Rock News 2025-05-06

• The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now
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• “We didn’t like how metal was made in Europe or in America. It was too polished. They were talking about dragons and castles”: Iggor Cavalera explains Sepultura’s ‘Satanic’ early albums
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• From Tatooine to Mandalore, these are the Star Wars Day deals worth travelling the Outer Rim for - save big on Star Wars Lego, clothing and collectibles this May the 4th
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• “Van Halen were a pale, washed up imitation of the band they once were”: Dave Lee Roth or Sammy Hagar? A forensic examination of who was Van Halen’s best singer
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• Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler and Soundgarden members have been added to Black Sabbath’s farewell show, Sharon Osbourne reveals
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• “A handy surrogate for anyone craving the feel of Yes’ glory days… and how did they beat Jon Anderson to the title?” The Flower Kings’ Love is a fully-achieved ambition
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• Scorpions cancel three shows as illness leaves Klaus Meine with "inability to sing"
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• Helix launch video for their newly recorded 2025 version of “Rock You”
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• “Yeah! Sounds like Metallica!” Watch Donny Osmond headbanging to The Osmonds’ Crazy Horses played at 33rpm and sounding like a lost doom metal classic
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• “I see some of these younger guitar players and I’m like, ‘Where did I go wrong?’”: Metallica’s Kirk Hammett admits he “should be a lot better” at playing guitar
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• “I went to Genesis on Friday, bought the album on Saturday, then went to the show again on Sunday, and I knew all the words”: A glimpse into the prog world of Lifesigns’ John Young
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• “If you’re a Zep fan and really want to go see Zeppelin, you might as well go and see one of the better tribute bands”: The epic life and career of John Paul Jones, the heartbeat of Led Zeppelin and so much more
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• Virtuoso blues guitarist Joe Louis Walker dead at 75
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• Jimmy Page is being sued again by the man who wrote Dazed and Confused – a track made famous by The Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin
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• "As enjoyable as it is, this seems to be a footnote in the careers of everyone involved": Mixed results as Roger Glover gets his mates in on The Butterfly Ball And The Grasshopper's Feast
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• Anvil share video for track “Truth Is Dying” from album ‘One And Only’
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• Eric Martin feels Mr. Big’s album ‘Ten’ was “almost poppy”
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• Hear Deftones frontman Chino Moreno’s remix of The Cure track Warsong
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• Frontline’s new EP ‘Back With A 6-Pack’ now available
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• Soundgarden's Kim Thayil names the rock and metal bands he believes should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the legendary prog band he can't believe hasn't been inducted already
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• "The universe is not fair like that." Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson tells new bands they'll get nowhere without self-belief
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• Primus share new single Little Lord Fentanyl, their first new music for three years
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• "As a document of four hungry musicians working in common cause, this stands as Pink Floyd's best live album": Pink Floyd At Pompeii – MCMLXXII shines new light on a counterculture classic
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• “I dreamed everything went wrong on stage and we all turned to dust.” Geezer Butler is having nightmares ahead of Black Sabbath's final show
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• Video: David Lee Roth returns to the stage, plays set stuffed with Van Halen classics
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• Love/Hate launch video for new single “Over The Edge”
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• This acoustic guitar virtuoso has turned Sleep Token’s Euclid into the most gorgeous instrumental you’ll hear this weekend
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• “The biggest challenge was not to come off like Tenacious D. It could easily be interpreted as some form of parody”: How Primus made an album about goblins and rainbows while trying not to mention goblins and rainbows
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• “This is my first band since Deep Purple. It’s out of this world – I’m back in a rock band, a real rock band”: How Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin and a modern blues icon came together to form Black Country Communion
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• Video: Steven Tyler and Joe Perry reunite onstage in San Francisco
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• Notörious unveil new single “It’s My Time”
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• "Metal is the most positive thing in the world". Max Cavalera tells it like it is
