<![CDATA[ Latest from Louder ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/feeds.xml Wed, 20 May 2026 02:42:15 +0000 en <![CDATA[ "I did it! I’m the greatest of all time!" 99-year-old woman sets world record as oldest-ever crowd surfer ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/culture/99-year-old-world-record-oldest-ever-crowd-surfer rpBX6w5UDyyjYSf4yZtFiD Wed, 20 May 2026 02:42:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ "A week later I got a call from Led Zeppelin's tour manager. He threatened to break my legs." What happened when Led Zeppelin reformed for Jason Bonham's wedding ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/what-happened-when-led-zeppelin-reformed-at-jason-bonhams-wedding ttvaXY6DiF7qSrxo6uWyt3 Wed, 20 May 2026 00:32:17 +0000 Wed, 20 May 2026 03:25:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I said, One day, that's all you got." Legendary producer Eddie Kramer recalls the making of the five-track demo tape which introduced rock 'n' roll superheroes Kiss to the world in 1973 ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/eddie-kramer-the-making-of-the-first-kiss-demo Zr5phdQsjh7n5x5sFcvFeg Tue, 19 May 2026 16:54:20 +0000 Tue, 19 May 2026 16:56:04 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He’s trying to say, ‘They’re words. The more you use them, the more you disempower them’”: Why Marillion ex Fish opened a song with a string of racial slurs ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/fish-sunsets-on-empire NzZ9ACKwMUDHYJWsuzaCGZ Tue, 19 May 2026 16:18:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Gojira’s emotional performance of rare classic Global Warming during 2025 tour of France ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/watch-gojira-live-performance-global-warming-2025 fyQpcEJj5Lw9Kwgyno3hjJ Tue, 19 May 2026 14:45:41 +0000 Tue, 19 May 2026 16:15:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ How Clint Eastwood inspired the final album from Eagles legend Glenn Frey ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/how-clint-eastwood-inspired-the-final-album-from-eagles-legend-glenn-frey iV6a2vsRwwwEuaUMqaiXZT Tue, 19 May 2026 14:35:10 +0000 Tue, 19 May 2026 14:37:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ Marshall embrace comfort and sound with the new Milton A.N.C. headphones ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/tech/headphones/marshall-introduce-the-milton-anc-on-ear-headphones 65YoAgv8xUVhKWdsUemh3F Tue, 19 May 2026 14:05:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ These hand-picked music festival essentials are all discounted ahead of Memorial Day - camp in style and save up to 56% on power banks, tents, earplugs, portable speakers & more ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/memorial-day-deals-on-music-festival-essentials VGthNTSyRCtWKjn5jsAtEA Tue, 19 May 2026 13:02:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ A divisive setlist, mind-bending visuals and bass lines so heavy they literally blow up: Tool's Sonic Temple headline set was peak Tool, and we wouldn't have it any other way ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/a-divisive-setlist-mind-bending-visuals-and-bass-lines-so-heavy-they-literally-blow-up-tools-sonic-temple-headline-set-was-peak-tool-and-we-wouldnt-have-it-any-other-way ZeLkeZcDsiz9B4XWpe64sZ Tue, 19 May 2026 12:54:31 +0000 Tue, 19 May 2026 12:54:49 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Simply some of the most sophisticated and beautiful progressive rock music ever created!" Steven Wilson announces Gentle Giant, Storm Corrosion and Hawkwind additions to his Headphone Dust platform ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/simply-some-of-the-most-sophisticated-and-beautiful-progressive-rock-music-ever-created-steven-wilson-announces-gentle-giant-storm-corrosion-and-hawkwind-additions-to-his-headphone-dust-platform i2S5W9opLmb3quarWWXEMT Tue, 19 May 2026 12:23:39 +0000 Tue, 19 May 2026 21:09:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Bambi turned into Darth Vader in seconds." A brief but fabulously on-brand story about Sinéad O'Connor, an Irish newspaper journalist, and two pints of Guinness ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/sinead-oconnor-the-newspaper-journalist-and-two-pints-of-guinness