Rock News 2025-07-26

• "Fire it up and rage with us against the dying of the light." Ash share new single Give Me Back My World, announce ninth album Ad Astra, featuring assists from Blur's Graham Coxon
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• "A 12-banger cracker of a record": 51 years on, The Revenge Of Alice Cooper finds the original band in majestic form
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• Golden Earring guitarist George Kooymans dead at 77
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• Warrant legend Jani Lane’s voice returns with songs re-imagined by Chris Laney
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• "He was actually much cleverer than people gave him credit for!" Rick Wakeman pays heartfelt tribute to his late pal Ozzy Osbourne
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• Wings of Steel drop video for anthemic new single “We Rise”
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• R.I.P. Black Sabbath frontman and solo artist Ozzy Osbourne (1948-2025)
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• Steve Rothery and Thorsten Quaeschning share new video for Bioscope's latest single Gentō
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• “For being the Prince Of Darkness, he sure gave us a lot of light”: watch Ghost dedicate Madison Square Garden show to Ozzy Osbourne
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• Cool new proggy sounds from Jo Quail, Steeleye Span, Chimpan A and more in this week's Tracks Of The Week
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• Debate: who is the greatest heavy metal singer of all time?
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• Starlight launch video for debut single “Into The Night”
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• The 50 best Ozzy Osbourne songs of all time
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• Stevie Nicks' and Lindsey Buckingham's cryptic social media posts are cryptic no more
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• Steeleye Span announce Winter tour dates in support of new album Conflict
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• Former Family multi-instrumentalist John 'Poli' Palmer has died, aged 82
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• Phil Manzanera and Andy Mackay share live version of Roxy Music's Out Of The Blue as they announce new AM PM Soho Live album
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• Dirty Skirty to release third studio album ‘Aces In Your Faces’ on August 1st
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• Dave Mustaine wanted Megadeth to re-record songs from Metallica’s No Life ’Til Leather demo, ex-bassist David Ellefson claims
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• From drugs, despondency and dead bats to celebrity status and heavy metal godfather, the rollercoaster story of Ozzy Osbourne's solo career
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• "I puked up every where. Everyone thought it was marvellous rock 'n' roll behaviour." The night The Black Crowes got their pal Noel Gallagher from Oasis so wasted that he passed out in a toilet cubicle and had to be carried out of the building
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• Ozzy Osbourne 1948 - 2025
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• Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath frontman and heavy metal pioneer, has died at the age of 76
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• If you're a fan of the music Nine Inch Nails were making in the '90s, you might just love the new single from former Savages vocalist Jehnny Beth
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• "It's like the story continues, but goes way back in time": Sabaton's upcoming album Legends will tell the stories of 11 great historical figures
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• Rock icon, reality TV star, national treasure: Every Ozzy Osbourne solo album ranked
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• "Geezer, Bill and myself have lost our brother": Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward pay tribute to Ozzy Osbourne
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• Mädhouse share video for latest single “It’s a Monster In My Head”
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• Tributes keep pouring in for deceased Ozzy Osbourne including from his Black Sabbath bandmates
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• “Ozzy, we love you, wherever you’re going.” Watch Coldplay pay tribute to Ozzy Osbourne by covering Black Sabbath classic Changes
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• “The oddest thing was the audience trying to enjoy themselves when the sound system was barely audible”: Sky covered Bach’s Tocatta on Top Of The Pops… is it the least likely musical moment ever?
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• “His songs are like a walk through his imagination – they draw you in and use all your senses”: Why Liv Kristine had to cover Mike Oldfield
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• Test your knowledge of The Beast with Metal Hammer’s ultimate Iron Maiden quiz
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• "I think he really just held out to do that show": Tony Iommi speaks publicly about Ozzy Osbourne's death for the first time
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• "What a sad human being." Regardless of who won the Blur versus Oasis 'Battle Of Britpop' in the '90s, one musical superstar says that Noel Gallagher and Damon Albarn are both awful people
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• “It probably looks like we’re in a great position, but music doesn’t pay all our bills yet. One day we want to be able to play arenas”: When Haken doubled down on ambition with Virus
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• Watch Machine Head pay tribute to Ozzy Osbourne by adding War Pigs and Children Of The Grave to their setlist at the very last minute
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• The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now
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• Watch Ozzy Osbourne fans gather in Birmingham with flowers, speakers and a big screen to pay respects: "He never lost his roots...he was a Brummie through and through."
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• "Everyone in Olivia’s band is a huge Turnstile fan. Olivia herself is a huge fan." Arianna Powell is the guitar hero bringing rock 'n' roll to Olivia Rodrigo's live shows, and Gen Z are loving her for it
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• Michael Sweet feels that Robert Sweet would play circles around Tommy Lee in a drumming battle
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• Watch Paul McCartney and Elton John (and Spinal Tap) in the trailer for Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
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• "The whole album shimmers with a sonic gloss that's brought it to the 21st century with no loss of historic integrity..." XTC's third album Drums And Wires gets new Steven Wilson Atmos mix
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• "I would have quit wrestling in a heartbeat." The bizarre story of Hulk Hogan's phantom 'audition' for Metallica
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• Ozzy Osbourne’s chaotic cameo on Late Night With Conan O’Brien is the funniest Prince Of Darkness moment nobody talks about
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• Reunited Original Alice Cooper Group shares single “Up All Night” & to attend event in London on July 24th
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• Ghost’s Tobias Forge says Sleep Token are one of the bands proving rock isn’t dead: “You can form a band tomorrow and theoretically become a big band within a few years”
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• Sleazy Money unleash video for new single “It Ain’t EZ”
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• "I invented Motörhead, and it’s Motörhead as long as I’m in it": At home with Lemmy - a classic interview
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• "I can't overstate my gratitude to Steve..." Steve Hackett keyboardist Roger King announces he's stepping back from the band
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• Led Zeppelin announce details of new live EP and 50th anniversary edition of Physical Graffiti
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• “I saw a woman I did not want to become”: Halestorm are on the cover of the new Metal Hammer, as they prepare to release new album Everest
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• 40 from 40 — Taking a Sleaze Roxx dive back into 1985
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• Ellefson-Soto drop video for title track from upcoming album ‘Unbreakable’
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• John Payne unveils new Asia featuring John Payne line-up featuring Francis Dunnery and Ryo Okumoto
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• “They use notes out of sequence – they’re more experimental than bands like Dream Theater, who are very respectful of tonalities”: Novelists’ Florestan Durand is passionate about Periphery (or at least their early albums)
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• Long hair, tight pants and ripsaw sleaze guitars: Meet Ravagers, your new favourite glam-punk marauders
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• “People focus on the fact that he only played on the first record. But there were six years before that when he was their leader”: Rush movie makers knew they couldn’t leave John Rutsey out
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• Helloween launch lyric video for new single “Universe (Gravity For Hearts)”
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• “The best nod to him possible”: Petition launched to rename Birmingham airport after Ozzy Osbourne
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• Apocalyptic Lovers unveil track list for forthcoming album ‘And The World Tomorrow’
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• Ozzy Osbourne RIP: the world reacts
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• Decibel Dogs unveil debut video for single “Everywhere You Look”
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• Watch the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra perform an epic public tribute to Ozzy Osbourne
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• Watch Ghost bewitch The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon with a performance of Lachryma
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