix6DESNLwBKkHP Sat, 21 Mar 2026 11:32:21 +0000 Sun, 22 Mar 2026 22:54:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ “To my shame, I did have big hair when I was a teenager – the full Mötley Crüe. But I could never get with Poison”: The 80s thrash classic Korn guitarist Head calls “the ultimate metal album” – and the record he thinks should be thrown in the trash ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/korn-brian-head-welch-favorite-albums ZtRQY8GJUHc7utQrzqteW Sat, 21 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Sat, 21 Mar 2026 09:20:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ "If you ask me what it's like to be a woman in rock, I'll scream." Slipknot, snow fights and sexism: the summer that changed everything for Italy's biggest metal band ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/lacuna-coil-story-behind-karmacode-2006-interview 2kV5bm26zKT4ekNvMgaZHQ Fri, 20 Mar 2026 17:59:07 +0000 Fri, 20 Mar 2026 18:04:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ Kraftwerk announce 50th anniversary reissues for Radio-Activity ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/kraftwerk-announce-50th-anniversary-reissues-for-radio-activity doXxg45t5ZJBhaVcQEqrfd Fri, 20 Mar 2026 07:20:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “A triumph in prog, and a masterclass in storytelling”: Members of Dream Theater, Nightwish, Gentle Giant and others on the power of Jethro Tull’s Aqualung ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/jethro-tull-aqualung-loved iPyxCBMgeCeKXYnmw5XtBn Thu, 19 Mar 2026 11:15:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ From child prodigy to platinum star: Nine Steve Winwood albums you should listen to and one to avoid ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/steve-winwood-best-albums jRyNbGjEoXEXn4xr5eyo6d Thu, 19 Mar 2026 03:11:41 +0000 Thu, 19 Mar 2026 08:44:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ “My life was going down the toilet. I was trying to stay out of everybody’s way, just to finish what I’d started." The story behind the troubled birth of Foo Fighters' second album, The Colour And The Shape ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/foo-fighters-the-story-behind-the-colour-and-the-shape dwP8bmeYWNhUJrBCsqhFpk Wed, 18 Mar 2026 16:00:38 +0000 Wed, 18 Mar 2026 17:25:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ Quirky YouTube sensations Angine de Poitrine announce new album for April ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/quirky-youtube-sensations-angine-de-poitrine-announce-new-album-for-april eb2WMjGBWn7yzLYFoyfumm Wed, 18 Mar 2026 11:49:19 +0000 Wed, 18 Mar 2026 14:42:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Some fans preferred it to Genesis… I had record labels asking for my next album, and half a band forbidding me from doing it”: The unexpected consequences of Steve Hackett’s Voyage Of The Acolyte ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/steve-hackett-voyage-of-the-acolyte-genesis GnZBCy3CAaWXEndpG8P5RK Tue, 17 Mar 2026 08:03:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ The man who inspired the British blues boom: Nine Muddy Waters albums you should listen to and one to avoid ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/muddy-waters-albums wdiD95J5VsWErfiByD9HAN Tue, 17 Mar 2026 03:49:40 +0000 Tue, 17 Mar 2026 04:50:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ “After all the choirs, orchestras and 700 tracks I’m just like, ‘Guys, it’s been a rough few years. I’m a confused 15-year-old’”: Devin Townsend had to abandon King Crimson, Yes and Gentle Giant for AC/DC and Bon Jovi ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/devin-townsend-powernerd-revisited Ra6bvS8dL6Scg2KW2HC6cm Mon, 16 Mar 2026 14:30:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Heathen finds Bowie settling into his role as elder statesman of the post-punk art rock movement." David Bowie successfully charts a path into his later years with the help of a returning friend ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/david-bowie-heathen zs2wAo7tiqxRhU3LyR8tKX Mon, 16 Mar 2026 08:02:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There’s a thinking that, to be progressive, every song has to have 14 minutes of musical intellectualism. We don’t agree”: Some say Soen’s new album isn’t prog enough. But they cite Genesis in their defence ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/soen-reliance-genesis aGwMkQLvABcvkmuFt7MaGX Sun, 15 Mar 2026 18:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ I had cassette tapes of Muddy’s Chess songs made. “I’d bring them to the studio and he would decide if he wanted to record a song again”: How a blues legend made a stunning return to form in the twllight of his career - with help from a young guitar hero ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/muddy-waters-hard-again-story-behind-the-album RXcPvUW9mbQJdQFs73z4xn Sat, 14 Mar 2026 22:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ 10 years after promising a “symphony of c*cks and v*ginas and death”, Devin Townsend has finally announced his life’s work The Moth and released its unhinged lead single ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/devin-townsend-announces-the-moth-album-2026 nWf8pGUiqJPWSnAUzo8VyF Wed, 11 Mar 2026 14:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Yes to release expanded and remastered edition of From A Page in April ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/yes-to-release-expanded-and-remastered-edition-of-from-a-page-in-april KFaaZZ7zenPa6pK38SGV4n Wed, 11 Mar 2026 06:20:00 +0000 Wed, 11 Mar 2026 08:52:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I was like, 'This is it. This is ****ing it.' I was so obsessed." Here's what Linkin Park singer Emily Armstrong thinks about the band's legendary debut album, Hybrid Theory ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/i-was-like-this-is-it-this-is-ing-it-i-was-so-obsessed-heres-what-linkin-park-singer-emily-armstrong-thinks-about-the-bands-legendary-debut-album-hybrid-theory JXVD9aLFfp6FqxM8HQZnxf Tue, 10 Mar 2026 15:18:38 +0000 Tue, 10 Mar 2026 15:18:52 +0000