TsuKnGS7oZ4Si4US5jEt96 Tue, 19 May 2026 11:40:37 +0000 Tue, 19 May 2026 11:43:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ The soundtrack to mega-metal videogame Doom has been added to the Library Of Congress, alongside Weezer’s debut album and music by Beyoncé and Taylor Swift ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/doom-soundtrack-added-library-congress-2026 DP74rW5nmpWzNJ8KA3grP5 Tue, 19 May 2026 11:17:06 +0000 Tue, 19 May 2026 11:32:53 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Of course it was a drug song. We were stoned when we wrote it!" The story of the psychedelic masterpiece inspired by John Coltrane, Ravi Shankar and a trans-Atlantic aeroplane flight ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/the-byrds-eight-miles-high qDmvbb8bWgnamLkJHHZ8L3 Tue, 19 May 2026 10:26:54 +0000 Tue, 19 May 2026 11:00:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ From Cream and Velvet Revolver to Them Crooked Vultures and Temple Of The Dog, these are the best supergroups in rock history ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/the-best-supergroups-in-rock-history A5BC8iP54BzVydGVkjBhNA Tue, 19 May 2026 10:26:00 +0000 Tue, 19 May 2026 11:00:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ Slipknot side-project Look Outside Your Window to get wider vinyl and CD release next month ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/slipknot-look-outside-your-window-broader-release-june-2026 oSGdRYLC6bAc54McLrbLHf Tue, 19 May 2026 09:57:50 +0000 Tue, 19 May 2026 10:28:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ "We’ve had a handful of women come up to us and say, 'Hey, I started this project because of you.'" Blackwater Holylight's mix of witchy shoegaze and fuzzy heavy metal is so good it's making everyone want to be in a band ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/weve-had-a-handful-of-women-come-up-to-us-and-say-hey-i-started-this-project-because-of-you-blackwater-holylights-mix-of-witchy-shoegaze-and-fuzzy-heavy-metal-is-so-good-its-making-everyone-want-to-be-in-a-band S3PVn76ftxed4YL3A5wiUP Tue, 19 May 2026 08:50:58 +0000 Tue, 19 May 2026 08:51:40 +0000 <![CDATA[ “People say they hate them, that they’re ruining metal, but it’s not a battle. They mean a lot to people, so why is that a bad thing?”: What happened when we met Sleep Token’s fans at the biggest show of the masked cult’s career ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/we-met-sleep-token-fans-download-festival-2025 CD7SS5kXYEcPocf6Ri4TRn Tue, 19 May 2026 08:38:01 +0000 Tue, 19 May 2026 08:41:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ "We never said it was a Utopia. Rock'n'roll is played on enemy ground." What happened when The Clash arrived in the USA ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/the-clash-usa-tour-1979 QLCFtBWAhiziUXQhy8fCgj Tue, 19 May 2026 06:05:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It was the end of me being a cult artist at the fringes of the mainstream”: Peter Gabriel, Sledgehammer and So, and why he had to be nailed inside a barn to finish the album ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/peter-gabriel-sledgehammer-so EvNTGNQgHVwL86xzdgdfcD Tue, 19 May 2026 05:45:49 +0000 <![CDATA[ "A raw and lethal mix of razor-saw metal and a punky punch." The story of Leather Angel, the "female Mötley Crüe" with the Nikki Sixx-designed logo ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/biographies/leather-angel Rxst3Bb2cYvLS26CQeXyqU Tue, 19 May 2026 01:34:36 +0000 Tue, 19 May 2026 11:00:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Sharon came to the opening and was actually in tears." How an Ozzy Osbourne exhibition became one of the biggest attractions in Birmingham - and why it's nowhere near done yet ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/sharon-came-to-the-opening-and-was-actually-in-tears-how-an-ozzy-osbourne-exhibition-became-one-of-the-biggest-attractions-in-birmingham-and-why-its-nowhere-near-done-yet t8423nz4JHcrxAUPAUqiLV Mon, 18 May 2026 20:37:40 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Jesus is moshing with a blue wizard and a giant dancing banana." Metal legends, rising stars and chaotic