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Louise Brown

Baker's Dozen

Roots: Iggor Cavalera Of Sepultura & Petbrick’s Favourite LPs

Iggor Cavalera guides Louise Brown through the records that shaped his drumming with Sepultura and new work with Petbrick, from AFX to Black Flag and Discharge, Nyege Nyege's Nihiloxica, Devo, New Kingdom, Dr Octagon and more
Baker's Dozen

“Yes It’s F*cking Political!”: Skin’s Favourite Albums

Skunk Anansie vocalist Skin guides Louise Brown through 13 favourite records, from Holst to Nina Simone, Everything But The Girl, Sepultura and Amy Winehouse

Metal

Columnus Metallicus: Your Heavy Metal Roundup For August

It's the last week of August, and in typical British style it's chucking it down. Time to get the battered old longsleeves out of storage and huddle down with the latest in heavy metal thunder.

Beyond The Hits

A Different World: Iron Maiden Beyond The Hits

Louise Brown, John Mincemoyer and Jose Carlos Santos look beyond the Best Of The Beast to bring you a selection of their favourite album tracks, b-sides and deep cuts
Books

Candlelit Sorcery: The Shadow Art Of Metal Photographer Ester Segarra

Collected works by rock music photographer Ester Segarra casts some light on the dark
Metal

Columnus Metallicus: Your Month In Metal

From doom yoga to martial rhythms, from Bong to Witch Mountain, from Helsinki to Hades - your roundup of the mightiest metal this month

Metal

Columnus Metallicus: Your Heavy Metal Roundup For February

Green Druid, Black Moth, Visigoth, Saxon, Vojd and Judas Priest: hold on and holler!
A Quietus Interview

The Abyss Stares Back… Smiling: Amenra Interviewed

As Amenra bring their grace-giving gloom to CTM Festival in 2018, Colin H. van Eeckhout discusses how he found light in the dark.
Album of the Week

These Hymns Of Decimation: Watain’s Trident Wolf Eclipse

Swedish black metal wolfpack Watain don’t want you to like their sixth album, but as sheep led to slaughter, we’re helpless, says Louise Brown
Metal

Columnus Metallicus: Your Heavy Metal Hits For October

Winter is coming, says Louise Brown, give in to the darkness. With just Amenra, Bell Witch, Audn, Batushka, Hällas, Mork and your own shrivelled soul for company.

Metal

Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal Album Reviews For July

Mistress of metal Louise Brown - with some help from Angela Davey - reviews this month's major releases including LPs from Prong, Accept, Melvins and Dead Cross
Baker's Dozen

As Simple As Fun: Beth Ditto’s Baker’s Dozen

As she releases new solo album Fake Sugar, Beth Ditto swears & enthuses about 13 favourite records to Louise Brown, taking in the filth of Lil' Kim to David Bowie and the queer punk of Buzzcocks via Missy Elliott and Lauryn Hill
Anniversary

Bathory’s Under The Sign Of The Black Mark 30 Years On

Jim '...Of Doom' Martin and Louise 'Woman Of Dark Desires' Brown celebrate three decades of Eternal Fire with help from members of Grand Magus, Paradise Lost, White Hills and Katatonia
Metal

Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal For April By Louise Brown

Louise Brown saddles up and rides her warhorse into Metalville, lancing mighty releases by Solstafir, Sabbath Assembly and Royal Thunder as she gallops. Aiiieeeeeeeeeeeee!

Reviews

Power Trip

Nightmare Logic

Metal

Columnus Metallicus: The Best Metal Of 2016

ALL HAIL Louise Brown, Kez Whelan and Pavel Godfrey as they dig up the highlights in thrash, doom, crust, black, death and classic metal from the past 12 months. HORNS UP! The Body photo by Megan Holmes
Metal

Columnus Metallicus: Bleak November’s Best Metal, By Louise Brown

Louise Brown manages to drag herself out of the pit of disappear this terrible month has pushed us all into to find hope in the rancid art and galumphing noise of Witchwood, Robert Pehrsson's Humbucker, Testament, The Eddy Malm Band, Spiritus Mortis, Tower, T.O.M.B
Reviews

Wardruna

Runaljod – Ragnarok

Metal

Columnus Metallicus: May’s Heavy Metal By Louise Brown

Louise Brown once again bestrides the world of metal like a damn colossus. This month she points her laser eyes at Grand Magus, Katatonia and Ghold among others...

A Quietus Interview

Pan’s People: Blood Ceremony Interviewed

With her fourth album out this month Blood Ceremony's Alia O'Brien talks to Louise Brown about how the occult rock coven is taking over and how her PHD in ethnomusicology challenged her to travel down new musical paths
Metal

Columnus Metallicus: March In Heavy Metal By Louise Brown

Louise Brown is both the Iron Fist and the velvet glove of heavy metal. Bow down and quiver before her album selections for this month
Black Sky Thinking

Slut Rock? Louise Brown On Using Sexuality & Gender In Metal

The former editor of Terrorizer, Louise Brown, on why female metal stars who bare flesh aren't letting the side down... just their plunging neck lines

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