<![CDATA[ Latest from Louder ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/feeds.xml Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:12:53 +0000 en <![CDATA[ "English people don't really want to feel that much." The curious tale of Robert Smith's least favourite Cure album, despite him telling the world "anyone who doesn't like this just doesn't like the Cure" ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/the-curious-tale-of-robert-smiths-least-favourite-cure-album kekNCXM8YuLkTDgCHW4mn8 Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:12:53 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Slipknot is a big scary monster and we're losing control of it." How Slipknot's angriest and sweariest song helped the metal icons land the heaviest number one album in history ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/the-story-behind-people-equals-slipknot oienYaFLvE5zcpg3A7spLm Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:33:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ "People were throwing coins and smashed up cups. It was horrifying!" This is what it's like supporting metal legends Iron Maiden in front of a hostile crowd, according to Atreyu guitarist Dan Jacobs ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/people-were-throwing-coins-and-smashed-up-cups-it-was-horrifying-this-is-what-its-like-supporting-metal-legends-iron-maiden-in-front-of-a-hostile-crowd-according-to-atreyu-guitarist-dan-jacobs akrYLW2g4DPRP6xSokUdjB Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:03:22 +0000 Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:03:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ "A starting point for new listeners to discover the depth and breadth of their peerless album catalogue." Pink Floyd announce new compilation album including extended version of classic track ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/pink-floyd-compilation-album-8-tracks AzLw2z5sZLfqgtLg3hxPUc Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’ve often wondered if other people knew what I was talking about!” This is why Roger Chapman sings about his shoe in Family classic Burlesque ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/family-burlesque KYr4mat7ZyZAjPxKEgVQjG Wed, 08 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I’m not the first woman in metal. I just did it a little more my own way." The trailblazing black metal star who worked with Martin Scorsese and Michael Bolton before taking on the mother of all career changes ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/the-story-of-myrkur-amalie-bruun 3evRVYrJhRdih2KjVYABR4 Wed, 08 Apr 2026 09:44:11 +0000 Wed, 08 Apr 2026 11:05:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ "There can be more spices – we have a choir on three songs – but the foundation must be secure." 16 albums into a 44-year career, German thrash veterans Kreator are still doing their own thing ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/kreator-krushers-of-the-world-interview LgJJTGnpVsWkAuShZy3HUA Wed, 08 Apr 2026 08:45:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Their record label couldn't figure out whether they were the next Poison or the first Guns N' Roses." The story of Jetboy, the band who could have saved glam metal but didn't ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/jetboy CnY9hx8tzWQpgcrDnukTEc Wed, 08 Apr 2026 07:45:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We’re back to being the opening act – a difficult pill to swallow. But I see a great opportunity”: Textures pioneered djent but never received full credit. Can their comeback album secure their achievements? ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/textures-genotype 5DhiijwQWAm4RuBeLUEfcW Wed, 08 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "There are certain signature sounds that come directly from his playing – not from the equipment, but from him." New Rush drummer Anika Nilles reveals her thoughts on Neil Peart's playing ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/rush-drummer-anika-nilles-on-neil-peart jTuZdnWcZc3U7ftghPvEeQ Wed, 08 Apr 2026 03:18:11 +0000 <![CDATA[ Twisted Sister announce first show with Sebastian Bach - and it's in Alaska ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/twisted-sister-first-shows-with-sebastian-bach ghnrHruaQ8eC9cn4V8L9UU Wed, 08 Apr 2026 01:41:29 +0000 Wed, 08 Apr 2026 06:04:05 +0000 <![CDATA[ Take a tour of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne's Los Angeles home – and if you like what you see, it's yours for $17 million ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/ozzy-sharon-osbourne-hancock-park-home-sale sGMYDF6twu3waHT6fenywi Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:11:12 +0000 Wed, 08 Apr 2026 06:04:05 +0000 <![CDATA[ "It was scary when we were getting death threats over social media." After angering the far right by pretending to murder Donald Trump, alien monster metallers Gwar couldn't believe people were trying to censor them ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/it-was-scary-when-we-were-getting-death-threats-over-social-media-after-angering-the-far-right-by-pretending-to-murder-donald-trump-alien-monster-metallers-gwar-couldnt-believe-people-were-trying-to-censor-them Bib7QMBVzV9tTmU2TgTgWW Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:00:27 +0000 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:01:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I am your Rat Queen! We're on a mission to defend the realm from those who seek to destroy it." Watch one of the most hyped young bands in heavy metal battle on stage as Castle Rat slay a brilliant new live set ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/live-performances/i-am-your-rat-queen-were-on-a-mission-to-defend-the-realm-from-those-who-seek-to-destroy-it-watch-one-of-the-most-hyped-young-bands-in-heavy-metal-battle-on-stage-as-castle-rat-slay-a-brilliant-new-live-set cdhLYokviQeQ2XtgPR2V4K Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:14:01 +0000 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:14:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ New Hawkwind release unearths the late Huw Lloyd-Langton's final recording with the band ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/new-hawkwind-release-unearths-the-late-huw-lloyd-langtons-final-recording-with-the-band XthF5PupULnq2ukayfoKQ5 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:03:23 +0000 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:20:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I was never a fan of it and I didn't even want it to be on the record." The emotional Linkin Park anthem that Chester Bennington didn't originally like but became one of the biggest rock songs of all time ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/linkin-park-numb-meaning-and-story-of-song Qgn2SYYAVqDf4M7PEbJUfi Tue, 07 Apr 2026 13:30:46 +0000 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 13:44:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ "When I wrote that song I was really going through it...I was almost embarrassed by it." From Brazil to the UK, the hardcore punk four-piece channelling Distillers fury via some deeply personal lyrics ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/when-i-wrote-that-song-i-was-really-going-through-it-i-was-almost-embarrassed-by-it-from-brazil-to-the-uk-the-hardcore-punk-four-piece-channelling-distillers-fury-via-some-deeply-personal-lyrics xsJ8SxmdAkmVhj3zCEKEcW Tue, 07 Apr 2026 10:35:21 +0000 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 13:32:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Someone put toilet paper in my back pocket and set fire to it. I sat in the sink and fell asleep. The soundtrack to that night was Gong!” How Napalm Death’s Barney Greenway got into prog ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/barney-greenway-gong w536Zf5H3wUGRyExobLUTD Tue, 07 Apr 2026 09:37:39 +0000 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 10:36:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ The 11 best songs from 1973 ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/the-11-best-songs-from-1973 6tfewG3tb99yAGNQFBx7n9 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:45:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “My partners lived bohemian lives but ran the band like a capitalist corporation. Exploiting other people makes you feel lonely, I guess”: Why Karl Bartos had to leave Kraftwerk ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/karl-bartos-kraftwerk d3q7CqmDSFM5s9dK2iFC7H Tue, 07 Apr 2026 07:48:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I first met Phil Lynott completely by accident during my first ever acid trip." Original Thin Lizzy guitarist Eric Bell on the birth of the band and his relationship with their "gentle and romantic" frontman ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/thin-lizzy-eric-bell-the-birth-of-the-band 7VQBy6XWhD5hoYCG5mSb5N Tue, 07 Apr 2026 07:45:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "My role in life was to be a proud, bold lion, to tell the truth, and stick up for what's right." Dave Mustaine on Megadeth's final chapter, his love for Ozzy, finger numbness, and trading mosh pits for a silver-screen future ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/dave-mustaine-megadeth-album-legacy-interview iQfL2j7MSEE44Ee4ufHqgm Tue, 07 Apr 2026 03:38:59 +0000 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 06:37:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Like Blondie with Teeth." Shakin' Street mix high-energy rock with post-punk pop sensibility on album starring Ross The Boss and Fabienne Shine ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/shakin-street-shakin-street Njf5vUr5o9Uf6hM3RXN7rK Mon, 06 Apr 2026 23:40:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The atmosphere was intense. Manson said hello and I froze. There was a feeling of extreme evil in the room”: Jon Keliehor went from an unknown psychedelic group to playing with The Doors, turning down The Byrds and rubbing shoulders with Charles Manson ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/the-atmosphere-was-intense-manson-said-hello-and-i-froze-there-was-a-feeling-of-extreme-evil-in-the-room-jon-keliehor-went-from-an-unknown-psychedelic-group-to-playing-with-the-doors-turning-down-the-byrds-and-rubbing-shoulders-with-charles-manson uTE2NyuMiaQzj6gAF2GhT6 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "We were invited to a séance by some girls in Italy. It all got a bit out of hand, a bit freaky. That was the first and last time we tried to summon spirits of the dead." How Uriah Heep's Demons