<![CDATA[ Latest from Louder in Music ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music Mon, 18 May 2026 13:45:00 +0000 en <![CDATA[ Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: May 18, 2026 ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/classic-rocks-tracks-of-the-week-may-18-2026 DrjmJKG3up26wMFHNE4gwA Mon, 18 May 2026 13:45:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It’s a masochistic way of recording. Working in the studio isn’t always fun”: Prog metallers Amorphis rehired a notoriously picky producer, knowing they just had to trust him. The result was Queen Of Time ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/amorphis-queen-of-time-jens-bogren bZ8GvzXcEUazLGFRW8staa Mon, 18 May 2026 13:44:15 +0000 Mon, 18 May 2026 13:44:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Having people fire unfamiliar words at us was really frightening." How one bizarre but brilliant song about chocolate brought Babymetal to the world - and confused the hell out of the heavy metal scene ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/the-story-of-babymetal-gimme-chocolate Ho6zSaRQCZybFaZV3xCRkK Mon, 18 May 2026 12:58:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "There’s this idea that metal is the Devil’s music and all that kind of nonsense." Meet the metal singer-turned vicar who wants Iron Maiden to play her church ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/theres-this-idea-that-metal-is-the-devils-music-and-all-that-kind-of-nonsense-meet-the-metal-singer-turned-vicar-who-wants-iron-maiden-to-play-her-church xjMtBoeKrhXDat9YKNGR28 Mon, 18 May 2026 10:28:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Daring and meditative and spiritual and rousing." Van Morrison perfects his blues/rock/Celtic soul thing on Saint Dominic's Preview ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/van-morrison-saint-dominics-preview tRWf3fpwLqKVUgVQALyPc3 Mon, 18 May 2026 06:21:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ “They’d always played fast and loose with traditional song structures. This album pushed it even further”: Big Country wouldn’t have called Steeltown a prog record – but it is ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/theyd-always-played-fast-and-loose-with-traditional-song-structures-this-album-pushed-it-even-further-big-country-wouldnt-have-called-steeltown-a-prog-record-but-it-is d7QGLCgRvsBKeHcVHbbzQR Sun, 17 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Sun, 17 May 2026 21:08:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’d wake up, have no memory of it, then play it back – and funnily enough it worked”: The Pineapple Thief’s Bruce Soord drank to forget his new songs as he wrote them ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/bruce-soord-ghosts-in-the-park tWs4nAzGKB56CT8hSQSQ8L Sat, 16 May 2026 17:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Substitute any Vietnam reference with any current war and the lyrics still stand up. I think the lyrics on Paranoid are timeless." How themes of war, madness and nuclear holocaust shaped Black Sabbath's second album ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/black-sabbath-story-behind-the-album-paranoid v9AWsZDsimWDEB5MdjaA29 Sat, 16 May 2026 16:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "It brings to mind the amped-up energy of Motörhead's No Sleep 'til Hammersmith or Thin Lizzy's Live And Dangerous." Halestorm showcase their stadium-sized ambitions at Sonic Temple ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/it-brings-to-mind-the-amped-up-energy-of-motorheads-no-sleep-til-hammersmith-or-thin-lizzys-live-and-dangerous-halestorm-showcase-their-stadium-sized-ambitions-at-sonic-temple ZMtngmmSkVGE2mAJFYL3gk Sat, 16 May 2026 13:48:18 +0000 Sat, 16 May 2026 13:48:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ Feral goblins, Satanic declarations and hometown heroes: inside day one at Sonic Temple Festival 2026 ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/sonic-temple-review-day-1 xsCD8p7WhgcUH5x6YQsUYN Fri, 15 May 2026 16:43:23 +0000 Fri, 15 May 2026 16:44:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I'd never been that close to death before." Ex-Metallica bassist Jason Newsted opens up on recent cancer battle - and why he's determined to get back to touring as soon as possible ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/id-never-been-that-close-to-death-before-ex-metallica-bassist-jason-newsted-opens-up-on-recent-cancer-battle-and-why-hes-determined-to-get-back-to-touring-as-soon-as-possible VrbTqVvWLM2q9u2YdqU445 Fri, 15 May 2026 14:10:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ "It changes you when you lose someone that you love so much." How Amy Lee channelled a devastating personal loss into Evanescence's most emotional album ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/the-story-behind-evanescences-the-bitter-truth E8rGTt85Kh8VpouL4MpfNb Fri, 15 May 2026 13:26:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ “In my memory it is very clear, like watching a film. We gambled our entire career on