Rock News 2025-07-09

• “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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• 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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• Judas Priest launch video for their cover of Black Sabbath’s classic track “War Pigs”
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• "We raised a ton of money for a great cause": Black Sabbath's Back To The Beginning show expected to raise more than $190 million for charity
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• Pre-Black Sabbath recordings to be released as ‘Earth: The Legendary Lost Tapes’ on July 25th
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• Crown Lands announce new record deal with InsideOut Music
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• Former Pallas singers to unite on stage at Scottish prog festival
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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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• "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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• "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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• Drivetrain re-release latest album ‘The Party’ with two bonus tracks
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• With Black Sabbath, Ozzy, Ghost and Metallica tees starting from just $7, Hot Topic’s mega metal merch sale is the place to stock up
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• Watch Jack Black video for cover of Ozzy Osbourne classic Mr. Crowley
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• "It's about seeking infinite possibilities and walking a path no one has travelled before." How Babymetal are embracing the future of metal on new album Metal Forth
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• Win a Night Demon Curse Of The Damned ultimate box set
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• Founding Monster Magnet drummer/bassist Tim Cronin dead at 63
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• Asomvel drop new single “Take You To Hell”
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• Rick Wakeman postpones upcoming US tour to have surgery
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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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• Kelly Osbourne and Sid Wilson got engaged at Black Sabbath's final show and Ozzy's reaction was priceless
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• Amazon just turned up the heat on Turnstile summer with 24% off the purple vinyl edition of Never Enough – an album we called “hardcore’s answer to Nevermind”
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• Prime Day just knocked 15% off one of rock’s most essential live recordings - get the Pink Floyd At Pompeii double LP for less
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• Junkyard frontman David Roach very sick and back in a hospital hoping for a miracle
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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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• Snake Bite Whisky drop video for new single “Living To Die”
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• Dirkschneider & The Old Gang unveil video for ballad “Strangers In Paradise”
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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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• "I am Spartacus." Former Pink Floyd legend Roger Waters risks prosecution, and a potential 14 year jail term, by voicing his support for Palestine Action, now proscribed as a terrorist group in the UK
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• "The music we are making at this moment has timeless teeth, muscle, bone and hair": Heart add another string of dates to 2025 schedule
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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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• Founding Angel Witch bassist Kevin Riddles dead at 68
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• Every album by The Who ranked from worst to best
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• Generation Landslide to release new album ‘Existence’ via RFK Media
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• Oasis smash Cardiff with an all-killer, no-filler reunion set - but what a disappointing crowd
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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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• Andi Deris feels the Helloween-ish stuff was eradicated on the album ‘Chameleon’
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• Scorpions to release live album ‘Coming Home Live’ on November 14th
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• Metal Hammer Italy launches first issue with Iron Maiden on the cover
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• "David Bowie saw something in Trent Reznor." What it was really like on Nine Inch Nails' infamous Self Destruct tour in the 90s
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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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• The hype, buzz and fanfare may be quieter on album two, but Moisturizer is proof that Wet Leg haven't lost their spark, charm or quirkiness, still don't care what you think
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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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• Aldo Nova suffers severe injury after fall
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• Green Carnation announce trilogy of albums with brand new video for In Your Paradise
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• “Some synth timbres sound a little dated; but hymnal qualities and exquisite melancholy are still to die for”: Greg Lake Live returns from 2005
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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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• “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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• K.K. Downing releases cover of Judas Priest’s track “Never Satisfied” featuring Tim “Ripper” Owens
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• Watch Spiritbox bust out one of their heaviest songs as they make American TV debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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• Money for nothing! Save 15% on Dire Straits’ bumper 40th anniversary vinyl box set with this epic Prime Day deal
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• Paramount+ just crashed the Prime Day party with huge savings on US and UK subscription plans
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• Stryper guitarist Oz Fox to no longer do “extended or intense touring” based on medical advice
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• Who needs Prime Day when Marshall's epic summer sale has up big savings on portable speakers, AirPod rivals and more?
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• Bangalore Choir to release new album ‘Rapid Fire Succession: On Target Part II’ in late 2025
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• “We’d smoke a little dope then wander round Heathrow Airport at night. All these hums, knocks, and noises coming from behind locked doors – the whole airport was a musical instrument”: Penguin Cafe Orchestra’s prog credentials
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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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• Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: July 7, 2025
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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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• “The perfect fusion of metal on metal”: You can now buy an official Iron Maiden coin from the UK’s Royal Mint
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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 cornflakes I want cornflakes”: How Chester Thompson and Neal Morse formed Cosmic Cathedral
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• It turns out you can put a price on hearing health when earplugs are this cheap - save 20% on one of Louder's go-to pairs this Prime Day
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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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• 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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• “I had a terrible habit of playing bits of songs by other people”: The Pink Floyd classic that Roger Waters was worried David Gilmour had stolen from someone else
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• "Women get angry and we are expected to contain our rage but I allowed myself to go there." Irish alt. rockers NewDad share new single Roobosh, announce new album Altar
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