Rock News 2025-06-26

• In Search Of The Perfect Buzz: An 80s Metal Memoir
  80s Metal Rules
• Sprints announce new album All That Is Over, share first single Descartes, outline UK and Ireland headline tour
  Louder
• The sound of glorious pandemonium: Two nights with The Darkness in Ireland
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• "Won't miss being in a sh*t band with horrible humans." Ex-Mastodon guitarist Brent Hinds hits out at his former bandmates on social media
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• "We decided to stream on Saturdays, have a drink and pretend we were playing a gig": Six things you need to know about When Rivers Meet
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• "Babymetal inspired me!" Poppy explains the meaning behind her collaboration with the Japanese metal superstars, from me to u
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• "It sounds like an effective pastiche of Phil Spector, but lacks both Spector's passion and his genius": The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds is revered by the critics - but not everyone is on board
  Louder
• M.I.C. drop video for track “You Make Me Feel So” from new album ‘7th Heaven’
  Sleaze Roxx
• "At a self-described 'post-punk festival', they've put the guy who defined both punk AND post-punk on a little stage in a car park. Lydon is raging…" PiL, Johnny Marr and Death Cult thrill at 'post-punk festival' Forever Now
  Louder
• "That's evil, beyond any concept I can relate to": John Lydon on the haters who buy tickets just to abuse him
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• Invasion launch video for new single “Loaded Gun”
  Sleaze Roxx
• "We never thought we'd make it this far and neither did you": The Damned announce massive 50th anniversary show
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• "We could have ended up as mementoes bricked up in his walls": The night The Kinks partied at John Wayne Gacy's house
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• Sony WH-1000XM6 headphones review
  Louder
• Atomik Train unleash video for new single “Supersonik Speedway”
  Sleaze Roxx
• R.I.P. Bad Company and Mott The Hoople founding member / guitarist Mick Ralphs (1944-2025)
  Sleaze Roxx
• "The council has a responsibility to take action where there are risks of discrimination, harassment and victimisation." Brighton MP calls for Marilyn Manson gig in the city to be cancelled
  Louder
• Thom Yorke shares mind-bending video for new TV theme Dialing In
  Louder
• Premiere of The Midnight Devils’ video for their new single “Shock The World” on Sleaze Roxx
  Sleaze Roxx
• "One of the most vital creatives working in the metal scene right now." A guide to every Poppy album so far
  Louder
• The Lemonheads announce Love Chant, their first new album in 19 years: hear new single in The Margin now
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• "He'll be sacking me next." Pete Townshend on Roger Daltrey and why Zak Starkey was fired by The Who
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• "He's the real deal. He came in reeking of pot": Johnny Van Zant on Lynyrd Skynyrd's new live album, life without Gary Rossington and new music
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• “We recorded with him, but the song was demoted to a bonus track. I’ve had to add him to the list of people who’ll never speak to me again”: Dan Hawkins hates how The Darkness treated Ian Anderson
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• "My mom was a shaman." Japan's Kuunatic mix doom, psychedelia and folk with sci-fi concepts - and are one of the most brilliant bands you'll hear this year
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• These are the UK cities that will host Black Sabbath: The Ballet in autumn and winter 2025
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• Matt Tuck names the song that “encapsulates what Bullet For My Valentine is”: “It’s heavy, it’s melodic, it’s anthemic, it’s intricate”
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• Pine Street’s debut album now available
  Sleaze Roxx
• AC/DC announce Australian leg of PWR⚡️UP tour
  Louder
• Vangelis's epic 1492: Conquest Of Paradise soundtrack to be reissued on coloured vinyl and CD
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• "A limited series of very special one-night-only evenings at a curated selection of North America’s most historic theaters." Queens of the Stone Age announce The Catacombs Tour
