Website reputation report

loudersound.com

Last checked 6 hours ago · Point-in-time assessment

● Evidence is limited

What is this website?

loudersound.com is currently classified in the Music category based on observed public pages. An About page was also found. The sampled pages were marked as English-language. Recurring page-metadata topics include louder, album, metal.

No listed local patterns observedHomepage-only analysis is not a malware clearance. Read the scope and findings below.

75/100Safety Score
75%Evidence Confidence
Trust Radar evidence profile Eight evidence dimensions from zero to one hundred. Exact values surround the chart. Threat Intelligence55 Domain History93 Infrastructure87 Website Security95 Security Hygiene60 Transparency53 Reputation50 Operational Stability96
Trust RadarEight observed factors. Select one to inspect its evidence.

How to read this report

Safety Score evaluates observed signals. Evidence Confidence measures how complete, direct, fresh, and consistent those signals are.

No automated scan can guarantee that a website is safe.

Independent evidence brief

What we observed about loudersound.com

Updated Oct 1, 2026

The latest scan examined 10 public pages on loudersound.com. Website descriptions below come from the site itself. Registration, connection and threat findings were checked separately.

Registrar and domain history

Registered on Dec 13, 2010. Registrar: Lexsynergy Limited.

Recorded expiry date: Dec 13, 2026. Registry data can change.

Connection and hosting evidence

The checked homepage returned HTTP 200.

A valid TLS certificate was observed, expiring Nov 13, 2026.

Threat checks and score context

External malware-provider coverage was unavailable. The report does not treat this missing check as a clean result.

Safety Score: 75/100. Evidence Confidence: 75%. These measure different things.

Public content profile

Pages reviewed on loudersound.com

10 of up to 10 pages

We sampled public pages from this website to understand its subject and contact paths. The titles and short descriptions below come from the website itself. They are not endorsements or independent safety findings.

Rock, Metal, Alternative Music & CultureLouder is the definitive guide to the world of rock, metal and alternative music and the online home of Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog magazines About Louder | LouderWho we are and how to reach us Alice Cooper comes clean about alcohol, crack and sobriety | LouderAlice Cooper's new memoir Devil On My Shoulder is published this month Vinegar Joe: Six Star General album review | LouderElkie Brooks and Robert Palmer shine on Vinegar Joe's final album "My dream’s come true!" 16-year-old America's Got Talent winner Nene Royal on performing with Linkin Park, being invited to support Avenged Sevenfold, and how a"I want to collab with legendary artists!\u201d News | LouderNews | Louder Features | LouderFeatures | Louder Nicko McBrain’s pastor urged him to continue with Iron Maiden despite Satanic panic controversy: “If it’s something God doesn’t want you to do, He’ll let you knThe drummer for the metal masters behind The Number Of The Beast sought counsel about remaining in the band after converting to Christianity in 1999 Slipknot’s Jim Root says new album is “gonna hurt some feelings”, agrees with harsh criticism of The End, So Far | LouderThe guitarist says the nu metal wrecking crew are “experimenting with different approaches” Best CD players 2026: These fresh slices of optical-drive brilliance breathe new life into your old CD library | LouderPhysical media’s fully back on the menu, and these outstanding CD players from Cambridge Audio, Marantz, FiiO and more are the proof in the pudding

Public page evidence

Topics and keywords observed on loudersound.com

4 phrases

These phrases were extracted locally from sampled public page metadata. They are observations, not search-volume or ranking estimates.

louderTitle, H1, Meta description8 sampled pages
albumTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages
metalTitle, Meta description3 sampled pages
wantTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages

At a glance

Key findings

✓

Report is current

The displayed evidence comes from the published immutable scan.

i

Confidence is separate

Unavailable evidence is shown as missing and never counted as clean.

!

Verify before sensitive actions

Check the exact URL and context before payments, credentials, or downloads.

Fully explainable

Why this score?

Versioned weights
Threat IntelligenceWeight 25%
55/100

Threat providers were unavailable. The neutral uncertainty baseline is not a clean verdict.

Domain HistoryWeight 10%
93/100

Domain registration age and expiry were checked.

InfrastructureWeight 10%
87/100

Observed DNS records and network address were checked.

Website SecurityWeight 15%
95/100

Observed certificate validity and TLS protocol were checked.

Security HygieneWeight 15%
60/100

Observed security header values were checked for basic protective settings. Empty values, disabled HSTS and unrecognized values receive no credit. This is not a complete browser-policy validation.

TransparencyWeight 5%
53/100

Observed site metadata and About page were checked. Publisher-supplied details are not independently verified.

ReputationWeight 5%
50/100

Popularity is weak context, not proof of safety. Unranked sites use a neutral baseline.

Operational StabilityWeight 15%
96/100

Observed HTTP status and final connection scheme were checked.

Server-side analysis

Automated security checks

Local antivirus and phishing checks

ClamAV · homepage HTMLLocal antivirus is not enabled
Phishing.Database · exact hostnameLocal feed snapshot unavailable

Sampled scripts and pages

Resource antivirus is not enabled

0 resources checked · 1 script links observed on the homepage. Partial resource coverage.

