Rock News 2025-05-22

• Mammoth share video for new single “The End”
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• Gotthard share video for new single “Burning Bridges”
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• “Every memory, every tear, every laugh is in here. Thank you for everything.” Listen to the final song by UK metalcore crusaders Ithaca
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• "This is not a war zone...this is a System Of A Down concert!" Have you seen this crazy footage from System Of A Down's South American tour?!
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• “That’s why things were so hard for me to try and get deals”: Former Megadeth guitarist says Dave Mustaine damaged his career by calling him a “liar”
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• Watch Trivium cover Steve’s Lava Chicken from the Minecraft Movie, because memes have ruined everyone’s brains
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• Orianthi shares video for new single “Attention” from upcoming album ‘Some Kind of Feeling’
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• "I saved the world from Saddam Hussein." Blink-182's Mark Hoppus reveals his role in the US military's capture of authoritarian Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein
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• “Everyone says Vienna was an electronic track, but it’s mainly piano, violin and viola. Those strange combinations made us what we were”: You may think Ultravox were a synth-pop band. They know they were prog
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• We've ranked every Ghost album from worst to best
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• Former XYZ guitarist Marc Diglio resurfaces with new band Diggs and Company
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• "What a time to be alive!" Listen to the most surprising single of 2025, Robbie Williams' "adrenaline-filled and balls-to-the-wall" collaboration with Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi and 'The Voice Of Rock' Glenn Hughes
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• Trash Stars’ new EP ‘It Ain’t Pretty Being Easy’ now available
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• Mogwai release soundtrack to BBC series The Bombing Of Pan Am 103
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• Sleep Token's Even In Arcadia has hit number one on the US Billboard chart and set two crazy new records for rock music
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• In Search Of The Perfect Buzz: An 80s Metal Memoir
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• 10 songs we need to hear at Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath's farewell gig
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• “Working with Nick Mason built my confidence. People recognised me as the guitarist I am”: How Gary Kemp came back from his post-pop wilderness to join the Pink Floyd family, and what Saucerful Of Secrets might do next
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• "When Nirvana ended, I wasn't finished. I'm still not finished": Every Foo Fighters album ranked, from worst to best
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• Michael Sweet aiming to release his upcoming ‘inspirational’ album in March or April 2026
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• "We need pets – they make us live longer." Korn's Jonathan Davis teams up with fashion designer Ashton Michael to raise money for a dog shelter with his pet brand Freak On A Leash
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• Sebastian Bach on other Skid Row singers after him: “I’ve never listened to any of them — ever”
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• “I couldn’t believe it. I walked around, around in circles. I didn’t know”: Wendy Dio remembers visiting Motörhead’s Lemmy “two hours before he died”
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• "It shimmers, it shakes, it grooves, and most importantly, it rocks": Mahavishnu Orchestra navigate new musical worlds on The Inner Mounting Flame
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• "Stop thinking about what rockers are saying. Think about saving America from the mess you made." Neil Young and Pearl Jam call out Donald Trump, salute Bruce Springsteen
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• "Number 6. Demanded starting every rehearsal with a 20 minute cowbell sound bath." Ex-Foo Fighters drummer Josh Freese shares his 'Top 10 possible reasons Freese got booted from the Foos' list
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• “When asked about his family, Jim would often explain that his parents – still very much alive – were dead”: How The Doors’ Jim Morrison went from from drunken teen rebel to leather-clad 60s rock god
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• A Judas Priest documentary co-directed by Rage Against The Machine’s Tom Morello is in the works
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• “The world was my oyster, but when I opened it there was a turd inside… When my wife said, ‘I want half of everything,’ I said, ‘Write me a cheque for 450 grand and you can have half the debt!’” Fish on his three-decade solo career
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• “Gary was so talented it actually haunted him. He wasn’t really in control of what was coming through him. That sort of thing always comes at a price”: How guitar icon Gary Moore snatched defeat from the jaws of victory with his early 80s solo albums
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• The Painful Truth is Skunk Anansie's most vital and inventive album in years
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• “Our tracks for film and TV are purposefully minimal. On our own albums, everything needs to work as a standalone rock song”: How Mogwai reached number one with As The Love Continues
