Rock News 2025-12-28

• "It was the perfect tragedy. Heavy metal albums found in their rooms, antisocial behaviour." How Lemmy, Corey Taylor, Henry Rollins and the metal community united to save three teenagers at the heart of a murder case that shocked America
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• Ozzy’s retirement, belly dancers, and whales flying around an arena: the best metal concerts of 2025, as picked by Metal Hammer’s writers
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• “If we’re stuck with stories about Satan, it’ll mean that people will never understand us”: How Iron Maiden pushed metal to its most colossal, then pushed a bit further, to make Rime Of The Ancient Mariner
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• “Without small venues, there is no starting line for musicians. It’s crucial to keep these places alive”: I’m a metal musician who tours the world, and this is why I refuse to let my local venue die
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• “I refused to believe the negative things he said because I couldn’t lose hope. But everything he said came to pass”: Terry Bozzio asked a question when he joined Frank Zappa. He asked the same question when he left
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• Classic TV Shows With Only One Surviving Cast Member
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• StubHub sorry for "confusion" over Christian Christmas concert promoted with a picture of metal giants Lamb of God
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• "We often felt like the strange duck on the festival bill because there was a woman in the band." How two modern metal icons united for a collaboration over a decade in the making
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• “That was the one time Kiss succumbed to the critics. We wanted a critical success. And we lost our minds”: This sci-fi concept album was Kiss’s attempt to match The Beatles and Pink Floyd. Instead it became their most epic fail
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• AC/DC Has a Song About Donald Trump?
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• Top 25 Rock Songs of 2025
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• "One bloke was on Antiques Roadshow saying he was our first drummer. Absolute rubbish!" Steve Harris sets the record straight about Christmas Day, Paul Di'Anno and Iron Maiden's early years
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• What to Expect From Styx's Second Rockin' In Paradise in 2026
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• “One day Ronnie came in and said he was leaving. I went: ‘Yeah, right.’ He said: ‘No, I really am. Plus I’m running off with my best friend’s wife’”: These 70s icons were rock’s ultimate party band – and gave the world Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood
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• "He was given 24 hours to live. It all came crumbling down in one day": The astonishing story of Slade: glamour, tragedy and beyond
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• How Musicians Embraced, Rejected and Utilized the Early Internet
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• Megadeth's Dave Mustaine reveals he's suffering from hand condition that makes it "really painful to play"
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• “It’s about trying to get into the middle of life – not the extreme left or right. It had to do with drinking”: Written in a church, inspired by excess and disliked by their guitarist, this dark Scorpions classic is still one of their strangest songs
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• Slipknot tore Europe a new one during their tour this summer – this pro-shot footage from a Spanish festival proves it
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• The Cure’s Perry Bamonte dies aged 65: “He was a warm hearted and vital part of the Cure story”
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• Vinnie Vincent to Critics of His Song Prices: 'Grow the F--- Up'
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• “Other bands flirted with the dark side. Listeners just knew these people were living it”: Jane’s Addiction represented a new form of prog when they stopped traffic with Nothing’s Shocking
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• The Cure's Perry Bamonte Dead at 65
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• Classic Rock Christmas Playlist: 42 Songs to Make the Season Loud
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• Metal Hammer's albums of the year: 2025
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• Bill Nelson's Orchestra Futura share trailer video for new live release
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• Which Classic Rock Acts Played The Most Concerts in 2025?
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• “He was unable to write something with delight in it. Suffering battle fatigue, he wrote of asking what it’s like back home. It’s epic”: William Shatner’s surprising Christmas album with Jethro Tull, Yes and King Crimson alumni
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• "It's remarkable that you can have a culture that's shunted into the west side of England that has nothing to do with the English at all." Robert Plant on how the mystique of Wales and the magic of J.R.R. Tolkien influenced Led Zeppelin
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• Watch fiery pro-shot footage of Gojira playing Olympic anthem Ah! Ça Ira! live at Bloodstock festival this summer
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• 40 Classic Rock and Metal Albums Turning 40 in 2026
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• The 10 best metalcore albums of 2025
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• Rock Christmas Songs Bracket Round 2: Only the Elite Eight Remain
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• “We weren’t scared of grunge. We would see Dave Grohl wearing Sepultura t-shirts”: It was built on death metal – until three iconic bands helped turn this underground record company into the most influential metal label of the 90s
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• “I became obsessed with doing the perfect album. I even had them working on Christmas Day!” Producer was perfect for Marillion the first time, a disaster the second time – and didn’t get a third time
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• Jane’s Addiction Release Farewell Statements After Ending Feud
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• Bob Dylan introduced him to The Beatles, he married the girlfriend of a Rolling Stone, and he played with Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page and meditated with David Lynch. Donovan looks back...
