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1+ day, 1+ hour ago (263+ words) A music writer since 1993, formerly Editor of Kerrang! and Planet Rock magazine (RIP), Paul Brannigan is a Contributing Editor to Louder. Having previously written books on Lemmy, Dave Grohl (the Sunday Times best-seller This Is A Call) and Metallica (Birth…...
Mysterious woman on cover of Black Sabbath album releases rock opera
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (269+ words) Indreba's Alice follows the release of two songs about being the woman on the cover of Black Sabbath's debut album Louisa Livingstone, the woman whose ghostly figure adorns the cover of Black Sabbath's debut album, has released a rock opera…...
"By 12th grade, people gave us a certain amount of respect. But we were never rock stars, just the weird guys who did music." The story of Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo's high school prog metal band Avant Garde
5+ day, 10+ hour ago (299+ words) A music writer since 1993, formerly Editor of Kerrang! and Planet Rock magazine (RIP), Paul Brannigan is a Contributing Editor to Louder. Having previously written books on Lemmy, Dave Grohl (the Sunday Times best-seller This Is A Call) and Metallica (Birth…...
"We were so loud. You could see blood coming out of people’s ears." The strange but true story of Attila, Billy Joel's pre-fame metal band, and "the worst album ever made"
5+ day, 18+ hour ago (402+ words) The recent passing of former Attila drummer Jon Small means that, sadly, the world will never see a reunion of his much-misunderstood metal band with Billy Joel “It’s all about thrash, kill, metal, slash, burn, pillage, repeat.” The words of…...
Watch fiery footage of Slayer performing Reign In Blood in full as they kick off 40th-anniversary celebrations
6+ day, 44+ min ago (520+ words) The controversial thrashers are playing select dates in North and Latin America Live footage of Slayer playing 1986 album Reign In Blood in full has made its way online. The California thrash metal hellraisers kicked off a tour celebrating 40 years of…...
"We wanted to be Black Sabbath without the parts that suck." How Soundgarden's Louder Than Love ruined my love life, but opened my mind
1+ week, 1+ day ago (169+ words) Released on September 5, 1989, Soundgarden's Louder Than Love album marked Chris Cornell's band out for future greatness The following is a true story. “Do you guys only listen to heavy metal?” Debbie enquires. “Not entirely,” comes the reply, a little too…...
A metal fan’s guide to hard rock pioneers Deep Purple: “You needed something to stick out those days, and loud worked”
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1292+ words) Along with Sabbath and Zeppelin, Deep Purple helped craft the primordial goop that spawned metal Along with Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple were the third in the holy trinity of bands who laid down the blueprint for hard…...
“I’ve never done hallucinogenic drugs, but now it feels like I have”: Metal Hammer writers name their best festival sets of the summer
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“We were the band nobody wanted to book”: the twisted story of the first American black metal band
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“Everybody knows who Michael Jackson is – and I feel like Ozzy is pretty close to that too”: The iconic metal album Jason ‘Jay And Silent Bob’ Mewes wishes he had made
1+ week, 2+ day ago (613+ words) The Clerks star on the occult metal classic that helps him fly, the album he speeds to and the record he wants played his funeral Before he became the fast-talking, weed-dealing half of slacker icons Jay And Silent Bob alongside…...