<![CDATA[ Latest from Louder in Interviews ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews Tue, 26 May 2026 10:51:14 +0000 en <![CDATA[ "Noel Gallagher would be in the room across from me." From underground darlings to collabs with Mastodon and Gojira: Urne are the best-kept secret in British metal ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/urne-are-metals-best-kept-secret Go9QxwXEuPAreL4ujpNiJc Tue, 26 May 2026 10:51:14 +0000 Tue, 26 May 2026 12:33:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ "He was drunk out of his mind and he asked me to make out with him." Billy Corgan on how he became a fan of The Cure...and the first time he met Robert Smith ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/when-billy-corgan-met-robert-smith-the-cure kdCpfvHd9pWhajyZGHw3Ko Tue, 26 May 2026 09:55:14 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We opened for bands we really hated, like Styx. People were relating to us and not them. They got a little pissed”: the stellar rise and sudden fall of The Cars, the new wave band who soundtracked America ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/the-story-of-the-cars-new-wave 4hzZHsx8b64T6hJEFBvkg3 Tue, 26 May 2026 09:26:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I was 21 years old. I don’t think it matters how old you are – there’s no way to be prepared for it." The story of the one simple but devastating question that led to Evanescence writing their biggest hit, Bring Me To Life ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/i-was-21-years-old-i-dont-think-it-matters-how-old-you-are-theres-no-way-to-be-prepared-for-it-the-story-of-the-one-simple-but-devastating-question-that-led-to-evanescence-writing-their-biggest-hit-bring-me-to-life Yb297ts6tAchyfVTDvKmaX Fri, 22 May 2026 13:03:37 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We were in this pub and Paul Di’Anno pulled this young nurse. She invited us all to sleep on her floor”: How Iron Maiden made the scrappy four-track EP which launched their career ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/iron-maiden-story-behind-soundhouse-tapes-ep-1979 75GWRD6ds2kmRcHg3ULXf5 Tue, 12 May 2026 10:18:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I looked over in his direction and tears were rolling down his cheeks. I thought: My God! I've done it!" How a gospel choir and the Lord's Prayer saved one of rock's greatest power ballads ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/i-want-to-know-what-love-is-foreigner dufLKiLABN2DfmU4w3QN8k Mon, 11 May 2026 05:49:25 +0000 Mon, 11 May 2026 06:25:14 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I was always sober so I couldn’t understand: 'Why are you throwing away your life?'" Addiction, fights and intervention from the 'Metal Godfather': How Five Finger Death Punch came back from the brink ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/how-five-finger-death-punch-came-back-from-near-destruction-with-f8 YbQg4mai43pkkwbAGCnt3T Fri, 08 May 2026 16:32:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Sometimes the occasional fool would break out a knife." From defining a genre to wild generator parties and the 90s metal reunion everyone's waiting for, Kyuss legend John Garcia looks back on his life ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/john-garcia-looks-back-on-kyuss-hermano-and-30-years-of-stoner-metal rxwXLtFYMx858V5dxivE6e Thu, 07 May 2026 11:31:38 +0000 Thu, 07 May 2026 11:34:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I had that thing of, 'I don’t wanna play that song because every time I sing it, I start crying.'" From falling in love with Nirvana to channelling Iron Maiden and embracing activism, some life lessons from Within Temptation's Sharon den Adel ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/sharon-den-adel-within-temptation-nirvana-iron-maiden-interview DXPWf7Do968K9KtwfE3Bxk Tue, 05 May 2026 14:30:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ “My dad introduced me to Deep Purple, Ronnie James Dio and Van Halen. My mom said: ‘Well, if you’re going to be into all of that stuff, you’ve got to know that women can do this too’”: When Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale met Heart’s Ann Wilson ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/ann-wilson-heart-lzzy-hale-halestorm-interview yhC46wxCoMCja6ftBTEZT7 Mon, 04 May 2026 20:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I got $100 to do the job, and it was a full day with Michael Bolton." From Saturday Night Live and King Diamond to Eurovision and pagan rituals, Myrkur has tales to tell ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/i-got-usd100-to-do-the-job-and-it-was-a-full-day-with-michael-bolton-from-saturday-night-live-and-king-diamond-to-eurovision-and-pagan-rituals-myrkur-has-tales-to-tell rVs2uByiag99CQpQwFexra Mon, 04 May 2026 08:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We knew we could never do what Led Zeppelin were doing, but what if you’re not the greatest musician and still wanna do it?”": Billy Idol comes clean about religion, nearly losing a leg, and taking it to the edge and living to tell the tale ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/billy-idol-career-punk-to-stardom yyypDGyYrAbZJG4smfbbWi Sun, 03 May 2026 01:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When people used to come over to my house, they would expect to see people hanging off meat hooks cos they been listening to my music”: Rap