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• “I’d said, ‘All that weird stuff is crap!’ When I came back I said, ‘Can you play me all that weird crap I was rude about?’” Alien Sex Fiend’s mushroom-powered path to prog appreciation
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• Zak Starkey ‘Still Confused’ Over Double Dismissal From the Who
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• “It’s one of our few songs I listen to all the way through without cringing or wondering, ‘What were we thinking?’” Canadian band scored their biggest hit after being pushed out of their comfort zone
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• Peter Gabriel 'Delighted' About 'Marty Supreme' Feature
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• "I’m still grieving the loss of him. I can’t really accept it because, like a lot of people, I don’t want to think about him not being here." Judas Priest legend Rob Halford on his love for Ozzy Osbourne, touring with Alice Cooper and what comes next
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• Top 12 Classic Rock Christmas Albums
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• "Yelling, fighting, drugs, alcohol… everything always went on. At the very end, he took me to his house and gave me a sword." Motorhead's Lemmy Kilmister, by those who knew him best
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• Black Crowes Set 2026 Headlining Dates Before Guns N' Roses Tour
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• Vinnie Vincent's New Single Can Be Yours for $225
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• Ian Gillan Didn’t Know of His ‘Stranger Things’ Soundtrack Spot
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• The 50 best metal songs of 2025
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• "Refused is dead. Long live Refused." Watch one of the greatest hardcore bands ever to do it close their final farewell show with game-changing anthem New Noise
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• Vote for Rock's Best Christmas Song: UCR's Holiday Bracket
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• Original Jethro Tull Guitarist Mick Abrahams Dead at 82
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• "We played it for our label and management and they told us it would end our career": The story of the glam metal classic inspired by an unfaithful exotic dancer
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• Haters, look away now: Sleep Token’s Even In Arcadia has been certified Gold in the United Kingdom
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• “I’m fascinated to know what people think!” Brian May gifts Queen fans never-before-heard "work in progress" version of Christmas song Not For Sale (Polar Bear)
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• Chicago's NSFW Response When Jimi Hendrix Invited Them on Tour
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• Rock's Best Christmas Song Bracket Finals: Lennon vs. Bowie
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• See the First Ever Music Video for Pink Floyd's 'Wish You Were'
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• IQ to release new live performance of Frequency in January
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• "Nothing's changed really apart from I can’t pole vault any more": Ian Gillan on getting older, losing his vision, and his unexpected new collaboration
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• "They get back to me like, 'You know, there's going to be how many hundred million people watching this thing. You have to do it'" How Creed's 2001 half-time show went from unifying the nation to fuelling their resurgence
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• "The most important and influential British female singer-writer-musician ever": Nine Kate Bush albums you should definitely hear, and one to avoid
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• What to Expect From the Scorpions' 2026 Tour
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• Megadeth Release New Video for 'Let There Be Shred'
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• “We came on after the bingo but before the stripper. It freaked me out when this woman walked past us naked… it was enough to put you off sex for ever”: Jon Anderson before, during and after Yes
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• “He’d never touched an instrument in his life. I gave him the cello and he made a sound. That was a moment – music is something to be part of, not just consumed”: Jo Quail’s music education was free. She believes yours should be too
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• "Musicians, comedians, doctors, students and pensioners have all become targets." Bob Vylan call out the British government as police confirm the band will face no criminal charges following investigation of their Glastonbury festival set
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• Peter Criss Was Selling Downloads of His New Album for $1,000
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• The 10 best death metal albums of 2025
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• “I was on a mission to move away from the rave scene.” The story of The Prodigy's era-defining electro-punk classic inspired by Foo Fighters, Rage Against The Machine and The Breeders
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• Bryan Adams’ Epic 2026 Tour Will Cross Five Continents
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• Revisiting When Brian Wilson 'Quit' the Beach Boys
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• Five Classic Rock Acts We'd Love to See Do an Eras Tour
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• “What came out of a tragedy gave birth to something that was hugely positive in my life.” How the legendary Chris Cornell channelled his grief over a dear friend's death into making one of the 90s' most underrated classics
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• "I’m still confused." Zak Starkey still doesn't know why he was fired – then rehired and fired again – from The Who
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• Rock’s Biggest Christmas Haters: Ozzy Osbourne and Noel Gallagher
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• "He became a father figure to me at a time when I might have ended up in the morgue": Lemmy's personal assistant looks back at six years on the road with the Motörhead legend
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• The Day Joe Strummer Died
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• Nazareth Announces New Singer Ahead of Busy Touring Year
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• What to Expect From Steve Hackett's Upcoming World Tour
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• The 15 Best Hard Rock and Metal Albums of 2025
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• "The drums were recorded on a massive concrete staircase in an old Victorian brewery": Out of step with Britpop, one of the Levellers' biggest hits was inspired by Led Zeppelin
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• After 50 years, Pink Floyd have released an official music video for one of their greatest and best-loved songs
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• On This Day in 1955: Carl Perkins Records 'Blue Suede Shoes'
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• Got a new turntable? Here are 9 essentials that'll make your listening and collecting journey more enjoyable
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• The 10 best black metal albums of 2025
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