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• “It was like a renewal or a reawakening”: Dave Grohl was struggling after Kurt Cobain’s death. Then he wrote This Is A Call and everything changed
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• “It was my own personal hell”: the story of Pearl Jam’s most difficult record as it turns 25
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• "You might hate us, but at least you've heard of us." How Cradle Of Filth became Britain's most iconic black metal band
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• KIX to release ‘Kool Atomic Kix’ 8CD Box Set on July 18th
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• "I’d just want to tell Randy Rhoads how great he is and how much I love him." Zakk Wylde on shredders, movies and his favourite Ozzy Osbourne moment
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• Metallica to release various editions of ‘Load (Remastered)’ including a Limited Edition Deluxe Box Set
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• The Dead Daisies unveil video for their cover of John Lee Hooker’s blues classic track “Boom Boom”
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• Listen to metalcore heroes Loathe’s first new song in three years, Gifted Every Strength
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• Eric Martin recalls when he decided to introduce his song “To Be With You” to his Mr. Big bandmates
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• The Lazys announce shows in Canada for their ‘Hot Under The Collar Tour 2025’
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• “Most singles are about love in one way or another… and this one is beautiful”: Geoff Tate explains how Silent Lucidity became Queensrÿche’s biggest hit (second time around)
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• “Crisp audio complements the improved visuals, and hindsight lends the interviews extra resonance”: Pink Floyd At Pompeii – MCMLXXII is a stunning historical artefact
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• Pup's Who Will Look After The Dogs? is a mantra for the down-but-not-out generation trying to survive in this burning shitheap of a world
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• Darker Half drop video for cover of Queensrÿche’s “Queen of The Reich” from upcoming covers EP
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• Ghost become first hard rock act in four years to top US album chart but miss out in the UK
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• “We did get very wild and crazy at points. I remember thinking, ‘Why aren’t we getting arrested?’”: The violent, bloody birth of the Bay Area thrash scene
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• “I’m super-proud of everything Rush accomplished, but it’s what I did. I’ve moved on. I’m excited to be one of the folks in Envy Of None”: Alex Lifeson loves working alone in his home studio – and he’s even brought the guitar solos back
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• Mammoth return with horror-themed video starring Danny Trejo, Slash, Valerie Bertinelli and multiple zombie flesh-eaters
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• Ghost's $130 Papa V Perpetua 'Ghildo' sells out in minutes
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• Meet Gore.: the metalcore group featuring a NASA space walk engineer and aiming for the stars
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• In Search Of The Perfect Buzz: An 80s Metal Memoir
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• Official Lemmy statue to be unveiled - and you can be there
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• Kurt Deimer drops video for new single “Sunset Boulevard” from upcoming album ‘And So It Begins…’
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• The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
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• “Metallica were still a local band. It made no sense for me to say, ‘I’m out of here, I’m going to join them”: The man who was asked to replace James Hetfield as singer in Metallica – and turned it down
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• "I said yes, but only if I could criticise the Constitution." Wardruna's Einar Selvik on nature, black metal and the importance of having a message
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• “The effect is overwhelming, in the best possible way”: Steven Wilson delivers a masterclass in interstellar prog at his first solo show in six years
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• Former Possessed guitarist killed by police in California after gun battle outside his home
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• David Lee Roth announces first tour since announcing retirement from touring
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• “We were drug addicts dabbling in music, rather than musicians dabbling in drugs”: The unhinged story of Aerosmith’s Draw The Line, the album that sent them crashing off the rails
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• “We had no commercial ambitions. This introverted Norwegian attitude is what enabled us to create something that no one else had done”: How Emperor made black metal masterpiece In The Nightside Eclipse and changed metal forever
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• David Lee Roth announces US tour dates after his first show in five years
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• “All the time he was ill, he had it in his head that he was going to finish it when he got home. He never made it home. I guess we owed it to him”: Tim Smith’s Cardiacs story will end with final album LSD
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• Steel Razor unleash video for new single “Only One” from album ‘Final Defiance’
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