and metal icon Ice T’s home is nothing like you’d expect. We know – we went there ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/ice-t-body-count-at-home-carnivore-album-interview qCKtrUUjagxCerd9PNhHLS Sat, 02 May 2026 22:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "My chin hit this broken bottle on the stage. I pulled it out, there was blood gushing down my face." Lamb Of God's Randy Blythe comes clean on sobriety, UFOs and what he'd have as his final meal ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/lamb-of-god-randy-blythe-all-star-interview PZMbscaJcrV2UQf9icv2rV Tue, 28 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Metallica have tried some crazy things, some which have worked better than others. That’s a part of being an artist”: Twenty thousand people, an 80-piece symphony and the world’s biggest metal band – the epic story behind rock’s greatest orchestral gig ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/metallica-have-tried-some-crazy-things-some-which-have-worked-better-than-others-thats-a-part-of-being-an-artist-twenty-thousand-people-an-80-piece-symphony-and-the-worlds-biggest-metal-band-the-epic-story-behind-rocks-greatest-orchestral-gig 8PCCYVBVhtBpsbxivApzXg Sat, 25 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Fri, 08 May 2026 19:32:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I had to fight for everything I wanted and got treated like a child." How Amy Lee fought to take back control of Evanescence ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/evanescence-amy-lee-interview-2017 EQWwse6PW6ANLrUTU8a6Dk Fri, 24 Apr 2026 11:34:11 +0000 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:26:04 +0000 <![CDATA[ "We didn’t talk to each other for three months." Haunted houses, fallouts and a drunken singer: inside Slipknot's experimental masterpiece, Vol. 3 ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/slipknot-story-behind-vol-3-subliminal-verses LKaoR2kk79jfqFBuExeChV Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:15:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I wrote a lot of the tracks envisioning powerful live drumming – enter Dave Grohl." How the former Nirvana drummer shaped the sound of Nine Inch Nails' album With Teeth ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/how-dave-grohl-shaped-nine-inch-nails-with-teeth gA6RCnNJqPFuRVT57BQEpc Thu, 23 Apr 2026 09:21:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ "We were just jamming, making stuff up. Our session went totally out of the window." The true story of Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin's lost jam ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/black-sabbath-led-zeppelin-lost-jam-session WQuC79QDuJrGD9jThu4v4 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 03:45:24 +0000 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 06:13:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ “With all the stuff surrounding his illness and eventually passing, I had a hard time listening to it”: At The Gates drummer couldn’t listen to new album until “recently”, due to late singer Tomas Lindberg’s cancer battle ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/at-the-gates-drummer-adrian-erlandsson-couldnt-listen-new-album-until-recently-tomas-lindberg-2026 DfRiwJDH4jwUB3zMuBJPDW Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:08:04 +0000 Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:12:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ "It was one of the most emotional performances I've ever done. I was in tears." How David Bowie's Heroes became his most life-changing single ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/heroes-david-bowie aQzX3nMXvrMSn4Qsh4nGNc Fri, 17 Apr 2026 06:23:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ "He went off at the deep end with drugs and I was just beside myself with frustration and depression.” Paramore, Deftones and Tool love them. This album broke them. The story of Failure's Fantastic Planet ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/failure-fantastic-planet-oral-history KqSDUZbPSq2bEt4MTbLnQm Mon, 13 Apr 2026 09:33:11 +0000 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 10:10:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I had a bad flu and was delirious, but the lyric was so great that it lifted me up in my sick bed." How Ann and Nancy Wilson poured their feelings about love and the state of the world into a debut single that became an evergreen rock classic ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/crazy-on-you-heart YohFAFiGVdxfD4fZnUMGtG Sun, 12 Apr 2026 04:45:00 +0000 Sun, 12 Apr 2026 21:19:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Growing up, I noticed bands like Motorhead, Limp Bizkit and Drowning Pool were always part of it. Now I understand why." How heavy metal became a lifelong passion for WWE Women's World Champion Stephanie Vaquer ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/growing-up-i-noticed-bands-like-motorhead-limp-bizkit-and-drowning-pool-were-always-part-of-it-now-i-understand-why-how-heavy-metal-became-a-lifelong-passion-for-wwe-womens-champion-stephanie-vaquer 5rs7vVRpGCz73QiQPs5cW7 Sat, 11 Apr 2026 16:00:00 +0000 Mon, 13 Apr 2026 12:39:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ "People were throwing coins and smashed up cups. It was horrifying!" This is what it's like supporting metal legends Iron Maiden in front of a hostile crowd, according to Atreyu guitarist