And Wizards album turned them into global superstars ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/uriah-heep-demons-and-wizards-turned-the-british-rockers-into-superstars G4PwdwkfMVcKaBYCaLoiKT Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:54:20 +0000 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:39:02 +0000 <![CDATA[ Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: April 6, 2026 ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/classic-rocks-tracks-of-the-week-april-6-2026 au8NgphzmVjbnYmkXegQaT Mon, 06 Apr 2026 14:45:00 +0000 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 21:27:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ "We didn’t always know what we were doing on this record, and I think that’s the beauty of it." Jonathan Davis and Munky share the stories behind every song on Korn's game-changing debut album ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/the-stories-behind-every-song-on-korn-debut-album t8nhT3cpCNWsrNT3gMcpCH Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:05:19 +0000 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:07:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When you’ve got the helicopter, the yacht, the private jet, what do you do? ‘I’ll go into space and pretend it’s for research!’” Ian Anderson wonders if he should have sent a flute into the cosmos, and regrets William Shatner went there too ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/ian-anderson-flute-in-space cLNUonBMcYCKQ55yEz8fiZ Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Former King Crimson drummer Michael Giles returns with Shadows/Solo, his first album for 25 years ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/king-crimson-drummer-michael-giles-returns-with-shadows-solo-his-first-album-for-25-years e2uZybFZ8gxbGKmGRWXkS6 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 10:46:19 +0000 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:58:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I used to cringe when I heard my voice on those songs, and then it went to Number 1! I remember it blasting out of radios. I was mortified”: The Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde wrote a classic late 70s hit. She’s still not sure why it was so popular ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/pretenders-brass-in-pocket-story-behind-the-song Q7pZWmSkFk9USjN3jsbtu9 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “How dare he revolutionise rock’n’roll then give it all up and just walk away without a word!” Syd Barrett was never lost. He just didn’t want to be found ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/syd-barrett-after-pink-floyd 9gBYbmZkqNnopWgjh8NFBE Mon, 06 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Whoever listens closely to Hallelujah will discover that it is a song about sex, about love, about life on earth”: How Jeff Buckley turned a Canadian troubadour’s forgotten song into a one-man tour de force – and launched a million bad cover versions ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/jeff-buckley-hallelujah-story-behind-song i4tKScDyX37aDxwEDWKyzi Sun, 05 Apr 2026 19:00:00 +0000 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 05:59:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When Eric Clapton left, we tried different guitarists. Peter Green told me he was better than everybody else. Once I heard him play, I realised he was”: How the most influential British blues band of the 60s replaced one brand new guitar god with another ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/john-mayall-bluesbreakers-peter-green-hard-road-story-behind-album 4gsjtESvRXsK6hEFdP9oYk Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I cried my eyes out when I heard Maiden’s Brave New World. There was this sense of great loss that hit me really hard”: Blaze Bayley comes clean about leaving Iron Maiden, clashing with Rick Rubin and the heart attack that nearly killed him ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/blaze-bayley-interview-iron-maiden-wolfsbane gLFw9rAfESC24icf7JYt5X Sun, 05 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “His legend has only grown since his death. He comes closer than anyone to being the best guitar player that ever lived”: In 1989, this cult rock’n’roll musician was called “the world’s greatest unknown guitar player”. Five years later he was dead ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/danny-gatton-cult-guitarist-life-story xyg93ibSgUjWJFPVWQZpi8 Sun, 05 Apr 2026 07:10:02 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There would be no Holiday In Cambodia without Hawkwind”: Jello Biafra discovered the space rockers in a copy of Penthouse – and wound up singing Silver Machine with Nik Turner ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/jello-biafra-hawkwind KYVAzZupktJFSyEoAQVWKh Sun, 05 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I just want her to leave me alone and not hurt anyone else." Woman charged with alleged stalking of Ghost singer Tobias Forge ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/i-just-want-her-to-leave-me-alone-and-not-hurt-anyone-else-woman-charged-with-alleged-stalking-of-ghost-singer-tobias-forge KFqk767oMJXdhCgjnK3jKJ Sat, 04 Apr 2026 22:01:12 +0000 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:07:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We’d