crowds - Sonic Temple 2026 finishes with a bang ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/jesus-is-moshing-with-a-blue-wizard-and-a-giant-dancing-banana-metal-legends-rising-stars-and-chaotic-crowds-sonic-temple-2026-finishes-with-a-bang A3YusA4T3aXc9ENg9AyC8Z Mon, 18 May 2026 20:35:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ "We’re losing Megadeth sooner than we’d have hoped but it’s great to have them so triumphant again." Dave Mustaine's exiting thrashers roll back the years at Sonic Temple ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/were-losing-megadeth-sooner-than-wed-have-hoped-but-its-great-to-have-them-so-triumphant-again-dave-mustaines-exiting-thrashers-roll-back-the-years-at-sonic-temple wZt2CTQc3HehUH7koReAoj Mon, 18 May 2026 20:30:37 +0000 Tue, 19 May 2026 08:41:30 +0000 <![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[ Rick Wakeman announces his The Wizard Of Prog - Ultimate Highlights Concert Tour for early 2027 ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/live-performances/rick-wakeman-announces-his-the-wizard-of-prog-ultimate-highlights-concert-tour-for-early-2027 PnwdJCMDqaFz4G8AQpk4AU Mon, 18 May 2026 09:57:44 +0000 Mon, 18 May 2026 09:58:02 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I started my first band at 13. We tried Yes’ Roundabout… it was a valiant attempt!”: Long before David Bryan joined Bon Jovi, he was trying to play like Rick Wakeman ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/bon-jovi-david-bryan-rick-wakeman-yes gMERWgLEEqjnXgKJHPggnB Mon, 18 May 2026 07:08:25 +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[ "Four decades of hits and dark treasures." Smashing Pumpkins announce The Rats In The Cage tour ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/smashing-pumpkins-the-rats-in-the-cage-tour H9rZLGCjWQJuJHVhx2XH2N Mon, 18 May 2026 02:06:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ "His voice was as majestic as his stage presence." Dr Hook frontman Dennis Locorriere dead at 76 ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/dr-hook-frontman-dennis-locorriere-dead-at-76 DHv7bC3WPaPYhjLpEUDgC Sun, 17 May 2026 23:38:40 +0000 Mon, 18 May 2026 06:25:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ Documentary charts later days of former Iron Maiden singer Paul Di'Anno's life ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/documentary-charts-later-days-of-former-iron-maiden-singer-paul-diannos-life Y7L4bRB9u987ybgtFe5XmT Sun, 17 May 2026 23:17:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ "We have the power!" Listen to Brian May's utterly epic guitar solo from the Masters Of The Universe soundtrack ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/culture/films-tv-shows/brian-may-masters-of-the-universe-eternia 4Fjhzv5yTm9tyncvUhb8Z3 Sun, 17 May 2026 22:38:10 +0000 Mon, 18 May 2026 06:25:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ German thrash metal, British metalcore and American nu metal: all the best bits from Sonic Temple 2026 day 3 ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/german-thrash-metal-british-metalcore-and-american-nu-metal-all-the-best-bits-from-sonic-temple-2026-day-3 5pV2ybayk2PtPYGFkJcHMd Sun, 17 May 2026 16:55:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ "We spot a man in a cowboy hat twirling another on his shoulders like he’s trying out for WWE." Goth metalcore heavyweights Motionless In White smash their headline audition in front of one of Sonic Temple's rowdiest crowds ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/we-spot-a-man-in-a-cowboy-hat-twirling-another-on-his-shoulders-like-hes-trying-out-for-wwe-goth-metalcore-heavyweights-motionless-in-white-smash-their-headline-audition-in-front-of-one-of-sonic-temples-rowdiest-crowds a67FqmogKdZLRNjMqV3ZXL Sun, 17 May 2026 16:43:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ "If you won’t jump to this one, you’re a ****ing knob." Bring Me The Horizon's state of the art Sonic Temple headline set was epic, anthemic and extremely British ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/if-you-wont-jump-to-this-one-youre-a-ing-knob-bring-me-the-horizons-state-of-the-art-sonic-temple-headline-set-was-epic-anthemic-and-extremely-british 3TbpjHZByk55mZXDcyQJBo