Features Louder Sonisphere 2014 in Photos By Tina Korhonen, Kevin Nixon, Oliver Halfin published 8 July 2014 The bands, the fans, the best tattoos... So, Sonisphere was a blast, right? Here's our visual guide to our weekend at KnebworthImage 1 of 30Get the Louder NewsletterThe latest news, features and interviews direct to your inbox, from the global home of alternative music.Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors More about classic rockPentangle The Albums: 1968-1972 box set to get first ever vinyl releaseGodley & Creme announce 'definitve' career-spanning box setLatest“It was a do-or-die moment”: Arch Enemy “didn’t have high hopes” for War Eternal album after Angela Gossow leftSee more latest ► Tina Korhonen, Kevin Nixon, Oliver HalfinSocial Links Navigation Most PopularThe self-proclaimed heroic kings and defenders of True Metal: The Manowar albums you should definitely listen to "If God gets in his way he'll burn the heavens down": Tommy Henriksen's track-by-track guide to Crossbone Skully's Evil World Machine"We weren’t fiddling around and wondering what to do, we were going to nail this sucker": Steve Howe names the best record he's ever made"I wasn’t ready for a 13-minute song like Rime Of The Ancient Mariner." Members of Arch Enemy, Testament, Fozzy and Wargasm explain how Powerslave shaped modern metal"I was so traumatised by the music industry, severely depressed. To have the thing you love destroyed by other people is soul-destroying." How Du Blonde quit trying to please toxic men and music business scumbags, and started living her best life“We released a single and some fans complained there was too much pop, it was boring and they missed the odd time signatures … The funny thing is, the verse is in 13/8!” Leprous continue to be progressive even if it doesn’t seem to be prog"Music has been boiled down to fifteen-second gimmicks for social media": Tuk Smith wants to return us to a world shaped by weirdos and mavericks, not algorithms“John Peel said we were a waste of talent and electricity… It had become de rigueur to knock us”: Emerson Lake & Palmer and the making of Brain Salad Surgery"I run this business like an iron fist and nobody can get in and f*** with our band": Nikki Sixx on making new music, replacing Mick Mars, work-life balance and learning when to say no“I’m glad I took the risk, and I’m glad we have the kind of audiences that not only accept that but revel in it”: Ian Anderson looks back on his six solo albums"I played him the song first, and Johnny just looked at me like I was insane." How Rick Rubin convinced Johnny Cash to record his iconic cover of Nine Inch Nails' Hurt, and why Trent Reznor originally considered Cash's interpretation 'invasive" More about classic rockPentangle The Albums: 1968-1972 box set to get first ever vinyl releaseGodley & Creme announce 'definitve' career-spanning box setLatest“It was a do-or-die moment”: Arch Enemy “didn’t have high hopes” for War Eternal album after Angela Gossow leftSee more latest ►
