Metal Band’s Worst Album of the Year Critiqued by Podcast
During The Guardian‘s Today In Focus podcast, music editor Ben Beaumont-Thomas criticized Sleep Token’s Even In Arcadia as the worst album of the year. They may have been one of 2025’s biggest bands, but apparently not everyone is on board with their…
Three Days Grace Singers Share 3 Favorite Bands of 2025
Having just celebrated Three Days Grace for their 2025 Rock Album of the Year Alienation, we recently asked singers Adam Gontier and Matt Walst what music and memories will reflect the year for them when they think back on 2025….
Wolfgang Van Halen Shares Excitement for 2 Upcoming Albums
The mammoth mastermind Wolfgang Van Halen is genuinely thrilled about two specific upcoming new albums that will be released in early 2026. Loudwire named the title track from Mammoth’s latest album The End as the Best Rock Song of 2025…
Spotify Responds to Reported Music Piracy Issues
Spotify has taken action after reports emerged that a group scraped its library with plans to make it publicly available as a “preservation archive.” Reports surfaced early Monday (Dec. 22) that a “pirate activist group” had scraped metadata from Spotify’s…
Bikini Kill Singer’s Inspiration for ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’
Here’s how Bikini Kill vocalist Kathleen Hanna came up with Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” song title. Interestingly, Kurt Cobain didn’t actually create the phrase that became the name of the song — which ultimately propelled grunge from a fledgling…
The Best Prog Rock Songs of 2025: Top 11 Picks
Here are the 11 best prog rock songs of 2025! Elsewhere in recapping the year’s best in prog, Loudwire rummaged through both the best progressive metal albums and best progressive metal songs of 2025, as well as the best progressive…
Jack White Criticizes Trump for Remarks on Rob Reiner’s Death
The shocking death of This Is Spinal Tap actor-director Rob Reiner has stirred up a lot of emotion, and Jack White has called out President Trump after the politician used the somber occasion to insinuate that Reiner’s vocal opposition to…
20 Rock and Metal Bands That Reunited in 2025
Was 2025 the year of the rock and metal reunion? It certainly seems as though that was the case as some of the biggest names in heavier music managed to set aside past issues and find their way back to…
Producers Who Defined ‘80s Hard Rock and Metal Sound
Here are 10 producers who defined the sound of metal in the 1980s. The rise of hard rock and heavy metal in the ’80s coincided with major changes in how heavy music was not only recorded and mixed, but presented….
Fan Collapses at Tool Show in Honolulu
Over the weekend, Tool performed two shows at Honolulu’s Blaisdell Arena, marking their first performances in Hawaii since 2011. According to various sources, a fan collapsed during one of the concerts, and their condition remains unknown as police continue investigating…
Spinal Tap Tribute from Band and Cast for Rob Reiner
The death of Rob Reiner continues to reverberate through the entertainment world, with several cast members of his popular This Is Spinal Tap movie and its sequel Spinal Tap II: The End Continues sharing their thoughts on the loss of…
Yungblud Denies Howard Stern’s Assertion That Rock Is Dead
Key Takeaways Interview Highlights: Yungblud appeared on the Howard Stern Show and challenged the notion that “rock is dead.” Current Rock Scene: He named six bands that he believes are revitalizing the rock genre. New Album: Yungblud’s latest album, Idols,…