Sun, 17 May 2026 16:33:30 +0000 Sun, 17 May 2026 16:33:47 +0000 <![CDATA[ "A lot of famous musicians love the power of being the most socially powerful person in the room and get off on it. That to me is utterly repulsive and vile." How Garbage broke taboos surrounding mental health with their 1998 hit single ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/agarbage-story-behind-the-song-i-think-im-paranoid 6PPmLgkBejTwdW2i6WJ3TU Sun, 17 May 2026 16:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Primus recruit Puddles Pity Party for cover of Dio's Holy Diver on new EP A Handful Of Nuggs ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/primus-recruit-puddles-pity-party-for-cover-of-dios-holy-diver-on-new-ep-a-handful-of-nuggs TChSs45jkisowMJvskdVTa Sun, 17 May 2026 15:00:00 +0000 Sun, 17 May 2026 22:13:48 +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[ “The most fiendishly flamboyant good time since Ghost”: Green Lung’s first festival headline show cements them as the future of metal ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/green-lung-desertfest-2026-live-review ibcH9CQbuZ7RGPpHGTayZn Sun, 17 May 2026 11:17:58 +0000 Mon, 18 May 2026 10:29:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ “My friends wanted to check out, get stoned, escape. I wanted to sift through my consciousness and see what was beyond”: Psychedelic substances led Rival Sons’ Jay Buchanan to the Mahavishnu Orchestra ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/my-friends-wanted-to-check-out-get-stoned-escape-i-wanted-to-sift-through-my-consciousness-and-see-what-was-beyond-psychedelic-substances-led-rival-sons-jay-buchanan-to-the-mahavishnu-orchestra eoNqTdjbnr4uuAdsqSkArW Sun, 17 May 2026 08:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I think that losing a parent as a child had an adverse effect. There was this melancholy, a sadness that never really went away." How a profound loss informed Alter Bridge frontman Myles Kennedy's solo album Year of the Tiger ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/alter-bridge-myles-kennedy-story-behind-solo-album-year-of-the-tiger jtNgA9dNSBmhNLdWd6Fvk8 Sun, 17 May 2026 07:00:00 +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[ Big inflatable willies, nu metal and 80s pop covers - here's what went down on day two of Sonic Temple 2026 ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/big-inflatable-willies-nu-metal-and-80s-pop-covers-heres-what-went-down-on-day-two-of-sonic-temple-2026 LgpbzaPDMeg5p26vsGRAu8 Sat, 16 May 2026 16:08:38 +0000 Sun, 17 May 2026 16:34:32 +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[ "This is proof positive they’re ready to take on bigger stages and events." They're already one of extreme metal's biggest bands - and with their ferocious Sonic Temple show, Lorna Shore have shown they're not gonna stop there ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/this-is-proof-positive-theyre-ready-to-take-on-bigger-stages-and-events-theyre-already-one-of-extreme-metals-biggest-bands-and-with-their-ferocious-sonic-temple-show-lorna-shore-have-shown-theyre-not-gonna-stop-there 3Wn2NEYfcgKfoBfGYmXWgW Sat, 16 May 2026 15:57:17 +0000 Sat, 16 May 2026 15:57:36 +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[ "Everything changed when I saw them on TV –they were one fiery, bloody package being mainlined into my brain. It was the best thing I’d ever seen in my life." Anthrax's Scott Ian on KISS, AC/DC, Metallica and what's left on his bucket list ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/everything-changed-when-i-saw-them-on-tv-they-were-one-fiery-bloody-package-being-mainlined-into-my-brain-it-was-the-best-thing-id-ever-seen-in-my-life-anthraxs-scott-ian-on-kiss-ac-dc-metallica-and-whats-left-on-his-bucket-list AbVDmNUEovpHbVxbKdEd9m Sat, 16 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "If people didn’t like us, they’d say it was because we sounded too much like Black Sabbath or Led Zeppelin." How Soundgarden went from superunknowns to grunge godfathers, a band who captured the sound and spirit of Seattle like no other ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/story-of-soundgarden 3hZUZiAVNjxY9DwyupcgAV Sat, 16 May 2026 07:00:00 +0000 Sat, 16 May 2026 07:39:17 +0000