Articles by Liz Scarlett

Liz works on keeping the Louder sites up to date with the latest news from the world of rock and metal. Prior to joining Louder as a full time staff writer, she completed a Diploma with the National Council for the Training of Journalists and received a First Class Honours Degree in Popular Music Journalism. She enjoys writing about anything from neo-glam rock to stoner, doom and progressive metal, and loves celebrating women in music. '10 bands that rip off Black Sabbath but get away with it' is her favourite article she's written with Louder so far. When not writing, Liz enjoys various creative endeavours such as graphic design, as well as reading about rock’n’roll history, art and magic.

Articles by: Liz Scarlett

Corey Taylor of Slipknot and Noah Sebastian of Bad Omens

Slipknot's Corey Taylor and Bad Omens' Noah Sebastian have covered Kansas' Dust In The Wind and it's the most gorgeous song you'll hear all week

By Liz Scarlett published 27 February 25

Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor and Bad Omen's Noah Sebastian perform a stunning duet on the soundtrack for the upcoming wrestling film Queen Of The Ring

Kurt Cobain's hair and GG Allin’s blood-signed used underwear is going up for auction

By Liz Scarlett published 27 February 25

The Punks, Monsters, Smut & Madmen: A Countercultural Cross-Section auction has listed a number of rare items, including strands of Kurt Cobain's hair, a signed CD by Church of Satan founder Anton LaVey and GG Allin's blood-signed underwear

Stranger Things star Jamie Campbell Bower shares gorgeous cover of Sleep Token’s Euclid

By Liz Scarlett published 24 February 25

Jamie Campbell Bower, who plays Vecna in Stranger Things, has unveiled a cover of the Sleep Token track Euclid

Cradle Of Filth's Dani Filth compares Spotify to "daylight robbery", says he "owes it" to his fellow metal artists to not have an account on the platform

By Liz Scarlett published 19 February 25

Cradle Of Filth frontman Dani Filth slams Spotify: "I want my bands to be paid because if they’re not paid, they’re not bands anymore"

John Lydon of PiL performs on stage during their 'End of World Tour' at the O2 Forum Kentish Town on September 30, 2023

John Lydon is "pissed off" about the Sex Pistols replacing him with Frank Carter: "they’re trying to trivialise the whole show to get away with karaoke"

By Liz Scarlett published 18 February 25

Former Pistol John Lydon says he's annoyed that the punk icons reunited without him

Placebo frontman Brian Molko charged after labelling Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni a "piece of s***, fascist, racist” and a "Nazi" during festival appearance

By Liz Scarlett published 18 February 25

Brian Molko has been hit with a defamation charge after calling the Italian PM a "Nazi" during a performance at Sonic Park festival in 2023

Black Sabbath Back To The Beginning poster

Tool, Guns N' Roses and Rival Sons added to Black Sabbath's Back To The Beginning final show line-up

By Liz Scarlett published 17 February 25

New bands have been added to Black Sabbath's all-day festival in July

"Thank you so much for really changing my life with your music": Watch Paramore's Hayley Williams do a surprise performance of crushcrushcrush with Finneas at his show in Nashville

By Liz Scarlett published 14 February 25

Hayley Williams performed Paramore classic crushcrushcrush with Finneas in Nashville last night

Kiss' Gene Simmons says there are no more big rock bands: "They don't exist. Name one, if you can think"

By Liz Scarlett published 10 February 25

Kiss bassist Gene Simmons says rock music isn't as "fashionable" as it once was because of the popularity of popstars, such as the "fabulous" Ariana Grande and the 'Jesus-like' Taylor Swift

"He smashed his iPad. He smashed headphones. My lyrics got torn up and thrown on the ground – he goes: ‘F*** off, Brandi": Elton John threw some "classic" temper tantrums during the volatile making of his new collaborative album with Brandi Carlile

By Liz Scarlett published 10 February 25

Brandi Carlile shared many tense moments with Elton John during the recording sessions for their new collaborative album Who Believes In Angels?

