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Whitesnake’s Lovehunter: the story behind the album | Louder
Apr 3, 2026 - Whitesnake slithered to success with 1979’s Lovehunter
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Head Games by Foreigner: the story behind the classic AOR album | Louder
Apr 4, 2026 - ow a hard rock band who made Johnny Rotten “jump around like a lunatic” made a gritty 70s classic – and caused uproar with the cover
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Killers by Iron Maiden: the story behind the album | Louder
Mar 22, 2026 - How Iron Maiden fought back against a press backlash and accusations of “hype” to deliver a classic album
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Metallica’s Garage Inc.: The story of metal’s greatest covers album | Louder
Feb 7, 2026 - Hardcore ragers, occult metal classics, Southern rock anthems: a track by track breakdown of the greatest Metallica album Metallica didn’t write
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The Misfits’ Static Age: the story behind the album | Louder
Apr 4, 2026 - The legendary horror-punk icons recorded their classic debut album in 1978. It took 18 years for it to be released
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Player: Baby Come Back and the story of a classic AOR album | Louder
Apr 16, 2026 - Perfect for people who think Survivor rock too hard
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Electric by The Cult: the story behind the album | Louder
Mar 22, 2026 - How a group of AC/DC-loving ex-goths helped make hard rock cool again – with help from Rick Rubin
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AC/DC: If You Want Blood You've Got It album review | Louder
Mar 9, 2026 - Recorded in front of a rabid Glasgow audience, If You Want Blood is AC/DC and Bon Scott at their live peak
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Sweet - Give Us A Wink album review | Louder
Jan 26, 2026 - Could Sweet still produce after dumping Chinn and Chapman? You bet!
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Opeth: Blackwater Park (25th Anniversary) album review | Louder
Mar 27, 2026 - In which Steven Wilson helps Opeth emerge from the musky cocoon of their darker 90s albums with a wider and brighter sound
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How the Ramones first album released 50 years ago today, changed everything | Louder
Apr 23, 2026 - On April 23, 1976 Sire Records released a punk rock record that changed everything
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Scorpions: Taken By Force album review | Louder
Feb 9, 2026 - The Scorpions' last album with Uli Jon Roth and first with Herman Rarebell sums them up in the year that punk broke
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Tom Petty was born on October 20, 1950, in Gainesville, Florida, and went on to become one of rock’s most enduring songwriters. Rising to fame in the late ’70s...
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Megadeth - Megadeth album review | Louder
Jan 10, 2026 - Megadeth will be missed, but what a final record to leave us with
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Flower Travellin' Band - Satori album review | Louder
Mar 1, 2026 - Bored with covering Western blues bands, the Flower Travellin' Band set out on their own sonic adventure
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Chris Rea: The Road To Hell album review | Louder
Jan 12, 2026 - The Road To Hell fuses Chris Rea's weather-beaten blues instincts with serious songwriting smarts and a sharp-eyed sense of social unease
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Gluecifer: Same Drug New High album review | Louder
Jan 16, 2026 - Gluecifer bring Scandinavian action rock (back) to the Man on sixth album Same Drug New High
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Linda Ronstadt: Heart Like A Wheel album review | Louder
Mar 23, 2026 - Heart Like A Wheel was a key step in Ronstadt's mid-70s rise, thanks to an astute choice of songs, smart production and *that* voice
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Steve Howe on Yes’ new album and those massive box sets | Louder
Feb 26, 2026 - Steve Howe outlines what he and Yes want to achieve in the year ahead, and explains why musicians who don’t listen to their own recordings are missing out
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Vangelis’ fury at the treatment of Aphrodite’s Child album 666 | Louder
Mar 29, 2026 - Vangelis was disgusted when 666, his album with Aphrodite’s Child, was deemed to be pornographic by his record label
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Todd Rundgren: A Wizard, A True Star album review | Louder
Mar 30, 2026 - Aided by magic mushrooms and a newly built studio, Todd Rundgren sets out to chart "the chaotic musical element\u201d in his head
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Why Steven Wilson’s new album is designed to be shambolic | Louder
Feb 23, 2026 - The latest Feature,/features,,features, breaking news, comment, reviews and features from the experts at Louder
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HIM: Venus Doom album interview | Louder
Jul 29, 2024 - HIM’s Venus Doom was the sound of a band peering over the edge of the abyss, as Ville Valo explained when Metal Hammer spoke to the singer in 2007
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Aerosmith: Aerosmith (Legendary Edition) album review | Louder
Mar 19, 2026 - American rock giants’ debut album, with added Harmonica Jam Bass Jelly
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Rainbow - The Temple Of The King 1975-76 album review | Louder
Mar 6, 2026 - Nine CDs of Ritchie, Ronnie and Rainbow
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Deep Purple - Made In Japan Album T-Shirt – Louder
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