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• The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
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• "The World Heavyweight Champions re-unite for a tour of straight up ruckus." The Prodigy announce UK and Ireland tour with special guest Carl Cox
  Louder
• "I could have died three times since 2010": It's been 18 years since the last King Diamond album and he's getting impatient
  Louder
• Babylon A.D. recall Arista Records pulling their tour support and then dropping the band in February 1993
  Sleaze Roxx
• The Zombies announce documentary screenings for June and July
  Louder
• Bangalore Choir to release new album ‘Rapid Fire Succession: On Target Part II’ in late 2025
  Sleaze Roxx
• "They've got a sound that lifts your heart up": Every Steely Dan album ranked, from worst to best
  Louder
• WildHeart share video for new single “We Are The Ones”
  Sleaze Roxx
• The 10 best artists to see at BST Hyde Park, London this summer from Olivia Rodrigo and Beabadoobee to Neil Young and Stevie Wonder
  Louder
• Watch Muse jam a Gojira riff during recent headline performance at Hellfest in France
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• “I don’t worry about labels and I’ve ended up in the premier prog band of all time. If I’d listened to haters I’d have stopped after my first record”: Billy Sherwood’s journey to Yes started with the wayward World Trade
  Louder
• Freaks’ Elite unveil video for track “011”
  Sleaze Roxx
• Guitarist Jasmin Pabst decides to step away from All For Metal
  Sleaze Roxx
• The 50 best Led Zeppelin songs
  Louder
• AFI announce 24-date North American tour
  Louder
• Former L.A. Guns guitarist Stacey Blades looking for “established working gig”
  Sleaze Roxx
• “Why not go out swinging with the angriest sounds you can?”: Metal Hammer writers name the albums they’d listen to during a zombie apocalypse
  Louder
• Gentle Giant's Derek Shulman to publish career-spanning memoir, Giant Steps, in October
  Louder
• “We both understood from the beginning that this was a journey into long-form music. It’s time for this kind of music again. It elevates you”: How Jon Anderson and Roine Stolt made Invention Of Knowledge
  Louder
• Femme Fatale launch video for new single “Living Like There’s No Tomorrow”
  Sleaze Roxx
• “It’s scary putting your voice on something when people are attached to hearing someone else. There will be people who won’t come with us – that’s totally fair”: Black Country, New Road battled steep odds to make Forever Howlong
  Louder
• "After I saw him live I wanted to give up playing the guitar. It took me about a year to get over that": This is the soundtrack of Robin Trower's life
  Louder
• Enuff Z’Nuff release video for new single “Heavy Metal” from upcoming album ‘Xtra Cherries’
  Sleaze Roxx
• Who are Patchwork? The whole world is trying to guess the identity of the mystery artist playing a secret show at Glastonbury festival this weekend
  Louder
• 12 alternative acts you should try and watch at Glastonbury 2025
  Louder
• Junkyard frontman David Roach very sick and back in a hospital hoping for a miracle
  Sleaze Roxx
• "Futique is an exploration of ideas, objects or relationships that exist across time." Biffy Clyro announce new album Futique
  Louder
• Heaven Shall Burn are one of metal's most criminally overlooked bands. Heimat is the perfect gateway album to fix that
  Louder
• AC/DC, Kiss, Stryper, Judas Priest, Mötley Crüe and more collide in ultimate hell-themed mashup
  Louder
• Oasis say additional tickets for their sold-out reunion tour could go on sale "in the coming days"
  Louder
• "He has no job security, no savings, no pension, and when he can't work, no income": Fundraiser set up for leading rock music journalist after heart attack
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• Wolfgang Van Halen backs out of Black Sabbath farewell show
  Louder
• Mott The Hoople and Bad Company guitarist Mick Ralphs dead at 81
  Louder
• Black Sabbath offer first glimpse of rehearsals as they prepare for bow-out concert Back To The Beginning next week
  Louder
• Ex-Lamb Of God drummer Chris Adler is “estranged” from brother Willie following 2019 exit
  Louder
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