Rock News 2025-07-28

• “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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• "Ozzy would always tell me how he loved Ronnie." Vinny Appice says rumours of beef between Ozzy and Dio were untrue
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• Golden Earring guitarist George Kooymans dead at 77
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• Spike feels that the band led by Guy Griffin was never going to have The Quireboys’ name
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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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• Bangalore Choir release new single “Bullet Train”
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• Watch Phil Rudd return to the stage – with several AC/DC classics and a full orchestra
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• “There was a sense that the record was the definitive music, and you were to reproduce that night after night. It became boring”: Wang Chung’s Jack Hues reinvented himself by revisiting prog influences Robert Wyatt, Radiohead and Talk Talk
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• "As a transitional record, More Songs About Buildings And Food is extraordinary": Talking Heads' second album, expanded
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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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• Wings of Steel drop video for anthemic new single “We Rise”
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• "I want to lick you now!": Things are getting Extreme in the Fripp-Willcox household
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• Debate: who is the greatest heavy metal singer of all time?
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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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• Toque unleash video for new single “Fighters”
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• “He was not doing well physically or psychologically with addiction. And when you hit a wall that hard you become disillusioned”: The tragic story of a late goth metal icon’s final album
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• “Ozzy had a couple beers and said to me, ‘Let’s nick a taxi!”: The incredible story of Bruce Dickinson and Ozzy Osbourne’s plan to commit grand theft auto
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• Streaming of Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath tracks skyrockets in wake of beloved icon's death
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• “You can do it, Ozzy! Bite his frickin’ head off!” A timeline of Ozzy Osbourne’s greatest film, TV and videogame cameos
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• Vanity Insanity launch video for new track “Fake It ’til You Make It”
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• “We played to four people and one of them was a dog”: Cradle Of Filth’s Dani Filth remembers legendary 90s tour with Emperor
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• Michael Sweet feels that Robert Sweet would play circles around Tommy Lee in a drumming battle
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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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• Decibel Dogs unveil debut video for single “Everywhere You Look”
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• “Grunge was taking off, and yet we were having our two biggest albums. It makes me wonder how well they’d have done had they been out in 1987”: The turbulent story of Lillian Axe, the 80s hard rock band who were too good for hair metal
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• “If you know me, you know I love Sleep Token”: Lorna Shore’s Will Ramos names the most inspirational singers in metal
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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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• "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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• 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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• "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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• Mädhouse share video for latest single “It’s a Monster In My Head”
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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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• Watch Paul McCartney and Elton John (and Spinal Tap) in the trailer for Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
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• R.I.P. Black Sabbath frontman and solo artist Ozzy Osbourne (1948-2025)
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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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• “All those nu metal copy bands, I don’t give a s*** about”: System Of A Down’s Daron Malakian has some thoughts on being lumped in with the 90s nu metal scene
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• “The best nod to him possible”: Petition launched to rename Birmingham airport after Ozzy Osbourne
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• 40 from 40 — Taking a Sleaze Roxx dive back into 1985
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• Pure Reason Revolution announce The Dark Third 20th Anniversary UK shows with Chloë Alper
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• McNulty’s Fire drop video for track “Gonna Get Crazy”
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• "Has there ever been a more important week to celebrate heavy metal?" Judas Priest and Alice Cooper team up for massive O2 Arena co-headline show in London
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• Watch the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra perform an epic public tribute to Ozzy Osbourne
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• Steve Rothery and Thorsten Quaeschning share new video for Bioscope's latest single Gentō
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• Tributes keep pouring in for deceased Ozzy Osbourne including from his Black Sabbath bandmates
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• "We were sunbathing together outside of the dressing rooms": Thirty years ago, R.E.M. befriended a young British band and helped steer them on the path to greatness
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• Stevie Nicks' and Lindsey Buckingham's cryptic social media posts are cryptic no more
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• Burning Witches share video for new single “High Priestess of The Night” from upcoming album ‘Inquisition’
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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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• "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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• Helloween launch lyric video for new single “Universe (Gravity For Hearts)”
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• The 50 best Ozzy Osbourne songs of all time
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• Led Zeppelin announce details of new live EP and 50th anniversary edition of Physical Graffiti
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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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• 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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• Watch Ghost bewitch The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon with a performance of Lachryma
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• “Pop-punk and emo in the early 2000s was brutally misogynistic”: the story of Paramore's debut album and how it forced the scene to take a long, hard look at itself
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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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• Long hair, tight pants and ripsaw sleaze guitars: Meet Ravagers, your new favourite glam-punk marauders
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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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• 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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• All the essential new metal albums coming out in 2025 – and where to buy them
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• The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now
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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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• 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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• Surge to release debut full-length album in fall of 2025
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