Last fall’s 10th long-player L.A. Times still hoists Britpop oom-pah (“Gaslight”), so the Scots’ Raze the Bar tour flashes ...

Nigerian singer Wizkid has defeated his colleagues to become most streamed artistes in Africa. Others on the list also include Burna Boy, Rema, Asake, Davido.

Franz Ferdinand are so associated with a specific place and time — the British indie uprising of the mid-2000s — that it comes as something of a surprise that they’re still a going concern. Their last ...

2024 was a banner year for heavy music, having hit us heavy-music fans with countless awesome albums from veteran artists and rising forces alike. And while that was badass, 2025 could be poised to be ...

Now that James Mangold's Bob Dylan biopic, A Complete Unknown, is out, it's appropriate to look back at the singer's best albums. Of course, most know Dylan for his early folk work. As the biopic ...

Neil Young is nothing if not prolific, but it’s been more than two years since he released his last collection of new original tunes, World Record, his 2022 studio album recorded with his ...

Olamide's "Carpe Diem" album has become the first Nigerian rap album to hit over 200 million streams on Spotify The album's success testifies to Olamide's unique sound and catchy lyrics resonating ...

Coldplay claim the best-selling CD album of 2024 with Moon Music as the UK decline of CD sales slows. Official Charts Company data can reveal that the British group’s 10th studio album shifted ...

Taylor Swift lands the UK’s biggest vinyl album of 2024 with The Tortured Poets Department. Taylor’s 11th studio album tops the list with 112,000 units sold on wax, the highest yearly figure ...

That in mind, we asked Hammer's extensive pool of freelancers, staffers and contributors to submit their picks for the 20 best metal albums of 2024, and below you'll find the fruits of those labour as ...