this album." How Celtic Frost laid the blueprint for extreme metal, black metal and death metal with their debut Morbid Tales ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/celtic-frost-morbid-tales-interview BMXaYvow9ano3eRpw7FabT Fri, 15 May 2026 12:41:12 +0000 Fri, 15 May 2026 13:16:05 +0000 <![CDATA[ "It was obvious that he wasn't happy." Why founding Korn bassist Fieldy left the band in 2021, according to guitarist Munky ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/it-was-obvious-that-he-wasnt-happy-why-founding-korn-bassist-fieldy-left-the-band-in-2021-according-to-guitarist-munky c3NNf9afcWHpT6VPRDZpud Fri, 15 May 2026 10:29:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ Top new proggy sounds from MONO, Shearwater, Earthside and more in Prog's brand new Tracks Of The Week ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/music-videos/top-new-proggy-sounds-from-mono-shearwater-earthside-and-more-in-progs-brand-new-tracks-of-the-week ZHSRn3Lz4ChGCDVFV5M2c9 Fri, 15 May 2026 10:15:40 +0000 <![CDATA[ “You can actually listen to these albums back-to-back in reverse order”: Why Crown Lands’ fourth album Apocalypse is a prequel to second album Fearless ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/crown-lands-apocalypse ExwEKMjr39oYRCxmkap6Ei Fri, 15 May 2026 06:44:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ "The guitar pyrotechnics are more of a controlled blaze these days, but the flame is still keenly felt." Peter Frampton's long adventure continues on Carry The Light ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/peter-frampton-carry-the-light 9QnrVVpApxepPffejZZfJn Fri, 15 May 2026 03:43:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ "The key to the band's sound is that all the guys in the band are really into progressive rock..." Magic Pie beat a case of writer's block to make sixth album Maestro ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/the-key-to-the-bands-sound-is-that-all-the-guys-in-the-band-are-really-into-progressive-rock-magic-pie-beat-a-case-of-writers-block-to-make-sixth-album-maestro fdeqbr6ncDa7rsYtCMJrF5 Thu, 14 May 2026 23:10:22 +0000 Thu, 14 May 2026 23:11:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ “They just do what they feel is right for them. They don’t take into account what people think”: How Metallica rewrote their script (and irritated countless metalheads) with Load and Reload ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/metallica-story-behind-load-reload-albums Fc5xMNLn2e2nqZmcNPhUpE Thu, 14 May 2026 15:59:05 +0000 Thu, 14 May 2026 16:02:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ “By day they worked on the official record. At night they taped an entirely different record, without the knowledge or approval of the label”: The story of Roxy Music’s Phil Manzanera, Quiet Sun and their sly posthumous album ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/phil-manzanera-quiet-sun-mainstream crQjMcFfS3tW24cqofwNVA Thu, 14 May 2026 11:37:31 +0000 Fri, 15 May 2026 05:07:53 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I held these pieces of paper in the palms of my hands like I was holding a newborn child." The story of the platinum-selling, two-minute blast of Celtic punk inspired by historic musical documents ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/im-shipping-up-to-boston-dropkick-murphys 4X3tDuUev3dzEnDUXCSKUb Thu, 14 May 2026 00:21:40 +0000 Thu, 14 May 2026 04:24:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The cycle of album-tour-album-tour is dying. It’s long been dead at our end of the scale”: This prog band took a risk to escape broken music industry models. So far, it’s paying off ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/the-cycle-of-album-tour-album-tour-is-dying-its-long-been-dead-at-our-end-of-the-scale-this-prog-band-took-a-risk-to-escape-broken-music-industry-models-so-far-its-paying-off Lq2vu7w9s7uqYrsm7VcKTj Wed, 13 May 2026 15:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Bullet For My Valentine eyeing January 2027 release for long-awaited eighth album: “Once the machine starts, that’s it for 14, 18 months” ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/bullet-for-my-valentine-new-album-january-2027 TTudoUyffY9rAQzJkgqLsa Wed, 13 May 2026 14:24:48 +0000 Wed, 13 May 2026 15:16:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Music, art, death, time – they’re all part of the same thing. I can’t articulate it. I’m just some stoned goofball with a guitar”: How Gong became more Gong than ever with latest album Bright Spirit ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/gong-bright-spirit 7Hv9WyzzBojacRp9UKa8dD Wed, 13 May 2026 12:22:03 +0000 Wed, 13 May 2026 12:22:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ Stoner/doom stalwarts Green Lung return with riffy single Evil In This House ahead of first-ever festival headline show ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/green-lung-return-evil-in-this-house-single-2026 sWFQTy5k5uc4NW5DVBU7zi Wed, 13 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Wed, 13 May 2026 17:46:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We’ve played each other songs, but we still haven’t come eye-to-eye on how things should be done”: 15 years after their comeback, will there ever be a sixth System Of A Down album? ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/system-of-a-down-story-behind-sixth-studio-album-probably-not-happening 3rPfUeE8imNbxHcVCJ2xUS Wed, 13 May 2026 11:44:03 +0000 Wed, 13 May 2026 15:16:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ Remixed and remastered version of Quiet Sun's legendary Mainstream album due in September ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/remixed-and-remastered-version-of-quiet-suns-legendary-mainstream-album-due-in-september KqsoUZKmvpitHTZCFr9FzA Wed, 13 May 2026 10:01:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I used to think I’d keep screaming until a trickle of blood came out. But it hasn’t happened yet”: How post-metal maverick Julie Christmas returned with her first album in eight years ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/julie-christmas-the-story-of-her-solo-album-ridiculous-and-full-of-blood 5hHomeFBEmSCA3Zh7k7M3M Wed, 13 May 2026 09:51:43 +0000 Wed, 13 May 2026 09:54:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ "We never fit into any scene or genre, ever, so all our friends are weirdos." What happened when we took Skindred record shopping in Newport ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/skindred-record-shopping-kriminal-records-newport GPdMTN9fDaRy4gFhWpgvBU Wed, 13 May 2026 06:45:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "70s metal was definitely the coolest. AC/DC had some fly records, Sabbath had some cool s**t." Ten Beastie Boys songs featuring samples of classic rock anthems ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/ten-beastie-boys-songs-featuring-classic-rock-samples brrHqejCBJphnWnr44W69a Tue, 12 May 2026 15:50:52 +0000 Wed, 13 May 2026 00:52:14 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Some kids wanted to come up onstage, chaos ensues and the people in charge seemed to panic and cut the power." How a cult hardcore punk band shut down one of rock's most legendary festivals after bagging an unlikely major label deal ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/some-kids-wanted-to-come-up-onstage-chaos-ensues-and-the-people-in-charge-seemed-to-panic-and-cut-the-power-how-a-cult-hardcore-punk-band-shut-down-one-of-rocks-most-legendary-festivals-after-bagging-an-unlikely-major-label-deal ukZfvjYozZp5ppRvBeSGEF Tue, 12 May 2026 08:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "It's about a man driven mad by betrayal who murders the woman he loves." The misunderstood Tom Jones cover that became the Sensational Alex Harvey Band's biggest hit ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/sensational-alex-harvey-band-delilah 3QDH2eVPNqfXyP9f79scsD Tue, 12 May 2026 06:45:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: May 11, 2026 ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/classic-rocks-tracks-of-the-week-may-11-2026 a89AYkvuNM8sKsebZPXN4B Mon, 11 May 2026 13:45:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "We were drunk on the bus and he was being annoying. We threw punches at each other." From singing in a pub getting him a job in one of Europe's biggest metal bands to MMA and cat fostering: five minutes with Amon Amarth's Johan Hegg ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/we-were-drunk-on-the-bus-and-he-was-being-annoying-we-threw-punches-at-each-other-from-singing-in-a-pub-getting-him-a-job-in-one-of-europes-biggest-metal-bands-to-mma-and-cat-fostering-five-minutes-with-amon-amarths-johan-hegg 4sqg3ce7RVe2Txdb6CSswc Mon, 11 May 2026 13:35:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ "When I went to rehab, they forced me to do the serenity prayer...I told them I’d say, ‘Ozzy grant me the serenity.'" Heartbreak, partying with Playboy bunnies and relapsing with Slayer: Every HIM (and VV) album in Ville Valo's own words ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/every-him-and-vv-album-in-ville-valos-own-words SMrgKny6UKUhjyg26MRViA Mon, 11 May 2026 11:27:47 +0000 Mon, 11 May 2026 11:29:04 +0000 <![CDATA[ The 13 best new metal songs you need to hear right now ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/best-new-metal-songs-motionless-in-white-scene-queen-khemmis oFyhR72cRXhzm4DivEGmMj Mon, 11 May 2026 10:37:10 +0000 Mon, 11 May 2026 13:35:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch former Arch Enemy singer Alissa White-Gluz make her debut with power metal heavyweights Dragonforce as frontman Marc Hudson misses show ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/watch-former-arch-enemy-singer-alissa-white-gluz-make-her-debut-with-power-metal-heavyweights-dragonforce-as-frontman-marc-hudson-misses-show U62GwiyMvb2nMwrLWpbxo Mon, 11 May 2026 10:23:26 +0000 Mon, 11 May 2026 10:23:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ "It trampled over most of the taboos of mid-70s radio with its sweary, anti-establishment lyrics and sneering tone." The