ClamAV inspects the fetched homepage HTML on our server. New scans also sample up to four linked scripts and two collected internal pages, with size and time limits. Scripts are not executed. Other downloads, private server files and logged-in pages remain outside this check. A signature match needs investigation and can be a false positive. No match is not a whole-site safety guarantee.

Exact hostname lookup uses a downloaded Phishing.Database snapshot. It does not send this domain to an external lookup API or mark sibling subdomains as harmful. Not listed does not mean safe. Snapshot age is download age, not proof that every entry was recently revalidated.

Homepage HTML only · Eight local rule families · local-security-v2

Checks use the fetched page and redirect chain. Scripts are not executed, forms are not submitted, and linked files are not downloaded. This is not a malware clearance.

Page resource inventory

Linked scripts1
Inline scripts2
Embedded frames0
External script hosts0

Counts describe the sampled HTML, not every resource loaded by the browser. External resources are common and are not automatically harmful.

Partial analysis. Only the first 512 KiB of the page were inspected.

No listed local patterns observed. The limited rule set cannot detect every threat or behavior.

External threat intelligence

Provider coverageNot checked

Local checks do not query external reputation databases. An unavailable check is never a clean result.

Registration

Domain information

Public RDAP observation
Canonical domainloudersound.com
RegistrarLexsynergy Limited
RegisteredDec 13, 2010
Domain age15 years
ExpiresDec 13, 2026
Registry statusesclient delete prohibited · client transfer prohibited · client update prohibited
Report statePublished

Infrastructure

Network & hosting

Observed endpoint, not legal location
IP address151.101.130.114
Autonomous systemUnavailable
Network organizationUnavailable
Observed countryUnavailable
CDNNot detected
Web application firewallNot detected

At a glance

Infrastructure summary

Observed during this scan

A compact view of the connection, DNS and security surface. These observations describe what the scanner could verify at scan time and do not prove ownership or ongoing availability.

HTTP response200 · https://www.loudersound.com/
Endpoint151.101.130.114
NetworkUnavailable
CDN and WAFNot detected · Not detected
DNS surface12 records · 4 nameservers · 0 mail exchangers
Protection signals3 security headers · 3 technologies · DNSSEC unknown

Page telemetry

Observed page statistics

Safe metadata only

These counters describe the fetched response and sampled HTML. Script counts describe references in the markup, not a complete browser network log. Cookie counts cover observed response headers.

Response size922,496 bytes
HTTP check duration0 ms
Cookies observed2
Script resources1 · 0 external hosts
Frames and sampled checks0 frames · 0 resources checked

Encrypted transport

TLS certificate

Valid when observed
StatusValid when observed
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuercountryName=US, organizationName=Let's Encrypt, commonName=YR1
Valid fromAug 15, 2026
Valid untilNov 13, 2026
Certificate namesloudersound.com · www.loudersound.com

Resolution

DNS footprint

DNSKEY status unknown

DNSKEY presence does not verify the DNSSEC signature chain. Missing records can mean no record was returned or the lookup was unavailable.

A151.101.130.114TTL —
A151.101.194.114TTL —
A151.101.2.114TTL —
A151.101.66.114TTL —
NSns-1091.awsdns-08.orgTTL —
NSns-2039.awsdns-62.co.ukTTL —
NSns-79.awsdns-09.comTTL —
NSns-914.awsdns-50.netTTL —
TXTfacebook-domain-verification=bmdmvig155caiazzikjxeo9zm41ytcTTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=8YCPNbGtymiD3k0H7gqevgAN-a7OhH_3GVeHZgw5byATTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=TYWMTYS-0_muQNkwqj87J4SN7gFJNdffU4Y7zenIBQETTL —
TXTv=spf1 include:msgfocus.com include:_spf.google.com -allTTL —

DNS observations · no external lookup API

Domain email protection

Exact-host SPF and DMARC observations help the owner investigate email impersonation risks. They are separate from website malware checks and do not change the Safety Score.

SPFPolicy record observed, not fully validated
DMARCNo matching record returned for this exact hostname

What to do next

Review the records with your mail administrator. Inventory legitimate senders and test SPF and DKIM alignment before enforcing a stricter DMARC policy. Fix duplicate records and investigate overly permissive SPF rules.

This bounded check does not send email, probe SMTP, evaluate recursive SPF includes, verify DKIM signatures or apply organizational-domain DMARC inheritance. A missing subdomain record does not prove that no inherited protection exists. A DNS timeout is unknown, not an absent record. A policy record is not proof that messages authenticate successfully.

Responsible disclosure

security.txt

RFC 9116 observation

No readable security.txt file was observed at the standard locations. This is informational and is not evidence of malware.

Browser protections

Security headers

3 observed
content-security-policypresent frame-ancestors 'self'
strict-transport-securitypresent max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains
x-frame-optionspresent SAMEORIGIN

Response headers

Cookie protections

Passive observation
Cookies observed2
Missing Secure2
Missing HttpOnly2
Missing SameSite2

Only cookie attribute counts are retained. Cookie names and values are never stored. These observations are not proof of compromise and do not independently change the Safety Score.