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• ...And Memorial Day CD and vinyl deals for all: Save a whopping 47% off a Metallica classic, plus hearty discounts on iconic releases from Pink Floyd, Ghost & more
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• Nastyville to release new album ‘Rebirth’ on June 6th
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• Jim Morrison's stolen gravestone bust recovered by police after nearly four decades
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• "It was important to prove myself because disabled people get neglected." Inside the unique world of Alt Blk Era, the genre-meshing sister duo smashing boundaries on stage and off it
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• "So glad we captured it and can now relive that special evening." Enter Shikari to release Live At Wembley album and accompanying live video
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• Faster Pussycat drop new single “Motorbike”
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• “The amount of phone use nowadays diminishes enjoyment, particularly for the band who are onstage”: Iron Maiden urge fans to keep their phones in their pockets during upcoming Run For Your Lives tour
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• Thunderor to debut their self-titled rock opera at the Toronto Fringe Festival in July 2025
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• “I love change. That’s what one should do with music. But I know it’s cost me a lot of fans… the music business rewards repetition”: Pink Floyd, King Crimson and Blue Öyster Cult DNA lies within Mike Scott and the Waterboys
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• Don’t let the Muggles get you down and instead dive into these magic Memorial Day Lego deals
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• R.I.P. former Rough Cutt and Mickey Ratt guitarist Chris Hager (1958-2025)
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• LA's hottest young alt. rock/shoegaze band Rocket announce UK and European tour, release new single One Million
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• "I love The Who and would never have quit": The Who's Zak Starkey has been fired again, just weeks after being fired then rehired
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• "They are bigger than the Ramones. Their influence is greater, their reach is greater, and certainly their success is greater." Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan on the punk band he believes has eclipsed the Ramones
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• Jaywalk announce debut album and launch video for “Knocked Out By Your Love”
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• These Memorial Day music deals will rock your world - save on speakers, headphones, earplugs, books & more
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• “This band have tried their hand at everything from death metal to synthpop, but they’ve never once done it with a smile”: We rank every Paradise Lost album from worst to best
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• "This is broken music for broken people." Suede announce new album Antidepressants, share video for new single Disintegrate
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• “Mick told Freddie Mercury who he was. As Mick walked away, Freddie shouted: ‘We’ll be bigger than you one day’”: The epic story of Sweet, the 70s glam icons who burned bright and refused to fade away
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• From the stage to the living room: Marshall bring a touch of rock’n’roll style to the TV audio market with the Heston 120
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• WildHeart’s new record ‘Wild ‘n Three’ available on June 13th
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• "It's time to pass the mic": Foreigner singer Kelly Hansen announces he's leaving the band - new frontman confirmed
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• Matt Hughes unleashes lyric video for new single “Something For Nothing”
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• I founded Brighton's first rock and metal Pride event. Here's why it's important that rockers in the queer community feel represented
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• Mädhouse launch video for new single “We Run Riot” from upcoming album ‘Plead the Fifth’
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• "I was doing a ton of crack. And I took pills to try and calm down": The growing pains and artistic rebirth of Billy Idol
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• “I even received death threats – ‘Communist Swede, you think you’re so fantastic. Come to America!’ I’ve been there; the way it’s going now is not good”: If the new Flower Kings album offends you, Roine Stolt can live with that
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• "I was driving, Steven Tyler had a gun and we were on some mission": The scandalous story of Alice Cooper's Billion Dollar Babies
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• "I will be giving them every drop of my sweat and blood": The Who's new drummer is determined to live up to the billing
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• The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
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• Watch newly unearthed live footage of Limp Bizkit playing an unreleased song back in 1997
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• Guns N' Roses release video showing all the times Axl Rose has fallen over onstage
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• "It all came to a screeching halt and forever destroyed the band’s life." Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro insists there's "no chance" that the band will ever play together again
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• Joey Jordison’s former death metal band Sinsaenum are back, will release new album in tribute to late Slipknot drummer in August
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