Rock News 2025-08-07

• R.I.P. Junkyard frontman David Roach
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• New Creeper single Blood Magick (It's A Ritual) is a cross between Belinda Carlisle's Heaven Is A Place On Earth, Ozzy Osbourne's The Ultimate Sin, and Laibach, and if that doesn't get you excited for new album Sanguivore II: Mistress of Death we give up
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• Primal Fear share video for new single “Tears of Fire” from upcoming album ‘Domination’
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• “I had a nightmare 15 years ago and I still remember being so frightened… I decided to finally let it guide me in a musical realm”: Jonas Renske steers the new-look Kakatonia towards a different darkness
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• Notörious share last single “Live It Up” from new EP
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• “Easily the band’s boldest work to date, boasting some of their most interesting songs yet”: Halestorm reach a career peak with new album Everest
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• “Rick Rubin would say: ‘We’ll try that song a different way. You’d be sitting there going: ‘Jesus, I’m sick of this bloody thing.’”: AC/DC lost their way in the 1980s. Two killer albums put them back on top in the 90s
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• The Jesus Lizard cancel upcoming shows after band member experiences "serious health incident"
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• Black ‘N Blue have recently recorded two songs written by Tommy Thayer and Jaime St. James back in 1984-85
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• Watch Linkin Park thrill 90,000 fans with a killer version of The Emptiness Machine recorded at their spectacular sold-out show at London's iconic Wembley Stadium earlier this summer
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• Dirkschneider & The Old Gang drop video for new single “Dead Man’s Hand”
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• "A high point in the FZ catalogue!" Frank Zappa's One Size Fits All gets lavish 50th anniversary reissue
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• “As soon as Jimmy Page came on, the roof came off the place! Afterwards, Plant was absolutely fuming”: The epic, ego-fuelled story of Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath’s Live Aid reunions
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• Andi Deris feels that he and Michael Weikath helped managed to save a hit battered battleship from sinking
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• The Decline Of Western Civilisation, Part II: The Metal Years is now free to watch on YouTube
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• "Do we have any glue sniffers in the house tonight?" Amid all the life-affirming scenes of wild collective euphoria, Oasis' superb fifth night at London's Wembley Stadium shows Liam and Noel Gallagher still have punk rock souls
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• “I don’t follow the rules of metal, which is probably wrong, and I’m sorry”: Metallica producer Bob Rock looks back on controversial Load and Reload albums
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• The Pogues announce expanded 40th anniversary edition of their classic 1985 album Rum Sodomy & The Lash
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• Debate: what is the greatest metal riff of all time?
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• "Everyone who’s been in Hawkwind is a Hawklord." The current line-up of Hawklords state their case with Time...
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• “Character assassination”: The Who’s Roger Daltrey hits back at ex-drummer Zak Starkey
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• "We had an artistic success, but not a financial one… but that’s another story.” Peter Gabriel's 1982 WOMAD set to be released this Friday
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• Terry Reid, the powerhouse English vocalist invited to join Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple, dead at 75
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• How to watch The Osbournes for free: Take a trip back in time and experience the chaos and fun of rock’s most loveable family
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• "The album is packed with arena-sized intensity": Halestorm finally scale rock's summit on Everest
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• “All of a sudden we’re satanic and controversial. People wanna buy our records and burn them? Go ahead!” Why heavy metal fell in love with the Devil
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• "You always remember your first concert. I remember my first concert, I watched this incredible band." Watch Weezer join Olivia Rodrigo onstage at Lollapalooza to play two classic songs
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• After six years as a Nameless Ghoul in Ghost, Chris Catalyst just wants to play with his mates
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• Babylon A.D. unleash video for title track from upcoming album ‘When The World Stops’
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• Southbound Beretta’s new album ‘Sun’s Out Guns Out’ available on August 8th
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• Michael Schenker releases first song with new singer Erik Grönwall
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• "Thirty-four minutes of pure unadulterated sonic sludge": Black Sabbath tweak the formula on Master Of Reality, invent even more genres
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• “It wasn’t pure hatred all the time”: Pink Floyd’s The Wall movie and its feuds, falling-outs and friction
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• Dirty Skirty drop new single “Women & Whiskey” and third studio album ‘Aces In Your Faces’ now available
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• "Lyrically and the way he sang and played, he meant everything he did": This is the soundtrack of Orianthi's life
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• New reissue of The Alan Parsons Project's I Robot to be released in October
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• Alice Cooper feels like the reunited Original Alice Cooper Group sounds exactly like it did back in 1974
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• Babylon A.D.’s new studio album ‘When The World Stops’ to be released on September 1st
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• "He catapulted me into an intense new world he chose to decline": Robert Plant pays tribute to Terry Reid
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• Junkyard singer David Roach dead at 59
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• The Michael Schenker albums you should listen to, and one to avoid
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• Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: August 4, 2025
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• Watch Opeth pay tribute to Ozzy Osbourne with heartfelt cover of Black Sabbath’s Solitude
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• Cassidy Paris unveils video for new track “Stronger”
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• Shiraz Lane launch visualizer video for new single “Come Alive” from upcoming album ‘In Vertigo’
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• "Nobody talks of his triumphs, his songs, his live performances, his albums, his forgotten classics": The incredible story of Terry Reid, rock's lost genius
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• Texan terrors Die Spitz share video for new single Pop Punk Anthem (Sorry For The Delay) as a preview for incoming debut album Something to Consume
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• “It’s a team of terrifying quality – but the result is no face-melting noodle-fest. Everything stems from musical ideas”: Gavin Harrison and Nick Johnston’s Early Mercy
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• "I'm holding on tight to the love, the light, and the legacy left behind." Kelly Osbourne shares touching thank you note to all who've supported her amid the heartbreaking loss of her beloved father
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• Metallica announce one of their most intimate shows ever, playing to just 250 people later this month – and you can win a ticket
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• Watch one of the most dramatic makeovers of 2025, as Davey Havok turns into goth rock Frank Zappa for new AFI anthem Behind The Clock
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• "What matters is that we get the message to younger generations": H.E.A.T's Kenny Leckremo on the state of rock and why Swedes write songs in the dark
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• “He opened possibilities for all future post-rock”: How Editors’ Russ Leetch discovered the deep, detailed world-building of Klaus Schulze, via Vangelis and an independent record store
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• I just spent four days at the muddiest metal festival on the planet - here's why I'm desperate to go back
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• "It just sort of happened": Meet the men who prompted R.E.M. to reunite
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• Alcatrazz to release new album ‘Prior Convictions’ consisting of two new songs + nine re-recorded tracks
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• "I can't fulfil what he needs musically!" Francis Dunnery departs Asia featuring John Payne after one gig
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• “I was so lucky and blessed to be a part of a very small group that got to call him ‘Dad’”: Jack Osbourne posts emotional tribute to late father Ozzy on social media
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• Just when you thought vinyl couldn't get any more adorable, Black Sabbath release a 4" single
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• In/Vertigo launch video for new single “Weathervane” from latest EP ‘Prevail’
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• Motörhead legend Lemmy Kilmister was asked to review Ozzy Osbourne’s first solo album in 2011 – this is what he said
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• The 10 Roger Waters albums you should listen to, and one to avoid
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• What happens when a Eurovision band turns to the dark side? Lord Of The Lost’s new album almost answers that question
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• “Even the seemingly straight-ahead rockers feature those clever fills and time changes that make the band so unique": Hydra may not be Toto’s best selling album, but it remains their proggiest
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• Marshall Kilburn III Bluetooth speaker review
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