been getting a battering about how polished we sounded. So we started to search for a little more earthiness”: How a hard rock band who made Johnny Rotten “jump around like a lunatic” made a gritty 70s classic – and caused uproar with the cover ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/foreigner-head-games-story-behind-the-album q55m4rUBWoYmwmEKzkBQb6 Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Good luck with your music, I will continue to not listen to it." Gloves are off in Arch Enemy v Kiko Loureiro copyright beef as former Megadeth man and Michael Amott trade barbs ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/good-luck-with-your-music-i-will-continue-to-not-listen-to-it-gloves-are-off-in-arch-enemy-v-kiko-loureiro-copyright-beef-as-former-megadeth-man-and-michael-amott-trade-barbs PRgrmsDmLAJRwoaZHbUciK Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:00:00 +0000 Sun, 05 Apr 2026 08:10:06 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Our peers – Metallica, Guns N’ Roses, Green Day – see the honesty and they get it. A lot of people never will, but that’s not important”: Horror-punk icons the Misfits recorded their classic debut album in 1978. It took 18 years for it to be released ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/misfits-static-age-story-behind-the-album JwrbbtFYdNC87ReeCHVP26 Sat, 04 Apr 2026 15:00:00 +0000 Sun, 05 Apr 2026 08:09:35 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He asked, ‘Who owns the rights to your albums?’ I was like, ‘We should.’ He said, ‘How about I buy them for you?’” It took nearly 50 years for Happy The Man to hear their music the way they’d intended ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/happy-the-man-fight-for-rights V8PktbJ2aaVkXz9Zq8qNUA Sat, 04 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Gram had this idea of ‘Cosmic American Music’. Music had no rules back then. There was so much freedom”: The trailblazing ’60s country-rock band who pioneered a whole new sound – only for the Eagles to steal their thunder ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/flying-burrito-brothers-band-gram-parsons-country-rock jDwXGzwwjoWR7XAfZGhAqM Sat, 04 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Spielberg requested a meeting. They’d written a movie and decided their hero’s favourite band would have been Huey Lewis & The News”: How a Hollywood legend and a time-travelling teenager turned a veteran rocker into an unlikely 80s superstar ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/huey-lewis-and-the-news-power-of-love-story-behind-the-song WPuMhGDrJWGYxFhroFJ5v6 Sat, 04 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ 5 insanely obscure 1980s rock albums that are a perfect 10/10 ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/lost-treasures-1980s-rock-albums qpMuWzwA79h62HKiD9uuvb Sat, 04 Apr 2026 01:00:00 +0000 Sat, 04 Apr 2026 09:32:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ Crowdfunding campaign launched to support the family of late GosT mastermind James Lollar ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/crowdfunding-campaign-launched-to-support-the-family-of-late-gost-mastermind-james-lollar z5dQTXGewbXQNmoeoybKr5 Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:52:14 +0000 Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:54:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ Voyage 35 share their first music with a cover of Porcupine Tree's The Nostalgia Factory ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/music-videos/voyage-35-share-their-fist-music-with-a-cover-of-porcupine-trees-the-nostalgia-factory RK2zVxNeT3XWjok9DcDWZC Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:07:41 +0000 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:58:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I started chemo and got in touch with my Native American roots." How Testament's Chuck Billy survived cancer (and grunge) to become a thrash metal legend ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/testament-chuck-billy-interview-2026 6r49ceKUwvruMPH4aTWhj3 Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Cool new proggy sounds you need to hear from Plini, Chimpan A, William Gilmour & John McGuigan, Playgrounded and more in Prog's brand new Tracks Of The Week ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/music-videos/cool-new-proggy-sounds-you-need-to-hear-from-plini-chimpan-a-william-gilmour-and-john-mcguigan-playgrounded-and-more-in-progs-brand-new-tracks-of-the-week mH3S6wKCBEYBz94XkkwtKc Fri, 03 Apr 2026 13:27:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ “David Coverdale believed those things were alright to say. Jon Lord and I would see something he’d said and wrinkle our noses”: How a controversial album cover and cheeky T-shirts helped turn two ex-Deep Purple members into stars all over again ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/whitesnake-lovehunter-story-behind-the-album hpDtY594Vs8pWTgCRb5oZU Fri, 03 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "We don't write songs which shy away from witnessing a world in its trauma, its rage and pain." U2 surprise-release new six-song EP Easter Lily ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/u2-surprise-release-easter-lily-ep FnKRU3sWq5ydc7YPbn7wDf Fri, 03 Apr 2026 11:49:45 +0000