Michael Hann

1. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Michael Hann

   ‘The cauldron was already bubbling …’ Green Lung, Druidess and the return of folk horror to British heavy metal (opens the original)

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   Playing a sound rooted in 80s bands such as Witchfinder General and Pagan Altar, metal bands are once again gravitating towards dark folklore – but in a ‘Glastonbury crystal shop’ kind of way Behind Tom Templar’s shoulder as we talk over video call is a poster for The Wicker Man, the 1973 cult folk-horror film set on a remote Scottish island, whose sunniness conceals – inevitably – a dark secret. It’s fitting, because Templar is the singer of Green Lung, the breakout British metal

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2. Article · Sep 1, 2026 · Michael Hann

   ‘It’s more freaky, more balls to the wall’: how alt-country won over a new generation (opens the original)

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   From Waxahatchee and Florry in the US to Brown Horse and Little Grandad in the UK, a wave of young songwriters are reinvigorating the subgenre’s earnest emotion and twang ‘It’s so important to talk about this before it’s gone,” says Francie Medosch, singer, guitarist and songwriter of the band Florry, “because it’s really a flash in the pan.” The flash she means is a brief moment where it feels as though on both sides of the Atlantic, scores of exciting indie bands are playing so

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