Rock News 2025-07-08

• “A lot of metalheads wind up finding prog – but it’s in a lot of their favourite bands already”: Progressive metal has never been healthier, and here’s why
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• Generation Landslide to release new album ‘Existence’ via RFK Media
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• Femme Fatale launch video for new single “Living Like There’s No Tomorrow”
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• R.I.P. Bad Company and Mott The Hoople founding member / guitarist Mick Ralphs (1944-2025)
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• “Many of these workouts sound amazingly contemporary; the mixing and matching of old and new is exemplary”: Tangerine Dream’s From Virgin To Quantum Years: Coventry Cathedral 22
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• “As you can see, I wasn’t ‘booed off stage’”: Disturbed’s David Draiman responds to being booed at Black Sabbath’s farewell gig
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• "A classic that deserves better treatment": The Sisters Of Mercy's First And Last And Always gets a gimmicky 40th birthday makeover
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• Snake Bite Whisky drop video for new single “Living To Die”
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• "Thank you for your magic, Diogo." Led Zeppelin legend Robert Plant pays tribute to Liverpool and Portugal footballer Diogo Jota, who died in a car accident on July 3, aged 28
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• Here's every single special guest and song played from Black Sabbath's Back To The Beginning show
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• "Sometimes you’ve got to shake up expectations." Idlewild announce first new album in six years: listen to anthemic first single Stay Out Of Place
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• The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now
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• Pre-Black Sabbath recordings to be released as ‘Earth: The Legendary Lost Tapes’ on July 25th
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• "Plant is a walking treasury of tales that stretch way back before Led Zeppelin": Paul Weller shares new single featuring vocals from Robert Plant
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• "Much love and respect to Jeff, Ed, Mike and Stone for giving me the opportunity of a lifetime." Matt Cameron announces exit from Pearl Jam after 27 years
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• Watch Jack Black video for cover of Ozzy Osbourne classic Mr. Crowley
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• "Shirley Manson sings like a pissed-off angel and has attitude to spare": Garbage's classic electro-grunge-goth-pop debut, revisited
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• Oasis smash Cardiff with an all-killer, no-filler reunion set - but what a disappointing crowd
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• It's not all about Oasis, you know: here’s 10 forgotten Britpop bands worth a revisit
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• Watch Ozzy Osbourne's good friend Yungblud absolutely nail a cover of Black Sabbath's Changes with a one-off supergroup featuring members of Sleep Token, Extreme and Anthrax, at Sabbath's last ever show
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• The Lazys share new single “Hot Under The Collar” in advance of Canada and UK/Europe tours
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• Scorpions to release live album ‘Coming Home Live’ on November 14th
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• "It's not until Ozzy's actually there, thanking fans and getting tearful, that it sinks in." Black Sabbath's Back To The Beginning: our ultimate review of their triumphant final show
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• “We knew the album would stick out like a sore thumb and we’d have to show real tenacity. But if it wasn’t for Pull Me Under there’s a strong chance we wouldn’t be having this conversation”: When Dream Theater beat the odds with Images And Words
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• "The last thing I remember, Iwas playing at atopless bar and had aVolkswagen bus and a hundred bucks": What former Heartbreaker Stan Lynch did next
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• Kelly Osbourne and Sid Wilson got engaged at Black Sabbath's final show and Ozzy's reaction was priceless
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• Every song on Queen's Greatest Hits, ranked from worst to best
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• Every album by The Who ranked from worst to best
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• Premiere of The Midnight Devils’ video for their new single “Shock The World” on Sleaze Roxx
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• "A reintroduction to the artist as his truest self." Kae Tempest's fifth album Self Titled cements his status as one of the most essential voices in UK music
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• Judas Priest launch video for their cover of Black Sabbath’s classic track “War Pigs”
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• 9 moments that made me cheer, laugh, despair and cry like a baby at Black Sabbath's epic Back To The Beginning show
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• Video footage and setlist for Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath’s sets at ‘Back To The Beginning’ event
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• "One of the scariest songs I ever heard." Slipknot's Corey Taylor pays tribute to Black Sabbath, reveals the song he listens to so he can "go some place mentally."