Detected stack

Technologies

Bootstrap 80% Google Tag Manager 96% Tailwind CSS 72%

Versions are shown only when publicly exposed by the page or response headers. An observed version is not, by itself, proof of a vulnerability.

JavaScript library advisories

JavaScript advisory analysis could not be completed or no eligible script files were sampled. No clean result is implied.

About this website

What the site says about itself

Who we are and how to reach us

View the site's About page ↗

This is publisher supplied information. The independent safety findings are shown separately.

Publisher supplied

Public contact details

These details were observed on the website, not independently verified as an active support channel.

Emailclassicrock@futurenet.comSource: https://www.loudersound.com/features/louder-about-us
Emailmetalhammer@futurenet.comSource: https://www.loudersound.com/features/louder-about-us
Emailscott.rowley@futurenet.comSource: https://www.loudersound.com/features/louder-about-us
Emailbriony.edwards@futurenet.comSource: https://www.loudersound.com/features/louder-about-us

Structured facts

Website identity & response

Public page metadata
Page titleRock, Metal, Alternative Music & Culture
First headingLouder
DescriptionLouder is the definitive guide to the world of rock, metal and alternative music and the online home of Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog magazines
Canonical URLhttps://www.loudersound.com
Final URLhttps://www.loudersound.com/
HTTP response200 · text/html; charset=utf-8 · duration unavailable
Languageen
Structured typesItemList · SiteNavigationElement · WebPage · WebSite
Page page detectedhttps://www.loudersound.com/newsAbout page detectedhttps://www.loudersound.com/features/louder-about-usSupport page detectedhttps://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/americas-got-talent-winner-nene-royal-on-linkin-park-avenged-sevenfold-and-how-a-deep-purple-classic-changed-her-life
Local headers.hsts preload100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
Local headers.permissions policy present100% evidence confidence
31536000100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
en100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
missing100% evidence confidence
2100% evidence confidence
Dns consistency.cname present100% evidence confidence
unavailable100% evidence confidence
Dns consistency.mail route count100% evidence confidence
4100% evidence confidence
12100% evidence confidence
2100% evidence confidence
2100% evidence confidence
2100% evidence confidence
4100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors credentials with wildcard100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors present100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors wildcard origin100% evidence confidence
Local headers.csp has default src100% evidence confidence
Local headers.csp has object src100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
Local headers.csp unsafe eval100% evidence confidence
Local headers.csp unsafe inline100% evidence confidence
Local headers.csp wildcard sources100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence

Connection path

Redirect chain

1 recorded hops
Hop 1https://www.loudersound.com/

The chain is shown exactly as observed by the scanner. A redirect is not itself a malware finding, but unexpected domains or an HTTP downgrade deserve review.

Premium monitoring

Catch downtime and security changes automatically

Regular checks, availability history, and alert emails are reserved for Premium websites. Free reports remain point-in-time scans and do not create recurring server work.

Enable monitoring for this website

Compared with the previous scan

What changed

A comparison will appear after the next completed scan.

Explainable matching

Digital fingerprint

fingerprint-v1
rapid-harbor-web-749

Comparable components help find technically related websites. A match does not prove common ownership.

DnsHashed private comparison value
TechnologiesHashed private comparison value

Material changes only

Change history

No meaningful changes recorded yet.

Website icon for loudersound.com

Visual evidence

Website screenshot

Screenshot of loudersound.com
Earlier browser capture retained because this scan did not produce a usable replacement. It is not fresh scan evidence.

For site owners

Show your verified trust report

Place this lightweight badge in your footer to show visitors an independent, dated WebsiteVirusScanner report. It can increase visitor confidence, but it never changes or guarantees the score.

Choose a badge style
Preview on your site
WebsiteVirusScanner trust badge preview

Use the current report link so visitors can verify the evidence. A badge is a transparency signal, not a paid ranking boost.

Questions about loudersound.com

FAQ

Still have questions? Contact us →
Is loudersound.com safe to visit?

The latest Safety Score is 75/100 with 75% Evidence Confidence. This is a point-in-time assessment of observed technical signals, not a guarantee. Check the exact address and avoid entering payment details if anything looks unusual.

Did the scan detect malware on loudersound.com?

External threat-provider coverage was unavailable for this scan, so malware status is unverified.

When was loudersound.com registered?

The public registry record shows Dec 13, 2010. Registration details may be privacy-protected or updated later.

Did loudersound.com have a valid TLS certificate?

The scanner observed a valid TLS certificate using TLSv1.3. A valid certificate alone does not establish that the site is safe.

How does loudersound.com describe itself?

The website's About page describes its purpose in the report above. This is publisher-supplied information and is separate from independent security findings.

Can a paid listing change this website's score?

No. Premium placement and owner-supplied pages are labelled separately. Technical evidence, the Safety Score and moderation decisions remain independent.