In his upcoming posthumous memoir Last Rites, Ozzy Osbourne details the myriad hurdles he had to overcome to perform at his Back to the Beginning farewell show, his mounting fear leading up to the big event — and Sharon Osbourne‘s backup plan in case he couldn’t perform. The Prince of Darkness, who died on July 22 […]
Dad rock for Gen X takes on many different forms, meaning a variety in classic albums. It could mean a holdover act from the 1970s that finally found its groove in the early 1980s. It could be a hard rock band whose debut album had everyone rethinking what the L.A. music scene looked like during […]
When Chris Daughtry set out to finish his latest EP, Shock to the System (Part Two), he admitted that it felt like a daunting task. “How are we going to top the first half,” Daughtry said on Loudwire Nights on Wednesday (Oct. 1) about following up Shock to the System (Part One). Listen to the full conversation […]
A lot of musicians have quit or been fired from bands over the years but some lineup departures were truly shocking to the rest of the world. There are countless reasons for musicians to leave a band just as there are countless reasons members are fired from bands. Sometimes artists want to pursue a different project, […]
Here are the 5 best doom metal albums of the 2020s, chosen by Ohio’s atmospheric doom quartet Frayle. But first… What You Need to Know About Frayle From: Cleveland, Ohio First Album: 1692 (2020) New Album: Heretics & Lullabies (2025) Formed in 2017 in Cleveland, Ohio, Frayle began carving out their niche in the doom […]
Here are 5 mainstream celebrities who love black metal. Celebrity metalheads and friends to the community abound and include the late Christopher Lee, Jim Carrey, Margot Robbie, David Lynch, Lars von Trier, Drea de Matteo, Prince Harry, Post Malone, etc. Even everyone’s favorite Backstreet Boy, Nick Carter, has witnessed Rammstein live. However, the phenomenon of […]
Former Metallica producer Flemming Rasmussen once again mused on the conspicuous, endlessly discussed lack of bass on the band’s fourth album, … And Justice for All. Spoiler alert: He still doesn’t understand why they made the confounding decision to scrub newly recruited bassist Jason Newsted from the mix — but not for lack of trying. READ MORE: Metallica Albums Ranked Flemming Rasmussen’s ‘… And […]
We’ve shown love to hair metal singers, guitarists and bassists — now it’s time to rank the top five hair metal drummers. Hair metal — or glam metal, or pop-metal, or whatever you want to call it — is not a genre typically celebrated for its drumming virtuosity, but that’s not to say the musicians behind the […]
What are the best opening songs from some of the 1990s biggest rock albums? Here we’ve delved into some of the biggest albums of the decade, taken a closer look at the songs that kicked off the record and then ranked the best of these album openers. It should be noted that each of the […]
Evanescence‘s Amy Lee caught up with Loudwire’s Kat Mykals backstage at the 2025 edition of the Louder Than Life festival. This exclusive conversation aired on our radio show, Loudwire Nights, on Monday (Sept. 29). Listen to the full conversation in the player near the end of this article. “It’s too big to picture,” Lee admitted […]
