Rock News 2025-04-29

• The Alarm's Mike Peters has died after a 30 year battle with blood cancer
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• Peter Criss on his upcoming new solo record: ‘It’s an album I’ve always wanted to do”
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• In Search Of The Perfect Buzz: An 80s Metal Memoir
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• Regina Rand reveals her husband / Autograph bassist Randy Rand’s last moments before he passed away
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• “I came from a subculture of rock that didn’t quite get what all the fuss is about.” Soundgarden's Kim Thayil originally didn't see the point of the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, but says Chris Cornell would be “stoked” about Soundgarden being inducted
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• Original Kiss drummer Peter Criss announces first solo album in 18 years
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• “The unreleased material is every bit the equal of what made the final cut, confirming its brilliance”: Tangerine Dream’s 50th anniversary edition of Phaedra
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• Sleep Token invite listeners to "confront what lies beneath the mask" on exultant new single Damocles
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• Family of late Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison launches Kickstarter campaign for unreleased Vimic album Open Your Omen
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• "We had our first rehearsal on Monday. It's gonna be fantastic." The Who's Pete Townshend is excited for next month's launch of the "poignant, tender, poetic and epic" Quadrophenia ballet
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• These are the 12 new metal songs you need to check out this week
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• I sing anti-fascist songs in a thrash band – why aren’t more metal musicians angry about the state of the world?
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• Beast mode: how Beast In Black, Diablo IV and Berserk have created 2025's ultimate metal-gaming-manga team-up
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• Despite what you might have heard, Jack Black is not in the Weezer film but here’s everything else we know about it
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• Leather lungs? Swishing hair? A one-band fight against modern trends? H.E.A.T tighten their grip on the modern melodic rock crown on Welcome To The Future
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• The new Yungblud single is basically The Streets meets Blur meets Oasis: watch the entertainingly lairy Britpop-influenced video for Lovesick Lullaby now
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• Jerry Cantrell has an amazing solo song on the Sinners soundtrack and no one seems to be talking about it
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• Shakra unleash lyric video for lost track “Burning Heart”
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• "Since you’ve been gone, it’s not the same": Listen to the song Sammy Hagar finished after being visited by Eddie Van Halen in a dream
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• LAPD release video of events leading up to the shooting and arrest of Weezer bassist's wife
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• Sleep Token are on the cover of Metal Hammer’s 400th issue – and there are two collectible covers to choose from
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• Metallica are going to re-release their Load
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• “The revolving stage was great fun, especially when it broke down and we got the audience to push it”: If anything mostly worked out during Yes’ Union era, it was the accompanying tour
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• “People have brains. They should use them instead of becoming like the machines they’re trying to play”: From experience, Hawkwind’s Dave Brock is against AI. Surprisingly, he’s also against the prevalence of legalised drugs
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• Kneecap issue defiant statement amid news that counter-terrorism police are analysing footage from two past shows, as calls for the Irish band to be removed from UK festival bills escalate
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• Confess announce line-up changes including the return of bassist Lucky
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• The Original Alice Cooper Group unveils lyric video for new single “Black Mamba”
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• The 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees have been announced
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• Deraps unleash video for title track from upcoming sophomore album ‘Viva Rock N’ Roll’
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• Ambush share video for title track of upcoming album ‘Evil In All Dimensions’
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• Machine Head's Unatoned has so many crushing riffs that it should come with a health and safety certificate. This is a band back in peak condition
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• Hear power metal wardogs Sabaton dive into mediaeval history with new song Templars
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• "Come up to the bedroom now, honey!" Things get steamy in the Fripp-Willcox kitchen as Robert and Toyah tackle Rod Stewart's Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?
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• “Fidel Castro hadn’t decided if it was going to work for him or not”: the time Audioslave made a historic visit to Cuba and got the green light from Castro himself
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• “It would be unfair to describe the message as cliché, but might there be a more inventive way of conveying it?” Neal Morse’s supergroup Cosmic Cathedral reassert their beliefs on debut album Deep Water
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• Primal Fear drop video for new single “Far Away” from upcoming album ‘Domination’
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• Hit horror movie Sinners is inspired by Metallica track One
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• "It could have been the end, but it became a new beginning": Fleetwood Mac and the game-changing arrival of Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks - only in the new issue of Classic Rock
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• "Everybody tells me that it's a happier experience": Daryl Hall on life without former "business partner" John Oates
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• "Our message to the government is clear: we’ve only got a summer to save music. Act now." MP Jeremy Corbyn's Peace & Justice Project declare A Summer To Save Live Music in the UK
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• Code Orange are on hiatus: “It’s on the shelf for a good reason, for many reasons”
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• "In Russia, when you see a bear, it's not ****ing funny." Alex Terrible is a bear-wrestling, bareknuckle fighting controversy magnet. He's also made Slaughter To Prevail unlikely metal icons
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• “I feel like I’ve woken up from a coma”: how With Teeth brought Trent Reznor back from the brink and revitalised Nine Inch Nails’ career
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• Sammy Hagar unveils video for song “Encore, Thank You, Goodnight.” inspired by Eddie Van Halen
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• "Life has simply caught up with me": Devin Townsend is taking an indefinite break from touring
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• Ghost may have banned phones from their 2025 tour, but you can see footage of their latest shows in the new music video for Peacefield
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• "I hit a wall. I am not built to do that." Ghost's Tobias Forge reached burnout in 2024. This is how Skeletá brought him back to life
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• "I was talking with Kurt, and he said, You should join my band." The night that Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon, and DinosaurJr's J. Mascis realised that newcomers Nirvana were going to change alternative rock forever
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• “It’s the age of unreason… You can tackle it in a Roger Waters style, but you’ll alienate people. Music should bring people together”: How Big Big Train took on modern issues in old ways on Grimspound
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• Autograph guitarist Steve Lynch to release his memoir ‘Confessions of a Rock Guitarist’ on May 20th
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• "I hope one day Electric Nebraska does make the light of day." E Street Band legend Max Weinberg on the unreleased "kick ass" album that's become the holy grail for hardcore Bruce Springsteen fans
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• King Crimson's Jakko M. Jakszyk announces his new solo album will be released in June
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• Cassidy Paris shares video for new single “Butterfly”
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• "Dumb done well is lots of fun": Twisted Sister start their own party on You Can't Stop Rock 'N' Roll
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• Rare video of AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson singing Toto's classic Hold The Line is going viral
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• Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale says it’s an “honour” to be the only woman performing at Black Sabbath’s farewell show
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• Sven Gali to release new live album ‘Live At The El Mocambo’ on June 13th
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• Yngwie Malmsteen’s new CD/DVD ‘Live In Tokyo’ now available
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• The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
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• Royal Honey launch video for new single “Tallahassee” from upcoming EP ‘Leather Hearts’
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• Slayer’s Kerry King admits he isn’t close with Tom Araya: “He’s not the guy I started the band with”
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• "He can’t wait. None of us can wait.” Oasis start rehearsals next month for their sold-out world tour and Noel Gallagher says he and Liam are mad for it
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• H.E.A.T launch video for latest single “Call My Name” from new album ‘Welcome To The Future’
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• “There was a girl who wrote letters to Fish in her own blood, and there was an American you could imagine having a John Lennon moment with. You have to be careful”: Steve Rothery’s life and times with Marillion
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• "Drenched in glue-sniffing, safety-pinned punk nostalgia": Billy Idol reflects on the good, the bad and the ugly sides of his life on Dream Into It
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• "Stereophonics are clearly past their best now": Kelly Jones & Co. fail to strike a chord quite like the early days on Make 'em Laugh, Make 'em Cry, Make 'em Wait
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