Rock News 2025-08-20

• All the essential new metal albums coming out in 2025 – and where to buy them
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• The 10 best Liam and Noel Gallagher guest spots
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• “I thought he was taking the piss”: The time Ozzy Osbourne planned to beat up Frank Zappa
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• Deftones - Private Music review: the most complete and essential album Deftones have made in a very long time and the perfect record for their late-period career renaissance
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• "I'm gonna go find some people and we’re gonna rock": Why country star Brent Cobb revisited the music of his youth on new album Ain't Rocked In A While
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• Ronnie Romero launches video for title track from upcoming album ‘Backbone’
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• “Brought back to life with tremendous care… instruments pop out that even diehard devotees may have previously missed”: Cardiacs’ On Land And In The Sea
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• "The tempos might have slowed, but they make up for it in sheer bloody-minded forcefulness": Exodus break the habit of a lifetime on Force Of Habit
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• The Vendettas unveil video for new single “This Time Around” from latest album ‘Who’s Who In The Zoo’
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• “It became a bit of a curse. We were never really a singles band”: The hypnotic 80s single that gave an apocalyptic post-punk band an unlikely Cold War-inspired hit
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• "She needs to be a permanent crew member!" No-one was ever going to upstage Liam and Noel Gallagher on Oasis' return to their spiritual homeland, but the Sign Language interpreter at their Dublin shows has gone viral for her fabulous rock 'n' roll swagger
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• Bad Omens announce 2025 European tour - including their biggest UK shows ever
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• The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now
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• "I grossly underestimated what I was getting into." Noel Gallagher gives his first interview since Oasis returned to the stage, says he's "completely blown away" by the reaction, and is proud of his brother Liam for "smashing it" every night
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• Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: August 18, 2025
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• Watch Aerosmith's Joe Perry play Black Crowes and Stone Temple Pilots songs with supergroup featuring Chris Robinson on vocals
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• “Fuelled by a combustible mix of chemicals, vengeance and spite”: Every Megadeth album ranked, from worst to best
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• "I started crying when I came off-stage. It ****ing broke me!" An audience with President, metal's newest mysterious masked sensation
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• Mud, mayhem and four-hour Grateful Dead sets: The chaotic story of Weeley and Bickershaw, the early 70s festivals that time forgot
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• "I was told by somebody from Nirvana’s label that they sold an extra million copies of Nevermind after my parody came out." How Nirvana rescued 'Weird Al' Yankovic from "the wilderness"
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• The Wishbone Ash albums you should definitely own... and one to avoid
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• Great new prog you must hear from Arjen Lucassen, IO Earth Amorphis, Auri and more in Prog's brand new Tracks Of The Week
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• "Keep the faith!" Biff Byford reveals cancer diagnosis as Saxon are forced to postpone more shows
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• Which heavy metal singers would survive a zombie apocalypse? We asked people at Bloodstock Festival for their picks
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• "This is not negative whatsoever": Sammy Hagar insists David Lee Roth's recent comments about him were an "olive branch moment"
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• “The way he plays drums without overplaying is extraordinary. He never takes over the music”: Tool’s Danny Carey managed to distract Mick Pointer from Rush
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• "A timeless record oozing with confidence." Wolf Alice serve up one of the essential albums of 2025 with brilliant, bold fourth album The Clearing
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• Killer Hearts’ sophomore album ‘Unchained & Bloodstained’ available on October 24th
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• BBC explains why it pulled Ozzy Osbourne documentary
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• “Aston Villa is proud to remember Ozzy Osbourne, a music legend”: Watch Aston Villa FC pay tribute to Ozzy Osbourne before their first game of the new season
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• Stryper to release album ‘Soldiers Under Command – Live At Spirithouse’ on August 23rd
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• “He was thinking, ‘Wow, these guys are full on’”: Ben from Parkway Drive is teaching Chris ‘Thor’ Hemsworth how to play drums… for Ed Sheeran?
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• Doro launches video for title track of upcoming album ‘Warriors of The Sea’
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• “Was air-drumming even a thing before Tom Sawyer?”: Neil Peart’s greatest moments with Rush
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• We asked a bunch of metalheads how they keep their hair so long and luscious. Here are their tips
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• Babymetal become the first Japanese group to get a Top 10 in the US
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• David Lee Roth mocks "esteemed colleague" Sammy Hagar's claim to have been visited by Eddie Van Halen's ghost
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• More than 30 years into their career, one of the nastiest cult thrash metal bands you probably haven't heard of just made one of their best albums
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• Watch Jello Biafra join King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard for cover of Dead Kennedys classic Police Truck
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• Mädhouse drop video for their new single “Get A Grip”
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• Megadeth announce their next studio album will be their last + to embark on global farewell tour
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• How to watch Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home: BBC film a "candid and moving portrait of Birmingham’s favourite son"
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• Mike Tramp drops video for track “Fight To Survive” from upcoming album ‘Songs of White Lion — Vol. III’
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• Godspeed You! Black Emperor have removed their entire discography from all major streaming services, with Bandcamp now the only site where you can hear their music in a digital format
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• "On this album are the feelings I don't get to express when I'm writing arock'n'roll record": Cormac Neeson on California Irish, his dreamy concoction of folk, blues rock and Americana
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• "It's what music should be." Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson on phone-free shows
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• BlackRain unleash video for title track from upcoming studio album ‘Orphans of The Light’
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• Höt Föxx share lyric video for new single “Hot Loader”
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• ‘No Life ‘Til Leather – A Tribute To Metallica’s Kill ‘Em All’ album to be released on November 14th
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• "It's huge over most of the world. I hear it everywhere I go": How a Steve Harley song that dissed his bandmates became an all-time classic
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• So there's a Sleep Token tribute band now and it honestly looks like great fun
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• "Rage Against The Machine was always sort of a volatile situation." Tom Morello addresses the future of Rage Against The Machine
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• "I could have gotten the elephants to stomp on their village, but I didn't": The wild story of Black Oak Arkansas, the band who had it all then gave it all away
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• “Jeff Lynne and Yes are in the music of Radiohead, Sigur Rós and Muse. It’s overlooked in theirs but not in mine. I don’t have the self-validation I’d like”: Steven Wilson is grateful for prog fans’ support, but he wishes others liked him too
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• “The singer is in tears as the final chords ring, and who can blame her?”: The most outspoken British metalcore band of the decade just played their last show
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• Dream Theater hook up with Z2 Comics for special Parasomnia graphic novel release
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• “Him coming to my house at 3am and blowing my mind was incredible”: Ex-Deep Purple legend Glenn Hughes reveals the best guitarist he’s ever worked with – and it’s not Ritchie Blackmore
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• "There's no way I'm gonna be involved with that": Ace Frehley says he turned down an invitation to play at Kiss's Las Vegas celebration
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• “We put full-sized speakers at the back of the hall for quadraphonic sound. Someone walked off with one! I’ve no idea how – it’s not like they put it in a pocket”: The story of Gentle Giant’s only live album, Playing The Fool
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• Vinnie Vincent scheduled to make rare public appearance at Chiller Theatre Expo on October 24th & 25th
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• Former members of Thin Lizzy to join Guns N' Roses, Black Star Riders stars at 40th anniversary tribute concert celebrating Phil Lynott's life and legacy
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• John Nymann doesn’t think Y&T album will happen until Dave Meniketti finds place to live in Europe
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• Autograph’s original singer Steve Plunkett unveils reworked version of hit single “Turn Up The Radio”
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• Lionsault share new track “Voodoo Killer”
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• At The Gates frontman Tomas Lindberg "being closely monitored around the clock" in hospital after setback with cancer
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