Rock News 2025-10-02

• "It's Axl like you've never seen him before, on the front lines of a battle for humanity's future": Introducing Axl Rose: Half-human, half-robot comic book hero
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• Gyasi drops new single “Apple Tree”
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• The Poodles with original member Pontus Norgren reunite to celebrate their 20th Anniversary in 2026
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• "In Brazil, especially in the early 80s, it was all about Samba – nobody would talk about metal." Five minutes with Sepultura legend Iggor Cavalera
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• The Cure announce huge summer 2026 UK and Ireland shows with star-studded supporting cast
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• The Gems share video for piano version of their track “Like A Phoenix”
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• Pretty Boy Floyd to release Live from the Sunset Strip ‘Hollywood’ DVD
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• Lunatic Soul reveal softer side with album cycle-closing video for The New End
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• New book puts Canadian prog metal pioneers Voivod in the spotlight
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• An old skit of Ozzy Osbourne acting as Gandalf The Grey in The Lord Of The Rings is going viral, and it’s magical
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• New film exploring David Bowie’s Berlin years announced
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• Steve Harris explains it was drummer Nicko McBrain’s decision to step away from Iron Maiden
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• Watch Slayer charge through Hell Awaits during the fieriest rehearsal video you’ll probably ever see
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• Thrice – Horizons/West review: timeless elegance from one-time post-hardcore wonderkids
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• “I became more and more angry. Love is like a mental disease that everybody wants to catch… It can feel so damaging when you’re in the middle of it”: Opeth and the making of Sorceress
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• “You tour for so long. You’ve got a family, a mortgage, and you come home from America after eight weeks with £100. That’s unsustainable”: Dan Tompkins had to leave Tesseract – so what brought him back for third album Polaris?
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• AC/DC smashed "permitted noise level" during Edinburgh show
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• "Nobody liked the song when I put it in the cut!" Why Peacemaker showrunner James Gunn used a cult Swedish metal band to soundtrack that shocking episode six twist
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• "We had a decision to make as to whether we wanted to carry on or not": Steve Harris on Nicko McBrain's departure from Iron Maiden
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• Trivium and Bullet For My Valentine’s spat was blown out of proportion, says support act: “Whatever was going on, they were professional enough to keep it from affecting the tour”
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• How to watch new BBC documentary Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home
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• Black Swan unveil visualizer video for new single “The Fire and The Flame”
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• “We’re looking back at the good ol’ days”: New Found Glory announce details of forthcoming new album
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• Accept and guitarist Uwe Lulis part ways as band returns to two player guitar line-up
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• Watch the surviving members of REO Speedwagon's classic lineup reunite for the first time in 37 years
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• “It was like watching Muhammad Ali shadow box – that intense”: Metallica’s Robert Trujillo on watching Black Sabbath soundcheck at Back To The Beginning
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• "There’s really no way you should be ignoring this band." If you're going to dive into one metal album this week, you should probably make it Orbit Culture's excellent Death Above Life
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• "The whole day felt bigger than music or sport; it was about women showing strength, power and unity on a global stage." Watch Sophie Lloyd shred Bon Jovi, Black Eyed Peas and more at the Women’s Rugby World Cup final
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• The long lost album from Joey Jordison's post-Slipknot project Vimic is finally here. But does it live up to his legacy?
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• “The music needed to be paced differently and we needed a bit more going for us, thematically. We very much realised we needed a new identity to rise above the fray”: Wishbone Ash laid a plan for Argus, and surprised themselves when it worked
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• TesseracT celebrate tenth anniversary of Polaris with new clear vinly remastered reissue
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• "Smell this! It smells like my childhood!" Bombsites, buttocks, and two encounters with Ozzy Osbourne
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• Battle Beast launch video for new single “Angel of Midnight” from upcoming album ‘Steelbound’
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• Walmart's Bricktember Lego sale is about to come tumbling down – with only hours left, here's 6 of my top picks, including Star Wars & Harry Potter - save up to 30%
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• New singer announced for Rick Wakeman's upcoming English Rock Ensemble tour
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• New book ‘American Song’ exploring the Untold Story of the Sunset Strip’s Hair Metal Zenith out on Oct. 1st
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• “People were letting surfers fall hard into the crowd”: Fans at recent Sleep Token show reportedly dropped crowd-surfers, and now everyone is arguing about concert etiquette
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• Temple Balls unleash video for new single “There Will Be Blood” from upcoming self-titled album
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• "It's incredible to see them back together. Paul McCartney was actually there!" Leonardo DiCaprio gives his review of the Oasis reunion show in Pasadena, California
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• Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: September 29, 2025
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• Bobby Rock recalls getting a standing ovation following his audition for the Vinnie Vincent Invasion
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• “If you persist in doing the things that you want to do to satisfy yourself, you can live your whole life that way”: watch a heartfelt message to a young musician from the late, great Steve Albini
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• The David Bowie albums you should listen to... and one to avoid
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• Judas Priest and Ozzy Osbourne unite for charity version of Black Sabbath’s classic track “War Pigs”
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• Ozzy Osbourne's face appears on the side of New Zealand's tallest building
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• "I've got blisters on my fingers!" 12 songs that prove The Beatles really rocked
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• Sick Of It All singer Lou Koller says his oesophageal cancer has returned
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• Watch the wholesome trailer for new BBC documentary Sharon & Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home, which airs later this week
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• "You forgot the bass!" Metallica's ...And Justice For All producer recalls his shock at hearing album's final mixes
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• “I stand with the world, in its goodness and beauty”: Nick Cave has just delivered another stirring sermon on the state of the world in 2025
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• Nine Inch Nails announce new North American tour dates for 2026
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• Hot Topic’s site-wide sale has 30% off your favourite band’s tees - Sleep Token, Metallica, Maiden, Deftones, Ghost & more
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• Lamb Of God seem to be teasing new music for later this week
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• That acclaimed movie about the Mars Volta and At The Drive-In is coming to UK cinemas
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• Sleazy Sweet unveil video for title track from their debut album ‘Sleazy Party’
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• Debate: who are the greatest metalcore band of all time?
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• "It's a band I think I have a lot in common with": Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard is working on a movie about The Replacements
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• Skarlett Roxx launch video for new single “Murder After Midnight”
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• Ghost announce 2026 North American tour
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• The pride of New York City: A beginner's guide to White Lion in five essential albums
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• “He said, ‘Between you and I, I’ve written a Coronation Street script’”: Morrissey once accosted a Corrie star, asked to be taken to the set and revealed he’d pitched to write for the show
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• Chiller Theatre announces Vinnie Vincent no longer appearing at Expo on October 24th & 25th
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• "Ten publishers came after us immediately so we pulled it after a week": The story of the great lost Replacements album they never made
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• 4 brilliant new metal bands you need to hear this month
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• Zeppelin and Floyd hoped his magic would rub off on them. The Happy Mondays just wanted to kidnap him. Donovan just dropped the most epic, name-dropping answer to a question ever
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