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Zombie metal lunatics Dominum are here for everyone who loves Sabaton, Ghost and The Walking Dead: “There’s pirate bands, there’s Viking bands, why is there no zombie band?”
23+ hour, 47+ min ago (1677+ words) With their albums invading the top 10 at home in Germany, Dominum's brand of zombie metal is proving infectious We were informed on entering that we only had an hour to make it out or we’d join the Puppet Master’s show…...
"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, 13+ 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, 21+ 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…...
"I’m the only guy who wears a mask but still has a face." From black metal pioneer to dungeon synth's resident goblin, this is what it's like to be Mortiis
1+ week, 21+ hour ago (724+ words) Mortiis shares his thoughts on masks, masked bands like Sleep Token and Ghost, and creating his own dark universe What the hell is Emperor’s 1994 track I Am The Black Wizards all about? “I came up with this sort of parallel…...
“I’ve never done hallucinogenic drugs, but now it feels like I have”: Metal Hammer writers name their best festival sets of the summer
1+ week, 2+ day ago (218+ words) Louder Your membership journey starts here. Keep exploring and earning more as a member. Explore interviews, stories and insights from iconic bands. Discover album reviews and the latest rock and metal releases. Explore your membership benefits. Stay Ahead With Louder…...
“We were the band nobody wanted to book”: the twisted story of the first American black metal band
1+ week, 2+ day ago (453+ words) Before Emperor, before Immortal, and before the first Mayhem album, there was Von – the punk-loving tearaways who went “as far as human music can go” Historians look back on the first wave of black metal as a mostly European phenomenon:…...
“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…...
"It breaks my heart that Miss Murder will always represent us." AFI's Davey Havok on selling out, his surprise love for glam metal and why the band weren't part of 2000s emo
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1024+ words) Signed during the punk boom of the 90s, AFI have transcended trends and subgenres to become icons in their own right - even landing a number one along the way In 35 years with AFI, Davey Havok has seen a whole lot more…...
"We???re the Arctic Monkeys trying to play Slayer." Meet Ronker, the Belgians who ditched indie for thumping hardcore
2+ week, 23+ hour ago (342+ words) Ronker's members may have come from the worlds of indie and post-rock, but they've found true expression in hard-hitting riffs and raging anthems In terms of bizarre musical ideas, indie for metal fans is right up there. But the healing…...
Five Finger Death Punch’s Zoltan Bathory opens up about his volatile relationship with Ivan Moody: “Sometimes I want to kill him. Sometimes I’m making plans, thinking about what supplies I need, where I hide the body”
2+ week, 1+ day ago (230+ words) Founded in 1983, Metal Hammer is the global home of all things heavy. We have breaking news, exclusive interviews with the biggest bands and names in metal, rock, hardcore, grunge and beyond, expert reviews of the lastest releases and unrivalled insider…...