Liz Scarlett
Liz manages Louder's social media channels and works on keeping the 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.
Latest articles by Liz Scarlett

By Matt Mills Published
Leprous, Opeth, Slift and others have presented some truly forward-thinking excellence this year

By Liz Scarlett Published
"We made records every four years. In that gap, labels were like, ‘How can we get a band that sounds like Rage but sang about girls and showed up for video shoots?'”

By Liz Scarlett Published
After their brief collaboration together in 1969 with the Plastic Ono Band, John Lennon had hopes of recruiting Clapton for a "revolutionary" new supergroup, one where wives and girlfriends were "welcome" on the road instead of "frowned upon"

By Liz Scarlett Published
The Oasis brother has hit back at Glen Matlock with some icy words

By Liz Scarlett Published
The Do Ya Think I'm Sexy? singer has been announced for Glastonbury Festival's coveted legend slot

By Liz Scarlett Published
Papa Het can't quite reach the Judas Priest frontman's high notes without a little assistance, but nevertheless he gives it his best shot in this behind the scenes clip from Metallica's 2003 St. Anger sessions

By Liz Scarlett Published
Hole frontwoman Courtney Love keeps her cool when a fiery Nirvana fan calls in to ask some rather inappropriate, misogynistic questions on the Howard Stern show

By Liz Scarlett Published
Lambrini Girls share the tumultuous new single Love, from their forthcoming debut album, Who Let The Dogs Out

By Liz Scarlett Published
Primus have announced a open call across the universe for a "well-mannered, affable" new drummer. Here's how to submit your application

By Liz Scarlett Published
Newly-reunited nu metal giants Linkin Park are set to screen their From Zero release show in cinemas worldwide in 2025

By Liz Scarlett Published
Metalcore heavyweights Spiritbox share details of their highly-anticipated second studio album, Tsunami Sea, and unveil the new single Perfect Soul

By Liz Scarlett Published
Queen guitarist Brian May reveals how the band used to find working with Freddie Mercury "a little unnerving"

By Liz Scarlett Published
In a newly-resurfaced 2007 interview, the My Chemical Romance frontman aired his ill-feelings towards nu metal, and said that he thought certain bands within the genre encouraged sexism, homophobia and "other forms of ignorance"

By Liz Scarlett Published
Percussionist Shawn 'Clown' Crahan reveals how he lost 25 percent of his arm and opens up about that mysterious Slipknot album from 2008 that's still yet to be released

By Liz Scarlett Published
Incubus are set to play their iconic 2001 album Morning View in full next year at one very special show at London's 02

By Liz Scarlett Published
The Boss celebrated Halloween in Montreal with a performance of Ray Parker Jr.'s spooky chart-topper Ghostbusters alongside his full band

By Liz Scarlett Published
Metalheads are boffins, actually, and these bands prove it

By Liz Scarlett Published
Irish post-punk rockers Fontaines D.C. share details of their 2025 run across the US

By Liz Scarlett Published
In his new memoire, Brothers, Alex Van Halen says that David Lee Roth was "convinced he was going to be a movie star" so didn't want the spotlight to shine too long on anyone else

By Liz Scarlett Published
Former Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward unveils his latest original poem, It's Near, in time for Halloween

By Liz Scarlett Published
"We have an orchestra now haha"

By Liz Scarlett Published
Kiss' Paul Stanley says that the band had a very "wholesome" relationship with their many groupies

By Liz Scarlett Published
In spite of their particularly shouty crowd, Lankum give a dazzling performance at their biggest UK show to date

By Liz Scarlett Published
Swedish troupe Goat get the room moving to their unique fusion of Pagan rock, afrobeats and tantric psychedelia

By Liz Scarlett Published
Stevie Nicks revisits the moment she knew she didn't want to be in a band with Lindsey Buckingham anymore: "I dealt with Lindsey for as long as I could. You could not say that I did not give him more than 300 million chances.”
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