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• If you were wondering why Dave Grohl didn't make an appearance at Black Sabbath's final gig in Birmingham, it's because he was watching Kneecap and Fontaines D.C. play in London instead
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• “We were so raw and fresh, we didn’t know anything”: the story of Coldplay’s debut album Parachutes, the record that introduced the biggest band of the 21st century to the world
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• "Was it worth the £4000 you paid for a ticket?" Oasis just played their first show since 2009. See the setlist and watch footage of Liam and Noel Gallagher's reunited band rocking Cardiff's Principality Stadium on the opening night of their Live 25 tour
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• Cool new prog you must hear from Auri, L.O.E., Gaupa and more in this week's Tracks Of The Week
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• Dirkschneider & The Old Gang unveil video for ballad “Strangers In Paradise”
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• K.K. Downing releases cover of Judas Priest’s track “Never Satisfied” featuring Tim “Ripper” Owens
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• "The best day of music we have ever been a part of": The musicians who played Black Sabbath's Back To The Beginning show pay tribute to Ozzy & Co
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• "I was just lying in bed, and my wife came in and said I was blue": Shuyler Jansen on near-death experience, broken ribs and Elton John's piano
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• Andi Deris feels the Helloween-ish stuff was eradicated on the album ‘Chameleon’
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• Stacked bills, short sets and stumbling singers: Slayer's first UK gig in six years wasn't perfect, but their set was
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• "Is this Ozzy's last show? One thousand per cent": Sharon Osbourne on Black Sabbath's Back To The Beginning all-star blowout
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• Rick Wakeman postpones upcoming US tour to have surgery
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• Former Pallas singers to unite on stage at Scottish prog festival
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• "Korn got ripped off a lot." Shavo Odadjian on nu metal vs deathcore, weird lyrics and whether a new System Of A Down album can live up to their legacy
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• "Without Sabbath, there would be no Metallica. Thank you boys for giving us a purpose in life." Metallica pay onstage tribute to Black Sabbath as the Godfathers of Metal return to their hometown to play their last show ever
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• “Bill’s brother used to be in a gang, and he was like the knife man. Bill suggested we write a song about him”: The stories behind the three most obscure Black Sabbath covers played at the Back The Beginning gig
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• Aldo Nova suffers severe injury after fall
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• This Is Spinal Tap director insists Stonehenge scene was not inspired by Black Sabbath's stage prop blunder
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• "Black Sabbath invented heavy metal and in doing so, they changed the world": Lamb Of God release studio cover of Sabbath classic Children Of The Grave
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• Here's everything you need to know about Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne's final ever show, Back To The Beginning, including who's playing, where you can watch it and more
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• “Their heyday is gone but their importance has grown – this is a reminder of what an inspirational band they were”: Horslips At The BBC
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• "I thought, 'When I can play that, I'll finally admit I'm a good guitarist.'" Watch Sophie Lloyd pick out her five favourite guitar solos of all time
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• “I’ve gotten in trouble because my background is so varied. ‘Are you a jazz guy? Are you a rock guy?’ I get it – If I buy corn flakes I want corn flakes”: How Chester Thompson and Neal Morse formed Cosmic Cathedral
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• "It’s hard to believe this is a man who cheated death not so long ago when he sounds this good." King Diamond brings horror, heavy metal and a touch of welcome silliness to Rock Imperium Festival
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• "This is totally different from anything else we've done. This is nerve-racking." Tony Iommi explains why Black Sabbath are "all nervous" ahead of final show
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• Are you ready for "the greatest day in the history of heavy metal"? Black Sabbath share new photo featuring some of the metal legends set to honour them at their farewell show in Birmingham
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• Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: July 7, 2025
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• “Did the ending seem a bit cold to anyone?”: This is what really happened at the end of Black Sabbath’s farewell show
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• Bangalore Choir to release new album ‘Rapid Fire Succession: On Target Part II’ in late 2025
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• Junkyard frontman David Roach very sick and back in a hospital hoping for a miracle
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• Founding Angel Witch bassist Kevin Riddles dead at 68
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