Rock News 2025-05-25

• R.I.P. former Rough Cutt and Mickey Ratt guitarist Chris Hager (1958-2025)
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• "The rock gods gave me gifts": Love/Hate frontman Jizzy Pearl on new album Punk Rock Fiesta and rock'n'roll's magic carpet ride
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• WildHeart’s new record ‘Wild ‘n Three’ available on June 13th
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• “It was one of the most vibrant and exciting live albums of its day. The new version raises the bar”: Gentle Giant’s Playing The Fool – The Complete Live Experience is an exceptional work
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• Tekkno no more! See Electric Callboy get “darker” and “more serious” with twisted new song/video Revery
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• Queen icon Freddie Mercury had a secret daughter, according to a new biography
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• “Nothing Else Matters exposed the vulnerability behind what previously seemed to be a bulletproof heavy metal machine”: The five least metal Metallica songs
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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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• "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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• Robert Plant expresses support for Bruce Springsteen over opposition to Donald Trump as row rumbles on
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• The Painful Truth is Skunk Anansie's most vital and inventive album in years
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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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• A Judas Priest documentary co-directed by Rage Against The Machine’s Tom Morello is in the works
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• "The surgeon said I actually died on the operating table": Thin Lizzy guitarist Scott Gorham opens up about recent health scare
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• “The time was right. Metal had died a horrible death, grunge had killed the mainstream off, so it felt like a revolution”: The unholy story of Cacophonous Records, the underground 90s label that changed black metal
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• Cool new proggy sounds from Jakko M. Jakszyk, Phase Transition, Barrens and more in Prog's new Tracks Of The Week!
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• Hot Shöt featuring members from Dangerous Toys and Dirty Looks to release two-song EP on May 24th
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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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• “Our style of music has an in for a type of personality like Steven Wilson and Robert Fripp – let’s call it the ‘control freak madman’”: How Caligula’s Horse searched for a new direction and new message with Rise Radiant
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• "We build dreams." How Tobias Forge and Beyonce's lighting designer Tobias Rylander joined forces to make Ghost's spectacular Skeletour the greatest show on earth
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• Kneecap rapper Mo Chara charged with terror offence
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• "In a recent moment when I was really struggling, I picked up my guitar and wrote a song": Sheryl Crow releases new single in support of Mental Health Awareness Month
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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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• Sebastian Bach on other Skid Row singers after him: “I’ve never listened to any of them — ever”
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• SUiCiDE BOMBERS’ ‘The Hottest Tour to hit the UK this year’ – Tour Diary Part 2
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• "I'm scared for my life and career at this point." Dream Theater's Mike Portnoy jokes he's worried about his job after spate of drummer firings
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• Circus of Rock launch video for title track from upcoming album ‘Hellfire’
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• “I’d have been in the corner with a bottle of Jack Daniel’s and a mound of coke. I was out of my tree. I needed help”: How Judas Priest rose above darkness and death to make Turbo, their most divisive album
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• Erik Grönwall performs three songs live with H.E.A.T in Madrid, Spain
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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 gig is very important. The original Sabbath will never be on stage together again”: Ozzy Osbourne confirms his upcoming farewell show will definitely be the end of the road for Black Sabbath
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• Black Sabbath - The Farewell Interview: Ozzy, Tony, Geezer and Bill, only in the new issue of Classic Rock
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• Jethro Tull announce six-disc Living In The Past reissue
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• Doro unveils new single “Warriors of The Sea”
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• "That scene really embraced me, but I never really felt I fitted into that box": Chantel McGregor may have been welcomed by the blues scene, but her next step may surprise them
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• In Search Of The Perfect Buzz: An 80s Metal Memoir
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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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• "Intense. Beautiful. Devastating." Seven bands who defined Desertfest London 2025
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• “The mix was outrageous… the bass was so high they couldn’t play it on the radio”: Ian Gillan is really, really glad Tony Iommi wants to remix Born Again, one of Black Sabbath’s most maligned albums
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• “The idea is that one night like that it worth 1,000 hours of drudgery”: the meaning behind The Cure’s classic 1987 hit Just Like Heaven
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• Fifty-two years after it was first released, Lynyrd Skynyrd have finally made a video for Free Bird
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• "Bands who should probably never have made it out of the garage, let alone onto a major label": It's not just the familiar names on the Young & Wild glam metal compilation
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• “That day was probably the most important day of our lives”: the story of the first ever gig by the Appetite For Destruction-era Guns N’Roses
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• "I was afraid something inside of me was dying. Leaving was an act of survival": Life in the fast lane and the turbulent tale of the Eagles
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• Mark Boals recalls the recording of Yngwie Malmsteen’s album ‘Alchemy’ being done the “old school way”
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• Dead & Company announce three massive San Francisco shows
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• Thunderor to debut their self-titled rock opera at the Toronto Fringe Festival in July 2025
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• Nastyville to release new album ‘Rebirth’ on June 6th
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• Metallica announce stacked UK and Europe tour with Gojira, Knocked Loose and more
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• Nick Mason's Saucerful Of Secrets release new Steven Wilson ATMOS mix of Echoes
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• 10 songs we need to hear at Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath's farewell gig
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• Michael Sweet aiming to release his upcoming ‘inspirational’ album in March or April 2026
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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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• “The only time I went out of the house was when we had a show.” Alt Blk Era have put every bit of time and energy they have into their music. The results have got rock fans raving (literally)
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• Giles, Giles & Fripp remastered reissues coming on vinyl and CD in July
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• SUiCiDE BOMBERS’ ‘The Hottest Tour to hit the UK this year’ – Tour Diary Part 1
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• Music agent Dave Shapiro and ex-Devil Wears Prada drummer Daniel Williams die in San Diego plane crash
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• "Skunk Anansie's most musically ambitious album yet": Skin & Co's The Painful Truth is their best work in decades
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• “David Coverdale’s had to become a pop singer to get success. There’s your glamour bands and your denim-clad groups. And your denim-clad groups survive”: How AC/DC swam against the 80s hair metal tide and made an underrated gem in Blow Up Your Video
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• Fire In The Rodeo share video for new single “Viper’s Kiss” from debut self-titled album
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• “I didn’t really get the music, to be honest. It was a bit too prog for me”: The prog superstars who tried to steal drummer Roger Taylor from Queen
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• The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now
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• Former XYZ guitarist Marc Diglio resurfaces with new band Diggs and Company
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• All 20 Ronnie James Dio album ranked, from worst to best
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• "Some people say it's too personal but I owe my fans the truth": Michael Schenker and the appetite for self-destruction
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• Derided by critics as nothing more than a circus act, Kiss didn’t sell 100 million records by fluke: Every Kiss album ranked, from worst to best
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