Sex Pistols burn the apple cart to the ground on Never Mind The Bollocks ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/sex-pistols-never-mind-the-bollocks 4oxa5PVnVRds5div6KYKA4 Mon, 11 May 2026 04:18:48 +0000 Mon, 11 May 2026 21:20:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Zeppelin was primarily an in-person band… that’s what it was really about”: The greatest Led Zeppelin album no one ever talks about might just be a legendary bootleg ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/led-zeppelin-bootleg-live-on-blueberry-hill-story-behind-album BtBxW8QC7edUW6ogMtrS75 Sun, 10 May 2026 19:00:00 +0000 Mon, 11 May 2026 06:25:14 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I always go back to the early 1970s because those sounds are timeless, even though they’re from before I was born." Why Lars Fredrik Frøislie plays it defiantly old school on second solo album Gamle Mester ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/larsfroisliegamlemester KexrjrPAA3zy9PTttfp6KA Sat, 09 May 2026 10:33:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ "A new immersive experience." Sleep Token have just surprise-released a brand new version of their history-making album, Even In Arcadia ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/a-new-immersive-experience-sleep-token-have-just-surprise-released-a-brand-new-version-of-their-history-making-album-even-in-arcadia 24vbJLjiLNMrsfmvtqt8FP Fri, 08 May 2026 15:21:34 +0000 Fri, 08 May 2026 17:02:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ Cool new proggy sounds you need to hear from Muse, If These Trees Could Talk, Raphael Weinroth-Browne and more in Prog's brand new Tracks Of The Week ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/music-videos/cool-new-proggy-sounds-you-need-to-hear-from-muse-if-these-trees-could-talk-raphael-weinroth-browne-and-more-in-progs-brand-new-tracks-of-the-week BTKpLU7Y7b8mpkKBcyke2T Fri, 08 May 2026 14:58:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Women in the rock community, most of us know each other. It's important that we lift each other up." Evanescence's Amy Lee looks back on her internet-breaking collab with Poppy and Courtney LaPlante ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/women-in-the-rock-community-most-of-us-know-each-other-its-important-that-we-lift-each-other-up-evanescences-amy-lee-looks-back-on-her-internet-breaking-collab-with-poppy-and-courtney-laplante MafNgD8KnrjvCBdkr5vFAa Fri, 08 May 2026 14:43:43 +0000 Fri, 08 May 2026 14:44:04 +0000 <![CDATA[ "When I saw the picture of him with the sweat and blood, I was like, 'Okay, this isn't a bunch of guys just wearing makeup.'" Slipknot's Clown reveals how rock icons Kiss changed his life forever ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/when-i-saw-the-picture-of-him-with-the-sweat-and-blood-i-was-like-okay-this-isnt-a-bunch-of-guys-just-wearing-makeup-slipknots-clown-reveals-how-rock-icons-kiss-changed-his-life-forever mJ6jxoSM6CBdGGTsoLe5WH Fri, 08 May 2026 13:39:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ King Crimson announce new 2014 New York live album will be released in July ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/king-crimson-announce-new-2014-new-york-live-album-will-be-released-in-july bkeCAoRMKFFX9mzNd7o6tk Fri, 08 May 2026 12:10:12 +0000 Fri, 08 May 2026 12:11:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ Get an exclusive blue frogspawn/plankton vinyl edition of new Evanescence album Sanctuary, only through the official Metal Hammer store ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/get-an-exclusive-blue-frogspawn-plankton-vinyl-edition-of-new-evanescence-album-sanctuary-only-through-the-official-metal-hammer-store rKnN3RoU67kqNKqgnd5aF8 Fri, 08 May 2026 10:23:30 +0000 Fri, 08 May 2026 10:42:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I think the dance floor is dead, so now we're making rock music." Pop star Charli XCX releases new song Rock Music and it kinda rocks ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/charli-xcx-rock-music TeTZV5Z6xoojk5CmpwxFxC Fri, 08 May 2026 06:25:00 +0000 Fri, 08 May 2026 12:57:46 +0000 <![CDATA[ "We just recorded a new song that Paul wrote." Gene Simmons confirms that Kiss are back in the studio ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/kiss-back-in-the-studio rkaBW8hscuK692t77mMC79 Fri, 08 May 2026 03:32:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ "We know that you all wish her well." Bonnie Tyler placed in medically induced coma after emergency surgery ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/bonnie-tyler-medically-induced-coma CRfSr6B3rfDFggTg9Kp5bN Fri, 08 May 2026 01:55:05 +0000 Fri, 08 May 2026 07:35:11 +0000 <![CDATA[ "If someone’s gonna set themselves on fire, it might as well be me." Dementia, pyro and shouting wizards: backstage with one of metal's most shocking success stories, Lorna Shore ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/backstage-with-lorna-shore-on-their-biggest-tour-yet MM3bLb7QSFqCW2WfJRFqSh Thu, 07 May 2026 16:17:11 +0000 Thu, 07 May 2026 17:18:11 +0000