Alt.rock legends Sugar launch first new music in three decades, announce live shows
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Brian Eno and Beatie Wolfe to broadcast new album, Liminal, into space!
Brian Eno and Anglo-American conceptual artist and composer Beatie Wolfe release new album Liminal today
Watch Gene Simmons officiate at 2025's most rock'n'roll wedding
The Kiss man presided over the wedding of Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante and former Butcher Babies singer Carla Harvey
Marillion/Tangerine Dream offshoot Bioscope cancel December tour plans
Steve Rothery, Thorsten Quaeschning and Alex Reeves were due to tour as Bioscope through Europe in Deceber
Yes guitarist Steve Howe to release limited edition vinyl 10 inch EP of Bob Dylan covers
Steve Howe follows his reissue of 1999's Portraits Of Bob Dylan with the three-track Signals Crossed EP in December
Disturbed say they want their music to “heal” people after their singer signed a bomb and caused their Belgium gig to be cancelled
The Platinum-selling band say that music is “not about what divides us”, a year after frontman David Draiman signed a bomb set to be used by the Israeli Defence Force
Artists
"We went on straight after Chappell Roan." From a platinum-selling Taylor Swift cover to hanging out with Post Malone, I Prevail have quietly become one of metal's hottest bands
I Prevail should be up there with Bad Omens and Sleep Token as metal's next big crossover success
“People talk to me on the street about it and say, ‘That song was really there for me when I needed it’”: the stirring 90s anthem inspired by Nazareth and featuring strings arranged by a member of Led Zeppelin that made this band absolutely massive
How a stirring 90s anthem made these alt-rock trailblazers huge, was inspired by Nazareth and featured strings arranged by a member of Led Zeppelin
How an iconic Alice In Chains song brought Jerry Cantrell closer to his estranged dad
Rooster by Alice In Chains was Jerry Cantrell’s tribute to his Vietnam veteran dad, and it showed a different kind of dark side to the band
Brian Eno and Beatie Wolfe to broadcast new album, Liminal, into space!
Brian Eno and Anglo-American conceptual artist and composer Beatie Wolfe release new album Liminal today
Music
Debate: What’s the best live prog album of all time?
Is it Rush’s Exit… Stage Left? Genesis’ Seconds Out? Yessongs? Jethro Tull's Bursting Out? Something else? Have your say here
With the inadvertent help of a cult leader, Paradise Lost affirmed themselves as the kings of 90s goth metal
The song was not a commercial hit, but today it stands as a classic of its genre
Simple ideas and happy accidents took a Dutch band to the pinnacle of prog. And yodelling.
Master craftsmen’s 1971 release was a unique fusion of ingenuity, passion and febrile chemistry – plus some tension – and they never looked back
A song for a Lego advert helped a science-fiction concept album enjoy 50 years of success
1978 single was the only one of four to enter the top 10, featuring the magic of one of prog’s most distinctive voices
Tech
Black Friday CD player deals 2025: Treat your growing CD collection to a brand new player
There's still a healthy demand for CD players and Black Friday will be the perfect time to grab a new unit. Here's everything you need to know
Black Friday record player deals 2025: Everything you need to know ahead of the big turntable discounts
Black Friday will be the perfect time to grab yourself a record player discount - get up to speed before the big day arrives next month
Black Friday music deals 2025: Everything you need to know ahead of the Black Friday sales... and some early deals too
The annual Black Friday sales will take place next month - and Louder will be on-hand once again to bring you all the best bargains as they happen
JBL Flip 7 Portable Bluetooth speaker review
This small Bluetooth speaker has real muscle - and it’s the best Flip yet
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Bleed From Within just played the biggest show of their lives and pulled out all the stops
Bleed From Within hit a new apex at London’s O2 Kentish Town Forum, where they were backed up by special guests, bagpipe players and an uber-passionate audience
"Some Time In New York City is an album that suffers from being terrible": John & Yoko and the Plastic Ono Band compiled on Power To The People
A collection of live, studio and demo tracks and an almost-album from John Lennon’s political New York City years
JBL Flip 7 Portable Bluetooth speaker review
This small Bluetooth speaker has real muscle - and it’s the best Flip yet
Looking for the best thrash metal album of 2025? Testament have your back with Para Bellum
40 years in, Testament are still doing it louder and better than most bands that arrived in their wake
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50 years on: Brian May and Roger Taylor on Queen's operatic masterpiece A Night At The Opera
Also in this issue: Heart, Scorpions, Eric Gales, Creeper, Tom Petty, UFO, David Bowie, Zakk Wylde, Devon Allman, Counting Crows and more
Amazon still has hundreds of rock & metal t-shirts on sale for Prime Day - but you'll have to be quick to get one
There's just hours to go in the Prime Big Deal Days sales event, so if you see a tee you like, throw it into your basket
I find your lack of Lego disturbing - fix it with up to 30% off Lego Star Wars sets this Prime Day
With Amazon Prime Big Deal Days coming to an end later today, it's your last chance to grab Lego Star Wars for less. Here's my favourite discounts
The odds of finding a better Lego Star Wars deal this Prime Day? Approximately 3,720 to 1 - save 30% on this C-3PO lego set
Embrace your inner Chewbacca and help rebuild C-3PO again in this epic Lego Stars Wars deal
