Best headphones for music 2025: Our definitive guide | Louder
Sep 11, 2024 · Take your private listening to the next level with my pick of the best headphones for music - from sleek wireless earbuds to chunky noise-cancelling headphones
Best record players 2025: turntables tested for every budget
Dec 10, 2024 · The original Planar 3 is now more than 40 years old. Yet, amazingly, if I was to put it and this current version side-by-side, I think most people would be hard-pressed to spot any differences beyond the smarter plinth and updated tonearm.
"Even now it can still get the tears running down my face ... - Louder
Dec 27, 2023 · The anthem. Obviously the monolith is [Kiss’s] Rock And Roll All Nite.And I have to credit Neil Bogart, the president of Casablanca Records. One day in LA, he took us into his office and said: “You need a rock anthem, a rallying cry for the band that your audience can sing and identify with.”
The chaotic story of Kevin DuBrow and Quiet Riot
Jan 12, 2024 · Formed in the mid-70s, Quiet Riot had grafted long and hard to get to this point. Their chief claim to fame was that the band had once featured Randy Rhoads, the guitarist who had gone on to stardom with Ozzy Osbourne before being killed in a plane crash in 1982. But now, at last, Quiet Riot were signed to a major label for their third album, Metal Health.
Everything you need to know about Sleep Token | Louder
Oct 23, 2023 · Melding R&B, pop and downtuned djent guitars, Sleep Token aren’t your “typical” heavy band. Where ballads like Bloodsport or Drag Me Under employ soft piano, others like Gods or Vore lean far more into extremity, with screamed vocals and heaving breakdowns.The Summoning, one of the first singles released from this year’s Take Me Back To Eden album, went viral on TikTok thanks to its ...
Every Linkin Park album ranked from worst to best | Louder
Nov 25, 2024 · Linkin Park’s final album is also their most incoherent and misguided. After returning to the nu metal approach of their early albums on its predecessor The Hunting Party, the band decided it was time to turn the page again and go full pop.To do this, they brought in outside songwriters who’d worked with Sia, Kelly Clarkson and 5 Seconds Of Summer to give the songs a glimmering sheen ...
Bruce Springsteen: "I Saw Rock’N’Roll Future!” | Louder
Jul 2, 2024 · Everything changed on May 9, 1974, when Springsteen supported Bonnie Raitt at the Harvard Square Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Watched by Rolling Stone writer Jon Landau, the singer pulled off the most important gig of his career – and one of the most legendary shows in the annals of rock history. It wasn’t just the night Bruce Springsteen saved his career – it was the night he ...
Best music streaming services 2025: We test them side by side
Feb 8, 2024 · If you're after a some of the best audio options when it comes to streaming music, then Tidal is hard to ignore. Its top tier subscription boats 360° Reality Audio which is simply immense through a good set of headphones or hi-fi system, but be warned that it does come with a fairly hefty price tag.
Ghost’s Mary On A Cross: the meaning of the song - Louder
Dec 19, 2022 · According to the band’s own mythology, Mary On A Cross dates back to 1969, when an early version of Ghost dipped its fingers in the psychedelic waves of the dying decade. Despite being fronted by a swaggering, handsome clergyman known as Papa Nihil, this groovy 60s incarnation of Ghost failed to set the world on fire.It was only when Papa Nihil made his 21st Century reappearance with the ...
Metallica's Robert Trujillo: a year in the life of the band | Louder
Jan 18, 2024 · 2023 was a triumphant year for Metallica, who returned with an epic, ambitious new record in 72 Seasons and embarked on a tour to match – the concept behind the M72 World Tour being that the me