The Smashing Pumpkins announce 2025 UK tour including a huge London show at Gunnersbury Park with Skunk Anansie and White Lies

By Liz Scarlett published 10 February 25

The Smashing Pumpkins are set to play a series of incredible venues on their Aghori tour this summer with shows in Gunnersbury Park, Colchester Castle and more

Conquer Divide/Avoid/Defences/Faetooth press shots

4 brilliant new metal bands you need to hear this month

By Rich Hobson published 4 February 25

Conquer Divide/Avoid/Defences/Faetooth

Arctangent 2025 announces headliners Wardruna and Tesseract, adds over 50 bands to the lineup

By Liz Scarlett published 4 February 25

Arctangent Festival 2025 is stacking up their bill with over 50 names, including Clown Core, Leprous, Mew, Slift, Green Lung and many more

“I’m trying to coin the phrase ‘spy-chedelic rock’ – but everyone thinks it’s just a typo!” Why Rosalie Cunningham broke the fourth wall with her cinematic sort-of concept album To Shoot Another Day

By Liz Scarlett published 30 January 25

Inspired by a passion for Bond movies, she investigates movie glamour, fake mediums, teenage drinking and her smutty partner in her third solo album – the first one she’s made at home

Fleetwood Mac's Tango In The Night and Rumours

Fleetwood Mac fans! Can we finally all admit that Tango In The Night is better than Rumours?

By Liz Scarlett published 30 January 25

Here's why I think Tango In The Night is Fleetwood Mac's greatest record

I’ve listened to every single King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard album and I can tell you that these are their five very best

By Liz Scarlett published 28 January 25

Want to get into Australian psych-wizards King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard but intimidated by their 26 album-strong catalogue? Fear not, we've whittled down the lot to their finest five for your listening pleasure in this definitive list

Toto's Steve Lukather and Weezer's Rivers Cuomo

“I think he did it to take the p*** out of it and it blew up in his face": Toto guitarist Steve Lukather isn't so keen on Weezer's cover of their hit Africa

By Liz Scarlett published 22 January 25

Toto guitarist Steve Lukather shares what he thinks of Weezer's take on their 1982 classic Africa, says that he tried to reach out to Rivers Cuomo but "it just got weird"

“I should have been dead that night!”: Ace Frehley looks back on Kiss' wild on-stage mishaps, including the trick that doctors warned could have left him in a wheelchair

By Liz Scarlett published 21 January 25

Former Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley fell down many, many times...and once even almost died on stage

Agnetha Fältskog of ABBA and Mikael Åkerfeldt of Opeth

"After shaking her hand, I went out and had like five cigarettes in a row just to calm myself down. I get starstruck easily": Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt on the time he met ABBA's Agnetha Fältskog and had dinner with her

By Liz Scarlett published 21 January 25

Mikael Åkerfeldt looks back on the time he was starstruck after meeting fellow Swedish legend, Agnetha Fältskog from ABBA

"You sound sexy": Watch Kid Rock once again prove to be one of the most cringeworthy rockers on the planet as he attempts to flirt with a BBC News reporter during a live TV interview

By Liz Scarlett published 20 January 25

During an appearance on BBC News ahead of Donald Trump's inauguration, Kid Rock couldn't quite contain himself over hearing the sound of a female journalist's voice and invites said professional skiing

"Or are we too addicted we can’t log off even for one week?": R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe encourages fans to stay off social media in protest of the "gross" far-right

By Liz Scarlett published 20 January 25

R.E.M frontman Michael Stipe is calling for a boycott of all Meta-owned social media platforms due to policies allegedly enabling a rise of far-right content across America

“Grand Designs is inspiring – it highlights the human spirit”: Alter Bridge singer and certified Anglophile Myles Kennedy names his favourite British TV shows

By Matt Mills published 10 January 25

You know about Myles Kennedy’s work with Alter Bridge and Slash. You probably don’t know about his love for quaint UK TV programmes, though.

Still from the famous 1922 German film Nosferatu, Bonnie Tyler and Filippo Strocchi, as Graf von Krolock perform at the 25th anniversary of Tanz der Vampire

Bonnie Tyler’s Total Eclipse Of The Heart was originally written for a Nosferatu musical: “If anyone listens to the lyrics, they're really like vampire lines. It's all about the darkness, the power of darkness and love's place in the dark"

By Liz Scarlett published 9 January 25

Jim Steinman wrote Bonnie Tyler’s smash power ballad Total Eclipse Of The Heart - once titled Vampires In Love - for an abandoned Nosferatu musical, before it once again found its home in another fang-toothed Broadway show

Metal Hammer's 50 best albums of 2024

By Metal Hammer published 31 December 24

From Judas Priest's Invincible Shield to Nightwish's Yesterwynde and Opeth's return to extremity, these are the metal albums that ruled 2024

"Slash comes up to me and gives me a hug, and that was a moment that I will take to my grave." We asked Myles Kennedy to make us a playlist, and what he gave us is pure gold

By Liz Scarlett published 18 December 24

From rock icons like Guns N' Roses and Queens Of The Stone Age to metal behemoths Gojira, it's safe to say Myles Kennedy knows his way around a riff

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