Dan Jacobs ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/people-were-throwing-coins-and-smashed-up-cups-it-was-horrifying-this-is-what-its-like-supporting-metal-legends-iron-maiden-in-front-of-a-hostile-crowd-according-to-atreyu-guitarist-dan-jacobs akrYLW2g4DPRP6xSokUdjB Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:03:22 +0000 Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:03:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I’m not the first woman in metal. I just did it a little more my own way." The trailblazing black metal star who worked with Martin Scorsese and Michael Bolton before taking on the mother of all career changes ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/the-story-of-myrkur-amalie-bruun 3evRVYrJhRdih2KjVYABR4 Wed, 08 Apr 2026 09:44:11 +0000 Wed, 08 Apr 2026 11:05:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I was never a fan of it and I didn't even want it to be on the record." The emotional Linkin Park anthem that Chester Bennington didn't originally like but became one of the biggest rock songs of all time ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/linkin-park-numb-meaning-and-story-of-song Qgn2SYYAVqDf4M7PEbJUfi Tue, 07 Apr 2026 13:30:46 +0000 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 13:44:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ "When I wrote that song I was really going through it...I was almost embarrassed by it." From Brazil to the UK, the hardcore punk four-piece channelling Distillers fury via some deeply personal lyrics ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/when-i-wrote-that-song-i-was-really-going-through-it-i-was-almost-embarrassed-by-it-from-brazil-to-the-uk-the-hardcore-punk-four-piece-channelling-distillers-fury-via-some-deeply-personal-lyrics xsJ8SxmdAkmVhj3zCEKEcW Tue, 07 Apr 2026 10:35:21 +0000 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 13:32:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When you’ve got the helicopter, the yacht, the private jet, what do you do? ‘I’ll go into space and pretend it’s for research!’” Ian Anderson wonders if he should have sent a flute into the cosmos, and regrets William Shatner went there too ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/ian-anderson-flute-in-space cLNUonBMcYCKQ55yEz8fiZ Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I cried my eyes out when I heard Maiden’s Brave New World. There was this sense of great loss that hit me really hard”: Blaze Bayley comes clean about leaving Iron Maiden, clashing with Rick Rubin and the heart attack that nearly killed him ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/blaze-bayley-interview-iron-maiden-wolfsbane gLFw9rAfESC24icf7JYt5X Sun, 05 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I started chemo and got in touch with my Native American roots." How Testament's Chuck Billy survived cancer (and grunge) to become a thrash metal legend ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/testament-chuck-billy-interview-2026 6r49ceKUwvruMPH4aTWhj3 Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There’s a man trapped inside my cat!” – genre-smashing star Poppy is on the cover of the new issue of Metal Hammer with an exclusive new interview ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/theres-a-man-trapped-inside-my-cat-genre-smashing-star-poppy-is-on-the-cover-of-the-new-issue-of-metal-hammer-with-an-exclusive-new-interview cQASAUyD7MmqRvadRLrRxf Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:57:17 +0000 Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:57:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ "If you’re trying to have followers and make them think like you do, you’re just building a cult." How Maynard James Keenan's Puscifer explore comedy and tragedy ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/puscifer-feature-2026 iXGs3RsatKTxnEUPx9ymgA Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:52:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I liked Master Of Puppets, but I’d definitely change the channel when Dave Mustaine got in the car”: Ex-Megadeth bassist David Ellefson remembers his first impression of Metallica’s 1986 game-changer ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/megadeth-bassist-david-ellefson-first-impression-metallica-master-of-puppets-2026 JpTT97gjCxcoRXYU2xki3g Tue, 31 Mar 2026 13:51:46 +0000 Tue, 31 Mar 2026 13:54:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ "There'd be guys in full Kiss make-up just standing there flipping us off for the whole set." After the release of Adrenaline, Deftones faced hostile audiences and were forced to hone their chops the hard way ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/chino-moreno-deftones-adrenaline 369mKZmNs9Usan6SfEbcRb Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:45:47 +0000 Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:47:49 +0000 <![CDATA[ "He was screaming about being in Vietnam and running in front of cars." How a childhood encounter with an absconded psychiatric inpatient inspired a song that would change the face of metal ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/dillinger-escape-plan-jim-fear-story-behind-song VdnRNdFu34JsLqqqUMdVoX Sun, 29 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0000 Mon, 30 Mar 2026 16:22:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ "There’s been a constant tension that’s been an enormous challenge for us all over the years –he did what he had to do.” Did a televised protest against Limp Bizkit really force Zack de la Rocha to quit Rage Against The Machine? ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/rage-against-the-machine-zack-de-la-rocha-quits-band BPN6ovnFfCoBKYSMxpcaxG Sat, 28 Mar 2026 08:30:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ "They sounded like Hanoi Rocks after somebody hit them in the head with a frying pan." 40 years ago The Babysitters were the best-worst band in the World. Perhaps they still are ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/the-babysitters BrHHpRXS9FBc9KL3onudP5 Thu, 26 Mar 2026 08:45:00 +0000 Thu, 26 Mar 2026 21:41:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ "The Island record came out the same time as Bob Marley, and the Epic one at the same time as Boston. We were buried, and both became Frisbees." The story of the southern rock legends who took ten years to become an overnight success ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/blackfoot-interview s9zAgQbSuFiXhAoaPardnZ Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:59:02 +0000 Thu, 26 Mar 2026 01:05:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Yo, Jim. This is Sylvester Stallone. Gimme a call. We need to talk." How one of Hollywood's great action heroes turned Survivor from no-hopers to heavyweight champions of AOR ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/survivor-eye-of-the-tiger Px5wWincogmCo4jR9CLCbM Wed, 25 Mar 2026 01:57:40 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I took my scooter up the lift and rode it through the corridors naked in drag make-up with just a tie on." A brilliant and bonkers interview with Motorhead's late, great Phil Campbell ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/phil-campbell-motorhead-interview-metal-hammer axifc8eVGKvj385H67H5ah Tue, 24 Mar 2026 16:12:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ “A lot of fans and the press didn’t like it. I agreed with them for a while”: The British blues boom band who went prog, with help from John Lennon, heatstroke and weed ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/how-the-groundhogs-went-prog JYndepmVc56U7hSV7jzt3S Mon, 23 Mar 2026 12:17:08 +0000 Mon, 23 Mar 2026 12:53:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I don’t want my son disrespecting women, but he always says to me, 'Mom! You have a song called Whore!'" The misunderstood singer who became a 21st century metal icon ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/i-dont-want-my-son-disrespecting-women-but-he-always-says-to-me-mom-you-have-a-song-called-whore-the-misunderstood-singer-who-became-a-21st-century-metal-icon 5M5cwTWcMjc9mKHTcdBAd9 Mon, 23 Mar 2026 11:42:49 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There’ve been times where I’ve come back from a tour and my kids don’t know who I am”: Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt on 25 years of Blackwater Park, another Steven Wilson team-up, hating the road and why he might stop growling again ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/opeth-mikael-akerfeldt-2026-interview-blackwater-park hRX4EP3QPQV54MQqjiVM7g Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:37:06 +0000 Thu, 19 Mar 2026 13:32:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ "We took a break and made some tea. Within 20 minutes Steve had written the words." How Humble Pie made the ultimate whiplash boogie white boy blues ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/stone-cold-fever-humble-pie eBUiXMTLMgFQQ5RWvpMpwT Thu, 12 Mar 2026 02:19:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I made my bed by leaving the band in 2010." The prog metal master who links Dream Theater, Avenged Sevenfold and The Beatles (but not Rush) ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/i-made-my-bed-by-leaving-the-band-in-2010-the-prog-metal-master-who-links-dream-theater-avenged-sevenfold-and-the-beatles-but-not-rush EKg5qwJhTYsVdgFTsNUJaT Wed, 04 Mar 2026 12:07:08 +0000 Wed, 04 Mar 2026 12:10:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ "The noise is deafening. The whole hotel shakes. It’s very frightening." Asia guitarist John Mitchell caught up in Middle East conflict ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/the-noise-is-deafening-the-whole-hotel-shakes-its-very-frightening-asia-guitarist-john-mitchell-caught-up-in-middle-east-conflict 672tNQKkuNcv77KkoVzq9W Tue, 03 Mar 2026 10:32:32 +0000 Tue, 03 Mar 2026 10:32:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I said, 'This is our last show.' He said OK. We never, ever talked about why it was so easy to break up the band." The curious story of the thinking man's hair metal band, and where it all went wrong ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/white-lion-rise-and-fall LLezzaMkAbWCnzywzkFqjG Mon, 02 Mar 2026 08:45:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "It didn’t hurt or anything. It was just ****ing scary.” We threw one of metal's most promising bands off a bridge ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/alien-weaponry-feature-2026 HLjmiKQbL8YhruquECw2Ke Sat, 28 Feb 2026 20:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "If I didn’t have songs, we wouldn’t make an album. I didn’t do anything, and nobody asked!” How Everon returned after 16 years with a new studio album, Shells ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/everon-first-album-16years twu95aRiHSJyMDHkmgkQTG Sat, 28 Feb 2026 11:40:48 +0000